New Leak Suggests iPhone 11 Cost Might Be Lower Than iPhone X
- by Clyde Nash
- in Technology
- — Mar 23, 2018
KGI Analyst, Ming-Chi Kuo has said that Apple could launch up to three new iPhone models this year. The iPhone X now costs $1000 (or approx Rs 65,085), making it the most expensive smartphone from Apple.
The analysts believes that owing to the cost reduction, Apple may position the 5.85-inch model as the cheapest of all three next-generation iPhone models. Lin also added, "Apple has recently determined the direction for its next-generation iPhone lineup - which will consist of two OLED-based iPhones (5.85-inch and 6.45-inch) and a 6.1-inch LCD model". A new report making rounds on the web now suggests that the 5.8-inch model could possibly be the cheapest iPhone model to launch this year, despite the OLED display.
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The iPhone X is the most expensive smartphone from Apple since it features significant hardware improvements and a design that is quite different than any other iPhone that has ever been released till date, but that is becoming a problem now. A new report out of Taiwan claims that Apple is going to start trial production of this year's iPhones well ahead of schedule. "However, the project was shut mid-February and maybe eventually terminated".
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However, with the launch of the Samsung (NASDAQOTH: SSNLF) Galaxy S9 series smartphones, the iPhone X's display has some stiff competition.
The top of the line will use an OLED display too, quite a large one 6.45. If Apple were to pass on that savings to customers, the next iPhone X could cost about $900 instead of $999.
It will be interesting to see if the rumored iPhone X SE 2 turns out to be the same iPhone that Lin claimed could be the cheapest of the three iPhones.
