New 6.1-inch LCD iPhone could succeed iPhone 8 and 8 Plus

New 6.1-inch LCD iPhone could succeed iPhone 8 and 8 Plus.

The usually knowledgeable KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo today shared his expectations with MacRumors about the new 6.1-inch iPhone with LCD screen, which Apple is expected to launch in the second half of 2018. Apple would provide the device with a number of iPhone X functions, including Face ID facial recognition technology. The company could bring the 6.1-inch iPhone to the market for a lower price due to a number of trade-offs.

No iPhone 9 in 2018

The device will probably be equipped with an LCD screen instead of an OLED screen (iPhone X), an aluminum housing, a single camera and no 3D Touch. Kuo expects the selling price of the iPhone in the United States to be somewhere between $ 700 and $ 800. His analysis shows that Apple can deliver approximately 105 to 115 million copies at a price of $ 699 and 95 to 105 million at a price of $ 799.

“We project deliveries under the new product cycle (Q4 2018 – Q3 2019) that the 6.1-inch LCD iPhone, expected to be launched in the second half of 2018, could reach approximately 100 million units shipped,” says Kuo. The price could also depend on whether Apple sees the 6.1-inch iPhone as the successor to the iPhone 8 or 8 Plus. Earlier, the analyst suggested that the device will get a standard non-stacked motherboard and a rectangular battery, just like the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus.

Kuo expects the 6.1-inch iPhone to be responsible for 50 percent of new shipments of the next iPhone series, with strong sales throughout 2019. The new iPhones launched this year could deliver a total of 200 million units. to achieve.

Apple usually announces its latest iPhones in September or October. In addition to a 6.1-inch iPhone, we also expect a new 5.8-inch iPhone X and a larger iPhone X with a 6.5-inch screen, both models will have an OLED screen.

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