New iPhone Leak Reveals Apple’s Massive Delay
The good news for iPhone fans is that Apple is planning on launching new models with high quality OLED displays across the range, superfast 5G technology, and a move to offer a pocketable handset with a smaller form factor.
The bad news is that these features are not going to be available until September 2020 at the earliest.
The details come from noted industry analyse Ming-Chi Kuo. His latest report covers the technology that Apple will be adding to the iPhone range. Joe Rossignol highlights the key points for MacRumors:
We expect that the new 2H20 iPhone lines will include the high-end 6.7-inch and 5.4-inch OLED iPhone models and the low-end 6.1-inch OLED iPhone. The 6.7-inch and 5.4-inch OLED iPhone models will likely support 5G. We expect that the PA usage of each 5G iPhone will be 200% more than the current number for iPhone models. Sole suppliers, including Broadcom (designer) and Win-semi (manufacturer), are the significant winners in this case.
5G technology is rolling out across the world, with suitable handsets on sale now and customers picking up the initial benefits of super fast access to the internet. Cloud based services are expected to take advantage of data speeds that are faster in some cases than cabled connections at home. Even with a 5G iPhone launching in 2020, it is expected that this will only cover one model, with a full 5G rollout of iOS devices targeted for 2021… almost thirty months away (AT&T’s 5G Evoluution does not count).
Apple has been late to the OLED market, with a hesitance to move away from LCD technology. The first OLED iPhone screen was the iPhone X launched in the previous product cycle. While the change will be welcomed by those who have stayed with iPhone, you’ll find bright and vivid OLED options across a wide portfolio, not just limited to the flagship models. The $749 iPhone XR is still running with LCD, and this is not expected to change for the 2019 variant to be launched in September, although a key feature of the screen technology is being removed.
