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Ming-Chi Kuo Says 2018 iPhone Lineup Will Have New Colors, Including Gold, Red, Blue, and Orange
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Lol, it’s fine... I just couldn’t help it. ;0)
I’m with the group that hopes it’s anodized metallic colors a la iPod line, NOT bright plastic a la iPhone C.
I think it would make the “cheap” iPhone festive & cool, but still classy & high-end looking.
No harm done, I’ll consider it a good reminder to myself to read before I comment, which is ALWAYS a good idea lol
I think you've got the rumors wrong. Most of the rumors have 3 sizes, with the cheap one being the 6.1" medium sized LCD model. The small (the one you want) and large are rumored to be OLED.
I think you'll get exactly what you want!
I think you've got the rumors wrong. Most of the rumors have 3 sizes, with the cheap one being the 6.1" medium sized LCD model. The small (the one you want) and large are rumored to be OLED.
I think you'll get exactly what you want!
Ahh forgot it was 3 versions this cycle *face palm*
Even still, it seems very un-Apple and I understand the “lower price point” but I can’t imagine it being so low that it makes difference. If the X was $1K, the low end/medium model would still be $799-899 given the Face ID technology, etc. right?
Colors aside (which I know was all this thread was about lol) now I kind of wish they were all OLED
. The X is a near-perfect size to where I might consider the medium model, but not if it’s LCD. Now I’m a little more excited about the fall releases lol Thanks again for reminding me!
Prices are coming down with maturing tech and higher volumes. OLED and FaceID hardware were new and expensive the first year, but the 2018 X is rumored at $899, the new X Plus at $999. That puts the 9—a single-model replacement for the $699 iPhone 8 and $799 8 Plus—somewhere around $749.
I would be kinda surprised to see Apple go the plastic 5C route with these colors. Hopefully that means these will be more nanochromatic iPod nano meets glass back styling.
No.
I think it’s pretty well established that the high-end/more expensive phones will have multiple cameras (2, or even 3 on the rear), and OLED... while the LCD version will have single rear cam & lack 3D Touch.
Wireless charging seems to stil be up in the air.
We’ve already seen a budget iPhone have bright “fun” colors in the past to promote sales and try to make it stand out in a good way.
To me this decision seems FAR more expected than “interesting”.
I think that would be very interesting. They could pull the entire 8 line, because they'll have 3 sizes of phones, but I think it would be more of a quiet selling off of stock than a quick pull.
Wait, so it’s supposed (rumored) to be 3 X models AND a an iPhone 9?? I thought it’d just be these 3 models which would still have the $899 (possibly $799) starting points? That would be the “medium” model without OLED.
However, I wonder would Apple seriously consider limiting the colors to the darker Space Grey and Silver on all 2018 model iPhone models only? That would certainly cut production costs, and might save enough to allow Apple to put in 4 GB of RAM on all the 2018 models with Face ID.
Why? In the past, when new iPhones would release, Apple was quick to pull more than the base storage capacity off the market.
There are only two X models, not three. The original 5.8” size X (2018 model) and the rumored 6.5” X Plus.
The 6.1” iPhone is the cheaper, LCD alternative to the $899 X/$999 X Plus flagships. Just like the $699/799 LCD 8/8 Plus was the 2017 alternative to spending $999 on the flagship X.
Last year there were two LCD iPhone 8 models and one OLED X. This year, there’s only one LCD model (iPhone 9) but two OLED (X/X Plus).
It appears to be taking the spot of the 8 though. With the other taking the price points of the 8 Plus and X. Still not a cheap phone by any stretch!
Multi colours are the least interesting thing about iPhones...these lollypop/rainbow varieties cheapen the iPhone brand imo. They just seem off.
& with no bezels, who's going to be admiring the back of their phone enough to buy one anyway (I know...plenty)..
It's too aesthetically-bent imo....goes against the tech/hardware design ethos that iPhones are known for.
& with no bezels, who's going to be admiring the back of their phone enough to buy one anyway (I know...plenty)..
It's too aesthetically-bent imo....goes against the tech/hardware design ethos that iPhones are known for.