Report: Apple preparing three new iPhone X models for 2018


Bloomberg is reporting that Apple will be leveraging its iPhone X design to introduce three new models. Supporting long-standing rumors, the top of the line will be a large 6.5-inch model.

There’ll be a new high-end iPhone, internally dubbed D33, with a display that measures about 6.5-inch diagonally, according to the people familiar with the matter. That would make it the largest iPhone by far and one of the biggest mainstream phones on the market. It will continue to have a glass back with stainless steel edges and dual cameras on the back. The big difference on the software side will be the ability to view content side-by-side in apps like Mail and Calendar. It will be Apple’s second phone with a crisper organic light-emitting diode, or OLED, screen.

Apple is expected to also release a 5.8-inch model that seems an update to the iPhone X. Beyond the new larger device, no design changes are expected. Mostly we should expect to see faster performance and an improved camera.

In addition, Apple is expected to replace the iPhone 8 with a device with a less expensive model using a 6.1-inch LCD display. The current other other iPhone X models use more advanced OLED screens.