Apple to embrace iPhone X design with new colours, bigger screens
The new iPhones expected to be launched next month will boast a wider range of prices, features and sizes to increase their appeal
Apple is not only doubling down on the iPhone X, it is tripling down.
The world’s most valuable company plans to launch three new smartphones soon that keep the edge-to-edge screen design of last year’s flagship, according to people familiar with the matter. The devices will boast a wider range of prices, features and sizes to increase their appeal, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing unannounced products.
None of the three iPhones, however, will be wholly new designs like the iPhone X was last year or the iPhone 6 in 2014, with some inside Apple labelling the launch as an “S year”, a designation the company has given to new handsets that retain the previous design but add new internal features. The company is planning more significant changes for next year, they said.
The iPhone X was not as big a hit as some Wall Street analysts hoped for before it was released last November. The handset, however, still sold strongly and helped Apple gain share in a global smartphone market that has almost stopped growing.
The upcoming iPhones, planned to be unveiled next month, show Apple is adjusting its strategy. Rather than luring millions of new iPhone users, Apple’s goal these days is to steadily raise average prices, while expanding the total number of active devices to support sales of accessories and digital services like streaming music and video.