WASHINGTON – Apple is gearing up to launch three iPhones this year, withone being a cheaper iPhone with 6.1-inch featuring an LCD display — afollow-up of sorts to the iPhone SE, according to media reports.
The 6.1-inch LCD display on the rumored iPhone model will be substantiallymore advanced than the screens on other recent LCD-equipped iPhones.
According to media reports, which claims that the 6.1-inch LCD display onthe rumored third iPhone model will be substantially more advanced than thescreens on other recent LCD-equipped iPhones. The reports further claimsthat Apple will adopt Japan Display’s Full Active LCD technology, which canbe paired with 0.5mm bezels — even smaller than those of the iPhone X. TheJapan Display described Full Active LCDs as 6-inch screens with 18:9 aspectratios and 2,160×1,080 pixel resolution. Quite a jump from the iPhone SEdisplay.
The report claims that Apple may try its hands on Japan Display’s “FullActive” LCD technology for one of the upcoming iPhones. The LCD displayiPhone was earlier rumoured to come with a 6.1-inch screen, however, thenew report suggests that the screen size could be around 6-inches.
Out of the three iPhones that Apple has planned for 2018, one will resemblethe iPhone X, and, it will be a direct successor to last year’s iPhone X.On the other hand, it will be a cheaper device, and will be the one withthe Full Active LCDs. This will allow Apple to sell the 6.1-inch iPhone ata much cheaper price point.
Some previous rumours suggested that the upcoming Full Active LCD displayiPhone will come with include an aluminum frame instead of stainless steel,single lens camera at the back instead of the usual dual-lens. The deviceis also expected to not sport 3D touch — as suggested by renowed analystMing-Chi Kuo.
Kuo has predicted that the upcoming 6.1-inch iPhone will be a mid-rangedevice and could be priced between $700 and $800.