Apple iPhone X successor with LCD screen coming soon at half the price?

Apple iPhone X successor with LCD screen coming soon at half the price?

The 6.1-inch LCD screen and dual-SIM functionality-based iPhone would cost half the price of the current generation flagship, according to a report in 9to5 citing KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo

The anniversary-edition Apple iPhone X is one of the expensive consumer-centric smartphones launched late last year. However, the iPhone X successor, with a 6.1-inch notch-based LCD screen and dual-SIM functionality, would cost half the price of the current generation flagship, according to a report in 9to5 citing KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.

In an earlier Bloomberg report, Kuo said Apple was considering creating another price segment for dual-SIM-based iPhones. He also said that the single SIM model could sell at between $550 and $650, while the dual-SIM model would go for at least $650.

Kuo’s information stands in line with the Digitimes research analyst Luke Lin, who said in his report that Apple would launch a new 5.85-inch iPhone this year with OLED screen at a price much lower than that of the iPhone X. According to Lin, who cited information from Apple's upstream supply chain, the nextgeneration iPhone’s manufacturing bill for materials will be over 10 per cent lower than that for the iPhone X. He added that the MBOM of the iPhone X was more than $400 in 2017.

In the past, Lin had also purported that Apple was preparing for a new inexpensive smartphone similar to the iPhone SE, with the wireless charging functionality but without 3D-sensing technology, for a 2018 launch. Read More