{"id":63626,"date":"2018-04-20T06:23:46","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T06:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=63626"},"modified":"2018-04-20T06:23:46","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T06:23:46","slug":"2018-might-be-the-first-year-i-dont-buy-a-flagship-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/2018-might-be-the-first-year-i-dont-buy-a-flagship-iphone.html","title":{"rendered":"2018 might be the first year I don\u2019t buy a flagship iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"

2018 might be the first year I don’t buy a flagship iPhone<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

The flagship iPhone X might not be the best-selling iPhone Apple has ever released. Numerous well-sourced reports have stated that Apple has had to slash iPhone X production on at least one occasion because sales have fallen short of expectations. It\u2019s possible that these reports are all off base and Apple cut orders because it ramped up production so quickly last fall, but the phone\u2019s sky-high $1,000 price tag and a tepid response to the lack of Touch ID make that seem unlikely. Even still, the response among people who have purchased the iPhone X has been overwhelmingly positive, and I\u2019ve enjoyed almost everything about the phone since I bought mine last November. It\u2019s the sleekest, fastest and most powerful iPhone Apple has ever made, and the display is absolutely stunning. Though controversial, I also came around to really like the notched screen design. I\u2019m clearly not alone since nearly every Android phone maker on the planet is in the process of copying it.<\/span><\/p>\n

If there\u2019s one thing that\u2019s bugged me about the iPhone X, it\u2019s probably the size of the display. At 5.8 inches, the iPhone X\u2019s screen is larger that the iPhone 8 Plus\u2019 5.5-inch display on paper. In reality, however, the phone has a crazy 19.5:9 aspect ratio that\u2019s very tall and wide, so there\u2019s actually less overall space than there is on the iPhone 8 Plus. That\u2019s why I\u2019m so excited about recent rumors that suggest a larger \u201ciPhone X Plus\u201d will be released this year. As great as an iPhone X with a large 6.5-inch OLED display sounds though, I might skip it this year and buy a different new phone.<\/span><\/p>\n

An iPhone has been my personal phone since the very first model launched more than a decade ago in 2007. I spent about 5 minutes with that first-generation iPhone model before knowing I would ditch my time with Nokia smartphones and BlackBerry phones had come to an end. I have purchased a new flagship iPhone model each and every year since then, but 2018 may be the year that all changes.<\/span><\/p>\n

No, I don\u2019t plan to jump ship to Android. I\u2019d happily switch to the Galaxy S9+ or one of the other great Android phones out there, but I\u2019m far too entrenched in the Apple ecosystem to abandon it now. Bravo, Apple. Of course, it\u2019s not just that \u2014 even with the current messy state of iOS 11, iOS still provides a far better user experience than Android. Add to that the wonderful integrations across all of Apple\u2019s different product lines, and it\u2019s far too good an experience to leave.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, if I\u2019m not buying a flagship \u201ciPhone X Plus\u201d or the updated version of the flagship 5.8-inch iPhone X, what am I going to buy? No, I have no plans to downgrade to the iPhone SE 2 Apple may or may not announce in the coming months. Instead, there\u2019s another new iPhone model set to launch this September, and it sounds like it might be almost perfect.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 5.8-inch iPhone X is a bit too small for me, and there\u2019s a good chance the 6.5-inch \u201ciPhone X Plus\u201d is going to be too large. As is the case with Apple\u2019s iPhone 6\/6s\/7\/8 series phones, the base models are far too tiny and the Plus models are too unwieldy to use comfortably with one hand. Like Goldilocks, I\u2019ve struggled to find one that\u2019s just right. But there were three bears in that story, and in 2018 there are three new iPhones set to be released this coming September. As it turns out, the third one may end up being just right.<\/span><\/p>\n

The world\u2019s top Apple insider says that in addition to a 5.8-inch iPhone X successor and a new phablet version of the phone with a 6.5-inch OLED display, there will be a third new iPhone model with a 6.1-inch screen. This new middle child will supposedly be a mid-tier phone positioned somewhere in between the iPhone SE and Apple\u2019s flagship iPhone models, whatever they end up being called. With an almost all-screen design just like the iPhone X, a 6.1-inch model could end up being the perfectly sized iPhone I\u2019ve been hoping for ever since Apple first launched the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, here\u2019s where things get complicated. Insiders say this phone is going to be a mid-tier handset, so the specs will be dialed back a bit compared to the high-end iPhone models Apple is planning to release this year. Can I live with that? Can other longtime iPhone users who have been waiting for the perfect sized iPhone live with that?<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s look at the differences we think we know about so far. KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo\u2019s initial note about three new iPhones set to launch this year said that the mid-tier iPhone X \u2014 for lack of a better name \u2014 will have a few key downgrades. First, the 6.1-inch display will be an LCD screen rather than a newer OLED display like the one on the iPhone X. This is probably the spec that gives me pause the most. The new Samsung Display OLED panel in Apple\u2019s iPhone X is absolutely stunning. The LCD screens on the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus are still great, but they don\u2019t hold a candle to the iPhone X\u2019s screen.<\/span><\/p>\n

The next big difference is Kuo\u2019s claim that the 6.1-inch iPhone won\u2019t support 3D Touch. Honestly, I don\u2019t care. 3D Touch is a neat feature and I actually do use it fairly often, particularly the trackpad feature on the keyboard. There are some other useful features as well. But if 3D Touch disappeared tomorrow, I wouldn\u2019t miss it. Most other people probably wouldn\u2019t either. Apple did a terribly job of using this nifty tech to its fullest extent, and many people don\u2019t even remember it exists or never knew about it in the first place.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are likely to be a few other differences between the 6.1-inch iPhone and Apple\u2019s OLED models this year. We\u2019ve heard rumblings that the phone will have an aluminum midframe instead of stainless steel, for example. Again, who cares? The biggest mystery is core specs \u2014 will this iPhone have less RAM than Apple\u2019s higher-end models? Will it have an older A series processor like the iPhone SE? That might be a deal-breaker.<\/span><\/p>\n

Beyond size, there\u2019s another huge advantage the 6.1-inch model will have: price. According to a note to clients sent by Ming-Chi Kuo just this morning, this new iPhone model might start at just $550. That would be an incredible value, even if the phone\u2019s specs end up being dialed back a bit. I, like many other iPhone users, am going to have to cough up a pretty penny to pay off my iPhone X when Apple\u2019s new iPhone models launch. Since the new models are expected to launch on time in September and last year\u2019s iPhone X launched late in November, that\u2019s two months of payments I\u2019ll need to make in order to upgrade to a new phone on my installment plan. I could wait until November to upgrade\u2026 but we all know that\u2019s not going to happen.<\/span><\/p>\n

Apple may end up striking gold with its mid-tier iPhone X successor in 2018. The size seems perfect and the price seems right. If the iPhone X\u2019s $1,000+ price tag truly is the thing holding back many iPhone users from upgrading, we can expect a surge of upgrades come September. As for me, I\u2019ll have some serious soul-searching to do, but 2018 may indeed be the first year I don\u2019t buy a flagship iPhone.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-http:\/\/bgr.com\/2018\/04\/19\/iphone-x-plus-release-date-coming-lcd-iphone-better-maybe\/<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t