A series of leaks this weekend seem to have spilled the beans on what Apple[1] plans to unveil on Tuesday, its major September event[2] that it has traditionally used to showcase new iPhone[3] models with cutting edge technologies to reassert its tentpole position in Silicon Valley[4].
The tenth anniversary iPhone model will be called the iPhone X, according[5] to developer Steven Troughton Smith, who analysed a leaked build of iOS[6] that will be released to consumers later this month and found several references of the upcoming iPhone models in the strings of software code.
iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X
According to code, the iPhone X[7] will be launched alongside two other iPhone models called the iPhone 8[8] and the iPhone 8 Plus, reaffirming that Apple is skipping the "S" cycle,[9] jumping to iPhone 8 after launching the iPhone 7[10] and iPhone 7 Plus[11] models last year.
Photo Credit: 9to5Mac
The iPhone X is expected to feature an OLED[12] screen, a major departure from the current generation iPhone models that ship with LCD screens. OLED screen offers improved colour representation, and more energy efficiency. The other iPhone models — the iPhone 8 and the iPhone 8 Plus — are expected feature LCD screens. The company, however, may have plans to introduce True Tone Display for improved white balancing, as we have seen in the recent iPad Pro models, 9to5Mac reported[13].
Face ID and Animoji
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