Apple wasn’t the primary to launch a 5G telephone. However now, it presents a number of fashions with such a functionality and this drives a number of gross sales. Right now, Nikkei Asia stated that each one iPhones launched subsequent 12 months will assist 5G.

Sources acquainted with the matter informed Nikkei Asia that Apple is not going to launch any new 4G mannequin subsequent 12 months. Even the low-end iPhone SE three will helps 5G networks.

The supply added that Apple is not going to launch a brand new iPhone mini mannequin subsequent 12 months. The reason being apparent – prospects didn’t like this a high-end smartphone with a smaller display.

The low-priced 5G iPhone SE three will hit the market as early as the primary half of 2022. They added that this telephone will use Apple’s personal A15 processor, the identical chip because the high-end iPhone that shall be launched this 12 months. The Qualcomm X60 modem shall be accountable for its 5G operate.

As stated, Apple is a latecomer within the 5G race. Samsung, OPPO, Xiaomi, and Huawei have all launched 5G-enabled cell phones earlier than 2019. However the Cupertino-based firm launched its first 5G iPhone in 2020 solely. After corrections within the lineup, subsequent 12 months’s all iPhones shall be 5G merchandise.

In accordance with 4 folks acquainted with the plan, just like the earlier SE fashions, Apple’s low-cost 5G iPhone will appear to be the iPhone 8. It can include a 4.7-inch LCD show as an alternative of the extra superior OLED show. As a reminder, Apple’s first 5G sequence merchandise, iPhone 12 line, makes use of OLED screens.

The iPhone SE, launched in 2016, has been a gross sales booster for Apple resulting from its comparatively low worth. The most recent model launched in April 2020 begins at $399, whereas the iPhone 12 mini – probably the most reasonably priced one within the high-end iPhone sequence final 12 months – prices $699.

In distinction, gross sales of the iPhone 12 mini have been disappointing. After the demand was decrease than anticipated, the manufacturing orders for the primary half of 2021 have been decreased. The supply stated that in contrast with final 12 months, the corporate has additionally decreased the manufacturing plan for this 12 months’s iPhone mini fashions.

Subsequent 12 months, the iPhone mini shall be changed by the brand new 6.7-inch iPhone Professional Max. Which means that the variety of high-end iPhone fashions launched within the second half of 2022 will stay unchanged at 4: two 6.1-inch telephones and two 6.7-inch telephones.

Jeff Pu, a senior analyst at Haitong Worldwide Securities, informed Nikkei Asia that his company expects Apple to ship 231 million iPhones this 12 months and 240 million subsequent 12 months.