For years Apple has released a redesigned iPhone one year before upgrading its components the year after, giving that model an “S” designation, just deviating from its proud tradition a bit last year with iPhone 7 which didn’t have a radically new design. But for the next two years, according to a new report from Nikkei, Apple may be planning to release three new iPhones in 2018.

All three of these new phones will have a kind of screen called OLED, which is a newer, superior technology with darker blacks and better power consumption.

Apple is expected to launch a premium handset later this year that’s being called the iPhone 8, for lack of a better term. This model is expected to get a full redesign without a home button, an OLED screen, and a price tag that may top $1000.

In 2018, the plan is that Apple will bring OLED screens to all three of its models. Apple has started to design those iPhones, according to Nikkei.

Apple will require tens of millions of OLED screens, which could cause other companies to miss out on the key component. Currently, Samsung Display is the only company making OLED screens for smartphones at scale, but other companies, including Foxconn’s Sharp, are ramping up production. There is a shortage of OLED screens.

What’s clear is that Apple is completely shifting its iPhone product lineup, focusing around the next generation screen, and by 2019, Apple’s iPhone lineup will have mostly OLED screens. Foxconn will assemble all of the redesigned iPhones this year, according to Nikkei.

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Author: Technology Vista