Futhi sikhuluma ngamahlebezi ahlobene ne-iPhone elandelayo, unyaka ogubha iminyaka eyishumi kwethulwa i-iPhone yokuqala emakethe nokuthi kubasebenzisi abaningi kufanele kube yinguquko yangempela lapho ukuqamba kufanele kubaluleke kakhulu kushiye ngaphandle kwezindaba zokuthi i-Apple yamamodeli wakamuva inkampani eyethule emakethe. Nakulokhu futhi, umhlaziyi we-KGI Securities ungumbhali wamahemuhemu amasha ahlobene namamodeli alandelayo we-iPhone, amamodeli angabona imodeli ephakathi nendawo engeziwe, phakathi kwemodeli engu-4,7-intshi kanye no-5,5-intshi.
Ngokusho kukaMing-Chi Kuo, I-Apple ingavula imodeli engu-5,2-intshi ukugubha iminyaka engu-XNUMX kusukela ekwethulweni kwe-iPhone yokuqala ngo-2007. Le modeli izosinikeza isikrini se-OLED esingu-5,2-intshi, kuyilapho izinhlobo zakudala ezingama-4,7 no-5,5-intshi zizoqhubeka zisebenzise ubuchwepheshe be-LCD ezikrinini zazo. I-Apple ihlela ukuqala ukusebenzisa izikrini ngobuchwepheshe be-OLED ngo-2018, noma kubonakala sengathi ngonyaka ozayo inkampani esekwe eCupertino ifuna ukuqala ukuthatha izinyathelo zokuqala ngalobu buchwepheshe obusinikeza imibala ebonakalayo eningi ngaphezu kokutholakala kwamandla aqinile.
Umqondo wokwethula imodeli yesikrini esiphakathi phakathi kwamanje ngamasentimitha angu-4,7 no-5,5 uzovumela abafana baseCupertino thatha intshisekelo yabo bonke labo basebenzisi ababheka ama-intshi ayi-4,7 amancane kanye nama-intshi angu-5,5 makhulu kakhulu. Le modeli entsha ingasinikeza isikrini esisebenzayo esingu-5,2-intshi, kepha empeleni le divayisi ingahlanganisa isikrini esingu-5,8-intshi, ngokusho kombiko wayo wakamuva. Lezo zingu-intshi ezingama-0,6 umehluko zizoba sezinhlangothini zedivayisi ukuze zingathinti ubukhulu besiginali. Ngaphezu kwalokho, lawo macala azosetshenziswa yi-Apple ukwengeza imisebenzi ekhethekile yale modeli ezofinyelela lonke uhla ngo-2018.