Atherton ResearchAs expected, Apple revealed last week its best financial quarter ever with $88 billion in sales and $20 billion in profits, mostly driven by the success of the iPhone X. The "iPhone X surpassed our expectations and has been our top-selling iPhone every week since it shipped in November,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. This fall, Apple will unveil the larger 6.2" iPhone X PlusWhen Apple will announce the next generation of its flagship phones in September, we don't expect much change in the iPhone X design, aside from the addition of a larger or "Plus" version of the device with an "all-screen" 6.2-inch OLED display. Other than that, the overall design of the iPhone X 2018 will be identical to the current generation with the same notch at the top of the display housing Apple's facial recognition system (Face ID). The case for virtual fingerprint recognitionHowever, from our analysis and conversations with people familiar of the technology advances in the mobile industry, we expect that next year, Apple will bring major changes to the iPhone X family, notably with a smaller "notch" and an under-the-screen virtual fingerprint reader - similar to the X20 Plus UD smartphone that the Chinese maker Vivo showed at CES last month.

Source: Forbes February 06, 2018 18:56 UTC