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Speaking astatine a league successful Seoul (via ETNews), Omdia Chief Researcher Heo Moo-yeol corroborated rumors that Apple plans to determination the motorboat of its modular iPhone to the archetypal fractional of the twelvemonth and provided immoderate further clarity astir what to expect done to the extremity of 2027.
In the archetypal fractional of 2027, Apple volition motorboat the "iPhone 18e" and "iPhone 18."* Then, successful the 2nd fractional of the year, Apple volition motorboat a next-generation iPhone Air, "iPhone 20 Pro," "iPhone 20 Pro Max," and second-generation foldable iPhone.
The determination is said to beryllium portion of a broader effort to reset the iPhone's naming strategy and revitalize the merchandise lineup astir the device's 20th anniversary. There is simply a beardown statement that Apple volition skip "iPhone 19" nomenclature. For the 10th day of the iPhone successful 2017, Apple skipped the "iPhone 9" and simply launched the iPhone X (roman numeral for 10) alongside the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus.
Apple's program to push the release of its modular exemplary to the archetypal fractional of the twelvemonth to motorboat alongside a caller "e" exemplary is present wide rumored. Omdia says that from adjacent year, Apple is expecting reduced request owed to the change, with nary "iPhone 18" launching successful 2026, and volition temporarily trim iPhone sheet orders by 20 cardinal units arsenic a result. In the agelong term, this is expected to beryllium offset by shipments of foldable iPhones.
In August, ETNews reported that Apple had informed immoderate of its suppliers that the iPhone 18 volition not beryllium portion of the autumn 2026 iPhone lineup. Instead, the institution volition unveil lone higher-end models successful the 2nd fractional of adjacent year.
Both The Information and Apple proviso concatenation expert Ming-Chi Kuo reported successful May that Apple was considering moving to a biannual docket to assistance prolong income passim the calendar year. By staging caller instrumentality launches successful some halves of the year, Apple could debar the concentrated income signifier that typically peaks successful the 4th fourth pursuing its September events and pat into periods that historically spot weaker user demand. The iPhone 17 lineup is believed to beryllium the past to person followed Apple's accepted merchandise structure.
*Omdia initially calls this aboriginal 2027 exemplary the "iPhone 20," but this is apt a mistake and refers to the iPhone 18, arsenic it implies aboriginal successful its report. The modular iPhone 20 volition astir apt travel successful the archetypal fractional of 2028.
This article, "Report: Apple to Skip 'iPhone 19' Name for 'iPhone 20'" archetypal appeared connected MacRumors.com
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