Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who predicted a number of new products for the company Apple including 12″ MacBookua iPhone 6 Plus, is heard again and this time it is starting to focus on this year's models iPhone. At the outset, he says that this year's generation iPhone can bring about so many fundamental changes that sa Apple decides to abandon the previous sequence and a new one iPhone will be called iPhone 7 and not iPhone 6s.
The renowned analyst says that among the key novelties of this year's model iPhone will include Force Touch technology. Apple however, he should use a different technology than the one he used in 12″ MacBookua Apple Watch. The change should also affect Force Touch sensors used in products that Apple intends to present next year. This also means that the company could leave its current suppliers, TPK and GIS. The analyst specified that the Force Touch sensor in the future model iPhone it won't directly detect finger pressure, instead it will detect the area where the finger touches the screen and judge how much pressure is applied to it.
From a technological point of view, there are two options where Apple place the sensor. In the first case, it places the sensor between the cover and the in-cell display. In this case, it is necessary to ensure that the Force Touch sensor is transparent and does not shade the backlight of the display. In the second case, it would Apple could place the sensor between the cover and the backlight for the display, but there is another problem here - by having an additional layer between the display and the sensor, the signal generated by the touch of the finger will be weaker and iPhone may not provide a perfect user experience. Although the second option is not perfect, Apple should use her this year.
The analyst ultimately denied the claim that it would Apple began to change to a competing manufacturer. Argues that Apple will only release two phones this year, iPhone 7 to iPhone 7 Plus, but in no case should we expect the introduction of three different sized models. So we'll see if his prediction comes true or if we get a show in September/September "Three new iPhones “. It also remains a mystery what this year's phone lineup will look like. If Mronehad both today's models on sale, it would mean that at the end of the year it would be selling 5 different models - iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6 to iPhone 5s. For comparison, until now they were on sale maximal 3 models. The analyst also expects to sell in the third quarter Apple 25 to 30 million iPhones.
and what about the OLED option where you don't have to count on backlighting at all... AW has already indicated the transition