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Apple's New iPhones Will Come In a Plethora of New Colors, Says Report (9to5mac.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the shiny-and-new dept.

According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple's new 2018 iPhones will come in a plethora of colors. The 6.5-inch iPhone will be offered in black, white, and a (new) gold, while the entry-level 6.1-inch LCD iPhone will debut in "grey, white, blue, red and orange." 9to5Mac reports: That's a potential five new colors for the LCD model. It is very possible that when Kuo says "grey" and "white" he is referring to the Space Grey and Silver finishes as seen on the current iPhone X. We've mocked up the new finishes by tinting an iPhone X, but note the 6.1-inch LCD iPhone is not expected to have a dual-camera system. However, that still means Apple is looking to introduce four new options. It seems like the higher end models will add gold to the lineup...

The ~$700 6.1-inch LCD 2018 iPhone (which will mostly resemble an iPhone X's design from the front) will have a larger lineup including blue, red and orange. This harkens back to the iPhone 5c era when Apple rolled out a cheaper iPhone sibling in colorful chassis. We have heard some mumblings prior to today's report about Apple expanding the color options for the cheaper phone, but this is the first time someone reputable has reported specifics. It's not clear if the "red" color means PRODUCT(RED)... Kuo also says that the 6.5-inch OLED iPhone Model should be priced around $1,000 like the current iPhone X, and will feature dual SIM capabilities. Meanwhile, the 6.1-inch LCD iPhone X style device should retail for around $700. The other iPhone expected to be released later this year will be a spec-bump upgrade to the 5.8-inch iPhone X currently available.

In other Apple-related news, Intel will reportedly not provide the 5G modems for Apple's 2020 mobile devices.

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  1. Redefining 'plethora' by chrism238 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Seems that the Reality Distortion Field will soon be redefining 'plethora'.

  2. New colors, wowser wowser wowser! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    This is so innovative, so leading edge.

    Excitement is back in the phone industry, for sure!

  3. "Stuff that Matters" my ass by KiloByte · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think this is a new low for Slashdot. How bad into minutiae of rumours for a crap phone can you get? The only site this oh-so-vital piece of news could fit on would be fashion for hipsters.

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  4. Re:When your product's stale ... by alvinrod · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'd honestly be happy if new colors were about the extent of things and that they'd spent an entire year polishing features that already exist. As much as everyone harps on about innovation, new features for the sake of new features aren't useful, especially when half-baked in order to meet a yearly release schedule. Give me a solid implementation of a good idea over a weak attempt at a new one any day. New colors should be plenty to satisfy the idiots.

  5. Guess they haven't learned the lesson yet by nehumanuscrede · · Score: 4, Insightful

    that phones nearing that $1k price tag don't seem to sell so well.
    ( No matter what lovely colors it comes in )

    The $700 variant will probably fare much better.

    However, is it just me or does no one really give a damn about the " new " iPhones / Androids that come out every year with not a whole lot of anything to get excited about ?

    Roll one out with a headphone jack, removable battery, the basic OS without all the GD bloatware, a physical switch that disables GPS, the MIC and Cameras and you might pique my interest. Selling me the same old sh*t with a colorful new paintjob just doesn't really do it for me I'm afraid.

    1. Re:Guess they haven't learned the lesson yet by AHuxley · · Score: 3, Insightful

      China will soon flood the US market with phones at cost to build their designed in China brand names.
      $350 will be the new $1100. Memory, cpu, gpu, camera lens count, headphone jack, battery hours will all be great from China at a new low price.
      Apps and software will go they way of 1980's IBM on the price of its hardware.
      Apple will have to design its way past China and set its own new price on design.
      Make a Performa phone?

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    2. Re:Guess they haven't learned the lesson yet by TheGratefulNet · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I make a good income and yet, I can't imagine spending $1k on a phone. a fucking PHONE, which is locked down, not a general purpose computer that I control, but something that I have temporary use of, and the vendor will EOL when it suits them.

      I guess the lesson is: the power of peer pressure makes even poor people think they -have- to have this thingie to be part of the in-crowd.

      but wow, a grand for a phone. and people are buying them. I am not unaware of this, but I'm continually amazed by how people can be conned out of their money so easily and for such a silly thing, too. yes, phones are needed, but not $1k phones! there's absolutely nothing ESSENTIAL on this phone that you simply must have. its all about style and being part of the in-crowd. and people do this. yes, I'm really amazed.

      (my phone is at least 4 gens back, some generica android thing, and I bought it as a refurb. and I'll stop using it when it STOPS running. so far, after 3 yrs of ownership, it still runs as fine as it did on day1, so I can't see the reason to throw it out)

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  6. Re:Oh my, color me beige by iggymanz · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Culture would includes fads and fashion.

    But this is supposed to be a tech news site. Instead we're finding out if a appliance can color coordinate with our shoes.

  7. Color IS NOT NEWS /.! by gordguide · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What else to add? Is /. now "News for Fashionistas? Does a chipset setting determine the colour? Because if it doesn't, this is garbage news.

  8. Colors? Big deal.... by Rick+Zeman · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...first thing most people do is slap a case on them so you can barely see what color they are. It's not like these are iMacs, y'know.