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Apple Might Debut 3 New iPhones in 2019 (fortune.com)
Apple is planning to release three new iPhone models this year, including a device to succeed the newly-created XR model, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter. From a report: Apple will unveil direct successors to last year's iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR, The Wall Street Journal is reporting. The iPhone XR, which is believed to have been the least popular of the three, will be updated with a model that comes with the same LCD display and similar design, according to the report. Apple is also considering adding a triple-lens camera system to one of the 2019 models in a bid to compete with Samsung and others that are readying similar camera systems, the Journal's sources said.
and expensive than the last.
I overheard a reporter interviewing Tim Cook about that.
Reporter: "Why are iPhones so expensive?"
Cook: "Well, consider all the devices your iPhone replaces. Your phone, your camera, your watch, your appointment book, your music player, your video player, your GPS, your flashlight, your calculator, your handheld gaming device, your exercise tracker... surely it reasonable, when you consider how many other expensive devices you no longer need to own."
Reporter: "Then why are Android devices so much cheaper?"
Cook: "Ah! The inexpensive Android replaces just one device! The iPhone."