Apple plans to release a more affordable large-screen iPhone model in 2022, trusted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said in a note to investors.<\/p>\n
9to5Mac reported<\/strong><\/a> that, according to Kuo’s information, Apple will stick to four models for its annual flagship launch in the second half of 2022. This will once again consist of two high-end and two low-end offerings.<\/p>\n However, this time around it will also have a 6.7-inch option for its cheaper configuration, instead of just in the Pro category.<\/p>\n The 2022 iPhone line-up could therefore look like this:<\/p>\n Apple is targeting a price of $900 for this large-screen model \u2014 the halfway mark between the launch prices of the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro.<\/p>\n This is also $200 cheaper than the price tag of the latest big option, the iPhone 12 Pro Max.<\/p>\n In addition, Kuo repeated previous claims that the 2022 range will feature under-display fingerprint readers and a wide camera with 48MP resolution.<\/p>\n Offering a more affordable large-screen model would make sense based on customers’ spending trends on the iPhone 12 over the last few months.<\/p>\n Apple’s small-screen entry in its latest flagship lineup, the iPhone 12 Mini, recorded lacklustre sales compared to its bigger brothers.<\/p>\n Its performance has been so bad that market research firm TrendForce<\/strong><\/a> recently reported that Apple has completely halted production of the model, cutting its lifecycle short.<\/p>\n Counterpoint Research’s latest Global Handset Model Tracker<\/strong><\/a> report showed that it was the only iPhone 12 model that did not feature in the top 10 smartphone models sold in the world in the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n In fact, it was beaten by 2019’s iPhone 11, which was the fourth-best selling smartphone of the period.<\/p>\n Despite its big price tag, the 6.7-inch iPhone 12 Pro Max was second only to the iPhone 12.<\/p>\n It outsold the more affordable 6.1-inch iPhone 12 Pro, which offers all of the same specifications, aside from the larger screen and battery.<\/p>\n Combining the affordability of the standard iPhone with the large screen and longer battery life of a Max model could bolster Apple’s sales.<\/p>\n Mobile network operators in South Africa have previously also reported they experienced big demand for the iPhone 11 Pro Max and iPhone 12 Pro Max models.<\/p>\n Apple will launch a large-screen variant of its mid-range iPhone model in 2022, renowned Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has claimed. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341042,"featured_media":383276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17934],"tags":[605,1125,61148,66352,33757,57804],"class_list":["post-403089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-smartphones","tag-apple","tag-iphone","tag-iphone-12","tag-iphone-12-pro-max","tag-ming-chi-kuo","tag-smartphone-displays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403089"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341042"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403089"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":403099,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403089\/revisions\/403099"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Big screens winning<\/h3>\n
Now read: Avoid this Wi-Fi hotspot \u2014 or your iPhone\u2019s wireless functionality will break<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"