Apple's 2018 iPhone X Plus And 6.1-inch LCD iPhone Shown In Leaked Photos

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We're a little more than a month away from when Apple is expected to reveal its 2018 family of iPhones. 2017 saw the launch of three iPhones: the evolutionary iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus along with the radical (for Apple) iPhone X.

For 2018, we're expecting to see more design evolution with 6.1-inch and 6.5-inch models blanketing the bottom and top of the iPhone X respectively. Benjamin Geskin, who has a reputation of leaking Apple news ahead of schedule, has come into possession of dummy units of both the 6.1-inch iPhone and the 6.5-inch iPhone X Plus (we don't know if this will be official name, but that's what we're going call it for now). 

If you're familiar with the design language of the iPhone X, nothing should be too surprising here. The 6.1-inch iPhone has a display notch up front, but its back is more reminiscent of the iPhone 8 thanks to its single camera. The iPhone X Plus, however, simply looks like a supersized version of the current 5.8-inch iPhone X.

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When placed side-by-side, you can see the slight size differences between the two handsets, although we wish that a current-generation iPhone X was thrown in for good measure. While these dummy units are by no means "official" Apple hardware, they are likely constructed using official CADs, which makes their appearance likely very close to what we'll see in September.

All three of the new 2018 iPhones (which will include an upgrade to the existing iPhone X) will feature Face ID along with Apple A12 processors (likely produced using a 7nm process). The 6.1-inch iPhone, however, will be the odd man out with a more traditional LCD display instead of the more expensive OLED panels that will be used on its smaller and larger brethren. The use of an LCD panel also means that this will be the cheapest of the three new phones.

Brandon Hill

Brandon Hill

Brandon received his first PC, an IBM Aptiva 310, in 1994 and hasn’t looked back since. He cut his teeth on computer building/repair working at a mom and pop computer shop as a plucky teen in the mid 90s and went on to join AnandTech as the Senior News Editor in 1999. Brandon would later help to form DailyTech where he served as Editor-in-Chief from 2008 until 2014. Brandon is a tech geek at heart, and family members always know where to turn when they need free tech support. When he isn’t writing about the tech hardware or studying up on the latest in mobile gadgets, you’ll find him browsing forums that cater to his long-running passion: automobiles.

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