On more than one occasion we have talked about the subject, the iPhone range has never been so extensive, Apple maintains a good handful of devices with a purchase option in its stores, which causes significant indecision among users.
All this packaging of products could change and be simplified throughout this year 2018 and the truth is that it has its logic. In this way, Apple could choose to focus on the latest devices and end up with a product diversification never seen before.
Analyst Robert Cihra has left a note on AppleInsider pointing to the possibility that the Cupertino team decides to give a good cut to its extensive range of iPhone devices currently available for sale. In theory it would choose to offer a range of devices simply called iPhone and with LCD screens to position its medi range.a, keeping with the “X” those devices that have more complex technical specifications. Something like this is what we can find right now between the Pro range of the iPad and the normal iPad - which is also being duly renewed - this is how they could easily differentiate the models without creating confusion.
As we have said, the LCD screen will be the main differentiating aspect, as we imagine they will include a single camera in these devices. It remains to be determined whether they would adapt Face ID technology and the new screen proportions of the iPhone X, or they will continue to bet on the ridiculous frames that Apple continues to maintain in the iPhone 8 in the middle of 2018. At least if you really want to popularize facial recognition - which still has a long way to go - you will have no choice, despite that the fingerprint reader continues to deliver spectacular performance sufficient to meet the security and convenient authentication needs that users demand today.