If you’re in the market for an inexpensive iPhone, your best bet is to actually wait until Apple's rumored second-generation iPhone SE model arrives in early 2020.
Kuo: iPhone SE 2 will start at $399, include a red color option, no 3D Touch
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Kuo: MacBooks will swap over to a scissor mechanism keyboard in 2020
Apple's return to the more reliable scissor-switch keyboard mechanism is expected to kick off with a brand-new notebook model featuring a sixteen-inch display that's apparently coming down the pike later this year, but what about the good ol' MacBook line?
Kuo reiterates that Apple is readying the release of iPhone SE 2 in the first quarter of 2020
If you had any doubts that Apple will be releasing a successor to its popular four-inch iPhone SE, reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of TF International Securities is here to dispel them.
Kuo: the next iPad Pro will feature time-of-flight sensors for better AR
Apple will launch updated iPad Pro tablets outfitted with rear cameras using time-of-flight 3D sensing technology in the first quarter of 2020, according to reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
Kuo: Apple working with third-party brands to launch its AR headset in second quarter of 2020
Apple is supposedly working with unnamed third-party brands to release its rumored augmented reality headset accessory in the second quarter of next year.
Kuo: Apple will absorb most of the additional costs due to tariffs
Apple has argued that Trump's additional tariffs, effective September 1, could have a wide range of negative impact on its earnings while tilting the playing field in favor of its global competitors, but one analyst is out with a new report predicting that the iPhone maker will absorb most of the additional costs stemming from tariffs.
Kuo claims 2021 iPhones will have both Face ID and Touch ID, but he could be wrong about that
According to the most recent note to clients by Ming-Chi Kuo of TF Securities, the most reliably of Apple analysts out there, iPhones released in 2021 will feature both the Face ID authentication method and a new under-screen Touch ID sensor.
Kuo: all 2020 iPhones to sport 5G connectivity, not just two of the three new models
Reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of TF International Securities now thinks that all three iPhone models releasing in 2020 will feature 5G cellular capability, a change from his earlier prediction calling for two of the three new iPhones slated to ship in the next year to incorporate 5G cellular modems dual-sourced from Samsung and Qualcom.
Apple may ditch the problematic butterfly mechanism keyboards sooner than expected
Supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo recently predicted that the first Apple notebook to ditch the butterfly keyboard will be a refreshed MacBook Air. However, the company recently updated the MacBook Air lineup without changing the keyboard mechanism. In a revised prediction, he's now saying that the phasing-out process will begin with the rumored new Mac notebook model sporting a 16-inch display that should release later this year.
The most reliable Apple analyst predicts Mac notebooks will finally ditch the problematic butterfly keyboard mechanism
TF Securities' Ming-Chi Kuo, the most reliable Apple analyst out there, says the next MacBook Air and other upcoming Mac notebooks will ditch the problematic butterfly keyboard mechanism that's been causing significant reliability issues and roll out a refreshed keyboard design based on the more traditional scissor-based typing mechanism instead.
Kuo: Apple could complete 5G modem development by 2022 or 2023
Apple could do without Qualcomm's wireless modems in iPhones as soon as 2022.
Kuo: new iPhones and iPads to switch to modified polyamide antennae
Upcoming new iPhones and iPads are expected to switch from two upper antennae and two lower antennae made from LCP to a single Modified PI (MPI) material and liquid crystal polymer (LCP) for the upper antenna and three MPI assemblies for the lower antenna.