When your iPhone starts to slow down, we always suspect that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is doing it on purpose…
We suspect that it’s trying to move us from older versions of its phones and software and push us toward updated versions — more expensive versions.
Whether it’s entirely true or not, your iPhone might start to slow down very soon.
Not because of some conspiracy, but because Apple is gearing up to launch its newest iPhone in the fall. As usual, with almost every new iPhone that Apple introduces, it will also introduce a new version of its operating system.
It’s usually around summer when Apple begins to release the beta versions of its newest operating system. And like clockwork, Apple released its beta version of iOS 11 at the end of June.
The final version of the operating system will be released this fall with the newest iPhone. But if you can’t wait until then, you’re able to download the beta version now to test out the new features that’ll come with iOS 11.
However, using the beta version might have some adverse effects on your phone since, most often, Apple develops its operating systems to be the most cohesive with the iPhone that it plans to release that year.
And that’s usually the reason behind your phone slowing down. Like any company in an industry that’s constantly changing and that’s highly competitive, products need to be desirable and have new features in order to keep revenues flowing.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the iPhone. And that means that there’s some pressure on Apple to make its staple product into something new and desirable.
The smartphone market had one of its lowest year-over-year growths in 2016 with a minuscule growth of only 2.5%.
2016 was the first year that Apple experienced a year-over-year decline in its iPhone shipments — falling 7%.
Despite those discouraging figures, the International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts a strong rebound in iPhone volumes for 2017. This prediction is solely based on the anticipation for Apple’s newest iPhone that is rumored to have technical changes that’ll set it apart from other smartphones and previous versions of the iPhone.
iPhone 8 Leaks
Apple tends to be very secretive about its new devices and the features that’ll be included with them. So, it comes as no surprise that it’s trying to be extra secretive about what we can expect from the iPhone 8 (currently being dubbed as the “iPhone X”).
No matter how hush-hush a company tries to be, there will always be some kind of information leaked. That’s just how it goes.
And with only a few months left until the prospective launch date for the new iPhone, we’ve already seen some leaked information. Of course, you should take this information with a grain of salt because we won’t really know if it’s true or not until the actual launch day.
So, what can we expect? Well, it seems like this year will be the year that the new iPhone will introduce wireless charging technology. A lot of pictures and design plans have surfaced that suggest it will have a curved AMOLED display and vertical dual rear-facing camera… a little outside the norm of the past 10 years of iPhone designs.
This new iPhone is expected to launch alongside an iPhone 7S and 7S Plus. Those two versions will probably be less impressive than the iPhone 8, but they will still give consumers and dedicated Apple users options instead of leaving them feeling limited with their phone choices.
It’s also rumored that the iPhone 8 will not have a physical home button and no indication of a fingerprint scanner on the front or back of the phone. This indicates that the fingerprint scanner and home button will now be integrated into the display screen.
Of course, all these leaks are speculation at this point. But they do give us an idea of what we might be able to expect from Apple and its future iPhones. This will hopefully drive up interest when it comes time for the actual product launch and, for Apple’s sake, hopefully drive up the demand and orders for its newest iPhone.
Until next time,
Jennifer Clark
Pro Trader Today