The iPhone X was the first revolutionary upgrade for Apple’s smartphone lineup in a few years as it brought new technologies such as the OLED display and 3D sensors. However, the latter presented some challenges on the production line and multiple reports suggested that the components required to power Apple’s Face ID feature were creating a bottleneck and consequently causing supply shortage. With Apple expected to switch to Face ID on other models as well this year, the company is said to begin trial production of the new models soon.
It would make sense for the company to do so as it would want to prevent a repeat of the delays and supply shortages that it had to bear with for the iPhone X last year. A new report out of Taiwan claims that Apple is going to start trial production of this year’s iPhones well ahead of schedule.
The report claims that trial production is going to begin in the second quarter whereas the trial production for started in late July last year. The new handsets aren’t due until the third quarter at the very least as there’s nothing to suggest that Apple is going to stray from its traditional September release for new iPhones.
Apple is expected to launch three new iPhone models this year, two with OLED panels and one with LCD. All three models are said to feature Face ID.