2019 was one of Apple’s most successful years
to date, but the company is showing no signs
of slowing down. As well as five new iPhones
launching in 2020, Apple is expanding its
universe, introducing innovative products and
services to keep the tech giant at the top.
SPRING LAUNCHES
Though Apple traditionally saves big launches
for September, where iPhones and Apple
Watches are given their annual upgrade, this
year the company looks set to rinse and repeat
its 2019 release schedule, hosting a Special
Event in March to show off the new products it’s
been working on, giving Apple fanatics another
excuse to head into their local Apple Store.
Word on the grapevine suggests Apple will kick
off 2020 with an affordable smartphone, the
spiritual successor to the iPhone SE. Expected
to be called the iPhone 9 (the number Apple
skipped when it jumped to “X” in 2017), the
device is already under trial production, with
mass-scale production to follow in the next few
weeks. Sporting a similar design to the iPhone
8, the iPhone 9 will sell for $399 in the United
States, designed to compete against other low-
cost smartphones like the Google Pixel 3A.
According to Mac Otakara, the new
smartphone will come in at 4.7-inches with
a single-lens camera, thick bezels, a Touch ID
home button, alongside supercharged specs
like 3GB of RAM and Apple’s new A13 chip,
meaning it will be capable of powering the
latest games from Apple Arcade. It’s likely the
new budget phone will be sold in 64GB and
128GB storage options, and insiders suggest
that it will launch in silver, space gray, and