Star analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has now commented on the iPhone 2020 and given his forecast for sales figures.
If Ming-Chi Kuo has his way, the 5G iPhone a real blockbuster. "We believe that the uncertainty has been removed after Apple and Qualcomm ended the patent dispute and entered into a six-year licensing agreement - Intel's announcement to exit the 5G baseband business would also be groundbreaking," Kuo wrote in a note to investors. According to the analyst, Apple will introduce a 5G-capable iPhone in autumn 2020 - this should have a major impact on the company's sales. Kuo expects around 200 million devices to be sold.
record sales in 2015
If Kuo is right, the record year of 2015 would still remain untouched. At that time, Apple sold around 231.2 million iPhones. In the 2016, 2017 and 2018 financial years, the figures were 211.8 million, 216.8 million and 217.7 million iPhones. With a view to the "5G iPhone", TSMC has also developed a 5-nanometer design infrastructure that can be used for future chip designs. Earlier speculation had already suggested that this could be used in the "A14" chips for the 2020 iPhones. In addition, according to the rumor mill, the entire 2020 line-up with OLED screens According to previous reports, Samsung is expected to be the main supplier of these displays - LG Display and Japan Display could also be involved. (Image: iStock by Getty Images)
