The base model of the iPhone 8 is however expected to start at $900
Apple is preparing to release its latest versions of the iPhone this year at its keynote to be held in September. As usual one may think, the pricing strategy for its iPhones would be higher than last year. On the contrary, the pricing strategy is predicted to be lower than previous versions. Also, the high-end iPhone 8 with an OLED display is expected to cost over $1,000, but a base 64GB model could start at $850 to $900 in the US.
“The price point will be similar to Samsung’s new Galaxy S8+, which starts at $840 to $850,” macrumors.com quoted Steven Milunovich, Analyst from financial services firm UBS, as saying. iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus will start at $649 and $749, respectively.
Along side the new edge-to-edge OLED display, the iPhone 8 is also expected to come with wireless charging and no physical home button, and potentially 3D facial recognition and/or iris scanning.
The iPhone 8 which had been expected to release in September, like any other iPhone launches, may get delayed to October or November, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.
The spectral sensing ambient light sensor will also be added across the iPhone 7S, iPhone 7S Plus and iPhone 8.
