In China, Apple Inc. has been involved in a patent dispute with a local company, which claims that the iPhone copies the design of its products. Local Intellectual Property Office sided with the local manufacturer and issued a decision to ban sales of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in Beijing.
According NextPowerUp, we are talking about the smartphone 100C (pictured above), which is released a little-known Chinese brand 100+. The plaintiff claims that Apple copied 100C design and implement it in the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Due to the fact that consumers, according to the Chinese companies are not able to detect the "subtle differences" between smart phones, it needs to prohibit the sale of the Apple smartphone in China. And Apple intends to appeal the decision and has filed an administrative lawsuit against 100+.
But Wall Street analysts, meanwhile, reported that in 2017, after ten ten years since the first iPhone, Apple will launch a new company substantially modified iPhone 8. As for the iPhone 7, the announcement of which is expected this autumn, it will, according to analysts Credit Suisse, would represent a modest upgrade.
The Credit Suisse believe that one of the features of the iPhone 8 will include OLED-display with built-in button Home, updated Taptic Engine, an improved camera and wireless charging. According to AppleInsider, the new smartphone will be clad in a glass case, unlike its predecessor in an aluminum casing. According to analysts, in 2018 iPhone sales volume is 250 million, which will allow Apple to take a 39% market share.
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