Early September is go time for Apple, and this year will be no different.

Ahead of any big release, the world’s first $1 trillion company usually has to deal with a few leaks. We’ve already seen what’s in store for the new MacBook, courtesy of some inside sources, but let’s turn our attention to the latest iPhone.

We’ll call it the iPhone 11, although reports suggest it may be called the iPhone XI or iPhone X2.

Via Tech Radar, here’s the scoop:

Even without the official iPhone XI price, we know it’ll cost a lot. After all, Apple priced the iPhone X starting at $999 [R14 274]. We could see identical prices for the iPhone 11.

Apple reportedly managed to reduce the cost of some components by 10% – a saving which could be passed on to buyers. It may also quit bundling a headphone adaptor with its new phones to further reduce costs, some analyst predict.

But we’re not holding out for a cheap iPhone XI. Instead, Apple may be planning to release a phone with many of the iPhone X’s features at a lower price, alongside a premium model, according to multiple sources…

Apple’s premium iPhone for 2018 may come in two sizes (an iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Plus), and there are already video renders of what the iPhone XI Plus version may look like.

This version in these CAD schematics acquired by MySmartPrice and OnLeaksare said to be based on iPhone with a 6.5-inch screen, while the normal-sized iPhone 11 may get a 5.8-inch OLED display size we saw with the iPhone X.

Here’s the render by MySmartPrice:

There is also plenty of conjecture around other design elements:

There’s no word on what material will sandwich the frame, but we expect Apple to continue with the glass finish it used on the iPhone X, 8 and 8 Plus.

Another Kuo report also claims there will be a new color for the iPhone XI. He believes Apple will offer the iPhone XI in black, white and gold. We haven’t seen a gold shade of iPhone since the iPhone SE back in 2016…

As well as having small bezels at the top and bottom, Apple might also slim down the already small side bezels on its new phones…Beyond all that we can assume that the design of the iPhone X2 will be probably be similar to that of the iPhone X, since Apple doesn’t redesign its phones every year…

The iPhone XI might have an even smarter front-facing camera than the iPhone X, as an Apple patent points to a single-lens camera system that can sense depth as well as a dual-lens one, though this may well not be ready in time for the next iPhone, if it comes at all.

Look, I’m going to stop there, because if you really care you can carry on reading the lowdown on those rumours here.

When it drops, and when it reaches our shores, all shall be revealed.

[source:techradar]