Apple might release new iPhone colors this year, including red, blue, and orange

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• Apple is expected to release three new iPhone models this fall.
• The least expensive model could come in a variety of colors, including blue, red, and orange, according to an analyst.

Apple could release a new iPhone later this year that comes in several colors, including "grey, white, blue, red, and orange."

The colorful phone would be a new less expensive model that has facial recognition and an edge-to-edge screen, according to details from TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo shared by 9to5Mac.

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The iPhone 8 currently is available in silver, black, gold, and red. The iPhone X comes in silver and black.

Apple watchers are expecting three new iPhones this year: one that looks like the iPhone X but with updated components, a super-sized version of the iPhone X, and a less expensive, colorful iPhone with an edge-to-edge LCD screen and facial recognition that costs between $649 and $749.

The super-sized iPhone X could come in another new color - gold - according to the note shared by 9to5Mac.

The last time that Apple released a lower-cost new iPhone model was the iPhone 5C in 2013. That too came in a variety of colors, but it was not as strong as seller as Apple had hoped, and the model was discontinued shortly after.

Kuo is a well-regarded analyst who often reveals new details about Apple's production plans before they are public. While he was at another bank last November, he shared this graphic with his prediction about the 2018 iPhone lineup:

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