I had kind of always assumed that the X was a special edition phone anyway, and it was going to percolate into the other models eventually anyway. And it's always good practice to take these "analyst" reports with a (massive) grain of salt.

I have an X. Did not plan on it. No way. Have a 6P for years. Went in to T-Moble to get my wife a new phone. I was thinking about getting an 8, but... then the guy said, hey it's a few bucks a month + $300 credit for your old 6P and it includes Apple care. So I got an X for what I would have paid for the 8, and I am using their money interest free. Worked out well.

Also, surprisingly I love the phone. Camera is amazing. The faceID thing does not suck.

Do you have a source you can provide for this?

I think they're referencing this analyst-claim: https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/19/kgi-lowers-iphone-x-sales-est...

I tend to be skeptical of such analysts, though. Not that the ultimate claim of "the iPhone X's advances and form-factor are going to be moved into all the other models" is terribly controversial -- that's pretty literally what Apple said would happen. Just that it's a person guessing, and such things have been fairly spectacularly wrong in the past.

Ming-Chi Kuo at KGI Securities

http://www.valuewalk.com/2018/01/iphone-11-release-date-kgi/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/iphone-x-may-discontinued-next-fa...

Thank you. :)

So are they dropping “it”, by which I assume you mean the FaceId tech, or are they rolling it out to the other phones that Apple sells? Your statement contradicts itself.