Three all-screen iPhone X models reportedly to be launched next year

Apple's iPhone X has been a massive hit so far this year with both customers and critics alike.

The switch to an all-screen iPhone without a Touch ID fingerprint scanner doesn't appear to have fazed customers that queued up outside for days to get hold of one.

And it seems Apple is set to make the edge-to-edge display a permanent factor of all upcoming iPhones.

According to reports, the company is set to launch three new iPhone models in 2018 at various sizes - all of which will have OLED screens and the Face ID unlock feature.

Next year will welcome in a 5.8-inch, 6.1-inch and massive 6.5-inch iPhone X variant, according to KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo who has been carefully watching every move Apple makes for years now.

And each one of them will have Apple's now-famous "notch" at the top.

"Two new OLED models target high-end market; new TFT-LCD model aims at low-end & midrange markets: We believe the major hardware difference in the two new OLED models is size, in a bid to satisfy various needs of the high-end market," Kuo said in a research note that was obtained by Macrumours .

"The primary selling points of the TFT-LCD model may be the innovative user experience of an integrated full-screen design and 3D sensing with a lower price tag (we expect it will likely be US $649-749 [£495-£572])."

At the moment, Apple only offers the iPhone X in a 5.8-inch size. Anyone wanting a bigger iPhone has to opt for the iPhone 8 Plus. However, by slimming down the bezels, the company is cramming more screen real estate onto a smaller body.

Kuo has a relatively good track record when it comes to Apple's movements.

He has suggested the company will sell between 210 and 220 million iPhones in 2017, compared to 231 million in 2015 and 211 million in 2016.

The reason, according to Kuo, is that Apple has run into problems mass producing the "TrueDepth" camera sensor the iPhone X uses for its Face ID facial recognition system.

These production issues will be "significantly addressed" in the first half of 2018, he said, when shipments will "pick up strongly", but until then stock may be limited.

The predicted "supercycle" will therefore be pushed back to 2018, when Kuo predicts Apple will sell between 245 and 255 million units.