New iPhone names are reportedly iPhone X, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus – CNET

Another apparent leak of Apple software is revealing a treasure trove of information on new iPhones and other products that the company is widely expected to announce at its event on Tuesday, September 12.

A leak of the iOS 11 “gold master” firmware, as reported by 9to5mac and others, is said to reveal everything from how the new iPhone will handle its “notch” screen design, the possibility of an AirPods update, animated emojis and more. 

CNET cannot independently verify the accuracy of the reported leak, and Apple has not responded to our request for comment. That said, the bulk of the new info seems to come from iOS developers Steve Troughton-Smith and Guilherme Rambo, the same eagle-eyed coders who found a boatload of information from the similar HomePod firmware leak in late July.

Chief among the info that’s been flooding Twitter today is possible evidence of the names of the new iPhones. According to Troughton-Smith, the code indicates that the top-end iPhone will be called “iPhone X,” while the step-down models will be called iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. 

iPhone X vs. iPhone 8

That somewhat upends the conventional wisdom of the past several months, where the internet community had effectively dubbed the top-end model — presumed to have a big OLED screen and facial recognition in place of the traditional Touch ID home buttonas the “iPhone 8.” And by that logic, the stepdown models — presumed to be traditional “S phone” upgrades we get in odd-numbered years — were generally referred to as “iPhone 7S” and “iPhone 7S Plus.”