Apple’s Top New Phone to Be Called ‘iPhone X,’ Code Leaks Show

  • New operating system software reveals iPhone 8, 8 Plus names
  • Other findings include new Apple Watch calling, iPhone emojis

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Apple Inc.’s most important new phone for years will be called the iPhone X, according to a leak of the company’s latest mobile operating system on Saturday.

Strings of software code inside of the leaked operating system, first detailed by Apple news website 9to5Mac, show the expected three new phones will be called the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X. App and game developer Steven Troughton-Smith discovered the names in the software and tweeted about it on Saturday.