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Sans Francisco: After making a buzz in the smartphone market with its iPhones and its smartwatch, Apple is likely to unveil new phones this year.

The Cupertino-based company is looking to launch three new iPhone – iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus and iPhone 6C – in 2015.

The company launched two iPhone devices last year – iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus – that received good response from both buyers and critics around the globe.

According to a report in Digitimes, Apple is expected to partner Wistron to assemble iPhone 6C while Foxconn and Pegatron will most likely be making the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus. Of the three, the iPhone 6C is likely to be a 4-inch phone.

The report added that all the three yet-to-be announced iPhones will feature LTPS panels. Japan Display and LG will be supplying the display panels for iPhone 6S while iPhone 6S Plus and iPhone 6C will come with panels made by Sharp in addition to Japan

Both iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus will be powered by Apple’s new A9 chip, while iPhone 6C will come with the company’s A8 chip. Further, Corning Gorilla Glass protection, NFC connectivity and fingerprint scanning are also expected to feature in Apple’s new iPhones.          

Earlier reports suggested that Apple maybe working on a new three-sensor imaging technology for its next generation iPhone, something that could make it an even better camcorder.

Apple is said to be considering bringing its Force Touch technology to the new iPhones. Force Touch essentially includes electrodes deployed around the display to detect the level of pressure applied. So it can differentiate between short taps and long presses.

On the software front, these smartphones will run on iOS 9. Reports claimed that Apple is focusing on stability and performance improvements over introduction of new features.