Apple's new 5G iPhone may see coverage issues in UK

Apple has asked suppliers to build at least 75 million 5G iPhones for later this year

Apple's new 5G iPhone may see coverage issues in the United Kingdom, The Telegraph newspaper reported late on Saturday, citing industry insiders.

The iPhone, which Apple is due to launch on Tuesday, may not connect to the 700MHz 5G band, the newspaper reported. Lower spectrum bands such as 700MHz are used to extend the coverage of phone networks, allowing signals to reach more remote areas and extend far beyond antennas.

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The smartphone giant has asked suppliers to build at least 75 million 5G iPhones for later this year, along with new Watch models, a new iPad Air, and a smaller HomePod, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday.

The company expects shipments of these next-generation iPhones to reach as high as 80 million units in 2020, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.

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Apple is also preparing to launch a new iPad Air with an edge-to-edge iPad Pro-like screen, two new Apple Watch versions, and its first over-ear headphones outside the Beats brand, according to the report.

Recently, the smartphone giant also became the first publicly listed US company with a $1 trillion stock market value, the iPhone maker has now topped $2 trillion.