

The design certainly looks like it’s going to be similar. As the first rumors landed, that was my guess. TrendForce refers to the next iPhone as iPhone 12s. So, the iPhone 6s was followed by a similar-looking phone but because it had a glass, not aluminum, back, it was called iPhone 7. If the design changes, a new number applies.

There’s precedent for this as the iPhone 11 was followed not by iPhone 11s, as might have been expected, but iPhone 12.Īpple’s convention is usually clear: if the design remains near-identical while the internals are updated, the number stays the same and an S is added. It’s likely less than three months before the next iPhone will be in stores, but while we’ve heard a lot of rumors, the name still remains hidden. Mostly, it’s been referred to as iPhone 13.
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One rumor that this report scotches is that storage capacity in the Pro iPhones could reach 1TB, as on the latest iPad Pro but TrendForce claims that 512GB will remain the top tier. Intriguingly, the report claims that the current iPhone 12 mini “reached End-of-life ahead of time in 2Q21” suggesting that production lines are no longer churning out the smallest of the current models.

The replacement for the iPhone 12 mini is expected to be in the range-though it also says that the mini will be less prominent, with the other three phones in the range being the main focus.Īlso in line with previous rumors, the report says that the cameras will be upgraded across the range but the LiDAR scanner will remain exclusive to the Pro models, as this year. The report also claims that pricing will remain the same as this year, that is, starting from $699 for the mini version. The notch, where the TrueDepth Camera set-up sits, has been the same size on all iPhones since it first appeared in 2017 on the iPhone X. That chimes with previous rumors and is good news. The latest report, this time from TrendForce, suggests that the next iPhone will have a smaller notch. Will the notch be smaller on this year's iPhones? Apple
