Apple’s iPhone 12 event is only 3 months away, and all of the leaks and rumors that
have been circulating for the past year are finally starting to get wrapped up, so what
I’m gonna do in this video is try to make sense of all of them in terms of which models
we should expect, which features, and of course, the release date.
Now before we begin, I want to remind you guys that Apple doesn’t have to go all out
to sell a ton of iPhones, they simply need to change just enough to make the new iPhones
feel different, yet up to date with the latest technology, and people will swarm to buy them.
That’s why they gave the iPhone 11 Pro the controversial triple camera bump. Some people
hated it, but one things’ for sure, you can’t mistake it for any other iPhone, and
that’s what gets people to upgrade.
So this year, with the iPhone 12 lineup, Apple simply has to change the design enough to
make it instantly stand out, and the way they’re going to achieve that is by flattening the
edges, similar to the iPhone 5 design, but I personally think it’ll be a more subtle
change, so not quite as boxy as the iPad Pro.
And that’s it, that’s the only exterior change they need to make, so they can keep
the same camera bumps as the iPhone 11 lineup and they can keep the same old Lightning port
and they’ll still sell a ton of iPhones, because if you see an iPhone with flat edges
and a notch, you’ll know it’s an iPhone 12.
But of course, they’re still gonna have to make some internal changes, and we’ll
get into that in a minute. Now I want to get into the lineup that we should expect, and
explain why it’s such a genius idea.
A lot of people were surprised to see that the iPhone 11 was $50 cheaper than the iPhone
XR, and it didn’t really make sense until now.
The base model iPhone 12 is actually rumored to start at an even cheaper $650, and you
might ask, how the heck can they get the price so low and why?
The reason for that is because the new iPhone 12 is going to have a smaller 5.4” display,
which makes it cheaper to produce, and they’ll actually offer a plus-sized iPhone 12 model,
which will be identical in specs, but have a 6.1” display for $750, which is ironically
the same exact size and price as the iPhone XR at launch.
This is a genius move because those who don’t want a small 5.4” display have the option
of paying $100 more for the Max model instead of having to go with one of the much more
expensive Pro models.
Now speaking of those, the iPhone 12 Pro is rumored to also get a 6.1” display, and
the Max model will get a 6.7” display.
This actually makes the most sense because Apple will only have three display sizes for
a total of 4 iPhone models, making it cheaper to manufacture compared to having 4 different
sizes.
Now for that new 5.4” model, it could actually share the same body as the new iPhone SE,
except without the Home Button and with a Notch, bringing that 4.7” display size up
to 5.4 inches, so there are even less manufacturing costs for Apple, leading to the new low price
of only $650.
Now I don’t know if you guys remember all of those leaks about the new iPhone SE coming
with Face ID, a notch and an OLED display, well it seems like those leaks were actually
the 5.4” iPhone 12, so this points to every iPhone in the 2020 lineup finally getting
an OLED display.
And just like before, we can expect every single iPhone this year to come with the new
5nm A14 Bionic chip, which will be incredibly powerful.
We can also expect the entire lineup to start with 128GB base storage, and this would make
sense because it’s easier and cheaper to mass produce that base storage size for the
entire lineup, just like they’re already doing for the iPad Pro.
Lots of rumors are pointing to the iPhone 12 no longer coming with earpods in the box,
and in my opinion, this is honestly a good move since I had about 4 or 5 unopened sets
of these earpods until I finally gave them away, so this is a clever move by Apple to
sell more AirPods.
So there’s a chance that Apple will introduce a new AirPods model alongside the iPhone 12
at the September event.
We should also expect to get the same old 5W charger in the box with the base models,
unlike the new 18W fast charger on the Pro models.
And before we move onto talking specifically about the Pro models, I want to mention that
we should expect the same exact 4GB of RAM on the lower end iPhone 12 and 12 Max, as
well as the same dual cameras as the iPhone 11.
Don’t expect any other major changes like smaller bezels or a smaller notch, because
remember, Apple is already giving it a new square-edged design and 128GB of storage at
a great price. There’s no reason for them to drastically change anything else on the
exterior, and don’t forget, there will also be new software features as well to help sweeten
the deal.
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Now onto the Pro models, we should expect a brand new Midnight blue color.
Now you may have seen the rumor that we won’t get an LTPO display on an iPhone until 2021,
which possibly means that we won’t get a high refresh rate 120Hz display.
But keep in mind that Apple doesn’t necessarily need that tech to get a high refresh display,
since the 10.5” iPad Pro was the first Apple device to get a 120hz display back in 2017.
And in my personal opinion, if Apple doesn’t add a 120hz display on the iPhone 12 Pro this
year, they’re in trouble because basically every other Android phone already has a high
refresh rate display.
And the reason for LTPO next year would be to help save battery life and maybe even add
an always on display feature.
Rumors are pointing to a new display with 10-bit color depth, but I don’t expect it
to get much brighter since the 11 Pro is already incredibly bright.
The iPhone 12 Pro Max model is rumored to get a larger 6.7” display, possibly with
slimmer bezels and a smaller notch, but they’ll most likely have to make the phone itself
a bit larger to fit that 6.7” display.
It will most likely also come with 5G, which I personally don’t care about at all, since
4G is more than fast enough on my iPhone 11 Pro, but for the new iPhone 12 lineup, the
mmWave 5G tech will probably only come on the Pro models.
And the cheaper iPhone 12 models might simply get the sub-6 5G which is more like faster
4G instead of “real 5G.”
There’s a chance the Pro models will also come with the same LiDAr scanner that came
on the 2020 iPad Pro.
And you might ask, what’s the point of it? Well, it seems as though Apple will have some
surprises for us in terms of this new sensor at their WWDC event on June 22nd.
Once again, we should expect to see the same Lightning port as before, so no USB-C this
year.
And finally, more rumors are pointing to the Pro models getting bumped up to 6GB of RAM
alongside the new 128GB base storage at the same prices as last year, $1000 for the Pro
and $1100 for the Pro Max.
Now in terms of when we should expect the release date, some new rumors are showing
that these iPhones will be getting delayed, pointing to a Quarter 4 release date, but
don’t freak out.
Quarter 4 actually starts in October, less than 3 weeks after the usual September Event
date, ‘s
so if we do get delays, it’ll most likely be like the iPhone XR which came out on October
26th, and it absolutely shouldn’t be any worse than the iPhone X which came out on
November 3rd.
And as far as the date of the iPhone event itself, that absolutely won’t be delayed,
and it’s always been on either a Tuesday or Wednesday, so September the 9th makes the
most sense.
And more than likely, it will be an online only event just like the WWDC event on June
22nd, in which that will act as a test run for the online only September Event.
So hopefully you guys enjoyed this video, let me know down in the comments below if
you agree with my thoughts on which features we should expect, and be sure to check out
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