Although something could be announced in the next few hours, the truth is that we still have no news about when the four new iPhones that Apple will launch this year will be presented. Much has been said during this year about the possible characteristics that they will have and many of them remain in doubt to this day. However, there are some aspects such as the size of these that if known well in advance and there are precisely two models with identical screen dimensions that will be launched before the rest due to the delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The 6.1-inch iPhone 12 will arrive sooner
All bets are aimed at Apple this year bringing the number 12 to its iPhone, something that in other circumstances would not be clear due to the possibility of being models called “11s”, a nomenclature discarded because these are the initials that represent the tragic events experienced. on September 11, 2001 in the United States. What is not so clear is the tagline that will accompany these four new iPhone to differentiate themselves. We remember that there will be two models with high-end specifications, the possible ‘Pro’ models and two others with somewhat more cut-out features and that would be the successors of the iPhone XR and iPhone 11, since they would also be cheaper.
Thus, we would find the following catalog, with provisional names as we already noted:
- iPhone 12: 5.4 inches.
- iPhone 12 Max: 6.1 inches.
- iPhone 12 Pro: 6.1 inches.
- iPhone 12 Pro Max: 6.7 inches.
It is also known that all of them will have OLED panels , leaving behind the LCD technology that the brand’s cheapest devices still maintained. In the case of the ’12 Max ‘and the ’12 Pro’ they will also have the same size, although there will be obvious differences in performance and possibly the screen of the ‘Pro’ model has a better quality than the other. In any case, they say from Digitimes that both models will be launched on the market before the smallest and largest models. This medium has sources close to Apple’s production chain and in the past they had already suggested that this launch situation could occur.
The dates, as we said at the beginning, are not entirely clear. It is known that there will be delays and there will be no launches in this month of September except surprise. Therefore we would place these telephones in the month of October , having the other two devices available at least in November . It is not a strategy planned by Apple but rather an improvised plan in the circumstances of COVID-19, since we understand that the company would have launched but all its equipment at the same time as it happened last year.
The iPhone ’12 Pro ‘and the ’12 Pro Max’ could have differences
From the iPhone 6 to the iPhone 8, Apple also wanted to differentiate its large models from the small ones by specifications. This difference always came from the hand of the cameras, being especially noteworthy in the 7 and 8 as the ‘Plus’ models incorporated a double camera and the normal 4.7-inch models only one. In the iPhone XS and now in the iPhone 11 Pro we find that both the ‘Max’ and the small models differ only by size and battery, so for practical purposes they are identical. This year things could change again and we find that the 6.7-inch device has more differences with the small one.
Both would be ‘Pro’ models as far as features are concerned, but perhaps their name could vary due to differences in the LiDAR sensor . This is an element already released in the latest 11 and 12.9-inch iPad Pro, which would also help to take better photographs on the devices. However, Apple had some other problem with its implementation and if it did arrive it could only do it in the large model. We will have to wait to see if this is confirmed, but in any case it would be something very in favor of the large model.
Aspects such as the 120 Hz refresh rate , known as ProMotion technology, is also in doubt due to problems during development. In the latest information it is said that Apple could have solved it in time and that if it did arrive, it would be the two ‘Pro’ models. Therefore, this would not be a difference between these teams, but it would be with the cheaper models that surely will not incorporate it. Be that as it may, there is less to find out and, hopefully, also to be able to test the devices.