The leaks of new Apple products come from various sources and there are various analysts who occasionally reveal what ultimately end up being the company’s star novelties. One of those who has the most successes behind him is Mark Gurman, who has revealed new details about Apple’s next iPhone and has even dared to comment on what Californians will finally call their star products at the end of this 2021 We will tell you everything below.
The chosen naming would be iPhone 12s
Several years ago it was more or less clear what the name of the next iPhone was going to be, since Apple traditionally added an “s” version to its mobile devices after the launch of a new generation. iPhone 3G and 3GS, iPhone 4 and 4s … This has been the case until the iPhone 7 passed to the iPhone 8 the same year that the iPhone X was introduced, although the following year it did have iPhone XS. After the iPhone 11 it went directly to 12, but it seems that in 2021 that letter will be recovered for the phone and we will see new iPhone 12s instead of iPhone 13. If we also follow the idea shown this year in terms of sizes, something that It seems to be a fact also for this year, we would have the following phones:
- iPhone 12s mini
- iPhone 12s
- iPhone 12s Pro
- iPhone 12s Pro Max
It will be necessary to see if finally the “s” is written formally in lowercase or in uppercase, since Apple actually writes it in a box. These versions tend to be very continuous in both design and performance and if we look at the latest precedent of the iPhone XS we see that they were practically the same as the already mythical iPhone X, except for the larger screen size of the ‘Max’ model. However, according to what we will see below, if we would find interesting news for these 2021 teams.
Touch ID returns to the iPhone under the screen
Integrating a fingerprint sensor on the screen is not a novelty in the market today, since there are many manufacturers with Android that have been doing it for a few years. However, it will be the premiere of Apple with this technology. At the time, the company bet everything on Face ID, a much safer and more effective system that in the long run has proven to have no competitor in the market, since we hardly ever find Face ID failures in recognition. In fact we have the intuition that the company did not have in its plans to retake the fingerprint sensor, but the times we live in which masks are another complement to our routine has made them change their plans and rescue a plan that already drove in 2017 with the Touch ID under the screen.
We do not know if the cheapest models (12s and 12s mini) would also carry this fingerprint reader under the screen or if, on the contrary, the company is committed to integrating it into the side button to save costs. This location would also be new in the iPhone, although we can already enjoy it in the fourth generation iPad Air launched just a few months ago.
Will we see the iPhone without ports this year?
Another possibility that Gurman drops is to see an iPhone 12s model without any type of port, something that had already been discussed several months ago and that in recent times has hardly been discussed. The analyst says that Apple is studying this possibility, without being confirmed at the moment. It must be borne in mind that this would be the least risky, since they would then have to develop a better connection with computers for data transfer and procedures such as restoring the device, at the same time that they would have to guarantee a reliable wireless charging method . Will you include such a charger in the boxes? Remember that in Europe the power adapter is not mandatory, but the cable is.
Apple’s first foldable could arrive in 2021
Several weeks ago we were surprised to learn that the firm led by Tim Cook had successfully completed the endurance tests of two folding iPhone models. These were of two different styles: one in a shell format and another in a more “classic” format similar to the Samsung Galaxy Fold. Californians will likely end up opting for just one folding mode, which is now unknown. According to Gurman, it is possible that it will be this year when it will be presented, but beyond this unprecedented feature on an iPhone such as the fold, we have no information about other characteristics.
Samsung Galaxy Fold
September is the month marked in red by Apple for the presentation of these devices, a traditional date that in recent years only had 2020 as an exception due to the delay in production due to the COVID-19 pandemic. So, we still have 9 long months left in which we will continue to pay attention to new leaks and rumors about devices that, for better and for worse, are the most anticipated on the market.