Apple does not usually anticipate news about its products, although the company’s environment plays tricks on it and there are several sources that usually filter its roadmap. Although it is true that the information is always unofficial and open to any change in strategy, it must be recognized that in recent years many of the characteristics of equipment such as the iPhone have been very well anticipated. One of the most prestigious analysts now details what those smartphones will be like in 2022 and even 2023. A madness if we take into account that we still continue to know data from the iPhone that will be presented this year.
Goodbye to the iPhone mini and only two sizes
The iPhone 12 mini arrived last November as a phone ready to cover a specific niche of the public that seeks to have a compact phone, but without giving up high-end features. And while it must be said that it has not sold badly, Apple’s forecast was too optimistic and they have been forced to stop production to avoid an excess stock problem. Although this does not prevent that this year if we have an iPhone 13 mini (or ’12s mini’ if it is finally called that), the truth is that Apple would abandon the idea by 2022.
According to the reputed analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, based on its sources in the supply chain, Apple plans to change the sizes of its iPhones by 2022. Of course, it would not give up offering “standard” iPhone models and another range ” Pro “with advanced features. In fact, the sizes are expected to be the same for both ranges, although with their obvious differences in design and performance, so a picture like this would remain:
- iPhone: 6.1 inch
- iPhone Max: 6.7 inches
- iPhone Pro: 6.1 inch
- iPhone Pro Max: 6.7 inches
Obviously the names are not confirmed, but to make it more comparable to the current range and to get an idea of what is to come.
They reconfirm the elimination of the ‘notch’
In the same report collected by MacRumors , the Asian analyst speaks of an even more distant future of the iPhone, stating that it will be in 2023 when the notch of the iPhone is completely eliminated, since he states that it is when Apple plans to have its technology developed for implement Face ID under the screen. This information is really not new, since several weeks ago the same analyst published a report in which he commented that in 2022 a “hole in screen” format would be put for the front camera and that it would be the following year when it would be eliminated by complete any item of this type. In any case, it is not clear if these changes in the front design will only be for the ‘Pro’ range or will already be present in all the iPhones that Apple is launching those years.
Notable camera improvements, by 2023
Currently the iPhone boasts of being one of the best devices on the market in photography despite offering 12 Megapixel lenses. All this is camouflaged with an enviable computational processing, but it seems that in two years this will improve considerably by having 48 mega -pixel lenses with the possibility of capturing them also in the already traditional 12. All this, again based on this same analyst, who adds information about the possibility of recording video in 8K and even the already rumored periscope lens for that 2023.
Two iPhone SEs, one of them highly desired
Although most of the information provided by Kuo revolves around the highest-end iPhones, which are launched in September, the truth is that he also left the odd pearl about the SE (Special Edition) range. It foresees that in 2022 a third generation model identical to the current one will be launched in all aspects, except for the implementation of 5G and a new chip adapted to the times. The expected iPhone SE Plus with iPhone XR / 11 design dates to 2023, which would be an expected economic phone with a more updated design than that of the current iPhone of this range. All good news if we take into account that both the ‘XR’ and the ’11’ will already be 4 and 5 years old respectively.
In any case, as we always do in these cases, we want to emphasize that in the end this is still reports that may be inaccurate. Therefore we cannot confirm that these plans will happen, which is not in dispute with the fact that the sources that send it are trustworthy and that the plans do not seem far-fetched according to other information that has emerged in recent months. There is still too much time to see confirmed or denied by Apple.
