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iPhone 13 Everything we know
As the launch date nears, here’s what you can expect
T he next iPhone is only a few short months away, but we may already know a thing or two about what to expect. Here, we have collated together all the key news and rumours.
We should probably start with the name, as this is a little contentious. According to Taiwan’s Economic Daily News (EDN), the next iPhone will be dubbed the iPhone 13. There has been plenty of speculation that Apple might instead opt to call the device the iPhone 12s, apparently to allay the worries of superstitious users, but those claims now look to be in doubt. The EDN report also noted Apple will release four variants with the same screen sizes as the current iPhone 12 range. That means a 5.4-inch iPhone 13 mini, 6.1-inch iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro models, and a 6.7-inch iPhone 13 Pro Max.
What about rumours that the iPhone mini is on the way out? Well, those look to be partially true, although it will have one last swansong in the iPhone 13 range. Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes that the iPhone 14 range, however, will omit an iPhone 14 mini model and replace it with an iPhone 14 Max, with the same features of the iPhone 14 but in a larger size.