iPhone 12 launch date just leaked — and there’s some bad news

iPhone 12 launch date merely leaked — and there's some bad news

(Image credit: @EveryApplePro via Twitter)

Apple's new iPhone 12 may not offering very exciting upgrades, and some other big new Apple tree products could leave viewers wanting.

Twitter tipster LeaksApplePro is the source of these details (via Wccftech). At that place had previously been rumors that the keynote speech communication was in the process of being recorded, so it's not incommunicable that details of the presentation have made their way to leakers.

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LeaksApplePro has too revealed the dates for the event: either the 13th or the 14th of Oct, with Apple announcing the date on October i. This confirms older rumors that Apple tree was delaying its presentation due to hold-ups in manufacturing over the past few months.

Yeah so after reading some comments I decided to bank check everything with a very very very nice source in terms of Apple dates.Permit me correct me info.Event: 13th/14th October.Announcement: 1st Oct.Distressing. Was misinformed.Baronial 18, 2020

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The iPhone 12 portion of the leak doesn't audio thrilling. It says "same iPhones," which makes us wonder if the design really is different. LeaksApplePro also mentions a few of the rumors we've heard before, including the new A14 Bionic chipset (which will exist 5G ready), more RAM and better cameras. The improved cameras could refer to the new LiDAR depth sensor on the iPhone 12 Pro models, merely there should be other enhancements.

Other products we'll be seeing are the Apple Sentry six, new Macs and a new iPad. LeaksApplePro doesn't specify what'due south new with the Apple Watch, only that it's a "shitty upgrade." We know from previous leaks that it will be getting blood oxygen monitoring and other new health tracking features, plus a potential new case design.

ARM MacBooks, New iPad

We'll also likely come across the first ARM MacBooks, specifically the Apple Silicon chips that were appear at WWDC. These replace the existing Intel CPUs in existing Macs to requite Apple more than control over the design, so we're curious to come across what other changes will accompany the new brains of these machines.

We're also going to see an iPad refresh, although nada also major by the sound of it. The new model will either exist a replacement to the basic iPad or the iPad Air, likely with an updated chipset. Since both of these models saw refreshes last year, it does make sense that there are no big changes planned.

Equally is tradition, there will exist a I More than Thing at the presentation: the revived AirPower wireless charging pad. While at that place take been some rumors of the new AirPower that accept apparently turned out to be false, the general signal that Apple'south finally bringing out its own wireless charger seems to be true. Hopefully, it volition withal have the promised characteristic of beingness able to accuse an iPhone, AirPods case and Apple tree Sentinel simultaneously.

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