iPhone 14: Every Notable Rumor About Apple’s Next iPhone

We nonetheless do not know a lot in regards to the iPhone 14, however we have heard that Apple’s subsequent lineup will nix the Mini and deal with bigger telephones as an alternative. A 2021 report from Nikkei Asian Overview predicted the loss of life of the iPhone 14 Mini, and a analysis observe from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo obtained by MacRumors additionally instructed that the Mini was not lengthy for this world. Nevertheless, Kuo reported, the iPhone 14 lineup will nonetheless comprise 4 fashions, a “high-end” and a “lower-end,” with two dimension choices for every.

Whereas identify hypothesis is not as germane to the dialogue of Apple’s 2022 lineup because it was for unfortunate 13, rumors recommend a small shift in naming conventions, with an iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Professional, iPhone 14 Max and iPhone 14 Professional Max, with “Professional” designating higher-end specs and “Max” referring to the bigger display screen dimension.

Apple’s final two iPhone lineups have featured the identical 6.1-inch dimension for the bottom mannequin, going as much as 6.7 inches for the Professional Max. In keeping with the identical Nikkei Asian Overview report, Apple will follow these sizes for the iPhone 14, however delete the 5.4-inch Mini. This rumor is corroborated by a March report from 9to5Mac. Reviews confirmed sluggish gross sales of the iPhone 12 Mini, so it’s going to be no shock ought to Apple retire the small telephone in 2022.

Though the dimensions of the subsequent iPhone is predicted to remain the identical, the show bezels for the Professional Max are rumored to be 20 p.c smaller in comparison with earlier iPhone generations, in accordance with CAD renders shared by Twitter leaker ShrimpApplePro. This implies the display screen can be barely bigger. Nevertheless, it is essential to notice that this rumor must be taken with a grain of salt since ShrimpApplePro does not have an in depth observe report to help their speculations.

There have not but been many respected launch date rumors for the iPhone 14, however a current Bloomberg report suggests the brand new iPhone will make its debut at a launch occasion on Sept. 7 and go on sale Sept. 16. 

Apple holds its annual fall iPhone occasion in September virtually yearly, with the telephones being launched shortly thereafter, often the Friday of the next week. Generally Apple will stagger launch dates for particular fashions, particularly when introducing a brand new design or dimension. So it is doable that the iPhone 14 lineup could have a couple of launch date.

Here is what we all know: 

• Apple likes to carry its occasions on Tuesdays or Wednesdays. Apple’s iPhone 13 occasion was held on Tuesday, Sept. 14.
• iPhone launch dates are usually every week and a half after Apple’s bulletins. 
• Basically, new iPhones are launched on a Friday, across the third week of September. For the iPhone 13, preorders started Sept. 17 and the telephones went on sale Sept. 24.

A number of years in the past, CNET took a deep dive into the Apple occasion timeline and emerged with a compelling Labor Day speculation, which you’ll be able to examine right here. Primarily based on the 2022 calendar, the Labor Day rule would put the September Apple occasion (and unveiling of the iPhone 14) on the identical dates instructed in Bloomberg’s report. Nevertheless, our Labor Day speculation was every week off for 2021 — and, due to coronavirus delays, a few month off in 2020. 

Apple did not make any main value modifications between 2020’s iPhone 12 and 2021’s iPhone 13. However with greater modifications anticipated to be on the way in which for the iPhone 14, it is affordable to imagine that Apple could elevate costs in 2022. 

The brand new iPhone might even see a $100 value enhance, in accordance with Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives. “Costs have been growing throughout the entire provide chain, and Cupertino must go these prices to the patron on this launch,” Ives advised The Solar. Kuo additionally estimates that Apple may increase the price for its new iPhone.

Nevertheless, different rumors recommend that the iPhone 14 will share the identical value as final yr’s mannequin, or will likely be even cheaper. A Korean leaker who goes by the deal with yeux1122 suggests Apple plans to “freeze” the worth of the bottom mannequin of the iPhone 14. 

Apple could have just a few digital camera upgrades in retailer for the upcoming iPhone 14. Rumors say the tech big has chosen a brand new provider for its front-facing digital camera to make a higher-end lens. In keeping with a report from Korean tech web site ET Information, citing unnamed business sources, South Korean provider LG Innotek will present the brand new selfie digital camera for the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Professional. 

Kuo additionally shared insights in regards to the iPhone 14’s potential digital camera upgrades in an traders observe reported on by 9to5Mac simply after the iPhone 13 launch. Within the observe, Kuo predicts a hole-punch entrance digital camera, making the iPhone 14 notchless, in addition to a 48-megapixel large rear digital camera for the Professional and Professional Max fashions, up from 12 megapixels on earlier iPhones.

Show analyst Ross Younger hypothesizes, nevertheless, that the iPhone 14 Professional and Professional Max could have a hole-and-pill shaped design to accommodate for the front-facing digital camera and Face ID. The outlet cutout is believed to be for the Face ID dot projector, and the pill-shaped cutout holds the entrance digital camera and Face ID digital camera, in accordance with a January report from MacRumors. Supposedly leaked CAD renders of the iPhone 14, seen by 91mobiles, corroborate this rumor.

Kuo’s hypothesis concerning the digital camera’s megapixel capability aligns with each a current analysis observe from Haitong Worldwide Securities, additionally reported on by MacRumors, and a report from analysis firm TrendForce. Each Jeff Pu and TrendForce hypothesize the 2 Professional fashions will likely be outfitted with a 48-megapixel large lens. Pu, nevertheless, provides that the iPhones will sport a triple-lens rear digital camera system with a 12-megapixel ultrawide and telephoto lenses along with the 48-megapixel large lens. The analyst provides that the Professional variations of the iPhone 14 might sport 8GB of RAM, as nicely. (Compared, the iPhone 13 Professional and Professional Max have 6GB.) That is corroborated by a report from a Korean weblog that cites home provide chain sources, as MacRumors noticed.

iPhone 13 digital camera upgrades embody a brand new Cinematic mode, ProRes video and a few enhancements in zoom capabilities. We had beforehand reported on rumors that the complete lineup would function lidar, the iPhone 12 Professional’s standout depth-sensing function, however lidar ended up making an look solely on the iPhone 13 Professional and Professional Max in spite of everything. It is doable Apple would possibly develop the function to its full lineup in 2022 as an alternative, however we’ve not heard something but. 

One other of the digital camera options we’re nonetheless ready on is an improved telephoto lens. Whereas the iPhone 13 Professional’s zoom capabilities got a 3x optical zoom, it nonetheless pales compared to numerous competitor flagships, together with Samsung’s Galaxy S22 Extremely, which boasts a 10x optical zoom.

YouTuber and iPhone leaker Jon Prosser (whose observe report is admittedly spotty) made waves the week earlier than the iPhone 13 announcement by releasing renders he commissioned of the iPhone 14 Professional Max primarily based on “actual photographs and schematics” leaked to him from purported sources at Apple. 

Prosser’s renders corroborate various beforehand reported rumors, together with the notchless show and hole-punch digital camera beforehand reported by Kuo, and the iPhone 14 Professional’s titanium alloy chassis, which was first referenced in a 2021 report from JPMorgan Chase. We would been anticipating to see the iPhone 13 go notchless, however as an alternative we bought a slimmed-down, however nonetheless very notchy, notch. Apple launched the world to the notched show in 2017 with the discharge of the iPhone X, and as rivals solved the selfie conundrum with hole-punch and under-display cameras, Apple nonetheless hasn’t, er, taken it down a notch. 

Learn extra: iPhone 14 Design Rumors

However Prosser’s renders appear to align with these earlier studies that Apple would lastly excise the iPhone’s notch in 2022. And Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman additionally hinted at its elimination in a September version of his Energy On publication, whereby he predicted a “full redesign” for the iPhone 14, whereas Younger says Apple might introduce a hole-and-pill shaped design for the brand new iPhone. This hole-and-pill show emerged in schematics on Chinese language social media web site Weibo, and have been later shared by Prosser. 

Those that’ve been crossing their fingers for a notchless iPhone because the iPhone 12 and had their hopes dashed as soon as once more by the iPhone 13 can probably now stay up for a possible realization of their all-screen goals in 2022’s iPhone 14. 

Nevertheless, earlier than you get too excited, there is a risk that not all of the iPhone 14 fashions will get a brand new notchless design. MySmartPrice revealed supposed CAD renders of the iPhone 14 in March, depicting — you guessed it — a notch. However renders of the 14 Professional mannequin revealed the day earlier than on 91Mobiles do present a notchless show. If these rumors show true, it seems such as you’ll need to spring for the Professional with the intention to do away with the notch.

The opposite huge design change Prosser’s renders present is a flattened digital camera bump. In keeping with Prosser, the iPhone 14’s physique goes to be a “thick boy,” thick sufficient, it appears, to embody all of the digital camera {hardware} with out an annoying, protruding digital camera setup on the again. Why is the iPhone 14 speculated to be so thick? Maybe to accommodate an even bigger battery, and even the beforehand rumored periscope digital camera, which Kuo projected in 2020. Nevertheless, Kuo and famed tech leaker Max Weinbach have really pointed to a thicker digital camera bump within the 14 Professional and Professional Max.

Two prior rumors that will not pan out, in accordance with Prosser not less than, are the loss of life of the Lightning port and the addition of USB-C (the EU could power Apple so as to add USB-C ports to iPhones, nevertheless). Rumors of a utterly portless iPhone have been circulating for some time, however it seems these will not come true in 2022.

So far as colours go, Prosser’s render colours weren’t primarily based on any precise info from his sources, apart from a pale gold colour, which he claims to have seen proof of himself. Nevertheless, like all different rumored specs, we can’t know the true colour choices for the iPhone 14 till it is launched.

Here is all the pieces else we all know (and suppose we all know) to this point in regards to the iPhone 14 lineup’s specs and potential new options.

An always-on lock display screen

Apple’s iOS 16 will embody an always-on mode for the lock display screen, in accordance with Bloomberg. This function, nevertheless, could also be unique to the high-end iPhone 14 Professional and iPhone 14 Professional Max. 

Higher battery life

Apple’s 2022 iPhone might supply higher battery life, in accordance with a report from Taiwan’s Financial Every day Information (by way of MacRumors). That is stated to be because of a brand new 5G chip that would additionally present the brand new iPhone with Wi-Fi 6E connectivity. 

A bigger battery capability for every mannequin within the iPhone 14 lineup might additionally contribute to the higher battery life. In keeping with ShrimpApplePro, the usual iPhone 14 could have a 3,279-mAh battery, whereas the iPhone 14 Professional Max could sport a 4,323-mAh battery. 

Wi-Fi 6E adoption

The iPhone 14 could possibly be outfitted with Wi-Fi 6E, in accordance with a November observe from Kuo, reported on by 9to5Mac. Nevertheless, the analyst says the parts wanted for Wi-Fi 6E could also be in brief provide. Apple’s rumored VR headset can be stated to have Wi-Fi 6E. 

A16 chip

Earlier hypothesis was that the entire iPhone 14 collection would improve to an A16 chip, bettering upon the final iPhone’s A15 chip in line with Apple’s earlier sample. Nevertheless, Kuo predicted in March that the A16 will solely seem within the iPhone 14 Professional and Professional Max, whereas the 14 and 14 Max will hold the A15. 

120Hz ProMotion show

All iPhone 14 fashions might embody Apple’s ProMotion show, which solely the iPhone 13 Professional and Professional Max variants presently have. ProMotion boosts the display screen’s refresh fee for smoother efficiency, as much as 120Hz. That is extra hypothesis than precise rumor, primarily based on modifications in Apple’s provide chain that might make it simpler for the corporate to supply the function throughout its subsequent lineup.

Younger, nevertheless, speculates that Apple will proceed to supply ProMotion shows exclusively to its Pro models. The analyst means that Chinese language producer BOE can be considered one of Apple’s LTPO OLED show suppliers, however the firm does not have a big manufacturing capability proper now. 

5G connectivity 

Apple launched 5G connectivity to its iPhone 12 lineup and, unsurprisingly, included it within the iPhone 13 as nicely. There isn’t any cause to imagine we can’t see 5G-compatible iPhone 14s, too. A 2021 report from Nikkei Asian Overview additionally predicts Apple will “go all in on 5G” in 2022.

MagSafe equipment

Like 5G, MagSafe was launched to the iPhone in 2020’s iPhone 12 lineup. The snap-on, magnetic equipment embody wallets, battery packs and chargers, and it was considered one of our favourite iPhone 12 options. The iPhone 13 can be suitable with MagSafe, and we count on the identical for Apple’s subsequent technology of telephones.

Satellite tv for pc connectivity

An Eleventh-hour iPhone 13 rumor by way of Kuo that did not come to fruition was the addition of satellite tv for pc connectivity, which might permit customers to ship textual content messages by way of satellite tv for pc in areas with out mobile protection, not less than in emergency conditions, as reported by Bloomberg. Alas, satellite tv for pc connectivity is nowhere to be discovered within the iPhone 13 lineup, however maybe meaning it is coming within the iPhone 14 as an alternative.