Although Apple has made some official date yet, the. The iPhone 14 series is expected to arrive in September. This year, leaks have already suggested many things about the new iPhone 14 series, including major differences between the Pro and non-Pro models, the lack of a “mini” variant and also, a new design option for the Apple notch. Here’s everything we know so far about the upcoming iPhone 14 series.
No more ‘mini’
Leaks have suggested for months that the iPhone 14 series will have no compact “mini” variant. Apparently, Apple has decided to abandon the small-sized iPhone due to low sales and will no longer make them from the iPhone 14 series. While the flagship number series focuses on larger phones, Apple fans who they want a compact device now they can only stick with the iPhone SE series.
Four new iPhone variants
Despite the lack of a “mini” variant, Apple will still make four different iPhone variants this year, as will the iPhone 12 and 13 series. However, a new iPhone 14 Max will be released this year along with the line usual of an Apple iPhone 14 vanilla, an iPhone 14 Pro and a 14 Pro Max. This will leave buyers with two options for a large iPhone, as they will be able to get a larger iPhone without investing more money to get a “Pro” variant just for size.
Different chipsets in the series
The iPhone 14 series may also be the first iPhone series where we can see different chipsets that power the Pro and non-Pro variants of the phone. According to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple will only bring the new A16 Bionic chip to the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max. Meanwhile, the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Max may still be powered by last year’s A15 chip, or a variant of it with some changes.
Apple also brings new components from Sony (for the camera) and LG (for the phone screen) only for the Pro variants, suggesting that the variants of the iPhone 14 no Pro may not see a major update. the camera compared to the last one. year either.
New notch in “i”.
It is also reported that the new iPhone 14-seres is the first to abandon the signature of the Apple notch and instead implements a new notch in the form of and. This will include a round hole cut along with a longer pill-shaped notch. While the hole is expected to contain the front camera, the pill-shaped notch could incorporate IR sensors for Apple’s FaceID functionality.
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However, we still don’t know if the new design will reach all four models or just the Pro variants.
Full renderings have been leaked
A new leak from CGTrader has shown us what the variants of the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max could look like. Check out the pictures below.
How the new variants of the iPhone 14 Pro might look like. (Image source: CGTrader)
As you can see, a big design difference is not expected this year, except for the new notches. The phones will include the same metal chassis design and triple camera setup on the back.
The iPhone 14 Max could be missing at launch
The latest entry in the line, the “Max” non-Pro variant, is not expected to have enough units due to supply limitations. Analyst Ross Young suggested that display panel shipments for the new Max variant are “far behind” on the calendar. This also suggests that we will see a single screen panel for the iPhone 14 Max, one that is expected to be about the same size as the rumored 6.7-inch iPhone 14 Pro Max, but with a different notch implementation.