Apple has officially announced the date of what could be its biggest ever event in 2020. Through an invite on its events page, the company has scheduled an event on October 13, 2020, with a tagline, “Hi Speed” hinting the arrival of the next iPhones.
The event will start at 10 AM PDT in Apple Park. And will be streamed live via its website, Apple TV app, and likely on social media like YouTube. The invite as mentioned above, clearly suggests that the unveiling of the iPhone 12 series. Besides, the “Hi speed” probably means the powerful A14 chip with 5G connectivity that’s coming with iPhone 12. Additionally, the logo has a lot of concentric circles covering it. This could either mean a revamped Siri or the rumored small HomePod but we will have to wait for a week.
Anyways, the showstopper of the event will definitely be the iPhones. The design is likely to get a revamp with similarities to iPad Pro. The company is expected to name the next iPhone series the iPhone 12 with 4 different models. Starting with iPhone 12 Mini, the three other models will likely be iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro Max. The display sizes are likely a 5.4-inch for Mini, 6.1-inch for iPhone 12 and Pro. And, a 6.7-inch for the 12 Pro Max. All of them will probably sport OLED displays albeit skipping 120Hz.
As usual, we can expect Face ID to be tucked inside the notches. However, the new powerful A14 SoC will most likely break open the support for 5G connectivity on iPhones. That said, the mmWave band will reportedly be only on the ‘Pro’ models. Apart from this, the Pro models will also get the LiDAR scanner along with other auxillary lenses like the iPad Pro 2020. On the contrary, the entry-level 5.4″ and 6.1″ models might stick to dual-lens setup.
Storage-wise, the first two models will start from 64GB whereas the Pro models will begin at 128GB storage. The invite also has yellow, and blue tints on it suggesting new color variants. Accordingly, iPhone 12 is rumored to sport six colors– Black, White, Blue, Red, Yellow, and Coral. However, the Pro models will likely get Black, Silver, and White alone. That said, the price is expected to start at $649 for the Mini, while the iPhone 12, 12 Pro, and 12 Pro Max will start at $749, $999, and $1,099 respectively.
Apart from iPhones, Apple could also unveil the rumored Airpods Studio, AirTags, a new Siri Remote, and a hint about its future ARM Macs as well.
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