Just a few days ahead of Apple’s October 13 online media presentation to unveil the iPhone 12 family and other new gizmos, unconfirmed details about Apple’s upcoming lineup have leaked.
Known leaker “Ice Universe” earlier this morning relayed on Twitter an image of the original post shared by China’s Weibo account “Kang,” which claims to have credible information about every Apple product that the company is about to unveil this coming Tuesday.
Here are their details regarding the iPhone 12 lineup, based on a machine translation of the original post, that were summarized neatly by MacRumors:
‌iPhone 12‌ mini (5.4-inches)
- Price:Â From $699
- Camera: Dual lens (f/1.6)
- Storage: 64GB/128GB/256GB
- Colors: Black, White, Red, Blue and Green
- Preorder date: November 6/7
- Launch date: November 13/14
‌iPhone 12‌ (6.1-inches)
- Price: From $799
- Camera: Dual lens (f/1.6)
- Storage: 64GB/128GB/256GB
- Colors: Black, White, Red, Blue and Green
- Preorder date: October 16/17
- Launch date: October 23/24
‌iPhone 12‌ Pro (6.1-inches)
- Price: From $999
- Camera: Triple lens (LiDAR + wide angle with 7P lens, f/1.6, 52mm focal length telephoto, 4x optical zoom)
- Storage: 128GB/256GB/512GB
- Colors: Gold, Silver, Graphite and Blue
- Preorder date: October 16/17
- Launch date: October 23/24
‌iPhone 12‌ Pro Max (6.7-inches)
- Price: From $1099
- Camera: Triple lens (LiDAR + wide angle with 7P lens, f/1.6, 65mm focal length telephoto, 5x optical zoom)
- Storage: 128GB/256GB/512GB
- Colors: Gold, Silver, Graphite and Blue
- Preorder date: November 13/14
- Launch date: November 20/21
But how trustworthy this source really is?
According to AppleTrack, the leak source “Kang” has a reliable track record and has accurately predicted several of Apple’s WWDC and September event announcements this year, including the iPhone SE price, the hand-washing feature for Apple Watch and the price and features of the new iPad Air.
Other notable details regarding the iPhone 12 lineup include:
- iPhone 12‌ Pro Max has a 47 percent larger sensor than iPhone 12‌ Pro
- iPhone 12 Pro Max has an “expansive” super wide angle lens
- All models sport improved Deep Fusion and Night Mode photography modes
- All four new iPhone 12 models will have OLED-based displays
- The screen will be marketed as “Super Retina XDR”
- The screen will support extended dynamic range of color
- All four iPhones will be able to record HDR video in Dolby Vision color
- The display will be protected by a new hardened “Ceramic Shield” cover glass
- All models will support 5G networking
- Only the US models will support the faster mmWave 5G band
- “Smart Data Mode” to automatically switch between 4G and 5G to save power
What do you think, girls and boys?