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Apple is no longer offering the iPhone 12 Pro or iPhone XR

A hand holding an iPhone 12 Pro Max with the rear camera array shown

You may have heard that Apple announced four new iPhones earlier today. And that's true! The iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, and iPhone 13 Pro Max are now officially official. And now that they are part of the lineup, Apple has had to make some other choices to help trim the fat a little bit.

Tech specs for the iPhone 13 mini and iPhone 13

Apple iPhone 13 lineup

Earlier today, during the company's "California Streaming" event, Apple unveiled the newest members of its iPhone lineup: the iPhone 13 mini and iPhone 13. As you can imagine by the naming scheme, these are the direct successors to the iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12. However, there are some noteworthy changes in the new handsets.

Linus Henze demos untethered jailbreak on iPhone 12 Pro Max with iOS 14.5.1

For the past several years, the overwhelming majority of jailbreaks have been semi-untethered, meaning that you could still use a handset hacked liberated by said tools after a reboot, albeit in a non-jailbroken state.

The lack of untethered jailbreaks — or those that remain fully jailbroken following a reboot — has been a pain point for jailbreakers for as long as anyone can remember. For that reason, a Tweet shared by @LinusHenze Monday afternoon might be of particular interest…