iPhone 12: What does the rumors say?

We have just entered into the second half of 2020 and we are expecting a lot more major releases in just the tech world in general. We saw a lot of minor stuff in the first half but just in the smartphone world Pixel 5 is probably coming along with maybe Pixel 4A, Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra, Galaxy Fold 2, Asus ROG Phone 3, Oneplus Nord and iPhone 12 just to name a few. So in this article let's talk about what I'm hoping for based on what we think we know about iPhone 12 and what I have here, which are the classic mid year dummy models of the iPhone that come out that sort of ideally hopefully represent something like what we're going to see in the final version in September. So the theme of blanket over everything we see here is iPad Pro. A lot of changes and improvements and additions were expecting and hoping to see in this next iPhone are kind of already in the iPad Pro one of my favorite gadgets in long time.

But first thing you will notice about this iPhone 12 stuff, is the sizes. There's three sized models here representing basically what we'll see as iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max. But this time as you can see that non-pro phone is a smallest iPhone unlike previous years, where it was like the middle-sized and then the approximate screen sizes were looking at here are 5.4 inches, 6.2 inches and 6.7 inches. I think a lot of people are going to appreciate the smallest version of the iPhone 12. It's like the closest thing to what we've been hoping for which is there a refinement of that old square design and 5.4 inches as a screen size is surprisingly compact. Just for some perspective the last time we had a Samsung Flagship of that screen size was Galaxy S7. And the biggest iPhone is even bigger, 6.7 inches is massive. That would be the biggest iPhone ever and also consequently their biggest battery ever and the most room internally in any iPhone, but really after all these iOS 14 updates, we got the widgets and everything. This is probably the phone that's most likely to take the biggest advantage of it. iOS 14 has brought a lot of stuff and it's one of the biggest updates. iPhone 12 is just a massive canvas for watching videos and multitasking and all that sweet iOS14 picture in picture stuff plus the notch does look a little bit smaller when the screen is a little bit bigger.

And i guess that brings us naturally to the design which you definitely noticed by now straight from the iPad Pro. We got these squared off flat sides and you that means it will stand up on it's now without a stand now. I don't know why that's so satisfying, it's just fun that it does that. Now I know most people have a case on their phone but if I can just speak to the small minority of us who carry a phone naked, who don't have a case on it and who feel it every day. The rounded sides of the iPhone are just a little less satisfying to hold and these flat sides feels more secure and just more confidence and inspiring. So beyond just the aesthetics of looking better with flat sides, I really do think like it feels better to have those flat sides and that's how it inherits that cleaner more modern iPad Pro look and we're still looking at a pretty similar camera bump on the back, Apple logo in the middle of the phone. It's still familiar iPhone as we said for like the last ten straight years, but that's what Apple does, you know, they know being a better but still familiar version of what they've done for so long is just gonna work and that's about as big of a design change as we expect to see.

Now the notch on the front, this is something the models can easily get wrong. My wishlist is smaller notch just purely for aesthetic reasons, but I also know that to keep face ID and to keep all those sensors means you still gotta keep some kind of notch so i don't expect it to be a drastic change until they get rid of it completely. That day may come somewhere in the distant future when they decide to add Touch ID back underneath the glass of the iPhone, but generally I wouldn't expect any drastic change with the notch this year. Also, you know last year they said, Face ID would get faster and working at more angles. I hope they take another meaningful step in that direction again this year because you know, it's better by a little bit but I still even at like a 45 degree angle have to do that like lean to get it see and recognize my face. So i hope that it gets better and then these models are usually pretty accurate with external dimensions. And so if they are again here, these new iPhones are actually pretty thin, you know, just a tiny bit maybe a half a millimeter thinner than current phones, but they just feel thinner because of the flat sides and that's just overall the design reminds me not of the iPhone 5S possibly the most beloved iPhone design of all time, but it actually reminds me of iPhone 4 just more of a straight up glass sandwish that actually lacks the champered edges and maybe they'll get that chamfer machine going for lucky iPhone 13. And then you know, what else we can't tell from these dummy models is the display's refresh rate.

So number one item on my wish list for the new iPhones is a Pro motion 120 hertz display just like we've seen on a bunch of other phones so far this year. Just like we have seen on iPad Pro. Rumors suggest we should see it on at least some of the new iPhones, maybe just the Pro models, maybe just the biggest one. But I am looking forward to a catching up and having a higher refresh rate on the new iPhone. That port at the bottom probably lightning again you know as much as I wish they'd also grab USB type-C from the iPad Pro. This is one of those things Apple's been the most stubborn about. Not that there's anything physically wrong with the lightning port for most people, it's just USB type-C is better and way more Universal and then let's talk about these cameras for a second. So not expecting a huge drastic change for the new cameras, but there have been some lines in iOS 14 code and dug up that suggest a couple new features. So currently iPhones's max out at 4K 60fps or if you want super slow motion 240fps that's 1080p but those new lines of code suggests new iPhones will be able to do 4K 240 FPS which is just silly. You can see on the models the smallest iPhone, the iPhone 12 has two cameras while the Pro Models have three makes sense. But it also has me wondering about that LIDAR. Remember the LIDAR on the iPad Pros cameras, for better and faster AR experiences. The question for me when we first saw that was, okay is that now required for Apple's vision of the future of AR? And if so, are we gonna see every new iPhone? So this is just right now, but that's something to keep in mind before how does it run out of this suggest we won't have LIDAR.

Another little thing there is an extra little button on the bottom left corner on pro models. What is that? It's not the power button, that's still in it's normal place on the top right. So the little extra button which is on the bottom left of the iPhone12 Pro and on the middle left in the middle right of the 12 Pro Max. Is that a fingerprint reader? Is that is that a smart connector for some sort of accessories or wireless charging accessory. My answer is I don't know. It doesn't appear at all in the smallest non-pro iPhone. The rumors suggest it's probably not a smart connector and maybe just a magnetic charging accessory or something like that but we don't have final iPhone in front of us. So that's the speculation were gonna have to keep an eye on. And then 5G, is another one that you can't tell from the dummy models, but we're expecting 5G to make its way to the iPhone 12 lineup. And again, it could have some variety across the line where we see millimeter-wave only on certain models or might not see 5G on every single new iPhone 12. That's upto Apple. But generally when you get 5G phone you're expecting higher prices because the new modems and higher-powered draw but again, the biggest iPhone has the biggest battery ever on an iPhone, So we'll see how Apple handles that and then a frosted glass back potentially on the Pro like as long as we are doing wish list stuff. We're just looking at how reflective, if we can have a non-glossy black phone like maybe like, maybe like, matt black phone this year, that could be pretty sick. But anyway that is pretty much it. And honestly taking a step back, I think this new hardware design combined with iOS 14 is potentially one of the biggest changes to the iPhone we have seen in a long time and liking a lot of it. Again nothing is final. It's still months away, this all a combination of speculation and rumors and my own wish list, but there's a lot to look forward to, for the second half of 2020 including iPhone 12 and let me know what do think in the comment section below what you're expecting.