The iPhone 11 Pro Series Will Get Axed and Replaced by a Cheaper Option

In a surprising move, it appears that Apple will discontinue the iPhone 11 Pro series and replace it with a more affordable option. The new phone is expected to be released alongside the iPhone 12 series, which will feature a discounted price point of $549. This is a significant drop in price compared to the current iPhone 11 Pro models, making it an attractive option for budget-conscious consumers.

Business Insider and several other sources have reported that a 4G-only version of the iPhone 12 will be released early in 2021, likely in February or March, with a price tag of around $800. This move is intended to prevent cannibalization of sales from the 5G iPhone 12 models, but it's clear that Apple is eager to expand its reach into the budget segment.

The Apple Watch SE: A Cheaper Variant of the Apple Watch

In a related development, Apple is expected to release a cheaper variant of the Apple Watch, which will take the form of the Apple Watch Series 3. The new watch will feature similar design and aesthetics, but with newer internals and features. This move suggests that Apple is focused on expanding its presence in the budget smartwatch market.

Early 2021 Release Window

According to processor dates revealed by John Prosser, the Apple Watch and iPad are expected to be released via press release during the 37th week of 2020, which would put their launch date around October. The iPhone 12 event, on the other hand, is expected to take place in the 42nd week of 2020, which puts its launch date sometime between October and November.

iPhone 12 Launch Date and Price

Twitter leaker komia predicts that pre-orders for the iPhone 12 will begin on November 20th, with a launch date of November 27th. This would put the price point of the base model iPhone 12 at $6.99, while the top-of-the-line 512GB iPhone 12 Pro Max could reach up to $13.99.

Engineering Prototype of Air Power

In a fascinating engineering prototype revealed by Twitter leaker soy, it appears that Apple's latest wireless charging technology is still in its early stages. The prototype features an extensive cooling array on the logic board and multiple coils, which are designed to power every single coil in the system. This level of complexity and innovation suggests that Air Power may be a game-changer for Apple.

Apple Finishes Animations for Air Power

Twitter leaker comia claims that Apple has finished animating its Air Power technology, which is expected to launch alongside the iPhone 12 series in October. While there's no official release date announced yet, this development suggests that Air Power will be a major player in Apple's upcoming product lineup.

AirPods Studio: Over-Ear Headphones

In another exciting development, Twitter leaker apple rumors leaks claims that Apple's over-ear headphones, codenamed "AirPods Studio," will be released via press release. Unlike other rumors, this one comes from within Apple itself, suggesting that the product is indeed in the works.

First-Silicon MacBook: Ultra-Thin Bezel Design

A recent patent filed by Apple reveals a sleek and ultra-thin bezel design for its upcoming First-Silicon MacBook. This design appears to be the same design used in the latest iPhone 12 Pro models, suggesting that Apple is committed to creating a cohesive design language across its product lineup.

iOS 14 Beta 6: Minor Updates and Fixes

In the latest update to iOS 14 beta 6, Apple has made several minor changes and fixes. The News widget now displays different organizations, and the Super Tall Widget is no longer available for selection. Additionally, the Time Picker in shortcuts has been adjusted, with a blue border appearing around photos in media types.

Maps App: New Splash Screen and Interface

In iOS 14 beta 6, Apple has also made several changes to its Maps app. The new splash screen includes curated guides and speed cameras, which suggests that Apple is committed to improving the user experience of its navigation app.

Accessibility Settings: Spatial Audio Enabled

Finally, in a welcome change, Apple has enabled spatial audio in its Accessibility settings for AirPods. This feature allows users to interact with background apps while still interacting with Siri.

Conclusion

As we've seen throughout this article, 2021 is shaping up to be an exciting year for Apple. With new products and technologies on the horizon, it's clear that the company is committed to innovation and pushing the boundaries of what's possible. Whether you're a fan of iPhones, Apple Watches, or AirPods, there's no denying that Apple has a knack for creating products that are both functional and desirable.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey what's up guys everything apple pro here so close to the iphone 12 launch yet so much division on which features will make it into final production apparently 120 hertz is actually happening we've got a look at the iphone 12 some exclusive leaks here and a ton of others i've actually never seen so many leaks cropping up at the same time new twitter leakers popping up on the daily yeah let's get into that now no new renders in this video i'm sorry i think most people don't realize how much time that actually takes we finalized our design for gen 2 phone rebel cases we've taken all the best design features from our gen 1 and implemented it into a closed case and for everybody wondering where the open one is we'll be releasing that in 2021 i actually want to wait and see what apple has in store with the magnetic system i'm actually going to be demoing that later in this video or a rough draft of it and if possible might take some of apple's magnet system and implement it into hours again we don't know but i want to wait and see them closed cases we hope to have on market by christmas so stay tuned on that one super excited and once again the camera orientation for the iphone 12 pro models is changing it's not going to be that square camera orientation that's already been established the light art will sit below the ultra wide lens but now the mic placement seems to have changed from the top to the bottom right and leaker duane rui shares a case for the iphone 12 pro max with this mic placement and i still don't think this is a hundred percent but apparently this is the closest to the real deal and been confirmed by several leakers and 120 hertz might actually make it into this year's iphones the 12 pro models john prosser says don't give up hope yet on this feature and apparently apple has it working flawlessly on the 12 pro max model it's the smaller 6.1 inch model it's giving them grief he went on to share these screenshots showing the settings for this feature and one where you can permanently enable that 120hz feature and another where it's adaptive switching between 60 and 120 hertz depending on what you're doing now this is from a pvt a production validated testing engineering sample this is the unit that they learned from how to mass produce the feature all this is proof of is that apple was working on this feature and max weinbach also shared an image of the actual units iphone 12 pro unit on twitter i said it was a 12 pro max that's incorrect this is a 6.1 inch 12 pro so they were able to get that running on this unit unclear if it'll make it to production just based off of this but from this image we can also see that the notch is pretty much staying the same there are a couple changes in the status bar we now have an am or pm badge to the right of the time and the battery icon is now more rounded slightly different from my 11 pro max model john prosser also shared camera settings which do confirm the existence of a lidar sensor and this is on a 6.7 inch model so still don't know if it'll be happening on a 6.1 but we can assume it would be and display analyst ross young claims that apple is having some issues sourcing driver ics or the power unit for the 120 hertz displays if they were to delay the launch they could figure it out so it's still up for grabs but he's saying it's doubtful probably will be releasing with 60 hertz displays and they'll be shelving that feature for 2021. twitter leaker i apple times is hopeful though saying that apple did it and figured out the 120 hertz issue we'll be launching on the 6.1 and 6.7 inch pro models i like that we're still undecided on this but with so little time is apple really debilitating whether or not to launch this feature i mean i guess we'll find out early september and john prosser gives us some final details on the iphone 12 pro max model so the notch is staying the same it appears smaller because of the slightly larger display on the 12 pro max model as max wineback reported earlier he's saying face id will work from more angles and it'll work on the table in front of you when your iphone is laying flat also that the sides are flat slightly ever so slightly rounded and the rear camera module is about 10 percent larger also got some exclusive spec images of the 6.7 inch 12 pro max model one confirming that the display will be 6.7 inches with a resolution of 27.88 by 1284 also confirming that a 20 watt fast power adapter will be available for this iphone and also confirming that this will not be sold in the box it'll be sold as a standalone accessory for this year's iphone also max weinbeck is reporting that there will be a new version of face id speeds are the same but the tech is a little bit different they had to reshuffle it a little bit in order for it to fit in the smaller 5.4 inch iphone also wind back shares some close-up images of the braided lightning cable for this year's iphone really nothing new here the black one is from the mac pro just some nice confirmation that this is arriving in the box now in the last video we shared that magnet orientation which will be arriving in the iphone 12 housing and in the official cases now we took this very similar orientation with quarter inch magnets 1 32 of an inch and placed it into our case in a dummy model actually very surprised how strong it was so these are going to be reversed polarities north south north south you can pretty much lock them in any direction i could see this being useful for locking into another iphone and reverse wireless charging it or into a mount in your car apparently apple is working on that and they have patents for a magnet system which works in cars possibly use this on their wireless chargers i think it was very interesting to print that and get a feel for it although apples of course will be far more refined an interesting report from ming chi quo reports that 5g components in this year's iphone 12 models will add a 75 to 85 dollar cost to the iphone 12 and millimeter wave components will add 125 to 135 dollars in cost and to subsidize some of that cost apparently the batteries on this year's iphone 12 will be about 40 to 50 percent cheaper compared to the iphone 11 and 11 pro with a simpler hard and soft hybrid design and ming chi quo directly references the iphone 12 s model which will be happening in 2021 saying it'll have an even simpler battery design to be inspired by the components on the airpods pro system and package design and flexible pcb will make the battery spacing even more efficient twitter leaker i hack 2 pro reports on some massive gains for the iphone 12 pro max battery almost 3 hours better than the iphone 11 pro max once it gets down to the last 7 which is incredibly impressive and the iphone 12 max will have 3 hours and 30 minutes better battery life than a comparable iphone 11. i hack 2 pro also reports that apple will be using an even more impressive aerospace grade steel in this year's 12 pro and 12 pro max models it'll have even better heat properties so more heat resistant and more cold resistant in extreme temperatures that sounds amazing alongside that i hack 2 pro reports that apple is improving the water resistance of this year's iphones with improved seals and a new water ejection feature which will be available from the control center you'll be able to eject water from the speakers much like you would on the apple watch series and tsmc themselves have given us an estimate on what we can expect from the apple a14 so they're saying we'll be seeing a 30 improvement in efficiency and a 15 gain in performance and same thing goes for their three nanometer chip likely the apple a16 arriving in late 2022 so a 30 efficiency boost with a 15 power boost and following the release of the iphone 12 pro i apple times claims that the iphone 10r and 11 pro series will get axed the iphone 11 will receive a discounted rate of 549. now business insider and recently several other sources are claiming that a 4g only version of the iphone 12 will be arriving early 2021 likely around february march for around 800 not releasing now so they don't cannibalize the sales of the 5g iphones but it is going to happen also the apple watch se a cheaper variant of the apple watch which will take the form of the apple watch series 3 so same body but newer internals will be happening early 2021 apple is very much focused on the budget segment and the apple watch is next actually very interesting that they're doing this now as for the iphone 12 event it might take place on september 10th but unlikely apple tested a live stream which was slated for release on september 10th which is a thursday that's unlikely john prosser says as they don't really release stuff on thursdays processor did give us dates though for upcoming apple products saying that the apple watch and ipad will be released via a press release on the 37th week of 2020 and that the iphone 12 event will be happening on the 42nd week of 2020 which is plus or minus few days from october 12th and the iphone 12s are slated to launch around october 19th which is the following week after pre-orders and the iphone 12 pro models slated for november so no concrete dates for those just yet twitter leaker komia predicts that we might be seeing a pre-order date on november 20th with a launch date on the 27th so quite a bit ways after the iphone 12 launch hopefully enough time for them to incorporate that 120 hertz display and regarding final prices starting point of 6.99 for a 128 gigabyte iphone 12 all the way up to 13.99 for a 512 gigabyte 12 pro max which is actually a very reasonable price 50 dollars less than a fully maxed out 11 pro max also wanted to share this absolutely bonkers engineering prototype of an air power so there's a tear down revealing that not quite as many coils as originally anticipated and on the back side on the logic board there's an extensive cooling array here with massive massive logic board so essentially a power unit for every single coil just nuts here i studied a lot of wireless chargers as we're building hours i cannot imagine how much engineering went into this and to still have it fail that is so crazy actually one of the coolest things i've ever seen apple build hopefully they can finish it twitter leaker soy claims that apple has finished the animations for air power and that it would be launching alongside the iphone 12s in october also twitter leaker comia claims that airpods studio apple's over ear headphones will be arriving via press release so no official event for those they'll just be dropping them sometime in september also twitter leaker apple rumors leaks claims that the first silicon macbook will be arriving in september and this comes alongside a new patent for ultra thin bezels on a macbook pro design this is actually very very impressive how sleek they got it this is coming straight from apple so assume that this is the design of the display coming to the next generation macbook pro and a quick recap on ios 14 beta 6 so when selecting the news widgets the organization is different and the super tall widget is no longer available to select it's now by default enabled in the widgets page and when editing a shortcut widget now it's called shortcut with a new description and the time picker has once again been adjusted now when selecting it you'll see this blue border going around in photos in your other media types previously other albums is now called utilities and when opening up maps for the first time you get this new splash screen describing cycling navigation curated guides and speed cameras also in maps super annoying bug it's crashing almost all the time but the transit user interface in maps is looking better less compact and in accessibility settings in airpods apple has enabled spatial audio here so you have this toggle to follow iphone also older from beta 5 with siri enabled you can interact with a background app while still interacting with siri awesome change and since ios 14 beta 5 apple has made great improvement to the lighter quality so developers now have access to even higher quality there probably in anticipation of the iphone 12 pro all right guys that's the latest there are so many other leaks i admitted in this video just way too many but yeah i like that the giant that is apple has reared its head and tons of innovation coming i'm so excited 2021 is gonna be the year man this year was strange so strange alright guys thanks for watching peacehey what's up guys everything apple pro here so close to the iphone 12 launch yet so much division on which features will make it into final production apparently 120 hertz is actually happening we've got a look at the iphone 12 some exclusive leaks here and a ton of others i've actually never seen so many leaks cropping up at the same time new twitter leakers popping up on the daily yeah let's get into that now no new renders in this video i'm sorry i think most people don't realize how much time that actually takes we finalized our design for gen 2 phone rebel cases we've taken all the best design features from our gen 1 and implemented it into a closed case and for everybody wondering where the open one is we'll be releasing that in 2021 i actually want to wait and see what apple has in store with the magnetic system i'm actually going to be demoing that later in this video or a rough draft of it and if possible might take some of apple's magnet system and implement it into hours again we don't know but i want to wait and see them closed cases we hope to have on market by christmas so stay tuned on that one super excited and once again the camera orientation for the iphone 12 pro models is changing it's not going to be that square camera orientation that's already been established the light art will sit below the ultra wide lens but now the mic placement seems to have changed from the top to the bottom right and leaker duane rui shares a case for the iphone 12 pro max with this mic placement and i still don't think this is a hundred percent but apparently this is the closest to the real deal and been confirmed by several leakers and 120 hertz might actually make it into this year's iphones the 12 pro models john prosser says don't give up hope yet on this feature and apparently apple has it working flawlessly on the 12 pro max model it's the smaller 6.1 inch model it's giving them grief he went on to share these screenshots showing the settings for this feature and one where you can permanently enable that 120hz feature and another where it's adaptive switching between 60 and 120 hertz depending on what you're doing now this is from a pvt a production validated testing engineering sample this is the unit that they learned from how to mass produce the feature all this is proof of is that apple was working on this feature and max weinbach also shared an image of the actual units iphone 12 pro unit on twitter i said it was a 12 pro max that's incorrect this is a 6.1 inch 12 pro so they were able to get that running on this unit unclear if it'll make it to production just based off of this but from this image we can also see that the notch is pretty much staying the same there are a couple changes in the status bar we now have an am or pm badge to the right of the time and the battery icon is now more rounded slightly different from my 11 pro max model john prosser also shared camera settings which do confirm the existence of a lidar sensor and this is on a 6.7 inch model so still don't know if it'll be happening on a 6.1 but we can assume it would be and display analyst ross young claims that apple is having some issues sourcing driver ics or the power unit for the 120 hertz displays if they were to delay the launch they could figure it out so it's still up for grabs but he's saying it's doubtful probably will be releasing with 60 hertz displays and they'll be shelving that feature for 2021. twitter leaker i apple times is hopeful though saying that apple did it and figured out the 120 hertz issue we'll be launching on the 6.1 and 6.7 inch pro models i like that we're still undecided on this but with so little time is apple really debilitating whether or not to launch this feature i mean i guess we'll find out early september and john prosser gives us some final details on the iphone 12 pro max model so the notch is staying the same it appears smaller because of the slightly larger display on the 12 pro max model as max wineback reported earlier he's saying face id will work from more angles and it'll work on the table in front of you when your iphone is laying flat also that the sides are flat slightly ever so slightly rounded and the rear camera module is about 10 percent larger also got some exclusive spec images of the 6.7 inch 12 pro max model one confirming that the display will be 6.7 inches with a resolution of 27.88 by 1284 also confirming that a 20 watt fast power adapter will be available for this iphone and also confirming that this will not be sold in the box it'll be sold as a standalone accessory for this year's iphone also max weinbeck is reporting that there will be a new version of face id speeds are the same but the tech is a little bit different they had to reshuffle it a little bit in order for it to fit in the smaller 5.4 inch iphone also wind back shares some close-up images of the braided lightning cable for this year's iphone really nothing new here the black one is from the mac pro just some nice confirmation that this is arriving in the box now in the last video we shared that magnet orientation which will be arriving in the iphone 12 housing and in the official cases now we took this very similar orientation with quarter inch magnets 1 32 of an inch and placed it into our case in a dummy model actually very surprised how strong it was so these are going to be reversed polarities north south north south you can pretty much lock them in any direction i could see this being useful for locking into another iphone and reverse wireless charging it or into a mount in your car apparently apple is working on that and they have patents for a magnet system which works in cars possibly use this on their wireless chargers i think it was very interesting to print that and get a feel for it although apples of course will be far more refined an interesting report from ming chi quo reports that 5g components in this year's iphone 12 models will add a 75 to 85 dollar cost to the iphone 12 and millimeter wave components will add 125 to 135 dollars in cost and to subsidize some of that cost apparently the batteries on this year's iphone 12 will be about 40 to 50 percent cheaper compared to the iphone 11 and 11 pro with a simpler hard and soft hybrid design and ming chi quo directly references the iphone 12 s model which will be happening in 2021 saying it'll have an even simpler battery design to be inspired by the components on the airpods pro system and package design and flexible pcb will make the battery spacing even more efficient twitter leaker i hack 2 pro reports on some massive gains for the iphone 12 pro max battery almost 3 hours better than the iphone 11 pro max once it gets down to the last 7 which is incredibly impressive and the iphone 12 max will have 3 hours and 30 minutes better battery life than a comparable iphone 11. i hack 2 pro also reports that apple will be using an even more impressive aerospace grade steel in this year's 12 pro and 12 pro max models it'll have even better heat properties so more heat resistant and more cold resistant in extreme temperatures that sounds amazing alongside that i hack 2 pro reports that apple is improving the water resistance of this year's iphones with improved seals and a new water ejection feature which will be available from the control center you'll be able to eject water from the speakers much like you would on the apple watch series and tsmc themselves have given us an estimate on what we can expect from the apple a14 so they're saying we'll be seeing a 30 improvement in efficiency and a 15 gain in performance and same thing goes for their three nanometer chip likely the apple a16 arriving in late 2022 so a 30 efficiency boost with a 15 power boost and following the release of the iphone 12 pro i apple times claims that the iphone 10r and 11 pro series will get axed the iphone 11 will receive a discounted rate of 549. now business insider and recently several other sources are claiming that a 4g only version of the iphone 12 will be arriving early 2021 likely around february march for around 800 not releasing now so they don't cannibalize the sales of the 5g iphones but it is going to happen also the apple watch se a cheaper variant of the apple watch which will take the form of the apple watch series 3 so same body but newer internals will be happening early 2021 apple is very much focused on the budget segment and the apple watch is next actually very interesting that they're doing this now as for the iphone 12 event it might take place on september 10th but unlikely apple tested a live stream which was slated for release on september 10th which is a thursday that's unlikely john prosser says as they don't really release stuff on thursdays processor did give us dates though for upcoming apple products saying that the apple watch and ipad will be released via a press release on the 37th week of 2020 and that the iphone 12 event will be happening on the 42nd week of 2020 which is plus or minus few days from october 12th and the iphone 12s are slated to launch around october 19th which is the following week after pre-orders and the iphone 12 pro models slated for november so no concrete dates for those just yet twitter leaker komia predicts that we might be seeing a pre-order date on november 20th with a launch date on the 27th so quite a bit ways after the iphone 12 launch hopefully enough time for them to incorporate that 120 hertz display and regarding final prices starting point of 6.99 for a 128 gigabyte iphone 12 all the way up to 13.99 for a 512 gigabyte 12 pro max which is actually a very reasonable price 50 dollars less than a fully maxed out 11 pro max also wanted to share this absolutely bonkers engineering prototype of an air power so there's a tear down revealing that not quite as many coils as originally anticipated and on the back side on the logic board there's an extensive cooling array here with massive massive logic board so essentially a power unit for every single coil just nuts here i studied a lot of wireless chargers as we're building hours i cannot imagine how much engineering went into this and to still have it fail that is so crazy actually one of the coolest things i've ever seen apple build hopefully they can finish it twitter leaker soy claims that apple has finished the animations for air power and that it would be launching alongside the iphone 12s in october also twitter leaker comia claims that airpods studio apple's over ear headphones will be arriving via press release so no official event for those they'll just be dropping them sometime in september also twitter leaker apple rumors leaks claims that the first silicon macbook will be arriving in september and this comes alongside a new patent for ultra thin bezels on a macbook pro design this is actually very very impressive how sleek they got it this is coming straight from apple so assume that this is the design of the display coming to the next generation macbook pro and a quick recap on ios 14 beta 6 so when selecting the news widgets the organization is different and the super tall widget is no longer available to select it's now by default enabled in the widgets page and when editing a shortcut widget now it's called shortcut with a new description and the time picker has once again been adjusted now when selecting it you'll see this blue border going around in photos in your other media types previously other albums is now called utilities and when opening up maps for the first time you get this new splash screen describing cycling navigation curated guides and speed cameras also in maps super annoying bug it's crashing almost all the time but the transit user interface in maps is looking better less compact and in accessibility settings in airpods apple has enabled spatial audio here so you have this toggle to follow iphone also older from beta 5 with siri enabled you can interact with a background app while still interacting with siri awesome change and since ios 14 beta 5 apple has made great improvement to the lighter quality so developers now have access to even higher quality there probably in anticipation of the iphone 12 pro all right guys that's the latest there are so many other leaks i admitted in this video just way too many but yeah i like that the giant that is apple has reared its head and tons of innovation coming i'm so excited 2021 is gonna be the year man this year was strange so strange alright guys thanks for watching peace\n"