The design of the two high-end iPhones will be similar to the new iPad Pro.

On April 22, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman spoke with fans on the live broadcast platform and revealed a lot of Apple’s new product plans for this year. Guman is an Apple News reporter for Bloomberg, has a reliable source, and often brings exclusive news.

Mark Guman said that Apple will bring four iPhones this year, one 5.4 inches, one 6.7 inches, and two 6.1 inches.

Among them, the largest 6.7-inch mobile phone and one of the two 6.1-inch mobile phones are positioning high-end products, while the other 6.1-inch mobile phone and 5.4-inch mobile phone are low-end models, which are iPhone 11 series. Derivative.

The LiDAR cameras that have appeared in the 2020 iPad Pro will also be installed on two high-end iPhones this year, Guman said. Moreover, he also believes that the Pro Motion display with a refresh rate of 120 Hz may also appear at the same time. Although Apple has used variable refresh rate technology on the new iPad Pro, it still uses an LCD instead of an OLED panel. iPhone 12 will have the opportunity to demonstrate the combined effect of this technology and OLED screen.

Mark Guman wrote on April 13 that this year ’s 5G version of the iPhone will adopt an iPad Pro-like design. He reiterated this point in the live broadcast last night.

The reason why the design is similar is that in addition to the LiDAR camera and variable refresh rate technology mentioned above, the two high-end models of this year will also adopt The flat stainless steel edges and flat screen like the iPad Pro, rather than the current curved design, are not as steep as the rounded corners of the 2018 iPad Pro. This flat angle will remind people of iPhone‌ 5.

In addition, Guman once again emphasized that iPhone 12 will use smaller bangs. In order to make the design more compact, Apple will move the ambient light of the TrueDepth camera and the sensor into the bangs, and build the speaker directly in the frame.

On April 1, Foxconn, an iPhone foundry, assured investors that it has the ability to ensure that Apple will release new products as planned this fallGeneration iPhone. But Guman believes that some new iPhones may be released a few weeks later than normal. Apple has not issued any notice of major delays to its suppliers. Apple engineers are expected to travel to China in May to complete product design.

On April 17, Apple CEO Cook said at a virtual meeting of all employees that when he first joined Apple in 1998, the company launched the original iMac in response to financial challenges; after the financial crisis, Apple launched in 2010 Introduced the first generation iPad, and said that Apple plans to get rid of the impact of the new crown epidemic in a similar way. The implication is that Apple will step out of the crisis by launching innovative products.

There are indeed many new products this year, and even the iPhone SE and iMac that have not been updated for many years have been launched. Guman revealed related information of many new products in the live broadcast, Macrumors, a media focused on reporting Apple News, summarized this:

1. Apple plans to make a “substantial” update to iMac this year and may redesign it. Guman said that the rumors in the media about the 23-inch iMac are very close to the truth.

2. The upcoming 14-inch MacBook Pro will follow the trend of the appearance of the 16-inch MacBook Pro, such as increasing the screen size and replacing the butterfly keyboard with a scissor-foot keyboard.

3. Apple ’s ARM version of Mac is worth looking forward to.

4. Apple has a professional team responsible for “saving HomePod with weak sales”. The smaller and cheaper HomePod will be launched this year, and major improvements will be made on Siri.

5. The new Apple TV will also be launched this year, but it is unlikely to reach 8K.

6. The 16-inch MacBook Pro is expected to be updated from October to November.

7. Apple is still developing a viable AirPower device.

8. Apple Watch Series 6 will be launched later this year and will support sleep tracking.

9. AirTags is expected to be launched later this year. It is positioned as a high-end product and may be paired with a leather case.

10. Modular high-end in-ear Apple headphones are expected to be available this fall.

11. Apple ’s vehicle development department, which has not stirred up splashes, is still focusing on autonomous driving technology.

12. Off-screen fingerprint technology will not appear this yearOn iPhone.

13. Guman believes that Jon Prosser, who is also a well-informed person of Apple, is wrong about iOS Xcode. (But Prosser later posted on Twitter that he was 100% sure of what he said.)

Source: Jon Prosser Twitter screenshot

Finally, when asked about the business he was most excited about for Apple, Guman ’s answer was augmented reality headsets.

Source of title picture: screenshot of Periscope live screen