Apple iPhone 14 Release Date Rumors and Leaks: What Can You Trust?
In the mobile world, one thing is certain: Apple will release new iPhones this year. The iPhone 14 lineup is currently expected to appear in September or October 2022, bringing new capabilities and new design touches.
iPhone rumors are a dirty business. A lot of them originate with totally unverified, and unverifiable, posts on microblogging sites like Weibo. Literally anyone can post something random on Weibo and get picked up by a bunch of websites as a source. The second tier come from analysts with sources at Apple's suppliers, but they can't confirm whether or not they're just seeing something Apple is experimenting with and decided not to use.
With that said, here are the iPhone rumors we trust so far.
Although supply-chain problems have created issues for several phone releases, Apple has kept its phones largely on time. We still anticipate that Apple will hold an iPhone 14 launch event on a Tuesday or Wednesday in mid-September 2022, with the phones hitting shelves 9-10 days later.
Major iPhone analyst Ming Chi Kuo recently opened a Twitter account and has been dropping high-quality rumors on it. His first blockbusters are that the iPhone mini line is dead, and only the two Pro-model iPhones will get the new A16 processor.
The news about the mini is sad, but it isn't a big surprise. Counterpoint Research says that the iPhone 13 mini, like the 12 mini, was the worst-selling iPhone in its cohort.
The A16 news poses a unique challenge for the iPhone line, though, as new features often depend on new silicon—even camera features like Deep Fusion and night mode, which are now more computational than optical.
On the Pro model phones, the notorious notch will be replaced by an oval-shaped Face ID cutout and a hole-punch
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