iPhone 12 event could be pushed back to October

iPhone 12 event could exist pushed dorsum to October

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For the last vii years, when you wanted to run across Apple tree unveil a new iPhone, you blocked out the second week of September on your calendar. But that seems increasingly unlikely this year, as Apple deals with the fallout of the global coronavirus pandemic and may push back the launch of the iPhone 12 equally a event.

The latest word that a September launch for the iPhone 12 may be off the table comes from Apple tree leaker Jon Prosser. In a video that's largely focused on the latest leaks about Apple Glasses, Prosser includes an aside that Apple is having "internal talks of having that [iPhone 12] event in October." (Skip ahead to the 8:49 mark of the video to hear for yourself.)

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Several sources, including Prosser himself, take raised the possibility of a delay for the iPhone 12 from its usual launch in September. In April, the Wall Street Journal reported that Apple had pushed dorsum the product ramp-upwardly on its new phones by a month, after the coronavirus outbreak had caused manufacturing disruptions in Asia where the iPhone is assembled.

Also in April, TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo raised the possibility that the iPhone 12 Pro Max could send afterwards than the other three iPhone 12 models Apple reportedly has in the works. Pushing back the launch consequence would aid Apple tree avoid the staggered rollout of unlike iPhone models, which is what happened for the iPhone XR in 2018 and the iPhone 10 in 2017.

There's likewise the possibility that a later iPhone 12 launch effect could allow more reporters and analysts to nourish in person, Prosser said, assuming that restrictions on large gatherings due to the COVID-19 virus are loosened by Oct. Many telephone makers have had to launch their devices online this spring, and even Apple tree simply announced the release of the iPhone SE past press release last calendar month.

If Apple does wait until October to launch the iPhone 12, it volition be the first fourth dimension since the iPhone 4s that a flagship iPhone hasn't made its debut in early September. Apple tree took the wraps off the 4s on October. 4, 2011.

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As for other iPhone 12 leaks today, a photo reportedly showing off the iPhone 12's logic board has been making the rounds on Twitter. Information technology's not much — "the board does non provide u.s.a. with many visual clues," MacRumors noted when it spotted the tweet — but it gives usa something to await at between now and October when the iPhone 12 outcome might actually take place.

Philip Michaels is a senior editor at Tom's Guide. He has strong opinions about Apple, the Oakland Athletics and former movies. Follow him at @PhilipMichaels.