Apple often introduces a new wave of hardware at its fall event, and this year the company seems to be preparing a fresh trio of iPhones. The new models will be powered by Apple’s A13 chip and will still be equipped with Lightning ports rather than USB-C.
The news comes from Guilherme Rambo at 9to5Mac, who has produced some reliable Apple scoops in recent months. He cites people who have seen the devices. Paired with the latest claims from Apple’s supply chain, this is looking like a plausible picture of what we can expect from Cook and crew later this fall.
The three models of what would likely be dubbed the iPhone 11 are reportedly intended to replace the three iterations of the iPhone XS that debuted last year. The replacement for the iPhone XS is internally known as the D42, while the D43 will sub in for the iPhone XS Max. The N104 will replace the less expensive iPhone XR.
The three new models will have the same screen resolutions as the existing iPhone XS counterparts. The screen technologies will also stay the same, with the D42 and D43 sporting OLED Retina displays and the N104 running a 2x Liquid Retina display.
The arrival of the A13 chip will likely mark a step up in power for the Apple devices. Chip engineering and architecture has been a growing focus for the company. The A12 chip in the iPhone XS models increased the number of operations per second from 600 billion to 5 trillion, and the A12X system-on-a-chip in the 2018 iPad Pro delivered better stats than the 2017 and 2016 models of the MacBook Pro. We’ve mostly just seen rumors and guesswork about the A13, but it seems that Apple will want to keep pushing for ever bigger and more impressive stats in this area.