The iPhone 14 launch occasion is imminent, with studies saying that Apple will reveal its new telephone sooner than normal on September 7. That’s simply one of many particularities of this yr’s launch. Apple will even combine up the iPhone lineup this yr, with most studies claiming there is not going to be an iPhone 14 mini mannequin. As an alternative, Apple will supply patrons a extra reasonably priced variant of the 6.7-inch Professional Max mannequin.
Nevertheless, a supply with a documented monitor document talked about the iPhone 14 mini mannequin in a report detailing launch occasion plans for a “top-tier” retailer in Asia-Pacific. The subsequent-gen iPads additionally appeared in the identical report.
Evan Blass is the well-known leaker who penned a report for 91mobiles the place he talked about the iPhone 14 mini in an inventory of merchandise the unnamed retailer would launch quickly.
The listing had the next unreleased Apple gadgets in it:
iPhones:
- iPhone 14
- iPhone 14 mini
- iPhone 14 Professional
- iPhone 14 Professional Max
iPads:
- iPad 10.2 (tenth technology)
- iPad Professional 12.9 (sixth technology)
- iPad Professional 11 (4th technology)
Blass up to date the submit to notice that a minimum of one machine within the listing is “off-base.” That’s the 5.4-inch iPhone 14 mini, a dimension that Apple deserted after the iPhone 13 mini. Each different iPhone 14 rumor this yr claimed that the mini would disappear from Apple’s 2022 lineup. Changing it’s a 6.7-inch variant of the Professional Max mannequin. Put otherwise the iPhone 14 Plus is a 6.7-inch model of the 6.1-inch base iPhone 14 mannequin.
We referred to that iPhone 14 mini substitute because the iPhone 14 Max initially. Extra not too long ago, studies claimed Apple would use the iPhone 14 Plus moniker for the brand new handset.
We’ll additionally observe that the iPads within the listing above are unreleased gadgets. Rumors say Apple will unveil the brand new iPads in October throughout an iPad and Mac press occasion.
Product names apart, the report mentioned that Apple’s top-tier channel accomplice in Asia-Pacific is already making ready for the upcoming iPhone 14 launch. This element appears to corroborate studies that the iPhone 14 launch occasion will happen on September seventh this yr. The iPhone 14 launch date ought to be September sixteenth on this case.
Blass says that Apple’s accomplice within the Asia-Pacific area is one in every of Apple’s largest distributors out there it serves. Subsequently, we will be “pretty assured” within the accuracy of its data. Save for the iPhone 14 mini mistake, which may very well be only a placeholder title the mysterious retailer could be utilizing in its advertising supplies, pending Apple’s keynote.
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