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Predicting when the new iPhones will arrive is usually pretty easy, but not in 2020 with the iPhone 12 – it looks like we’ll be waiting longer than usual, and other evidence of a delay has just emerged.
According to Reuters, Apple’s chip supplier Broadcom has said that its increase in component shipments will run through the end of calendar year 2020, which is three months later than normal. That sounds a lot like the lag on an iPhone 12.
Broadcom is primarily responsible for the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chips found inside Apple phones. Broadcom hasn’t mentioned Apple by name, but it doesn’t take a lot of detective work to connect the dots.
Earlier in the year, the electronics supplier said that a major product from a “large North American mobile phone customer” would launch later than normal, and again it is very likely to be Apple and the iPhone 12.
The waiting game
So when exactly will the iPhone 12 appear? Normally, we would say that it is the first week of September, although now it seems very unlikely. Rumors have suggested that Apple might announce the phone next week, even if it won’t be on sale for a while yet.
Other insiders have suggested that the end of September is a more likely date for an announcement, with at least some of the phones going on sale in October. It seems that different iPhone 12 models could start shipping at different points.
One of the most trusted sources in the business has said that the cheapest 5.4-inch iPhone 12 and 6.1-inch iPhone 12 Max models will arrive first, with the 6.1-inch iPhone 12 Pro and 6.7-inch iPhone 12 Pro Max arriving. sometime. then.
With all the uncertainty surrounding these dates, even Apple probably wasn’t sure when it could introduce the iPhone 12. One of the most recent and reliable rumors suggests that October 12 is the big launch day for the iPhone 12. , and that Apple will announce a new iPad and a new Apple Watch next week.
Via MacRumors
