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Apple’s iPhone 12 lineup has a growing list of initial problems, but if they have delayed their upgrade plans, the new iPhone 13 leaks suggest that your patience will pay off.
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Thanks to a couple of leaks from acclaimed Apple insider Jon Prosser and multinational investment bank Barclays, we now know that the iPhone 13 will fix the biggest complaints about the iPhone 12 and include one of the biggest tech updates in decades.
First, the solution. In a new video, Prosser has confirmed that the iPhone 13 models are “DEFINITELY” (their caps) getting new LTPO displays, and this is a big deal. LTPO is the key that unlocks ProMotion 120Hz displays on iPhones, because you can dynamically adjust refresh rates during low intensity tasks (viewing photos, reading emails, etc.) to save battery life at other times.
Additionally, Prosser notes that LTPO, which has the ability to dip as low as 1Hz, may well herald the arrival of always-on iPhone displays. Android rivals have long had high refresh rates and always-on displays, but they have done so only by putting in huge batteries as a countermeasure. Samsung broke this trend with the first LTPO panel in the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, and now Apple will join the party with the iPhone 13.
Wireless 6E changes the rules of the game and will come to iPhone 13
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Second, the jump. Barclays (via MacRumors) claims Apple will add WiFi 6E to the iPhone 13 lineup. While the name makes the 6E sound like an incremental upgrade over WiFi 6, it will be “perhaps the most disruptive boon for Wi-Fi users. in the last 20 years, “according to Broadcom Executive Vice President Vijay Nagarajan.
The reason for their enthusiasm is that WiFi 6E will use a completely new 6Ghz spectrum. That means there is no interference to the dozens of WiFi signals and devices that currently hog our radio waves and interfere with WiFi performance and range. “This swath of spectrum, when combined with Wi-Fi, will drive new consumer experiences on smartphones, AR / VR devices, and wearables that we have yet to invent,” Nagarajan explains.
Combine these two factors with what we already know about the iPhone 13: next-gen 5G efficiency, doubled storage, (finally) a smaller notch, and the return of Touch ID, and it looks like smart money awaits.
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