iPhone 12: Name and release date
Apple’s naming scheme for its smartphones used to be very straightforward. However, with the launch of the iPhone X in 2017, things got pretty confusing. While we don’t know for certain, we are fairly sure that the Apple iPhone 12 series is what’s on the way this year, and we can assume that based on the history of iPhone names.
Check out what we mean below. The bolded names indicate devices in which Apple largely revamped the design as compared to the previous year:
- 2007 — iPhone
- 2008 — iPhone 3G
- 2009 — iPhone 3GS
- 2010 — iPhone 4
- 2011 — iPhone 4S
- 2012 — iPhone 5
- 2013 — iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C
- 2014 — iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
- 2015 — iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus
- 2016 — iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus
- 2017 — iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X
- 2018 — iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and iPhone XS Max
- 2019 — iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max
So far, all rumors point to this year’s iPhones featuring a significant redesign as compared to last year (see a few sections down below for more on this). Since Apple’s history suggests that new designs tend to get new numbers, we’re inclined to believe that we can expect the Apple iPhone 12 series to launch this Fall. It is unlikely there will be an iPhone 11S series