Apple is expected to continue offering four iPhone options in 2021, with the iPhone 13 being identical in design to the iPhone 12, with little change, according to a new report from the Japanese website Mac Otakara which cites sources within the Chinese supply chain.
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The height and width of the four iPhone models should remain the same, but the thickness can increase by approximately 0.26 mm.
The rear camera unit is expected to increase in size by 0.9 mm on all models, iPhone 13, and Apple will switch to a design that “covers the entire camera unit with sapphire glass”. Lenses should project less in a design that is more similar to the iPad Pro 2020, which has a thick camera overhang, but less bulge when it comes to lens design.
Mac Otakara believes that the PiPhone 13 Pro can feature optical image stabilization by sensor shift, a feature that Apple included in the iPhone 12 Pro Max.
As for the front of the iPhone 13, the website suggests that the TrueDepth camera “is getting narrower” because the receiver at the top of the screen will move to the edge of the case. This suggests that the notch on the next-generation iPhone may be a little thinner.
This is the second time we’ve heard rumors of a thinner or shallower notch, so it is possible that the 2021 21iPhone models have a notch of the same length, but not so high.
Other rumors of the iPhone 13 suggested that we could see some models receiving LTPO OLED screens with support for 120 Hz update dates, and there will, of course, be a faster A15 chip. We have more information on what to expect from the iPhone 13 in our dedicated summary.