This ultimately remains the biggest question: when will the iPhone 12 be released, or rather when will the four iPhone 12 be released. If Apple generally launches its new iPhones in September, there have already been shifts as for the iPhone X for example.
For several months, rumors and leaks have been contradicting each other on the release date. According to Qualcomm and Jon Prosser, the first 5G iPhones will be late.
Delay for the iPhone 12
We are not talking about the presentation date which, according to our latest information, will be maintained in September. It is really about the market date. Qualcomm, which shared its forecast for the fourth quarter of the year, speaks of the “delay in launching a high-end 5G phone”. Without giving the name of Apple, it is obvious that these are the iPhone 12 in question. Qualcomm signed a five-year deal with Apple last year following a lengthy legal battle. This has also enabled the American firm to revise its forecasts for the year upwards.
For the fourth quarter, although figures announced by Qualcomm are still above Wall Street expectations, Akash Palkhiwala, CFO, explains that the production of modems (which Qualcomm supplies to Apple) will have “a slight delay”.
The Covid-19 pandemic is certainly no stranger to all of this, and leaker Jon Prosser also confirmed the lag with a tweet mentioning the release of the iPhone 12 and new iPads for October 2020. If not a guarantee of certainty, as Prosser has crashed several times recently, this helps to establish a clear and logical timetable. It will also be recalled that the apple firm should hold two keynotes at the start of the school year. The first on September 8 for the iPhone 12, then a second on October 27 for the iPad and any Apple Glass, connected glasses.