A few days later, Apple will announce its completely new generation of the iPhone 13 series, which - as usual - gets a new update at the end of the summer of each year to launch those new generations in the fall of the same year. This year it will be different, as we have heard some rumors and iPhone 13 leaks about the internal specifications and new technologies for it even before the launch of the iPhone 12 series in 2020. But after a few days, we have a somewhat comprehensive idea of what Apple will announce at its next conference.

Below, we review the most important points that have been confirmed so far about the iPhone 13 series

iPhone 13 release date 

Although there was some delay in the announcement and launch of the iPhone 12 series due to the difficulties that the countries of the world faced in production with the start of the Corona virus crisis. Apple was pushed against it at the time to launch the iPhone 12 series in October instead of September, but the situation has changed now, as many analyzes and reports indicated that the launch of the iPhone 13 series will be in September of this year, which is the norm in past years.

In addition, these recent reports have added the possibility of Apple announcing the iPhone 13 series in September, and perhaps the date of the arrival of the iPhone 13 to the market at the end of September, instead of the first half of next October. As for some recent iPhone 13 leaks, they showed that it is possible that Apple will announce the iPhone 13 series before the end of the first half of September, with speculation that the possibility of completing pre-orders will start from September 17, with the start of its arrival in the markets and shipping to users starting from September 24.

iPhone 13 price

As for the price segments of the iPhone 13 series, many reports have appeared during the past months that the iPhone 13 series will adopt a similar pricing to the iPhone 12 series. Accordingly, those sources expected that the prices of the iPhone 13 series would be $ 699 US for iPhone 13 mini, $799 for regular iPhone 13, $999 for iPhone 13 Pro, and $1,099 for iPhone 13 Pro Max.

Despite this, some reports that were based on some information - which was the source of the Eurasian Economic Commission - have shown that seven new versions of the iPhone 13 have been approved. There are some statements that indicate that Apple will launch seven different versions of the iPhone this year, including the later versions of the iPhone SE series, for example. In addition to these statements, there are other statements that the seven mentioned versions may be specific to the aforementioned iPhone 13 phones, but by adopting seven different internal capacities for internal storage and RAM.

It is worth noting that some recent leaks have appeared during the past days stating that there has become a global deficit in the production of processing chips, which prompted TSMC, the manufacturer, to request an increase in the prices of selling and providing chipsets of processors manufactured through it, which gave some justifications about the possibility of an increase and a rise in the price of the iPhone 13 Accordingly, compared to what it was the price of iPhone 12 last year.

iPhone 13 specifications

Simply and easily, we can predict that the iPhone 13 phones will include the A15 Bionic internal processor chip with a 5 nm architecture, succeeding the A14 Bionic chip that the iPhone 12 series came with. The new processor is supposed to help the iPhone 13 series phones provide greater and more efficient capabilities in terms of processing speeds and performance strength.

In addition, the new processor is supposed to provide more battery-saving consumption, which is Apple's habit with each new processor chip that it launches with each new series of iPhone phones. Sources added that Apple has requested the supply of more than 100 million new A15 Bionic processing chips, which shows us that Apple expects to achieve sales for the iPhone 13 series more than it achieved in the iPhone 12 series.

Regarding storage options, Apple is supposed to offer both the entry-level iPhone 13 mini and the regular iPhone 13 with internal storage options starting from 64 GB, while it will offer its professional iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max phones with internal storage starting from 128 GB and up to 1 TB.

In addition, some reports based on some reliable sources revealed that there is a cooperation underway between Apple and Qualcomm to obtain a Qualcomm X60 card to manage network connectivity with iPhone 13 phones and to support fifth generation networks. It is assumed that these new cards will help iPhone 13 phones to complete better connections in terms of quality and strength with local networks and save the amount of power and battery users to complete those connections as well. As for the size of the deal that was completed between Apple and Qualcomm, it refers to a large amount of new calling cards X60, which may be enough to produce iPhone phones until 2023, with some speculation that the iPhone 13 series will be included on those cards.

Recent reports and simulation designs that were launched based on iPhone 13 design leaks over several months ago, indicated that Apple intends to reduce the size of the upper extrusion, to reduce its measurements in terms of length and width by 25%. Similar leaks had been raised prior to the launch of the iPhone 12 series in the past 2020, while those leaks were rejected when the iPhone 12 phones were announced.

As for reducing the space and size of the upper extrusion, reports indicate that Apple has redesigned and positioned the components of this extrusion, as it moved the upper earpiece to the metal body of the phone instead of the protrusion, and included some sensors and the front camera together in a smaller space.

In addition, some other reports have indicated significant changes regarding the design of the camera lens unit in the iPhone 13 phones. These leaks indicate that both the iPhone 13 mini and the regular iPhone 13 will come in the same size as the camera lens design unit, while the locations of the photographic lenses will change to become Diagonal in two rows, rather than vertical in one row. The same leaks indicated that the camera lens unit in the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max phones will be significantly larger in size than its predecessor in the iPhone 12 phones in the past 2020.

It is certain that Apple has made several updates regarding the development of imaging features in the new iPhone 13 series, which required setting more space to place and include the new internal sensors, according to the leaks. It is also certain, according to the leaks, that Apple has changed the manufacturing materials for the internal lenses of the iPhone 13 cameras to become more purer when taking pictures, and to help take professional pictures with accuracy and higher quality than before in all previous iPhone series. As for the colors expected to be released iPhone 13, the latest leaks indicated that the iPhone 13 phones will come in several colors, including black, silver, gold, pink, and golden with a sunset flavor. Other leaks reported that the regular iPhone 13 could come in pink, but that's only based on the leaked images. Previously, we heard that there may be two new color options for the iPhone 13 Pro range: matte black and bronze or orange.

iPhone 13 Screen

Speaking of the list of iPhone 13 specifications, the iPhone 13 series screen has been mentioned that it will get many new additions, which will be an attraction for any users who decide to buy any phone from the new iPhone 13 series. First, many reports and leaks say, and perhaps unanimously, that the two professional phones of the iPhone 13 series, the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max, will get screens with a refresh rate of 120 Hz, which came several years late to Apple phones. These screens with their new refresh rate will increase the smoothness of use and scroll users to the content displayed on the screens of the two phones mentioned from the iPhone 13 series.

In addition, reports indicate that the iPhone 13 series screens are equipped with a LTPO panel accompanying the screen, and it provides a technology that helps phones save energy significantly, which may reach 15% or even 20%, as it helps to provide a refresh rate of screen frames adapted to the nature of use. current for every passing second.

Based on the integration of that LTPO panel, the leaks also say with certainty that the iPhone 13 series will support the Always-on-Display feature. This feature allows the phone screen to never be locked, and instead, it will display some important key data such as the battery percentage and some notifications when the user is asleep, and at a low frame rate per second, and may reach one frame per second, as in the Apple Watch Apple Watch.
iPhone 13 cameras

At first, the iPhone 13 specification leaks talked about the future of photography in the phones of that series. The leaks indicated that Apple uses entirely new imaging sensors in terms of the technologies used in them and their size is significantly larger than their counterparts in the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max phones. The leaks indicated that for the first time, the wide-angle lens will support the auto focus feature during photography, after adding six layers of lenses to enrich the experience of shooting through that lens, after it was just five lenses only in the two professional phones of the iPhone 12 series.

As we mentioned, and as in the image above, the difference is clear between one of the iPhone 12 Pro series phones, and the cover based on a leaked design for the iPhone 13 Pro phones. In other words, we can be sure of the launch of the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max series with a wider and longer camera lens unit, and significantly larger in size. In short, the larger sensors and the area mean that the captured footage will be able to saturate with more light than before, and will also be able to provide significantly higher resolution and imaging quality.

One of the brightest rumors that emerged was that Apple was looking for suppliers of cameras with foldable lenses that would improve the optical zoom of the iPhone 13's camera. This means that the periscope-like design will be arranged vertically instead of horizontally inside the lens. This means that you can increase the optical magnification by several times without increasing the size of the phone from the back. However, it is likely that this feature will not appear until the iPhone 14 next year.

One of the recent additions may be the inclusion of LiDAR sensors on the regular iPhone 13 mini and iPhone 13, rather than just the Pro versions. This sensor assists in auto-focusing and enabling to enjoy augmented reality performance.

Despite this, the leaks and designs that were published in the past few months did not express any change in the lenses and camera sensors in my entry-level phones from the series, the iPhone 13 mini, and the regular iPhone 13, which indirectly indicates that cameras and imaging technologies will not go through a boom As expected on these two phones.

iPhone 13 battery

Unfortunately, the performance of the batteries for the iPhone 12 series phones last year was not praised by many, as it did not hold up like the iPhone 11 series, with the exception of the iPhone 12 Pro Max, which impressed both users, experts and technical observers. As for the iPhone 13, the leaked iPhone 13 specifications showed that the phones will carry the so-called soft batteries. These new batteries technically allow them to be designed with higher capacities and capabilities while maintaining the same design footprint, which does not require increasing the size or thickness of the phones.

Some leaks also indicated that there will be an increase in the capacity of the batteries for the iPhone 13, so that I mentioned, for example, that the iPhone 13 Pro Max battery will get an increase of 18%, as it will become 4352 mAh instead of 3687 mAh in the iPhone 12 Pro Max . Those leaks indicated that other versions will not get the same leap in terms of increasing battery capabilities, but they will eventually get increases and improvements, which makes us breathe a sigh of relief until the launch of the iPhone 14 series.

Other properties

Every new iPhone series comes with a new version of the iOS operating system upon launch. Apple gave us a good first look at the platform that will run the new iPhone 13 devices — as well as other iPhones that date back to the iPhone 6s — when Apple showed off the iOS 15 developer beta at the Apple Developer Conference in June.

The best features of iOS 15 include several updates to FaceTime that let you watch videos and share content with others, a new design and style for managing notifications, and improvements to Apple's Maps, Messages, Wallet, Weather and other built-in apps. Some iOS 15 features will require an A12 Bionic chip or later, but that shouldn't be a problem for the iPhone 13 and Apple's new A15 Bionic chip.

We're waiting to find out what special iPhone 13 features are hidden in iOS 15. One of the features we'd like to see, recently featured in Apple's patent, is predictive charging notifications. This system will learn your phone's usage and charging habits, just as the current Optimized Charging feature already does, but then warns you and advises you to charge it before the battery drains too quickly, while you're still in the right place, like at home.

The future of iPhone 14

When we buy a technology product, we have to balance our need or desire to own something now with the possibility of waiting and buying something newer and better later. This is the case with phones, where some people suffer from the fear of missing out on the latest when it comes to buying smartphones and wait for the next generation to come, repeating the wait for several years. You can play the waiting game forever and you will never win.

We're still about 13 months away from the iPhone 14 launch, but we've already heard some interesting rumors. Chief among them is the return of the fingerprint sensor, although we hope that feature will come with the iPhone 13. But word is that Apple is working on display technology for the fingerprint sensor. And with the company's tendency not to release any technologies before they're practically mature, it's likely that it decided that feature wasn't ready for the iPhone 13 series.

Other rumors suggest that the A16 Bionic chip will be manufactured using the 4nm architecture, which could improve power efficiency and overall performance. We'll definitely need to see the chip in action in real copies of the phone to make our proper assessments.