iPhone 13 leak just teased radical new design

iPhone 13 leak only teased radical new design

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Every so oft rumors pop up that phones are going portless, opting to brand everything from charging to information connections completely wireless. That'south peculiarly true of Apple tree.

Information technology seems like every time we caput into a new iPhone rumor wheel, the topic of the portless iPhone crops up once more. The iPhone 13 is no exception, though this time the word is that not all models will ditch the ports entirely.

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As we all know, we're long past the days of Apple releasing one phone at a fourth dimension. There were four iPhone 12 models, and it's pretty much guaranteed that we'll be seeing a handful of iPhone xiii handsets when they get in next year. Now Jon Prosser claims one of those phones will exist completely portless and gratuitous of holes.

Admittedly Prosser has a fleck of a mixed track tape, though this isn't the first time he'south claimed at least one iPhone 13 would exist going portless. Apparently this is still Apple's programme.

Of course, Prosser is not the just person to say this is happening either. Ming-Chi Kuo, who has become the de-facto king of Apple tree analysts, said much the same thing last Dec and other sources have been talking about the portless iPhone whenever they can.

But what would a portless iPhone fifty-fifty look like? No ports means no no charging port of whatever kind. A portless iPhone may non take a SIM card slot or speaker holes either. Obviously, in that location'd be no headphone jack in there either, only it'south not like Apple would ever bring that back.

Phones like this do exist in concept class, merely so far nobody has actually released a portless phone for consumers to buy. The Vivo Apex from 2019, is i such device; the telephone's speakers and microphones were placed nether the screen, while the phone itself was reliant on wireless and an eSIM to function properly.

None of these things are peculiarly big asks these days, especially with the launch of MagSafe and the fact the Google Pixel v saw the search giant casually put a speaker under the display on the Pixel five and didn't think information technology was worth announcing.

The merely issue we can encounter with a lack of wired information connectivity is in the repairs process. There are enough of ways to transfer files and data wirelessly or over the cloud, so for everyday purposes that won't exist an issue. But, given Apple'due south increasing reliance on external software when repairing iPhones, information technology may need some sort of physical connection somewhere on the phone. That said, there'southward nothing stopping it from being subconscious away, and only accessible when the phone is being repaired.

So when you call back nearly it, the idea of a portless iPhone isn't quite then outlandish. Provided Apple tin can do information technology without raising the price too much, though we besides wouldn't complain if it managed to speed upwardly MagSafe charging somewhere along the manner.

The only real question is which iPhone would exist going portless? The iPhone thirteen Pro Max would be an obvious pick, since it's already packing the best and nearly expensive iPhone hardware, though a fifth model isn't out of the realm of possibility.

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