iPhone 12, iPad Air, HomePod, AirTags : everything Apple could launch by the end of 2020

According to Bloomberg, the iPhone 12 won't be the only new Apple product at the end of the year, the Californian brand is preparing two new Watches, a new iPad Air, a new HomePod speaker, headphones, AirTags trackers, and a new Apple TV.

The pandemic of Covid-19 may have made it impossible to organize a keynote, the Californian brand should still make people talk about it in the coming weeks.

In addition to the much-awaited iPhone 12 (which should not be seen before October), the company would have enough products in stock to feed the news every week until the end of the year. On Bloomberg, Mark Gurman and Debby Wu unveil Apple's very rich calendar.

75 million iPhone 12

According to information from Bloomberg, Apple has ordered 75 million next-generation iPhones from its providers.

This figure would be equivalent to that of last year, which means that Apple does not expect a drop in sales despite the pandemic. 

A total of four smartphones signed by Apple would be launched by the end of this year. There would be two iPhone 12 Classic (5.4 and 6.1 inches) and two iPhone 12 Pro (6.1 and 6.7 inches). All of them would feature an OLED screen, a first for the company.

All four smartphones would be 5G compatible, would use the new A14 processor, and would be launched in October, a month later than Apple initially hoped. For the moment, the coronavirus is indeed responsible.

Without going into details, Bloomberg confirms rumors that at least one of these four iPhones would embark a LiDAR sensor similar to that of the iPad Pro. Finally, a new night blue color would replace last year's green. 

An affordable Apple Watch

These new iPhone 12 could be accompanied (or preceded, some rumors mention a launch by press release in the coming days) by the new Apple Watch.

In addition to Series 6, most certainly focused on health, Apple would prepare for the first time a low-cost version of its connected watch.

The objective would be to compete with Fitbit and replace the aging Series 3 in its catalog. The latter, currently sold at 229 euros, gives us some clues on the price of this future product.

An iPad Air in the design of iPad Pro

There too, it's not really a surprise, the new iPad Air keeps leaking. Probably launched in the next few days, Apple's new tablet should inherit the design of the iPad Pro and have fewer borders than the previous generation.

The only thing we don't know today is how to unlock this new tablet. Some talk about Face ID facial recognition, others about a Touch ID fingerprint sensor integrated into the unlock button at the top of the screen.

The return of the HomePod 

Three years after a first model that did not meet with unanimous approval, the HomePod could make a comeback in a new form. Apple would rely on a smaller and cheaper format to propel Siri and its services within your home rather than on an overpowering and expensive speaker. 

The Apple headset is coming

Here, Bloomberg is being cautious. It has been known for several years that Apple has been preparing a high-end headset, but we don't know its release date.

Will the one nicknamed "AirPods Studio" be released before the holidays? Such a product could in any case sound the end of Beats, recently eliminated from the name of Apple Music radios. 

Finally... the AirTags 

We've been talking about it for a year now, AirTags could accompany the iPhone 12 this year. These little gadgets, which would be attached to important objects such as your bag or your bike, would use Apple's location technology to show you their positions in real-time.

The company's idea would be to use the millions of iPhones in circulation to locate AirTags reported lost and notify their owners if they reappear.

New remote control for Apple TV 

For the first time we hear about it, the future Apple TV would be entitled to new remote control. The current model, the object of much controversy, has a tendency to get lost in the sofas and annoy its users.

Apple is said to have developed a system to find its lost remote, most likely by making it ring (or by using the UWB chip of the iPhone?). Bloomberg nevertheless specifies that the new Apple TV, more powerful than the current model, could arrive at the beginning of 2021. 

The first Apple Silicon Macs 

Bloomberg does not mention it in its article but Apple has already confirmed that it will launch the first Mac equipped with an Apple Silicon processor this year. This device, which will be the first to abandon Intel for ARM, should be rumored to be a laptop.

MacBook Air? MacBook Pro? Return of the MacBook in the form of an ultra-portable always connected? Not much is known at this time. Besides, will Macs be entitled to their own keynote? Can an event of this magnitude be reduced to a simple press release?  

What about the software?

Other new features expected by the end of the year, iOS 14, iPadOS 14, macOS Big Sur, watchOS 7, and tvOS 14. Once again, the pandemic is turning everything upside down. The arrival of Apple's new operating systems is difficult to predict. Will we have to wait for a possible video conference in October or a magical press release?

iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro - release date, price, datasheet

     The serial leaker has just detailed the main lines of the configuration of the four iPhone 12 that Apple should unveil next fall. We don't know everything now, it's true, but almost.

     Apple's next smartphones should only be announced, at best in September, if Tim Cook's teams decide to maintain their usual schedule despite production problems linked to the health crisis.

     iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro: we may know almost everything about Apple's future smartphones

     However, serial leaker Jon Prosser has again revealed crucial information, and this time he has so much to say that he didn't just tweet, but a long video.

iPhone 12 - HERE YOU GO! All models! Names, Display, Storage, Prices, and more! Exclusive Leaks!

     In it, he gives details about the four iPhone models that Apple should launch by the end of the year: the iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Max, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro Max.

     A range enriched by one model compared to the one presented last year but which does not seem inconsistent.

Four screens, three new sizes

     We thus discover two mid-range models (if we now consider that the iPhone SE 2020 occupies the entry-level) with an OLED panel (and no longer LCD) available in 5.4 and 6.1 inches.

     It is stamped Super Retina, a name that appeared with the iPhone X, even though it was complemented by an HD at the time. But maybe the name isn't definitive.

     The models of iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max would offer OLED tiles manufactured by Samsung of 6.1 and 6.7 inches respectively.

     In passing, we see a total redesign of the size of the smartphones in the range.

     In any case, these OLED panels would be in line with the best of what Apple offers, if we refer to the technologies mentioned: XDR, ProMotion (i.e. 120 Hz), and a color depth of 10-bit.


     Let us note in passing that on the integration of 120 Hz technology, Jon Prosser specifies that there would be a debate currently within Apple.

     Such a refresh rate necessarily has an effect on the autonomy of the device. It is thus possible that Apple decides to integrate it without activating it by default. Samsung has experienced the same problems with its Galaxy S20.

The difference between memory and camera

     As always in recent years, these two more accessible models would carry less RAM than the top-of-the-line models of the same generation.

     However, according to Jon Prosser, Apple would make a big effort and slip 4 GB into its mid-range, which was until now reserved for the most expensive iPhone models.

     The iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max would still win the RAM battle with 2 GB more than the 11 Pro models. They would have a total of 6GB of RAM, the first ever seen outside of iPad Pro on an iDevice.
In addition, Apple would retain the aluminum banding for the iPhone 12 and 12 Max, while the 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max would opt for a stainless steel frame like their predecessors.

... and the camera
     But that is obviously not the only additional difference. Where the mid-range iPhone 12 would offer two rear camera modules, like the iPhone 11, the 12 Pro would continue to offer three, which would be joined this year by a LIDAR, as seen in the iPad Pro 2020.

     There is a consistency in technology and range, which makes this leak quite plausible. All the more so as this is not the first time that LIDAR has been mentioned for the new iPhones.


     Moreover, according to Jon Prosser, the two models of iPhone 12 would be declined in two storage capacities, 128 and 256 Go, while the Pro models would add a third option to 512 Go. Goodbye, 64 GB!.

iPhone 12 price

     Finally, Jon Prosser goes so far as to announce the prices of the different models, in dollars, of course. We can see that where the iPhone 11 is sold for $699, the iPhone 12 would be sold for $649. Apple would not only lower its prices but also increase storage capacity at the same time?

How much would the iPhone 12 cost?

     Possibly. If we look at the other end of the range, the most expensive model, the iPhone 11 Pro Max in 512 GB, we see that it is currently sold for 1449 dollars, where the iPhone 12 Pro Max, 512 GB, would be sold at 1399 dollars.

     If these prices remain very high, and if they are true, we can, however, be pleased to see them fall and not grow, despite the increase in screen sizes and new technologies introduced.


     Of course, even if Jon Prosser has always been right so far, or at least has always been very close to the truth, we will have to wait until the fall to be definitively fixed on what the new generation of iPhone will have to offer us.

     But with so many credible elements, we now wonder what Apple will have up its sleeve to surprise us.