William Gallagher
Contrary to previous reports, a new leak claims that the two lower-end "iPhone 12" models will come with the option for 64GB, instead of beginning at 128GB.
As expectation increases that Apple will unveil its new "iPhone 12" range on October 13, a new leak says that the company will be shipping phones to vendors from next week. The same leak also claims to confirm the capacities of the two lower-end models, the "iPhone 12 mini," and the "iPhone 12."
Apple's first shipment of final iPhone 12 units is going out to distributers on October 5th
— Jon Prosser (@jon_prosser) September 29, 2020
The shipment includes:
iPhone 12 mini 5.4
(Definitely the final marketing name)
-64/128/256
iPhone 12 6.1
-64/128/256
Event on October 13, as I mentioned before.
Regular leaker Jon Prosser goes on to say that both the "iPhone 12 Pro" and the "iPhone 12 Pro Max" will start at 128GB.
As well as expectation that Apple's announcement of the "iPhone 12" will be on October 13, it's also being rumored that pre-orders will begin shortly afterwards on October 16. The new name "iPhone 12 mini," is also being repeatedly reported in different leaks.
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Thats a bit of a bummer. Of course all of this is still just rumors. But some earlier rumors were suggesting it would start at 128 with a price of $650 (for the mini) which seemed like a dream come true (maybe too good to be true). Recently I think I saw a rumor of a $700 starting price and now this suggesting that could be for 64gb storage. Oh well, I guess we'll see soon enough. My 7 is barely hanging on these days and I'm really looking forward to that Mini. I was just hoping to get it for the best price possible.
256GB is my sweet spot. It’s just over double what I need, with room to grow. Music, pictures, video, apps. I’m good.
Still can’t figure out how it is Apple can order such a high volume of memory chips for its devices, but they never seem to get a price break that can be passed along to consumers.