iPhone 13 to be released on time next year

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Several reports indicate that next year's lineup is back on track for an on-time release.
If everything goes as planned, we may see new iPhones in September like in years past.
It is expected that next year will not be a ‘super-cycle’ year for the iPhone.
If these reports are true, the iPhone 12 series will be the shortest upgrade cycle in a number of years.

This year has been a pretty shaky year for iPhone releases, to say the least. We got 2 major separate releases, first with the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro models, which share many of the same internal components. A few weeks later, we got the iPhone 12 mini and 12 Pro Max - which included completely new designs for Apple. Analysts suggest that the company simply needed more time to manufacture them, leading to 2 separate releases in 2020. It seems like everything will be getting back to normal next year, with several reports now indicating that the next lineup, expected to be called iPhone 12S or iPhone 13, is back on track for an on-time release. If everything goes as planned, we may see new iPhones in September like in years past.

There are a few reasons why next year’s lineup is back to its normal schedule: firstly, manufacturing lines in China are back working at their normal pre-pandemic production rates. Secondly, it is expected that next year will not be a ‘super-cycle’ year for the iPhone. This means we are likely to only see incremental improvements - such as better processors, slightly larger camera sensors, and we may also see the Pro models might finally get ProMotion displays. Apple uses a similar technology in the iPad Pro.

Apple’s iPhone X, which was released on November 3, 2017, was discontinued less than a year later on September 21, 2018. 2020’s lineup cannot be called the shortest lineup ever since the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus - released on September 22, 2017 - were part of the same 2017 iPhone lineup, making it a normal 12 month long cycle.

It seems like we’ll have a normal upgrade cycle next year as long as Apple follows their schedule this time, with a September event and launch date with only 2 weeks between the two dates.

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Published to Apple Scoop on 14th December, 2020.