The iPhone 13 lineup is expected to launch later this year in September. Moreover, Foxconn and Pegatron, both have secured their spot to assemble the small iPhone 13 mini. While the iPhone 12 mini is great and compact, it seems the device was not such a big hit. The iPhone 12 mini had to be cut down due to lower demand. This gives us a fair perspective on how well would the iPhone 13 mini perform.
This year, Apple is expected to keep the iPhone 13 mini at 5.4-inch. While Apple does plan to launch a mini variant of the iPhone 13 series, a reliable source coins that the company will forego its plans in 2022. What this means is that the iPhone 13 mini could potentially be the last iPhone to feature the mini’ moniker. As of now, the iPhone 13 mini is stated to be assembled by Foxconn and Pegatron, according to a new report from DigiTimes.
This year’s iPhone 13 mini is expected to be the last 5.4-inch model that Apple will offer in its flagship lineup, owing to poor sales, according to reliable sources. Apple does not plan to introduce a 5.4-inch iPhone 14 mini, with the mini line ending after the iPhone 13.
According to the prominent analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple will announce 6.1-inch iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro along with a 6.7-inch iPhone 14 Pro Max. The full report suggests that Foxconn and Pegatron will assemble the iPhone 13 mini. However, Pegatron has seen a fall in orders of the iPhone 12 mini due to its lower-than-expected demand.
Other than this, Pegatron will also assemble a small number of the 6.1-inch iPhone 13 model while Foxconn will remain the main assembler of all iPhone 13 models. The iPhone 13 series is expected to feature the same design. However, the notch on all models is getting smaller with a 120Hz LTPO display on the iPhone 13 Pro models. Also, check out how big the camera module will be on the iPhone 13 Pro Max compared to iPhone 12 Pro Max.
Pegatron is Apple’s second-largest iPhone assembler after Foxconn, and in February spent $14.2 million to buy land rights for building a factory in Chennai, India. The outlay followed a proposal approved in late 2020 by its board of directors to spend $150 million on building its first iPhone manufacturing plant in the country.
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