14 DAY TRIAL // Apple will take the wraps off the new iPhones in just a few days, and the closer we get to the official launch, the more information we hear about pretty much everything happening under the hood.
This week, for instance, a benchmark published on Geekbench confirms that the iPhone XR successor will come with 4GB RAM, a welcome upgrade from the 3GB on the current model.
Codenamed iPhone12,1, this new model, which could be called iPhone11R or just iPhone 11 if Apple picks a different naming strategy for the entire lineup, scored 5415 points in the single-core test and 11294 in the multi-core test.
This means the device is some 10 percent faster than the current iPhone XR model, and this is mostly thanks to the new A13 chip expected to be used on the phone and the upgrade to 4GB RAM.
4GB across the entire lineup
A leak that made the rounds earlier this week suggested that Apple could upgrade the other two iPhones to 6GB RAM, but there’s a good chance this wasn’t accurate.
Instead, what Apple might be planning to do is upgrade all iPhone models, regardless of screen size, to 4GB RAM, so the difference between them will be made mostly by display type and size, cameras, and the amount of storage.
The iPhone XR successor will come with a dual-camera configuration, whereas its more expensive siblings will boast a triple-camera setup.
All the details will be unveiled on September 10 by Apple itself, while the pre-order program is expected to kick off three days later on September 13. If the same schedule is used as in the previous years, this means the new iPhones should start shipping the next Friday on September 30, at least in the first wave of countries getting the device.