According to the “Economic Daily”, Apple’s iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro series have entered the OEM trial production stage, and Foxconn, the Hon Hai Group, has won the iPhone 14 OEM order, which also means that Apple has determined the final design of the iPhone 14. This year’s iPhone 14 The appearance will also return with new improvements.
The source pointed out that Foxconn has already started trial production of the new iPhone 14 Pro models in 2022, and the entry-level iPhone 14 will be handed over to Luxshare. This year, Apple will focus on the newly designed iPhone 14 Pro series, which will be handed over to Foxconn in advance. After trial production, it is expected that the appearance will usher in major improvements.
Usually, Apple will start the trial production order (NPI) of the new iPhone in mid-to-late February every year, and the foundry needs to provide a bill of materials (BOM), as well as production and testing machines. When the trial production of the iPhone begins, the foundry needs to collect data, evaluate the production process, product improvement projects and correct abnormalities, and finally pass the trial production verification before mass production can be carried out normally.
For the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro, there will be major improvements to the appearance, and the exterior design will incorporate a lot of retro iPhone 4 and iPhone 5 designs.Apple leaker Jon Prosser has exposed iPhone 14 Pro renderingsthe main lens of the display back cover will not protrude, and the volume key will be changed to the prototype design, and the bottom volume hole will also be changed to a long strip, similar to the iPhone 4 shape.
The biggest change in the iPhone 14 is the bangs at the top of the main screen. At present, many sources point to the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. The two models will remove the bangs design, hide the Face ID under the screen, and switch to a pill-shaped punch hole. The screen is replaced, while the front lens is retained, and an additional circular hole is punched, and the punched hole shape is like an exclamation mark.
There are also four iPhone 14 models this year, namely two 6.1-inch iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro, and two 6.7-inch iPhone 14 Max and iPhone 14 Pro Max. Apple will cancel the 5.4-inch iPhone mini, mainly because of this device Sales are not as good as expected, and it will eventually be changed to a large-screen iPhone 14 Max.
There are also rumors that Apple will vigorously promote the development of eSIM technology, and it is expected that the physical eSIM card slot will be eliminated from the iPhone 14.
In addition, the iPhone 14 lens will also usher in an update. It is rumored that it will be equipped with a 48MP wide-angle lens, 8K video recording and an improved ultra-wide-angle lens. At the same time, the iPhone 14 Pro series may be equipped with 8GB RAM, which will become the largest memory capacity model ever. , and will be equipped with 2TB of storage space, mainly for 8K video recording. The new machine is expected to be launched in the fall of September this year.
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Reference source:Economic Daily
