The Blue iPhone 12 Pro

If the iPhone 12 mini is the dark horse in the 2020 iPhone race, the pair of Pro models is a much more linear march forward from their iPhone 11 counterparts.

The iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max are expected to be direct replacements for the two current iPhone 11 Pro models, where they’ll also gain the flat-edged style, bringing Apple’s design language in sync between all of its mobile “Pro” devices. Perhaps because of this design change, the screens will be increasing slightly in size, with the smaller iPhone 12 Pro getting a bump to 6.1 inches while the iPhone 12 Pro Max will increase to 6.7 inches.

Notably, this also means that both the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro will be the same size, and very likely feature the exact same design and use the same cases; this seems to have been confirmed by leaked photos of Apple’s own first-party cases that we saw last month. However, as with last year’s Midnight Green iPhone 11 Pro, Apple is expected to have yet another new exclusive colour for the iPhone 12 Pro, with Navy Blue replacing Midnight Green.

Feature-wise, the iPhone 12 Pro will also retain the same three-camera system as the iPhone 11 Pro models, although it’s safe to say that we can expect to see some bumps in the actual sensor specs this year. It’s also all but certain that the iPhone 12 Pro will be gaining the LiDAR Scanner that made its debut on the 2020 iPad Pro this past spring, where it will likely also be used to power advanced photography features rather than just augmented reality apps.

On the downside, it looks like Apple’s plans for putting a better 120Hz OLED display in the iPhone 12 Pro were dashed due to component shortages, which means that this year we may actually see the same OLED display technology used across Apple’s entire iPhone 12 lineup.