New Design

As predicted, Apple has shifted this year’s iPhone lineup into a more square, flat-edged design. Although it’s the first major design change for the iPhone since the iPhone 6 landed back in 2014, it actually hearkens back to the older design language of the iPhone 4 to the iPhone 5s era, and of course matches what Apple did with the iPad Pro back in 2018.

There’s a practical aspect to the design change as well, however, since not only has it allowed Apple to pack more technologies into a smaller form factor, since it no longer has to worry about the space constraints of rounded edges, but it also provides the ability to optimize the design for 5G technologies.

In fact, it’s probably no coincidence that Apple has returned to the concept of using the outside aluminum frame to accentuate the internal 5G antennas since that’s pretty much exactly what it did with the iPhone 4 back in 2010. It’s actually a good idea, and we’re confident that Apple has advanced its antennas engineering skills over the past decade so that we won’t have a repeat of the “Antennagate” controversy of that era.

The end result, however is that the iPhone 12 manages to reduce the display borders, and Apple says it’s 11 percent thinner, 15 percent smaller, and 16 percent lighter than the iPhone 11. The new iPhone 12 models will also be available in five colours: Black, White, (PRODUCT)RED, green, and blue.