Apple will stop production of this phone model when New iPhone 15 is released.

Apple is scheduled to launch the iPhone 15 in September 2023. Ahead of the release, various pieces of information about the new cellphone belonging to the Cupertino-based company have been circulating on the internet.

Apple said to stopping production number their older iPhone models to coincide with release of iPhone 15 series on market.

Which iPhone series will discontinued when the iPhone 15 series launched? Quoting MyDrivers via Gizchina, Apple will stop production of the iPhone 12 model on Thursday, April 20, 2023.

Reportedly, this iPhone 12 model will replaced by the iPhone 13 series. Unfortunately, the iPhone 13 mini will not included in this portfolio.

According to information, Apple has cut off the iPhone 12 mini production chain two years after the cellphone launched because it was not selling well in the market.

As for the current model, iPhone 14 Plus is the least popular series for Apple users. And also discontinued so that it does not clash with the iPhone 15 Plus and iPhone 15 Pro Max.

Previously, there were reports company formed by Steve Jobs would start removing physical SIM card slot on iPhone. Instead, Apple wants to use eSIM for all iPhone 15s that sold globally.

The news of the launch of the iPhone 15 without a SIM card slot in other countries. Apart from the US, first surfaced via a report on a French site called MacGeneration.

According to Macrumors, the iPhone 15 variant without a SIM card slot will launch in France this year.

If indeed the iPhone 15 without a SIM card slot slides in France. It’s very likely that other countries will also sell this iPhone model.

Following in the footsteps of the iPhone 14 Pro

For example, iPhone 14 Pro model A2890 sold in France also sold in UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Portugal.

Other countries, including Austria, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and dozens of others.

According to information, Apple has removed the SIM card slot from their cell phones since launching the iPhone 14 series in the US in September 2022.

Because they no longer use a physical SIM card. Users forced to use an eSIM to activate cellular packages without having to use a physical nano-SIM card.

When the iPhone 14 launched in the US, Apple said the eSIM more secure than a physical SIM because it couldn’t removed from a lost or stolen iPhone.

Apple added that the iPhone already supports up to eight eSIMs in one cellphone, so there is no need to get, carry, and exchange physical SIM cards when traveling.

With eSIM availability expanding rapidly, the removal of the SIM card slot outside the US seems inevitable. Apple expected to unveil the iPhone 15 series in September, as usual.

iPhone 15 Pro Max Will Wear HP with the Thinnest Bezel

Leaks about the iPhone 15 Pro Max have started circulating on the internet, even though this smartphone will only introduced in September 2023. One of the newest is the leak from the Ice Universe leakster.

Through his tweet, he revealed that iPhone would set a new record when it introduced later. He said the iPhone 15 Pro Max will called a smartphone with the thinnest bezel when it released later.

Quoting information from MacRumors on Saturday (18/3/2023), the latest generation of iPhones will have a screen bezel with a width of only 1.55mm. This size is even smaller than the smartphone with the thinnest bezel, currently the Xiaomi 13, which is 1.81mm.

For comparison, Iphone 14 Pro has a bezel thickness of 2.17 mm, and the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra has a bezel thickness of 1.95mm. In the upload, Ice Universe also displays a rendering of the iPhone 15 Pro Max.

Based on the visible rendering, the iconic notch on the iPhone starting to replaced with a punch hole. Apart from that, the leak also mentions that the iPhone 15 Pro Max screen will be slightly curved.