Apple’s rough month continues. In June hackers blew the security off 1.4BN iPhones and iPads, Apple was fined due to missed iPhone estimatesand the company’s stunning 2020 iPhone gave users doubts about upgrading to the ugly 2019 model. And now those fears have been realised.
In a new exclusive, hugely popular YouTuber Filip Koroy (aka EverythingApplePro) has managed to attain retail iPhone 11 cases and they serve only to confirm users’ worst fears about the shock departure of Apple’s head designer Jonathan Ive.
Attained via a Chinese supply chain source, Koroy admits “I had to buy about 100” to get access to them. But what the cases reveal are the cases fit perfectly inside molds from leaked schematics. So yes, the leaks were right, Apple is indeed going to give the iPhone 11 its most controversial redesignin a decade. That means the large notch stays in a notch-less, bezel-less eraand the phones will still have the largest camera bulge in iPhone history – despite losing their cutting edge tech at the last minute.
In addition to this, the retrograde mute switch redesign is happening and the new iPhones are going to be thicker (and presumably) heavier despite the 208 g (7.34 oz) iPhone XS Max already being the heaviest flagship smartphone in the world. In fact, the only positive is the cases don’t close the door completely on Apple’s seemingly accidental iOS 13 leak showing a move to USB-C.
Predictably, the response to these changes has not been positive. In fact, the top rated comment on Koroy’s video is “Maybe Johnny Ive left because of the iPhone 11 camera design.” (source).
And there’s actually some truth to this. Bloomberg claims Ive has not been heavily involved in Apple product design since the Apple Watch launched in 2015. The fact Ive is leaving ahead of the iPhone 11 launch also says a lot about his involvement in the project.
The flip side to all of this, however, is Apple looks set to come out all guns blazing in 2020 thanks to the leak of its stunning next iPhone flagship, which will also be the company’s first 5G iPhone.
As such, the message remains clear: if you can even hold your phone together with tape, do so. 2019 is not the year to upgrade your iPhone.