Apple confirms four new iPhone handsets in patent filing

Apple confirms four new iPhone handsets in patent filing
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Apple has confirmed four new iPhone models in a patent filing, widely believed to be the iPhone 13 family. The updated FCC (Federal Communications Commission) filing for its MagSafe charger – spotted by MacRumors – mentions four as-yet-unannounced "New iPhone" items, while also referring to those in the iPhone 12 range as "legacy devices", suggesting they will soon be replaced.

The handsets aren't named but instead referred to by their model IDs.

The filing doesn't contain any new info about the MagSafe charger, it just includes updated testing information based on new equipment. Apple is expected to increase the strength of the MagSafe connection with the new iPhones, and so may have had to submit new testing data to the FCC.

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Joe Svetlik

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