The flagship iPhone has always been updated every year. Every year’s new iPhone is the focus of attention from the outside world, and this year is no exception.
According to previous news from the outside world, the iPhone 14 series will be fully unveiled at the Apple autumn conference in September, and Apple’s supply chain has also begun to operate at high speed.
According to DigiTimes, Apple’s component suppliers have begun stocking parts for the iPhone 14 series in preparation for trial production in July.
After the trial production is passed, the iPhone 14 series will also begin mass production to prepare for the product launch in September.
Sources said that the total stocking volume of the first batch of iPhone 14 series, which will be launched in September this year, will remain at around 90 million units.
This number is not much different from the stocking volume in previous years. It seems that despite the previous impact of the epidemic, Apple's supply chain is still very reliable.
According to previous news from the outside world, this year’s iPhone 14 series will ax the mini model with poor sales performance and replace it with the new model iPhone 14 Max with a 6.7-inch screen.
But according to the latest news, this new phone may be named the more familiar iPhone 14 Plus.
According to foreign media wcxftech, Apple is more likely to name the new phone iPhone 14 Plus than iPhone 14 Max, the first model name to appear.
The main reason is that because the iPhone 14 Pro Max and iPhone 14 Max sound too similar, may cause confusion among users when purchasing a new phone and thus purchase the wrong model.
Although we currently cannot grasp Apple’s naming strategy for new phones, we can still make a brief analysis from the naming habits Apple has followed before.
Judging from the literal translation of the word, the definition of the word Plus means additional and enhanced. When placed in the name of a mobile phone, it can be understood as an "enhanced version."
And Max is translated as the largest. It is obviously more appropriate to describe the Pro Max model, which is at the top of the flagship phone in all aspects.
In 2014, Apple launched its first Plus model, the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus.
Except for the larger screen size and stronger battery life, there is almost no difference between model and iPhone 6.
According to previous news from the outside world, except for screen size and battery capacity, there is no difference between iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Max in other aspects.
At the same time, Plus is more in line with Apple’s past naming habits, from iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 7 Plus.
to the current last generation Plus model iPhone 8 Plus, this naming has been maintained for four generations of models.
In order to ensure sales, Apple will definitely give priority to Plus, a more stable naming method that has been tested by the market, instead of the first exposed iPhone 14 Max.
After all, the reason why the previous iPhone XR had poor sales was related to its abrupt naming method, which can be regarded as a lesson for Apple.
Therefore, it is quite possible that this new iPhone 14 series will be named iPhone 14 Plus.
If the news is true, this means that after five years, the Plus model name has finally returned to the flagship iPhone.
Judging from current external news, the iPhone 14 Plus will have the largest 4325mAh battery capacity among models in the same series.
The explosive sales of the iPhone 6 Plus back then are still vivid in our minds, and the iPhone 14 Plus, with its more popular large-screen attributes and stronger battery life, may be able to take over the title of a new generation of nail-biters.
In addition, according to the latest news, this year is likely to be the last year that the Lightning interface will serve the flagship iPhone.
According to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman, the iPhone 14 series will continue to use the Lightning interface, but next year’s iPhone 15 series will be replaced with a USB-C interface.
Although many friends are already used to the Lightning interface, the USB-C interface will most likely bring faster data transmission and charging speeds, which is worth looking forward to.
In any case, the iPhone 14 series should be the swan song of the Lightning interface.
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