This iPhone 12 Pro concept is straight fire and I want it so bad

By Oliver Haslam
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Svetapple iPhone 12 Pro Renders
Svetapple iPhone 12 Pro Renders (Image credit: svetapple.sk)

What you need to know

  • Apple is likely to announce iPhone 12 Pro in September or October this year.
  • Rumors of a new, boxy design have been rampant.
  • This concept leans into that, creating an iPad Pro mini of sorts.

We've heard tons and tons of rumors about whether Apple will get its flagship iPhones out the door in September this year, as would be the norm. But ignoring all of that, can we just take a moment to enjoy this concept. And by enjoy, I mean drool over. Good.

Rumors of an iPhone 12 Pro based on a design language borrowed from iPad Pro have been around for weeks. And before that, rumors of a return to the iPhone 4 design were popular as well. This new concept from Róbert Hallon of svetapple.sk is based on all of those rumors, including those that bring a LiDAR Scanner to an iPhone for the first time.

Hallon has based the concept on details shared by leaker Jon Prosser over the weekend, giving us an up-to-date look at what we can hopefully expect when Tim Cook and Phil Schiller put virtual sneaker to virtual stage later this year. My fingers are most definitely crossed. Toes too.

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Svetapple iPhone 12 Pro Render Specs

Svetapple iPhone 12 Pro Render Specs (Image credit: svetapple.sk)

We see the smaller notch in this concept, alongside an earpiece speaker that's built into the frame of the iPhone rather than the screen.

First of all, it is moving the speaker to the top of the frame. We are now accustomed to the fact that the speaker is hidden directly in the viewport. It probably takes too much space and Apple wants to use it more efficiently. The camera should remain in its old position within the entire Face ID set. We rely on information shared by the renowned leaker, Jon Prosser.

I've shared a couple of Hallon's images here but be sure to check out the full, detailed post over at svetapple.sk. They really are gorgeous.

Oliver Haslam
Oliver Haslam
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Oliver Haslam has written about Apple and the wider technology business for more than a decade with bylines on How-To Geek, PC Mag, iDownloadBlog, and many more. He has also been published in print for Macworld, including cover stories. At iMore, Oliver is involved in daily news coverage and, not being short of opinions, has been known to 'explain' those thoughts in more detail, too.

Having grown up using PCs and spending far too much money on graphics card and flashy RAM, Oliver switched to the Mac with a G5 iMac and hasn't looked back. Since then he's seen the growth of the smartphone world, backed by iPhone, and new product categories come and go. Current expertise includes iOS, macOS, streaming services, and pretty much anything that has a battery or plugs into a wall. Oliver also covers mobile gaming for iMore, with Apple Arcade a particular focus. He's been gaming since the Atari 2600 days and still struggles to comprehend the fact he can play console quality titles on his pocket computer.

4 Comments
  • If those are the colors I'll be torn between the Sliver and Navy Blue.
  • Is it really that exciting? The concept shows it still has a Lightning connector, and a notch. The next iPhone should have neither of those, otherwise it's just an improved iPhone XS with flat edges.
  • I would agree with the lightning connector but not the notch. The notch is smaller, for one. For another, there are still zero competing companies that have accomplished the security of FaceID without a notch. Saying it's just an improved X is like saying every iPhone with a home button was just an improved version until the notch came along.
  • There isn't any master engineering needed to get rid of the notch, you just place it above the screen, rather than cutting the screen around it. Just because nobody else has done it, doesn't mean it's not ridiculously easy to do