Max Weinbach: 39.1% accurate

Frequently collaborating with EverythingApplePro to share leaks on the most-subscribed Apple YouTube channel, Max Weinbach’s Android sources run deep: the Apple ones are hit or miss.

Rumor accuracy

Rumor list

• Green = True
• Red = False
• Yellow = Pending

2020

June 28

iPhone 12:

• 4K 120/240p video coming, link
• Apple’s marketing for the new phones will be “unusually aggressive”

June 21

• No new hardware at WWDC 2020, link

May 9

• iPhone 12:
  • 120Hz display, link
    • 60/120Hz dynamic switching, link
  • Navy blue colorway coming
  • Same frosted glass as iPhone 11 Pro series
  • Flat sides are stronger than recent angled models, link
  • Face ID is shrinking, link
    • Increase in detection angle
    • “Dynamic zoning algorithm” for speed increase
  • Cameras:
    • Larger pixels, link
    • LiDAR sensor, link
      • Used for Portrait Mode, link
    • Subject detection in low light improving
    • EIS in Night Mode improving
    • Slow-mo in low light improving, link
    • Night Mode improving for longer exposures, link
    • Improved white balance, link
    • Portrait video mode in development
    • Updated Smart HDR:
      • Coming to all 4 new models, link
      • Better notes reduction in low light
    • 3x optical zoom coming to telephoto lens, link
      • 25-30x digital zoom in the works
    • Ultra-wide lens field of view remaining the same, link
  • Microphones getting “more precise” beam forming, link
    • Improved Audio Zoom
• AirPods Studio:
  • Releasing at WWDC, link
  • $349

March 6

• iPhone 12:
  • Larger 64mp sensor, link
  • Night mode coming to other lenses than standard angle, link
  • Macro camera
  • Ultra wide lens getting ~35% wider, link
  • Smart HDR getting better due to new algorithm, link
  • Batteries getting ~10% larger, link
• AirTags:
  • Lost mode
  • Ability to scan lost tags to return them to owner
• iOS 14:
  • “Mainly a stability update,” link
  • “New designs and graphics”
  • Updated phone call interface

2019

August 13

• 2019 iPhone 11 models:
  • Pro models will have base storage of 128GB, link
    • 256GB
    • 512 GB
  • Subtle, rainbow Apple logo coating coming
  • Matte finish
  • 6.1-inch model getting better display
    • No mute switch
  • Improved microphones
  • Upgraded Face ID will be as fast as 2nd-generation Touch ID
  • Ultra wide-angle camera can’t film video above 4K30p
  • “Siri intelligence” coming to Camera app
• Apple working on iPad IP67 water resistance
• 2020 iPhone 12 Pro will have 1TB capacity

June 23

• 2019 iPhones getting some kind of fast charging included, link

June 20

• 2019 iPhones getting “insane speed improvements” to Face ID, link

May 25

• iPad getting calculator app in iOS 13, link
  • Widget-like functionality enabled in CC
  • May not make it to final release

May 22

• 2019 iPhones:
  • Speakers getting louder, link
  • Ultra-wide lens not getting optical image stabilization
  • Notch staying roughly the same size
  • Face ID getting wider scanning
  • Camera flash getting larger and brighter
• iOS 13:
  • Siri getting multi-command support
    • Smarter in general
  • “Jailbreak-proof”
• Apple developing smarter RAM management to “pre-load apps,” link
• iOS 13 dark mode won’t be pure black

May 10

• iPhone XR successor will come in new “light green” colorway, link
  • Replacing yellow

May 9

• HomePod coming to more countries over the next year, link
  • Austria
  • Italy
  • Language support will expand

March 16

• iOS 13 dark mode coming in beta 1, link

March 2

• AirPods 2:
  • Wireless charging, link
    • 0-100 in 15 minutes for AirPods and charging case
    • “Case will be bigger in one direction and heavier”
  • Matte finish similar to Apple Pencil
• 2019 iPhones
  • Display that works underwater
  • Upgraded Taptic Engine
• iOS 13 dark mode coming in iOS 13.1

February 19

• Volume HUD going away in iOS 13, link