Apple will abandon the production of iPhone mini and 4G models - Nikkei Asia

In 2022, Apple will refuse to release the iPhone Mini - a smaller version of the main smartphone - due to low sales, told Nikkei Asia sources . It will be replaced by a new version of the iPhone Pro Max.

This year, Apple will still introduce an update to last year's iPhone 12 Mini, sources say. In the next - along with four models from the main line, there will be two versions with a diagonal of 6.1 inches and two versions with a diagonal of 6.7 inches.

All devices will add support for 5G technology. New 4G models are no longer planned, the newspaper writes. It is expected that the "budget" iPhone with 5G will be presented in the first half of 2022. Production of updated MacBook Pro and AirPods will begin in August.

Apple declined to comment on the Nikkei Asia request.

• The fact that Apple discontinued the iPhone 12 mini due to low demand was reported by analysts at TrendForce research company in June. At the beginning of the year, the share of devices accounted for only 5% of the total sales of the iPhone 12 line in the United States.