'iPhone 13' name pops up in Apple packaging leak

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in iPhone edited August 2021
A newly leaked image of iPhone packaging appears to confirm that Apple will call its next model the "iPhone 13," despite speculation it would avoid the "unlucky" number.

Purported close up image of
Purported close up image of "iPhone 13" packaging


During a recent survey, around one in five iPhone users claimed that they were superstitious about the number 13, and didn't want Apple to use it for the next iPhone. Now what appears to be a close-up photo of new packaging shows Apple using the name "iPhone 13."

Following Twitter user DuanRui's posting of a close-up image of an close-up image">Apple Watch band, the same poster has shortly afterwards also shown a new photo of "iPhone 13" packaging.

iPhone 13 source: https://t.co/INCk7dSbj9

Let me emphasize again that I am not a leaker. I don't have first-hand information. I just reprint some information that I have seen that I feel is relatively reliable. pic.twitter.com/Avy9ndDT4Q

-- DuanRui (@duanrui1205)


Perhaps conscious of Apple's cracking down on leakers, DuanRui stresses that he is only relaying an image spotted on Chinese social media site Weibo.

That original posting offers no indication of its source, nor any further details beyond point out the name.

The leak appears to back up previous reports from the supply chain that Apple would use the name "iPhone 13."

Separately, DuanRui has previously posted similarly-sourced images including one of what may be a screen protector for the "iPhone 13." That image appears to back up claims that Apple is reducing the size of the Face ID notch on the new models.

In 2020, the name "iPhone 12 mini" was similarly revealed a few weeks ahead of launch. However, that leak did not come with a packaging image.

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Comments

  • Reply 1 of 10
    KBuffettKBuffett Posts: 102member
    I guess Tim Cook’s unlucky number was 9, and not 13.
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  • Reply 2 of 10
    remikmremikm Posts: 1member
    Not only for Tim or Apple. Have you ever seen Windows 9?
  • Reply 3 of 10
    flashbaxflashbax Posts: 1member
    Superstitious about the number 13? 
    Are we still on 18th century or what?
  • Reply 4 of 10
    pulseimagespulseimages Posts: 653member
    flashbax said:
    Superstitious about the number 13? 
    Are we still on 18th century or what?
    Show me a new hotel with floor 13.
  • Reply 5 of 10
    9secondkox29secondkox2 Posts: 3,043member
    The photo could be fake. 

    A photoshop knockoff is easier than a manufactured one and China is great at those too. 

    If it’s enough of a leap, Apple could just rebrand it as “the all new iPhone” and begin a new naming scheme like they did with iPad. 

    Even so, If they proceed with 13, it’s not a big deal. Just a number. 
  • Reply 6 of 10
    22july201322july2013 Posts: 3,713member
    I was expecting it to be called the iPhone X3 which could either be pronounced "iPhone Ex Three," for those who are superstitious, or "iPhone 13," for those who are not. After all, "OS X" can either be pronounced "OS Ten" or "OS Ex" and we all know what is meant.
  • Reply 7 of 10
    nzmacnzmac Posts: 10member
    flashbax said:
    Superstitious about the number 13? 
    Are we still on 18th century or what?
    Show me a new hotel with floor 13.
    you can visit any Caesars Entertainment hotel in vegas (except for the Cromwell) to see a hotel with 13th floors.  MGM Grand, Excalibur, and Luxor all have 13th floors, as do new Park MGM as well as The Mirage and Circus Circus
  • Reply 8 of 10
    XedXed Posts: 2,836member
    pulseimages said:
    flashbax said:
    Superstitious about the number 13? 
    Are we still on 18th century or what?
    Show me a new hotel with floor 13.
    OK.


    fastasleep
  • Reply 9 of 10
    hammeroftruthhammeroftruth Posts: 1,350member
    In the old days the 13th floor was a hidden floor that housed all the laundry facilities for the hotel. As a kid I found it by accident. Creepy AF. 
  • Reply 10 of 10
    KBuffettKBuffett Posts: 102member
    remikm said:
    Not only for Tim or Apple. Have you ever seen Windows 9?
    I haven’t seen Windows 4, 5 or 6 either.

    Or an iPhone 2
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