It also provides new insights about what to expect from 2022's iPhone lineup.

The report also says the iPhone 14 will see more significant changes than the iPhone 13, suggesting that this year's new iPhones will be spec bumps with minor new features akin to past iPhone launches with an "-S" appended to the products' names.

Meanwhile, the iPhone 14 in 2022 will bring with it a redesign of sorts and major new features, akin to the iPhone X or iPhone 12.

That report, from Nikkei Asia, claimed that Apple will sometime in 2022 introduce a 5G iPhone SE with the latest, fastest CPU and the same look and feel as the current iPhone SE—but that this will be a death knell for the iPhone mini, which was introduced as part of the iPhone 12 lineup in 2020 but which has failed to meet sales expectations.

And there's the iPhone 12 mini, which places the latest chip, screen, and camera tech Apple has to offer in a smaller chassis at a price close to that of the other flagships.