Sonny Dickson: 57.7% accurate

Known best for first revealing the iPhone 5c and 5s designs, Sonny Dickson and sonnydickson.com periodically drop exclusive Apple intel.

Rumor accuracy

Rumor list

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

2021

April

• First look at new iPad Pro, link
• First look at new iPad mini

2020

July 7

• Apple will discontinue MacBook Air, link
  • Will be called ‘MacBook’ or ‘The New Macbook’
• New iMac will coming in 23/24-inch and 30 to 32-inch size

June 9

• New iMac:
  • “iPad Pro design language,” link
  • Thin bezels
  • T2 chip
  • AMD Navi GPU
  • Fusion Drive options eliminated
  • Coming at WWDC 2020

2019

September 17

• iPad Pro model with triple cameras shown in new photo, link

July 16

• iPhone 11 first look (dummy unit), link
• iPhone 11/11 Pro Max first look (dummy units)

May 9

• Leaked iPhone 11 Pro & Pro Max cases reveal square camera bump, link

2018

September 16

• AirPower “will either be canceled, dramatically delayed, or taken back to the drawing board with an all new design,” link
• Trademark may be used in the future
  • As soon as Spring 2019

August 7

• First look at iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR models, link

May 31

• ‘iPhone SE 2’ will have notch, but smaller one than iPhone X, link

2017

August 7

• iPhone X first look (dummy unit), link

August 5

• iPhone 8 first look (dummy unit), link

May 1

• Massive Siri upgrade coming with new capabilities, link

April 27

• Apple Siri smart speaker will be marketed as Siri/AirPlay device, link
  • Will include form of Beats technology, link
  • Will run “an variant (of) iOS”
  • “Concave top with built-in controls,” link
  • Fatter device, with lots of speaker mesh
  • Announced at WWDC 2017

April 19

• iPhone X schematics leaked, link

Claims below the dots are not included in the above score as they are more than three years old.

2016

December 30

• iOS 10.3 beta 1 coming on January 10, 2017, link
  • Includes “Theatre mode” with new “popcorn-shaped” CC toggle, link

August 12

• iPhone 7 Plus first look (dummy unit), link

May 20

• iOS 10 getting “completely reworked lock screen,” link

May 19

• No physical home button on iOS in testing, link
  • Happening on iOS 10

2015

April 16

• iPad Pro case shows stereo speakers, link

2014

August 30

• iPhone 6 NFC chip confirmed in logic board photos, link

August 12

• iPhone 6 final rear design first look, link

June 30

• Front white/black iPhone 6 display glass first look, link

May 25

• iPhone 6 first look (dummy unit), link

2013

August 29

• iPhone 5s first look (dummy unit), link

July 23

• iPhone 5c first look (dummy unit), link

2010

February 20

• Video calling coming to future Apple products, link