Divisive iPhone 14 leak suggests weird name change - but we're not convinced.



In the classic film 12 Angry Men, Henry Fonda plays one dissenting voice in the crowd, whose intent is to cause the other characters to question their previously-held assumptions. And when it comes to iPhone 14 leaks, we've got a new Fonda in town.

We've heard many, many leaks pointing to there being an iPhone 14 Max, which will have the specs of the vanilla model but a larger display - in fact, we'd heard so many voices claiming that this phone was coming, that we'd stopped questioning their validity. But maybe that'll change going forward.

Korean leaker lanzuk (who has a mixed, but generally accurate, track record), posting on social media site Naver has claimed that there will indeed be a new member of the iPhone 14 range. However, lanzuk says it will be an iPhone 14 Plus, not Max, that's on its way.

If accurate, this would be the first time Apple has used this suffix for an iPhone since the iPhone 8 Plus, though it's still used for software like Apple TV Plus.

Some leakers have already come out against this leak - notable ones who've talked about the 14 Max before - and one such example is Shrimp ApplePro who has as mixed a track record as lanzuk.

We're also not convinced - enough leaks have pointed to the 'Max' name to make it sound very likely. Plus, lanzuk doesn't suggest the iPhone 14 Pro Max will become the Pro Plus, and we imagine that Apple would like to keep its Pro and non-Pro symmetry.