Sketchy Apple support document spills details on iPhone 11 [Update: It’s fake]

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But is it legit?
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Update: The Twitter account that posted the alleged Apple leak now calls the document a fake.

A supposedly “leaked” Apple employee support document contains alleged details of Apple’s upcoming releases.

The “Apple Software Development Resources” features information about Apple’s three new iPhones, four new Apple Watches, and new iPads. But it may not be entirely (or at all) genuine.

The document reveals the names of the iPhone 11 models as being the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max. This is in line with previous reports. The devices will supposedly come with iOS 13.1 preinstalled. A beta of iOS 13.2 will ship in November.

The report suggests that iOS 13 will be available to users as a free download on September 23. Interestingly, the document notes that: “iPad Pro (2019 Update) will be available for iPadOS 13.0.1 beta testing when shipping dates are released. iPad A2068 and other models will not be compatible with beta testing 13.0.1 until future betas are released.”

There are also mentions of four Apple Watches models which will be unveiled in September. Models A2156, A2157, A2092 and A2093 will all ship with watchOS 6. watchOS 6.1 will ship the following month in October.

Finally, the report claims that stable version of macOS 10.15 and tvOS 13 are scheduled for September. There’s a new version of development tools Xcode and SFSymbols Beta as well.

But is it fake? (Update: Yes.)

There’s no confirmation one way or the other, but it seems plausible that this could be fake. While there’s nothing massively unexpected about the document, it features some unusual syntax that suggests it could be a forgery. Quite why anyone would do that is beyond me.

Either way, we’ll know next Tuesday, when Apple stages its next iPhone event. It was also likely use the event to unveil its new Apple Watches. An extra iPad event could follow in October, or Apple might announce its iPad plans at the same September event.

Update: Here’s the tweet acknowledging that the document is a fake:

https://twitter.com/AppleBeta2019/status/1169314121218703360?s=20

Source: Docdroid

Via: Twitter

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