The Purple iPhone 12 has a very unique serial number
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Randomized serial numbers are here. What you need to know The iPhone 12 in Purple has a new kind of serial number. It appears to be the first Apple product to feature a randomized serial number. The new iPhone 12 in Purple has something different than every other Apple product. As reported by MacRumors, Aaron Zollo from ZolloTech confirmed that the iPhone 12 in its new Purple finish appears to be the first Apple product with a new ten-digit randomized serial number. The outlet was not able to confirm if the change came to the iPhone 12 mini in Purple as well. With assistance from Aaron Zollo, host of the YouTube channel ZolloTech, we can confirm that the purple iPhone 12 released last month has a new 10-character serial number format, compared to the usual 12 characters for most other Apple products. Apple previously said its randomized serial numbers would initially be 10 characters long, so the purple iPhone 12 appears to be the first Apple product with a randomized seria...