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Mark Gurman

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5 years

The screen on my Galaxy Fold review unit is completely broken and unusable just two days in. Hard to know if this is widespread or not.

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Here’s the battery pack

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2 years

Apple should have just saved this for the Apple Car. This is awesome!

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Breaking: Apple’s $19 polishing cloth now backordered for 2-3 months

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Apple somehow beats Twitter to the edit button.

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Why would anyone buy the 11-inch iPad Pro?

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Here’s your Apple Mask unboxing… unsurprisingly like any other Apple product.

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3 years

Big miss from us news/rumors folks. Didn’t see this one coming.

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New story: Apple is preparing to allow alternative app stores and side-loading on iOS — along with a slew of other changes to make the iPhone more open — in response to new European Union requirements arriving in 2024.

Apple to Allow Outside App Stores in Overhaul Spurred by EU Laws

Apple Inc. is preparing to allow alternative app stores on its iPhones and iPads, part of a sweeping overhaul aimed at complying with strict European Union requirements coming in 2024.

www.bloomberg.com

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BREAKING NEWS: Apple cancels the Apple Car project after a decade-long, multi-billion effort to rival Tesla. Some employees shifting to Generative AI teams.

Apple to Wind Down Electric Car Effort After Decadelong Odyssey

Apple Inc. is canceling a decadelong effort to build an electric car, according to people with knowledge of the matter, abandoning one of the most ambitious projects in the history of the company.

www.bloomberg.com

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8 months

I am color blind, so take this with a grain of salt. But this phone is not blue.

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2 years

Apple’s new Mac Studio: Made in Malaysia

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2 years

As far as I can tell, there is no way to open a Mac Studio. Which isn’t a surprise as far as RAM or GPU upgrades - we knew Apple would never allow that… but the thermals on this machine are super important and we can’t even clean out the fans every few months 🙃

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3 years

It’s official: Apple event Oct. 18. Here comes the new MacBook Pro.

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11 months

For sure a calculated move. There is no reason other than meme control for Tim Cook to be standing next to the biggest product of his tenure rather than wearing. In fact, it just looks strange to not be wearing it.

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11 months

Unless I missed something, it is very curious to me why there are no photos of Tim Cook or other Apple executives actually wearing the Vision Pro. If that is indeed true, that was of course a calculated decision. The question is why?

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Breaking on @theterminal : Apple stops all product sales in Russia, stops exports to Russia sales channels, is pulling RT News and Sputnik News from App Stores outside of Russia, and is disabling traffic and live incidents in Apple Maps in Ukraine.

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4 years

Samsung just showed off its new Fold during an Oscars commercial. That’s one way to announce something.

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11 months

The Apple Vision Pro has an additional strap that goes *over* your head (because of weight). It wasn’t discussed, those in the hands on demos had it, but no pictures were allowed. The Good Morning America video didn’t show it either. But one brief scene in the keynote had it.

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9 months

NEW: Apple Sept. 12 iPhone 15 is official.

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11 months

Unless I missed something, it is very curious to me why there are no photos of Tim Cook or other Apple executives actually wearing the Vision Pro. If that is indeed true, that was of course a calculated decision. The question is why?

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1 year

Fox Business Network scored an interview with Tim Cook today as he’s on Capitol Hill

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5 years

The AirPower wouldn’t even have made a dent on Apple’s bottom line, but cancelling an announced product, no matter how big or small, is a huge embarrassment. Can’t recall them cancelling an announced device, at least in modern era. Even the white iPhone 4 made it out alive.

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3 years

The MagSafe oddly isn’t color matched to the space grey models

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3 years

It looks like Apple has also silently updated the AirPods Pro with the MagSafe charging case.

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3 years

Thick.

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2 years

Not sure why Apple is advertising the Mac Studio as “modular.” There’s nothing modular about it as far as I can tell.

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1 year

.⁦ @elonmusk ⁩ Musk beats Apple to the AirPower with a $300 wireless charger

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11 months

I also wonder how Apple landed on 2 hours of battery life and this battery puck size. I wonder if there are diminishing returns at a certain amount of battery capacity - or if Apple will offer a double sized pack for more hours.

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3 years

Apple is planning for the return of the SD card slot in the upcoming 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros. This is looking like the “fix everything” edition - with MagSafe also returning and the Touch Bar going away.

Apple Plans Thinner MacBook Air With Magnetic Charger in Mac Lineup Reboot

Company looks to address criticism and demands from its loyal Mac users.

www.bloomberg.com

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Mark Gurman

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11 months

I’m not saying the Vision Pro will follow the same trajectory, but the Apple Watch was announced as going on sale in “early 2015” and didn’t arrive until the end of April.

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5 years

The phone comes with this protective layer/film. Samsung says you are not supposed to remove it. I removed it, not knowing you’re not supposed to (consumers won’t know either). It appeared removable in the left corner, so I took it off. I believe this contributed to the problem.

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5 years

iPhone Pro detailed: triple back cameras for wide-angle photo/video, on-board AirPods charging, multi-angle Face ID that work flat on a table, improved waterproofing & shatter resistance, new matrix chip, matte backs, more

Apple Readies Camera-Focused Pro iPhones, New iPads, Larger MacBook Pro

The iPhone maker is weeks away from revamping its most important products.

www.bloomberg.com

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Mark Gurman

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11 months

Apple Store is down

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Mark Gurman

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3 years

Well, this is a different perspective on Apple not buying Tesla

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Musk Says Apple Refused to Discuss $60 Billion Tesla Deal

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For those who think the M1 Pro and M1 Max in the MacBook Pro are impressive, the new Mac Pro desktop is expected to come in at least two variations: 2X and 4X the number of CPU and GPU cores as the M1 Max. That’s up to 40 CPU cores and 128 GPU cores on the high-end.

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10 months

NEW: Apple races to build next-generation, Generative AI features to catch up with OpenAI and Google. The company has developed a framework called “Ajax” to build LLMs and has deployed “Apple GPT” internally. It’s aiming for a consumer product next year.

Apple Tests ‘Apple GPT,’ Develops Generative AI Tools to Catch OpenAI

Apple Inc. is quietly working on artificial intelligence tools that could challenge those of OpenAI Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and others, but the company has yet to devise a clear strategy for...

www.bloomberg.com

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3 years

New story: For new high-end 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros, Apple indeed plans return of MagSafe, the end of the Touch Bar (finally), brighter screens, minor design changes, next-gen M-series chips and more. Launch around mid-2021.

Apple Plans Upgraded MacBook Pros With Return of Magnetic Charging

Company also preparing to add next-generation in-house Mac processors to new MacBook Pro lineup

www.bloomberg.com

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2 years

Apple trademarked “Dynamic Island” in Jamaica on July 12th. This wasn’t discovered because of a fascinating reason: you can only search for trademarks filed in Jamaica by going physically to the country’s trademark and patent office. The Reality Pro trademarks were global.

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1 year

NEW: Apple has a secret moonshots team and it’s making significant progress on a major new initiative: no-prick glucose monitoring for the Apple Watch. All of the details, including how Apple has hid its work behind a fake startup, here:

Apple Makes Major Progress on No-Prick Blood Glucose Tracking for Its Watch

Apple Inc. has a moonshot-style project underway that dates back to the Steve Jobs era: noninvasive and continuous blood glucose monitoring.

www.bloomberg.com

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Mark Gurman

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10 months

The “X” app update on iOS is so haphazardly done - with Twitter and Tweet still referenced throughout and essentially changed no where other than on the top of the timeline and on the icon. It probably would’ve taken an hour to make all of the changes.

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2 months

BREAKING NEWS: Apple and Google are in discussions for Gemini to power Generative AI features coming to the iPhone with iOS 18 this year. Apple also recently held talks with OpenAI on a deal.

Apple Is in Talks to Let Google Gemini Power iPhone AI Features

Apple Inc. is in talks to build Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence engine into the iPhone, according to people familiar with the situation, setting the stage for a blockbuster agreement that...

www.bloomberg.com

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Mark Gurman

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7 months

If you had any doubt these are Macs, the Apple logo turns into the Mac’s Finder icon on the event page on Apple’s website.

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2 years

The iPhone price increases turned out to be a whole lot of nothing.

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Mark Gurman

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10 months

Vision Pro developer kits are now available: “Please note this is an Apple-owned development device. The kit will need to stay at its ship-to address in a private, secure workspace accessible only by you and your authorized developers. You’ll have regular check-ins with Apple and…

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Mark Gurman

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8 months

The iPhone 15 ships with a bug that prevents iPhone to iPhone data transfer at setup. The 15 needs to be updated to iOS 17.0.2 in order for the transfer to work. To update it, plug the phone into a computer over the cable, download iOS 17.0.2 and install it — then set it up.

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2 years

Apple store is down - not just a software event as I’ve been reporting

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4 months

So far the only new bits revealed about the Vision Pro today: - 256GB of storage - $99 (Reading) and $150 (General) for the Zeiss prescription inserts - Comes with both the normal and top band - Comes with the front cover and Polishing Cloth ($19 value, yours absolutely free).

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Mark Gurman

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3 years

“iPhone 14” and “iPhone 15” sound like reasonable names, but when you start getting to “iPhone 16,” “iPhone 17,” “iPhone 18,” it starts to sound odd. At least to me. Numbers need to go at some point.

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In an unprecedented development, Apple will halt Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 sales in the US after an ITC ruling about Apple violating Masimo blood oxygen patents was not reversed.

Apple to Halt US Sales of Smartwatches After Patent Loss

Apple Inc. will stop selling the latest versions of its smartwatch in the US due to a patent dispute, taking some of its best-selling devices off the market during the busy holiday season.

www.bloomberg.com

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4 years

The first MacBook Pro (the first Apple laptop to switch to Intel in 2006) was introduced as a “One more thing.” There you go.

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8 months

Well now I am curious.

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5 years

It has gotten progressively worse. Here’s the latest, photo taken now. One photo is from last night. Other photo is earlier this morning.

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4 years

Epic's Fornite has been removed from the App Store after they implemented direct payments, circumventing Apple's 30% cut.

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6 months

Definitely the quickest Apple event ever — 30 minutes. Scary Fast.

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4 years

New story: iPhone 12 will be released weeks after typical mid-September launch, will have an iPad Pro-like design, 5G, and LIDAR + Smaller HomePod in the works and Apple Tags will come in leather keychain pouch. With @debbywuintaipei

Apple Plans iPad-Like Design for Next iPhone, Smaller HomePod

Apple Inc. is preparing a redesign of its top-tier iPhones, borrowing cues from the latest iPads, as part of a major fall refresh that will see 5G added to as many as four new handset models and the...

www.bloomberg.com

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NEW: Apple readies the iPhone 15 Pro as a major step towards its dream phone, with 1.5mm ultra-thin bezels, USB-C, titanium band, major camera upgrades, softer corners, new chips, a customizable side button and more.

The iPhone 15 Pro Will Have Thinner Bezels in Step Toward Apple’s Dream

Apple is just weeks away from introducing the iPhone 15 and next-generation watches. The new lineup will mark another stepping stone toward the company’s dream iPhone, though changes to the Apple...

www.bloomberg.com

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4 years

Apple event on Oct. 13 official: “Hi, Speed” (5G) .

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Official: AirPods Max over ear headphones coming Dec. 15. $550!

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4 years

I don’t find really ProMotion, LiDAR, an extra camera, Face ID, and 0.3-inches of extra screen worth an extra $200. Especially when I think Touch ID in the power button is going to be sweet + the blue color option is very cool. The new iPad Pro in 2021 needs to be a leap.

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New Apple TV remote is best Apple product of 2021 so far. Not even close.

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3 years

iPhone 13, not 12S.

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4 years

Feature request: FaceTime handoff. Start a FaceTime on one device, transfer it instantly to another.

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6 years

The HomePod’s “screen” (via @iFixit )

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Those who expected major changes to the Dynamic Island in iOS 17 were spot on: The alarm clock now is in the island instead of a normal notification banner.

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MacBook Air 😜

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Epic Games says Apple is terminating their developer account and will cut them off from developer tools on August 28th

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Official: Apple holding Sept. 14 event.

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Apple online store launches in India on September 23rd.

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3 years

Now we know what happened with all of those Apple Watch Editions

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3 months

. @kingjames should leave the @lakers . Complete joke of a franchise. The team doesn’t deserve him. The team should be up for sale.

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USB-C is coming to the second-generation AirPods Pro, Apple confirms. It’s also coming to EarPods. Apple is touting USB-C as an upgrade with compatibility with iPad and Mac chargers. Obviously no mention they were forced to do this.

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1 year

@wojespn This is not the Westbrook tweet we want.

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2 years

Apple should discontinue the iPad Air. I don’t believe many consumers would find a $150 upgrade worthwhile for just the M1 versus the A14. If you feel like you *need* the M1, you’re probably going for a Pro anyways.

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Apple is has begun hiring to open its first retail store in Malaysia

Apple Begins Hiring for Effort to Bring Retail Chain to Malaysia

www.bloomberg.com

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MagSafe Duo I hardly knew you. Got my hands on the Belkin 3-1 MagSafe early. Release and review in a couple of weeks.

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iPhone 14

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Something new is coming. 🤔 Come back at 10am ET tomorrow to find out what it is.

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Antonio García Martínez, a newly hired engineer on Apple’s ads team, is gone from Apple after employee backlash regarding sexist comments he made in his book Chaos Monkeys, company says. Employees have been incredibly angry about his hire and questioned Apple’s hiring practices.

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Apple’s war on all things leather is expanding to its retail stores. The company will phase out leather try-on mats for Apple Watches and leather cube seats.

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The DOJ is blaming Apple for the Amazon Fire phone failing.

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New orders of the Apple Polishing Cloth are now delayed until late November. The high-powered processor and intricate design makes this cloth another casualty of the chip shortage.

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Netflix co-CEO on lack of a Vision Pro app: "We have to be careful about making sure that we're not investing in places that are not really yielding a return, and I would say we'll see where things go with Vision Pro.” Not unchecking a box to enable their iPad app is a huge…

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4 years

I wouldn’t get too excited about rumors of new Apple products appearing this week. More likely I think: an announcement of the upcoming (of course virtual) September iPhone/Apple Watch event.

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9 months

You’ll never guess who finally revealed themselves as the owner of the name Reality Pro

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2 years

Enjoying the new Belkin 3-1 so far

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Reviews of the iPhone 15 Pro and regular iPhones 15s go live tomorrow at 6 AM Pacific, for those interested.

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You all on Twitter are correct: It is undeniably my fault that Apple hasn’t released new iPads in over a year.

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Apple announces September 15th event.

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New story: Apple has begun early work on foldable iPhone screens to rival Samsung. The next-gen iPhone is an “S” year model with an in-screen fingerprint scanner in testing. Also coming: new iPad Pro with MiniLED and thinner/lighter entry-level iPad.

Apple Considers Foldable iPhone; Minor Changes Planned for 2021 Models

Company testing in-screen fingerprint scanner for next iPhones and an upgraded iPad Pro with new screen also in the works.

www.bloomberg.com

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The new Mark Gurman

legit apple leaks

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3 years

The next iPad will support Wi-Fi connectivity

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Note the dark blue background of the Apple event invite

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NEW: Apple says RCS is coming to iOS in ’24: “We believe RCS Universal Profile will offer a better interoperability experience when compared to SMS or MMS. This will work alongside iMessage, which will continue to be the best and most secure messaging experience for Apple users.”

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Some users appear to be seeing a new Clownfish wallpaper in iOS 16 beta 3. This is the wallpaper Steve Jobs used when the original iPhone was announced in 2007 — but it never actually ever shipped with any iPhone. Here we are 15 years later.

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Apple is aiming to launch the iPhone 14 at an event on September 7, with new devices going on sale Sept. 16.

Apple Targets Sept. 7 for iPhone 14 Launch in Flurry of New Devices

Apple Inc. is aiming to hold a launch event on Sept. 7 to unveil the iPhone 14 line, according to people with knowledge of the matter, rolling out the latest version of a product that generates more...

www.bloomberg.com

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Now we know how Apple convinced Amazon to finally put Prime Video on the App Store in 2017: Apple agreed to only take 15% of revenue from Prime Video subscriptions made on iOS, versus the 30% they were taking from others.

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This is fairly unprecedented and unbelievable. The AirPods even have a picture of the AirPower on the box.

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2 years

In addition to not getting the landscape camera, the iPad Pro doesn’t get the new Magic Keyboard from the base iPad. The new keyboard has a function row and an updated design. The new entry iPad gets USB-C, but only supports the Apple Pencil with Lightning. Odd across the board.

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4 months

This Apple Store has put a new cabinet on its showroom floor related to the Vision Pro quite a bit early. This is for storing items related to the demos.

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When I tap the screen as well with the top of my finger and the fingernail hits it (very common), it also leaves a seemingly permanent indent. Samsung is going to send a replacement and I’ll share updates.

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NEW: Apple’s iPhone and Watch product design chief is heading to Jony Ive’s LoveFrom to run hardware engineering for new AI devices company with OpenAI’s Sam Altman.

Apple’s iPhone Design Chief Enlisted by Jony Ive, Sam Altman to Work on AI Devices

Legendary designer Jony Ive and OpenAI’s Sam Altman are enlisting an Apple Inc. veteran to work on a new artificial intelligence hardware project, aiming to create devices with the latest capabilit...

www.bloomberg.com

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New story: Apple plans first iMac redesign in nearly a decade with new look reminiscent of the Pro Display XDR. Also coming: Intel Mac Pro refresh, a new half-sized Apple Silicon Mac Pro (a modern day PowerMac G4 Cube), and a cheaper standalone monitor.

Apple Plans First iMac Desktop Redesign in Nearly a Decade

Company is also working on two new Mac Pro high-end desktops and a cheaper external monitor.

www.bloomberg.com

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Apple killed FaceTime conferencing server side it seems. Right move.

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