Apple new product rumours and general news

[editor]

Looks like the twats are targeting Apple more these days

B-but it doesn't get viruses! Not so, Apple fanbois: Mac malware is growing faster than nasties going for Windows

So says Malwarebytes, anyway

www.theregister.co.uk

 

[skyscraper101]

Looks like Apple are going to be releasing some over ear headphones, and some kind of Tile tracker called "AirTags" at their March event along with the iPhone SE2 (iPhone 9)- no 5G until later this year. All speculation of course.

Is Apple Going Rogue With All-New 5G iPhone Design?

Apple's iPhone 12 will be unlike any rival 2020 smartphone thanks to this radical design decision...

www.forbes.com

02/16 Update: a new report from acclaimed industry insider Ming-Chi Kuo reveals some disappointing news about Apple’s plans for 5G technology inside the iPhone 12. In a report picked up by

9to5Mac, Apple has scrapped its ambitious plans to include as many as six power amplifiers for 5G networking. Kuo says this has been reduced to just one or two amplifiers which means the end of 2x2 MIMO uplink support and slower 5G performance. I suspect Apple's gamble here is that buyers will not notice a difference in real world scenarios given the even basic 5G implementation in a smartphone can result in dramatic speed increases over 4G. And, sad as this seems on paper, Apple is probably right.

02/17 Update: the klaxon for Apple's first new 2020 iPhone has sounded today with reports that the hotly anticipated iPhone SE2 / iPhone 9 will launch on March 31 with a launch to customers just 4 days later on April 3. The fast turnaround is expected given the iPhone SE's sudden arrival on March 31 2016. Apple also has a recent history of holding events in March (25th in 2019 and 27th in 2018). If the report is correct, don't expect the new iPhone to be the only new hardware on display either with next-gen iPad Pro models, updated MacBooks with scissor switch keyboards, Apple's first over-ear headphones and Tile-inspired trackers called AirTags also tipped to feature. 2020 is going to be big year Apple, so strap in.

 

[editor]

Looks like Apple are going to be releasing some over ear headphones, and some kind of Tile tracker called "AirTags" at their March event along with the iPhone SE2 (iPhone 9)- no 5G until later this year. All speculation of course.

Is Apple Going Rogue With All-New 5G iPhone Design?

Apple's iPhone 12 will be unlike any rival 2020 smartphone thanks to this radical design decision...

www.forbes.com

So that radical 'stunning Apple Design' (based on some half arsed 'industry leaks') is this:

 

[skyscraper101]

So that radical 'stunning Apple Design' (based on some half arsed 'industry leaks') is this:

Yeh, can't you see, it looks a bit flatter on the sides compared to the 11. So it's a totally radical new look.

 

[editor]

Yeh, can't you see, it looks a bit flatter on the sides compared to the 11. So it's a totally radical new look.

I missed that. Now THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING.

 

[editor]

Apple sure know how to take the piss

Apple is known for releasing some pretty pricey products, but it might have gone too far with the asking price for the Mac Pro Wheels Kit – which offers four wheels for the new Mac Pro for a staggering $699 (around £560, AU$1,100).

That’s almost twice the price of the newly-announced iPhone SE update, which is on sale for just $399 / £419 / AU$749. For the price of nearly two of its latest smartphones, Apple is offering Mac Pro owners a kit with four wheels, a 1/4-inch to 4mm hex bit tool and an installation guide. That doesn’t exactly scream ‘value for money’.

Apple describes the wheels as “custom-designed stainless steel and rubber wheels [that] make it easy to move your Mac Pro around”.

We previously reported that Apple was going to ask for $400 for wheels for the Mac Pro, and that these ultra-expensive wheels don’t even come with locks to stop the PC from rolling away, but it seems Apple thought $400 was too cheap, and is asking for even more money.

If you want to raise your Mac Pro off the ground or desk, but don’t want wheels, then Apple is also selling a Mac Pro Feet Kit. This is for people who bought a Mac Pro with wheels installed and have changed their mind.

Think adding feet – something that comes as standard for most PCs – will be cheap? Think again, as Apple is asking for $299 (around £240, AU$470) for the kit.

Fool/money/parted etc etc.

Apple is trying to sell Mac Pro wheels for almost twice the price of a new iPhone SE

$699 for some wheels?

www.techradar.com

 

[nick]

So..Catalina.
Is it now considered ok to install, or should I continue to avoid?

Will it give me anything exciting and new (apart from renaming the trash) or is it just a way to pull 32 bit support

(currently on Mojave 10.14.6 on a MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012)

 

[redsquirrel]

I've updated on one of my machines but not (yet) on the other.

I don't know whether it's worth it, certainly I'd check all your software will work first, I had a couple of issues, for example Inkscape is still in development for Catalina.

 

[editor]

Apple being utter fucking arseholes again.

When Natalie Monson started her food blog 11 years ago, she didn't expect to end up embroiled in a fight with the world's most valuable company.

But the US small business owner is now battling Apple for the right to use a pear in the logo on her recipe app.

In a patent filing, Apple said the image was too similar to its own logo and would hurt its brand.

Ms Monson says the tech giant is simply "bullying" and she feels a "moral obligation" to fight back.

More than 43,000 people have already signed the petition she and her husband Russ, owners of the Super Healthy Kids website, created last week to try to pressure the company to back down.

'Bullying' Apple fights couple over pear logo

The owners of the Prepear recipe app are speaking out after Apple tried to block their pear logo.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[oryx]

Apple being utter fucking arseholes again.

'Bullying' Apple fights couple over pear logo

The owners of the Prepear recipe app are speaking out after Apple tried to block their pear logo.

www.bbc.co.uk

Saw this earlier.

The two logos, apart from being pictures of fruit, are nothing like each other!

Another case of corporate bullying.

 

[skyscraper101]

Looks like it's on for 5G in the next round of iPhones.

Apple Preparing 75 Million 5G iPhones Alongside New Watches and iPad

Apple Inc. has asked suppliers to build at least 75 million 5G iPhones for later this year, roughly in line with last year’s launch, in a sign that demand for the company’s most important product is holding up in the midst of the global pandemic and recession.

www.bloomberg.com

If that's the main pull then I'm not that fussed for the moment. Nice as it would be to have 5G, I haven't yet found a situation where all that increased speed is going to be much use. For context I'm currently running an entire house with 10 connected devices on a single 4G sim and haven't once felt the need for any more speed beyond 4G/LTE

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Looks like it's on for 5G in the next round of iPhones.

Apple Preparing 75 Million 5G iPhones Alongside New Watches and iPad

Apple Inc. has asked suppliers to build at least 75 million 5G iPhones for later this year, roughly in line with last year’s launch, in a sign that demand for the company’s most important product is holding up in the midst of the global pandemic and recession.

www.bloomberg.com

If that's the main pull then I'm not that fussed for the moment. Nice as it would be to have 5G, I haven't yet found a situation where all that increased speed is going to be much use. For context I'm currently running an entire house with 10 connected devices on a single 4G sim and haven't once felt the need for any more speed beyond 4G/LTE

Yeah,I just don’t see much point either. I can stream HD content to my phone quite happily. Who needs anything more than that?

 

[skyscraper101]

Well here's something to get excited about. I'm sure editor is already planning his Apple store camp out to be first in the queue come release day

All of the new smartphones will have updated designs with squared edges

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Well here's something to get excited about. I'm sure editor is already planning his Apple store camp out to be first in the queue come release day

THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING

 

[skyscraper101]

Apple Event tonight in case anyone wants to add to their calendar. (6pm UK time)

Rumours include:
Apple Watch version 6
New iPad Air
Apple One (new bundled subscription package)
Air Tags
Airpods Studio
Maybe new iPhones with 5G, maybe not.

What to Expect at the Apple Event: New Apple Watch Series 6, iPad Air, No iPhone 12

Last Minute Updates Some last minute leaks have come in ahead of Tuesday's event, confirming which devices we can expect to see Apple unveil, and...

www.macrumors.com

 

[skyscraper101]

Also, I'm quite interested in this new spacial audio function they've just updated the airpods firmware with. It sounds very clever.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

I’m this close to ordering a pair of EarPod Pro’s. They really are very good.

 

[skyscraper101]

I’m this close to ordering a pair of EarPod Pro’s. They really are very good.

Same. With my current first gen airpods in their twilight years and added noise cancellation, transparency mode and now spacial audio, I may even have my arm twisted that I could live with those rubbery tipped ends (which generally I hate).

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Same. With my current first gen airpods in their twilight years and added noise cancellation, transparency mode and now spacial audio, I may even have my arm twisted that I could live with those rubbery tipped ends (which generally I hate).

The main thing stopping me is a nagging doubt I’d lose one

 

[skyscraper101]

The main thing stopping me is a nagging doubt I’d lose one

The case is so pocketable though. It's now become one of those things I feel my pockets for instinctively everytime I go out. Phone, keys, airpods case. Sorted.

I often don't even take a wallet out anymore, because I just apple pay everything. But yeah, expensive to misplace.

 

[platinumsage]

The main thing stopping me is a nagging doubt I’d lose one

AirPod Studios?

AirPods Max: Should You Buy? Everything We Know

The AirPods Max are Apple-branded high-end over-ear headphones with active noise cancellation, spatial audio, and adaptive EQ. Priced at $549.

www.macrumors.com

 

[mauvais]

Apparently I have won some Airpods Pro, Airpod Pros, Airspods Pros, whatever, in some corporate competition. Unusually I did enter this competition so it is possible.

I haven't really got any use for them, especially as I'm not an iPhone user. If they ever turn up, is there somewhere sensible to sell them? I'm considering offering them up here, at work etc and donating half the proceeds to MSF or something.

These arrived today. White, unopened box, model MWP22ZM/A, despatched from Syncreon. If someone (beesonthewhatnow ? ) offers me somewhere near retail I'll do the above and give half to MSF.

 

[Spymaster]

The main thing stopping me is a nagging doubt I’d lose one

Same here, although it's less a nagging doubt and more an absolute certainty.

 

[cybershot]

The Airpod Pros are great imo, I use them pretty much everyday, but they are not on par with overhead earphones for noise cancellation. So depends if that is your killer feature or not.

 

[skyscraper101]

The Airpod Pros are great imo, I use them pretty much everyday, but they are not on par with overhead earphones for noise cancellation. So depends if that is your killer feature or not.

I really want noise cancellation when I'm on a plane, mainly because it would make it easier to sleep and block out all the annoying announcements (not that I'm flying all that much right now, but I did last week, and was reminded how useful this would be). Otherwise it would probably mostly be a nice bonus but not essential. I'm way more interested in transparency mode and the new spacial mode. And the portability of these vs over ears would probably swing it.

 

[2hats]

The main thing stopping me is a nagging doubt I’d lose one

I really want noise cancellation when I'm on a plane

Have seen someone desperately trying to search a 787 in flight after falling asleep and having one drop out their ear...

 

[skyscraper101]

Have seen someone desperately trying to search a 787 in flight after falling asleep and having one drop out their ear...

When your airpod falls out of your ear
And the passengers are all leaving through the rear
That's the breaks, that's the breaks...etc

 

[cybershot]

Well from expierence of trains I’ll tell you AirPod pros won’t fully cancel all loud sounds around you, especially the noise from a idling diesel on the platform opposite, but will do enough for the ticket inspector to make you jump when they have to tap you in the shoulder from behind.

You’d probably be better of with overheads but it really depends on what you’ll use them on the most and I guess planes won’t be they often!

 

[skyscraper101]

Interesting event last night. I have to say I prefer the new format without the wooping audience in the theatre, and its very slick looking (if at times predictably cheesy).

Nothing revolutionary announced but a decent refresh on the ipad/ipad air, and Apple watch 6 and new Apple watch SE. I may end up getting the SE after holding out on joining the smart watch brigade until now.

Apple Events

Introducing Apple Intelligence in iOS 18, iPadOS 18 and macOS Sequoia, better health insights in watchOS 11, and a more immersive visionOS 2.

www.apple.com

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

iOS14 comes out today.

Wearers of Air Pods, have you any idea how ludicrous you look?