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Taking a look at another week of Cupertino news and headlines, this week’s Apple Loop includes new iPhone 13 details, Apple’s “One More Thing” event, new MacBook Pro predictions, new iPad Pro technology, chain issues supply for iPhone 12, Spotify The Apple Watch app and the history of the classic Apple phrase …
Apple Loop is here to remind you of some of the many discussions that have taken place at Apple over the past seven days (and you can read my weekly Android news roundup here on Forbes).
Impressive Apple Camera Plans for iPhone 13
Apple rarely disturbs a good thing, so it should come as no surprise that next year’s iPhones are expected to follow the same four ‘threads’ that we see with the iPhone 12 mini through to the iPhone 12 Pro Max. Arguably, many of the potential features that would have broken the innovation barrier on the iPhone 12 – the quick update screen and an under-display fingerprint reader are two. Another is the camera, and next year’s iPhone will try to match current Android smartphones.
“This should translate into noticeable improvements in quality compared to the 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max that use ultra-wide fixed focus F / 2.4, 5P modules. It is not yet known which camera upgrades we will see on the more affordable iPhone 13s.”
More in GSM Arena.
The Apple Inc logo in a store in San Francisco, California, USA, on Friday, October 23, 2020. … [+]
Get ready to sit in front of another Apple speech
The big news is that Apple announces the third act of a three-act play on Apple product launches in 2020. With the tagline ‘One More Thing’, in all likelihood we have the date for the macOS 11 Big public release Sure and the first Mac machines with AMR technology, probably a 12-inch MacBook and a new MacBook Pro. Chaim Gartenberg reports:
“Apple has announced a” One More Thing “event for November 10, which will presumably see the company announce its first Arm-based Macs that are powered by Apple Silicon chips instead of the Intel processors the company has used since 2005.
“The language here is particularly notable: Apple has long used the phrase ‘One more thing’, especially by former CEO Steve Jobs, in keynotes for major product announcements. The last time Apple used the phrase was for the iPhone X announcement in 2017 “.
More at The Verge.
What to expect from the new MacBook
With Apple looking to switch the entire Mac family to ARM silicon in a two-year window, initial orders for the new ARM-powered laptops are as aggressive as you’d expect, with one order accounting for a fifth of the existing MacBook market. Cheng Ting-Fang and Lauly L report:
“Apple is asking vendors to produce 2.5 million MacBook laptops with its in-house designed CPU by early 2021 as the California tech giant looks to quickly reduce its reliance on Intel chips, sources told Nikkei Asia.
“These initial production orders for the first MacBooks using Apple Silicon’s central processing unit are equivalent to almost 20% of total MacBook shipments for 2019, which reached 12.6 million units, informed sources said about The issue”.
More in Nikkei Asian Review.
New iPad Pro screen
Apple’s move to a mini LED display, which offers more vibrant colors and blacks comparable to an OLED display, has been discussed for some time. Evidence is mounting that the iPad family will adopt this technology next year, presumably with an event in March. Chance Miller reports:
“Apple’s plans to transition from the iPad Pro to mini LED displays have been rumored regularly for the past year. A new report this week from Korean news outlet ET News adds further corroboration that the first is expected to be released. iPad Pro with mini LED display technology in Q1 2021. … Apple will “actively use” display technology starting with the iPad line in early 2021, followed by the MacBook and iMac later. “
More on 9to5Mac.
IPhone 12 supply issues
Meanwhile, a shortage of parts in the supply chain has forced Apple to reorganize its product mix over the next few months, with the iPhone 12 family bolstered by parts from the iPad lineup and backed by more of the older phones. It will be enough? ?
“Demand for the iPhone 12 Pro in particular has been higher than expected and the problem has reportedly been compounded by supply constraints for specific parts, such as power chips and LiDAR components.
“… To” fill empty shelf space, “apparently Apple is also asking vendors to prepare more than 20 million iPhone 11, iPhone SE, and iPhone XR models for the holiday shopping season and early next. year”.
More on the shortage here.
Spotify on your wrist
In addition to updating its iOS app to support widgets, Spotify offers streaming audio directly to Apple Watch. Deploying updates on the server side, rather than updating the app, by the time you read this you should have the streaming option on your portable device. Michael Potuck reports:
“In September, we saw Spotify finally begin testing streaming support for its Apple Watch app, something we’ve seen coming with other third-party services like Pandora months ago. Now it appears that the feature may finally be rolled out more widely. As reported by Macerkopf (via Google Translate), multiple users have shared that they are viewing the feature on their wearable devices (which were not part of the September streaming test for Apple Watch) “
More on 9to5Mac.
And finally…
With the upcoming ‘One More Thing’ event titles, it’s clear that Apple is summoning one of its most powerful spells. rarely used in the last twenty years, its totemic power is reserved for key products. While we wait for the Nest product to use it, Martin Casserly reviews the history of the phrase:
“A born marketer, Jobs took the outdated format of advertising products and turned it into a showcase for iPhones, iPads, Macs and everything else that would enhance the life of the viewer through its implicit magic. And the pinnacle of this theater was the his. routine of things, where the management seemed to be over, only for Jobs to come back and introduce another product. “
More of the highlights from the MacWorld keynotes.
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