A look at the news and holders of Apple this week, adding filtrations of the iPhone 17 Air, design of the iPhone SE, specifications of the iPad Air, predetermined values of iOS in Apple Intelligence, Airpods Pro audience for the United Kingdom, iPhone sales In China and Nokia’s reaction to the first. iPhone
Apple Loop is here to remind you of a few of the many discussions around Apple in the last seven days. You can also read my weekly digest of Android news here on Forbes.
Would Apple move towards Google’s pixel design and introduce a “camera bar” on the back of the iPhone 17 air?The slim iPhone will need housing for a larger camera. Will Tim Cook and his team stretch him all over the rearguard?
“The attractiveness of the symbol is that it shows the back of the device with an elongated chamber module that extends along almost the entire right rear edge. “
(Techradar).
While the iPhone SE design rarely matches the current top-line iPhones, they do bring several key features to the table. For the upcoming next-generation iPhone SE. The latest information suggests that one iconic feature will make the jump.
“[latest leaked images show[ the device has a Dynamic Island instead of a notch. So far, the Dynamic Island is available on the iPhone 14 Pro models, all four iPhone 15 models, and all four iPhone 16 mode
(Macrumors).
In a not-unexpected move, Apple’s next iPad Airs have been tacitly confirmed as shipping with the Apple Silicon’s older M3 chipset. Noted Apple leaker Evan Blass has detailed the core specs:
“There has been hypothesis that Apple could simply use the iPad Pro’s M4 chip for upcoming iPad Air models, moving away from chips made with Apple’s expensive and underperforming first-generation 3nm process, TSMC, known as N3B. “
(Evleaks Macrumors).
Apple enables the predetermined Intelligence mode of Apple. The next wave of updates will see the active generative the suite after the configuration. The option to disable will remain in the configuration application, but the initial incorporation process cannot be highlighted.
“Starting with MacOS Sequoia Edition 15. 3, which will be released, like iOS and iPados 18. 3, Cupertino’s AI feature set, which it calls Apple Intelligence, will be enabled by default for supported devices. “
(Registration).
Although Apple’s audience testing service is available to AirPods Pro 2 users in the United States, the service is not available worldwide. Given the medical nature of the service, regulator approval is mandatory prior to activation. Apple has shown that British owners will be the next to get the public service:
“With new policy direction from the UK Department of Health and Social Care, we look forward to bringing hearing aid capability to AirPod Pro 2 in the coming weeks to help the everyday lives of so many ‘UK users’,” Apple said. “In other words, Apple will release an updated edition of the software for the UK, probably in iOS 18, but perhaps with the new firmware for the AirPods Pro in Cahohots. “
(Forbes).
Counterpoint Research has some disappointing news for Apple in the Chinese market. Last year’s first place with a 19 share has become third place behind the home-grown competition.
“iPhone shipments in China fell 18. 2% year-over-year in the last quarter of 2024. This decline resulted in a market share of 17. 1% for the company, which was hit by Huawei and Xiaomi, which captured 18. 1% and 17. 2% of the market, respectively.
(MacRumors).
The Nokia design archive opened last week, and smartphone historians have been combing through records of the stories that revolutionized it. Fahad Nokia’s reaction to the launch of the iPhone:
“Nokia impact minimal in terms of financials, but may impede US penetration or success. Distribution limitations may restrict impact of Apple iPhone, but device continues to have significant disruptive potential. Will pure touch input appeal to more mass market consumers?”
(Fahad x).
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