A look at this week’s Apple news and headlines, the addition of new iPhone 16 features, iPhone 16 design leaks, a long wait for the MacBook M4, the arrival of the iPhone Mac mirror, the good fortune of iPad pro sales, demanding EU situations in the App Store, and AAA games for iPhone. bomb.
Apple Loop is here to remind you of some of the many discussions about Apple over the past seven days. You can read my weekly roundup of Android news here on Forbes.
In a whitepaper published this week, Apple discussed several new approaches to promote device repairability and increase battery longevity. The True Tone and Battery Gauge features will now be available on third-party items installed on an iPhone and will be part of the iOS 18 update:
“Currently, battery health metrics such as maximum capacity and number of cycles are not presented to consumers whose devices are supplied with third-party batteries. In fact, the accuracy of those measurements can’t be verified through Apple. . . For With the help of third-party batteries. Starting in late 2024, Apple will demonstrate battery health metrics with a notification that Apple is unable to determine the data presented.
(MacRumours).
Thanks to a leak of the new iPhone 16 cases, we have confirmation of the 3 key features that Apple will bring to the base iPhone in 2024. Two new buttons are added: the action button and the camera button, but the changes to the camera to Apple’s gee-whizz AR headset show the interoperability favored through Apple:
“These have gone from the diagonal design of the iPhone 15 on a square camera island to a vertical design on a diamond-shaped island. This shouldn’t have an effect on general photographs and videos taken with the iPhone, however, the arrangement of the lenses will allow the lenses to be side-by-side when shooting in landscape mode – this is the orientation in which you’d want to take stereoscopic videos that would allow for 3D playback on the Apple Vision Pro headphones.
(Forbes).
Apple introduced the M4 chipset in the iPad Pro last month. Apple Silicon’s M-series has already made the impression on the iPad Pro, but it’s basically a Mac chip. And the Mac network will have to wait nearly six months before the M4 starts appearing. on your Macs, MacBooks, and iMacs:
“The base 14-inch MacBook Pro is expected to get an M4 chip, while the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models will be upgraded with the M4 Pro and M4 Max chips. The MacBook Air, Mac Studio Mac Pro models may not be updated with M4 chips until 2025, and it’s not yet clear when the iMac might receive an update with the latest chip technology.
(MacRumours).
Apple’s new implementation for iPhone screen mirroring on the Mac is now available through the developer betas of iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia unveiled at WWDC last month. The full public release is expected in early October. In addition to sharing controls and virtual real estate, mirroring offers to bring recording systems closer to devices.
“The leader among the ‘advantages’ is a very cool feature that allows you to drag and drop files from your Mac to your iPhone, which is the ultimate in convenience. The connected Mac will display iPhone notifications on the Mac screen and when you click on the Mac screen, they will open on the screen. “
(Forbes).
The most recent report from Canalys looks at computers and sales in the last quarter, and Apple will be pleased with the positioning of either point in the market:
“This means that Apple owned 14. 2% of the desktop and computer market in that quarter. It shipped around 2,102,000 Macs, up from 1,723,000 in the first quarter of 2023. . . In total, Apple shipped 4,928,000 iPads in the quarter, up from 5,404,000 in the previous year. However, the iPad is still dominant with 50. 8% of the market. “
(Apple expert).
EU regulators have questioned Apple over the implementation of third-party app outlets and developers’ ability to inform consumers about opportunities from Apple’s own store:
“The tech giant has had the opportunity to review the initial results of the investigation and can avoid a monstrous fine if it comes up with a proposal that is acceptable to the EU. The European Commission says developers will be able to freely inform consumers while they’re there. they are less expensive app outlets than Apple’s.
(BBC News).
Apple’s push towards AAA gaming has seen a handful of notable names coming to the iPhone over the last year. Unfortunately, the monetary good fortune didn’t hold on to their releases, as studies suggest those titles “bombed”:
“Assassin’s Creed Mirage has been downloaded about 123,000 times since June 6,” Appfigures says. However, it only generated a gross profit of $138,000. The report estimates that the win point indicates that fewer than 3,000 people were willing to unlock the full game. for $49. 99. “
(MobileGamer. biz Apple Insider).
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