iPhone 17 Air Leaks, Critical MacOS Update, Apple’s Black Friday iPhone Offers

Taking a glance again at this week’s information and headlines from Apple, together with new iPhone 17 options, iPhone 16 digital camera disappointment, Apple’s Black Friday iPhone presents, Amazon’s MacE-book Pro win, crucial macOS safety replace, iOS 18.2 launch date, Apple’s 5G modem, and the standing of Product(Red).,

Apple Loop is right here to remind you of some of the various discussions round Apple within the final seven days. You may learn my weekly digest of Android information right here on Forbes.

iPhone 17’s New Global Feature

Following on from the devoted use of eSIM within the US, Apple seems to be able to introduce the digital model of the venerable SIM card to a world viewers, albeit not in each single handset. After all, eradicating bodily {hardware} from inside an iPhone goes to assist a sure slimline challenge in 2025:

“Apple has but to launch any iPhones and not using a SIM card tray outdoors of the U.S., however it sounds just like the change will lastly increase internationally beginning with the iPhone 17 lineup subsequent September. Indeed, the report stated that every one present “iPhone 17 Air” prototypes lack a SIM card tray. The report stated it’s unclear if the system can be offered in China in consequence, for the reason that nation has not authorised using eSIMs in smartphones. Of course, that might change.”

(The Information by way of MacRumors).

iPhone 16 Camera Falls Short

DXOMark famously places smartphone cameras by means of in depth checks and measurements to find out which is ‘greatest’ in accordance with their standards. It’s develop into one of many requirements to intention for. Apple may have been at the least glad with the iPhone 16 Pro reaching #4 within the chart, however the current testing of the iPhone 16 may have been much less effectively obtained, as Apple’s vanilla iPhone 16 fell to #20.

“In our evaluations, the digital camera captured good nonetheless photos and movies with glorious publicity, good distinction, and nice pores and skin tones. The video stabilization system saved issues easy and steady when recording shifting photos. On the draw back, the absence of a devoted tele lens meant that photos captured at medium and long-range tele settings lacked element and texture.”

(DXOMark).

Apple Black Friday iPhone and iPad

The Thanksgiving vacation is right here, and the wave of Black Friday and Cyber Monday presents is reaching a crescendo. Apple has usually prevented any prolonged offers, as an alternative providing retailer vouchers in a tightly outlined window of Friday to Monday, honoring the character of the times the sale applies to. The presents can be found throughout a number of territories, and Forbes contributor David Phelan is keeping track of what to anticipate:

“The occasion runs from the second midnight strikes on Friday, Nov. 29 by means of to the next Monday, Dec. 2 inclusive in your time zone. Instead of knocking cash off its merchandise, Apple’s approach is to supply a present card that may be spent wherever instore or on-line with Apple. So, in case you’re planning to purchase different stuff from Apple, it really works out pretty much as good as a reduction.”

(Forbes).

Amazon Delivers Apple A MacE-book Pro Win

Apple might not supply any financial reductions for the vacations (and people vouchers are not often obtainable on the present {hardware} era) however that’s to not say that Apple doesn’t profit from the gross sales. To present one instance, Amazon sells the brand new M4 MacE-book Pro laptops for as much as $300 off, however Apple will get the shoppers into its ecosystem with out disrupting its picture of “excessive value buys high quality”:

“Given the curiosity within the new MacE-book Pro fashions, coupled with the corporate’s reluctance to supply value cuts throughout Black Friday, many customers purchased their new laptops assured that the value they paid wouldn’t be gazumped within the Black Friday week. And it hasn’t been gazumped, at the least by Apple. After all, Apple has a status to maintain up concerning the perceived standing of the Mac platform tied to the upper value factors it makes use of.”

(Forbes).

MacOS Security Update

Apple’s affirmation of a critical safety exploit in its varied working techniques arrived final week. The points are a part of WebKit and Java. The must replace your {hardware} was strengthened by a name from a US authorities company to take action instantly:

“Apple is warning billions of Mac and MacE-book customers worldwide to replace macOS as a matter of precedence…. The significance of making use of this replace has been strengthened because of an intervention by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency”

(Forbes).

iOS 18.2 Details Revealed

The subsequent main replace to iOS 18.2 will supply many new options and software program tweaks, however the one that may collect probably the most consideration is the following step in bringing generative AI to the iPhone with ChatGPT integration by means of Siri. While some are this Monday as the discharge date, it’s extra more likely to be every week or two into December:

“After all, this week consists of Thanksgiving with its holidays and journey—dropping key days simply earlier than a launch would at all times have been unlikely to work. Those last-minute touches want a full group working arduous, not drifting again in after days away. And the present developer and public beta variations don’t fairly appear shut sufficient to closing launch.

“…I’d say we must always work on the precept that it will likely be one of many two following weeks, that’s, the weeks commencing Monday, Dec.9 or Monday, Dec. 16.”

(Forbes).

Apple’s 5G Modem

It’s been a very long time coming, however Apple might lastly have one thing to point out from its buy of Intel’s modem division. Qualcomm is at the moment the unique provider of 5G modems, however Apple seems to be set to begin a phased roll out by itself {hardware} subsequent yr:

“The first system anticipated to function Apple’s 5G modem is the iPhone SE 4, which is rumored to be introduced within the first half of 2025. By the tip of subsequent yr, at the least one of many iPhone 17 fashions will even have the brand new modem – most certainly the iPhone 17 Air. Despite the advantages by way of battery consumption, Apple nonetheless doesn’t really feel completely assured sufficient about its modem to place it in flagship merchandise such because the Pro iPhones.”

(9to5Mac).

And Finally…

Apple is indelibly linked to the Product(purple) initiative that raises consciousness and funding to assist remove HIV/AIDS in Africa. It’s a protracted partnership however Joe Rossignol has documented the sluggish discount in Apple’s Product (Red) {hardware}:

“Apple didn’t supply any iPhone 15 fashions in (Product)Red, and that development has continued with iPhone 16 fashions to this point. It did supply the aluminum Apple Watch Series 9 in (Product)Red final yr, however that system has since been discontinued, and the colour possibility shouldn’t be obtainable for the Apple Watch Series 10. Apple additionally discontinued the (PRODUCT)RED model of the Sport Band that was obtainable alongside the Series 9.

“Apple continues to assist The Global Fund by means of its annual Apple Pay donation program, which returns from November 29 by means of December 8.”

(MacRumors).

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