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Apple is the maker of the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and a wide range of software and services. This tag collects everything Apple: product launches and rumors, iOS and macOS updates, hands-on reviews, and analysis of the company’s strategy. From keynote announcements to everyday tips, it’s your hub for all things Apple.
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says the folding iPhone Ultra will likely ship with MagSafe magnets built into the phone. Samsung has shipped eight generations of foldables without ever doing that, leaving the magnets in a case you buy separately.
The Sonos Ace Ultra arrives at $449 with 35 hours of battery, aptX Lossless, and a user replaceable battery and ear cups. The AirPods Max is $549 with 20 hours and no lossless over Bluetooth. Here is where the gap is real and where Apple still wins.
Apple’s September 9 event brings Series 12 with an always-on heart sensor, a faster chip, a ceramic case option, and FDA-cleared hypertension alerts.
iPhone owners are reporting 21GB of storage freed by switching off Apple Intelligence, with the drop showing up under Photos. Apple’s own model requirement is about 7GB. Here is what the rest of that number is, and why some of it reappears.
Google Maps renamed Lake Ontario to Lake America for US users three days after Trump signed the order. Apple Maps has not moved, so the President called Apple directly. The mechanism behind all of it is one row in a federal database.
Chinese flagships are shipping 7,000mAh and larger silicon carbon batteries while Apple, Samsung, and Google stay near 5,000mAh. The split comes down to one tradeoff: capacity now against cycle life later, and both sides have a real argument.
Sponsored listings are now live in Apple Maps across the US and Canada, and there is no toggle to remove them. The Personalized Ads switch in Settings does nothing here, and the one setting that does work breaks the app.
Apple quietly listed a new Polishing Cloth at $9, half the old price, on the same day the Mac mini and Mac Studio got more expensive. There is exactly one situation where the cloth is the right purchase, and it has nothing to do with your iPhone.
Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 18 Pro and its first foldable, the iPhone Ultra, at a September 9 keynote. Pre-orders are reported to shift to Saturday the 12th because Apple avoids September 11. Here is every date, every product, and what is still uncertain.
Apple’s iPhone 18 keynote is widely expected on September 9, and trade-in values on the outgoing generation typically fall 15% to 20% within weeks. Here is the window that protects your payout, and the 14-day rule that catches people out.