This week on AI: New MacBook Pro leaks, 256GB 'iPhone 7,' Apple's new iPhone design cycle & more
Although there weren't any earthshaking developments this week, we did get more teases about the future of the iPhone and the Macbook Pro -- including suggestions that Apple might be moving to a slower, three-year cycle for major iPhone upgrades.
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Photos of purported MacBook Pro chassis surface with OLED touch bar slot, four USB ports, no MagSafe
Both 'iPhone 7' and 'iPhone 7 Plus' will come in 256GB capacities - report
Apple internet services suffer wide outage, iCloud, App Stores, Apple TV, iTunes, others down
Apple moving to 3-year 'major' iPhone cycle, adding complex vibrations to 2017 model - report
Apple won't release a GPU-equipped Thunderbolt Retina 5K display anytime soon - report
Apple Pay adds support for BMO, TD and Scotiabank in Canada
Indian government publicly rejects Apple's desire to sell used iPhones
Apple beefs up 2016 Back to School sale, offers free Beats with Mac, iPhone or iPad purchase
Apple issues new iOS 9.3.2 update to address update errors on 9.7" iPad Pro
Patent office gives Apple upper-hand in Smartflash lawsuit by invalidating two patents
Apple issues $1.04 billion in second round of Australian bonds
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Everything you need to know:
- Photos of an alleged MacBook Pro chassis showed an OLED touch bar slot, four USB ports, and no MagSafe > >
- Both 'iPhone 7' models may come in 256GB capacities > >
- Many of Apple's internet services suffered a critical outage on Thursday > >
- Apple may be moving to 3-year 'major' iPhone cycle, and adding complex vibrations to the 2017 model > >
- Apple probably won't release a GPU-equipped Thunderbolt Retina display anytime soon > >
- Apple Pay gained support for BMO, TD and Scotiabank in Canada > >
- Apple launched its 2016 Back to School sale, offering free Beats headphones alongside some products > >
For in-depth discussion of this week's hottest stories, listen to the AppleInsider podcast. Subscribe here, or stream the embed below:
A roundup of all of our hottest stories this week:
Photos of purported MacBook Pro chassis surface with OLED touch bar slot, four USB ports, no MagSafe
Both 'iPhone 7' and 'iPhone 7 Plus' will come in 256GB capacities - report
Apple internet services suffer wide outage, iCloud, App Stores, Apple TV, iTunes, others down
Apple moving to 3-year 'major' iPhone cycle, adding complex vibrations to 2017 model - report
Apple won't release a GPU-equipped Thunderbolt Retina 5K display anytime soon - report
Apple Pay adds support for BMO, TD and Scotiabank in Canada
Indian government publicly rejects Apple's desire to sell used iPhones
Apple beefs up 2016 Back to School sale, offers free Beats with Mac, iPhone or iPad purchase
Apple issues new iOS 9.3.2 update to address update errors on 9.7" iPad Pro
Patent office gives Apple upper-hand in Smartflash lawsuit by invalidating two patents
Apple issues $1.04 billion in second round of Australian bonds
Comments
Micro payments will be big.
Going to 64 bit and adding ID Touch was a "minor" upgrade? That was an "S" update.
Apple will add any USEFUL improvements as they become deployable. They're not going to wait 2 years to add an upgrade just to make it "major".
Could be they're getting close to a Liquidmetal body but won't be ready for this cycle so they're reusing the 6 - 6S design for one more year.
Wishful thinking, I know.
What strikes me in an ironic way is that whole 256 GB thing (which I otherwise appreciate since all my 128 GB devices are full)... Apple does not have to assume how much the(ir) cloud is a failure overall, they must know it. Every single year new large capacity iPhones are out of stock, even at their pretty high prices. And with the reliability of iCloud Music Library, iCloud Drive and photo syncing (rather: the utter absence of any reliability and files showing up after days, if ever, and then not always in the correct version), I surely do want more storage on the devices myself. As much as I appreciate imaginative and futuristic solutions, the most reliable and fast way to get data onto my iDevices is still iTunes Sync, so why does it have to suck that much? Why can't my iPhone or iPad just show up in the Finder when connected (and be accessible by great tools such as ChronoSync, which would make my life much easier than anything Apple is offering)? Why can't I still get some stupid data off a USB stick or drive, since that it what everybody is offering me data on (and I do not want to give every dick and Harry my email address)? Since iCloud does not offer any sharing capability whatsoever (not even those iDisk had over a decade ago), it is not even a remote solution anyhow. And since iDevices can now officially connect via Ethernet (via the great - it simply works - solution involving device to Lightning to USB dongle with external power to USB-to-Ethernet adapter), where is the bloody GUI to configure it? It is great that >$100 and the better part of a Pound in accessories can give me something that was standard on every device before Apple improved it – but now give me a box where I can enter my proxy and gateway, because, you know, the world where you can do without these things only exists in marketing videos.
Many of your points are of equal concern from the rest of us. I kinda understand sand boxing apps as it does increase reliability and makes some of Apples features easy to implement. However that is apps and has nothing to do with data, where it comes from or what you do with or where you want it to go. Data handling is perhaps the most frustrating thing about iOS going right now. This is why I see Apples vision with respect to iOS as a bit blurred or even blind to needs of the users. If they really think that iOS will eventually replace Mac OS they are nuts.
I do a lot of things on the iPad Pro, but the hoops they make me jump through are getting a bit silly. I had some hopes that they will eventually come up with something that is better than legacy file systems. But this was in 2007. And they did not. I don't blame them for trying, but it is high time to throw in the towel and give us some functionality.