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  • AirPods face slowing growth as Apple eyes ways to expand sales

    nubusnubus
    A 40% attach rate is fantastic. How to improve? Sell more iPhones! It will make people buy AirPods (not only Pro) and services. Lowering the entry point is IMHO key and 16e is too expensive. Think like Gillette and get more units out.
    williamlondonentropysdavgreg

  • iPhone 17 launch expected for week of September 8

    nubusnubus
    charlesn said:
    Mark Gurman is now reporting on the usabilty/legibility issues that have forced Apple to really scale back the Liquid Glass appearance in iOS 26 beta 3. I haven't been using the betas, so I don't have a personal opinion, but with reports that the interface now looks like a frosted or diluted glass look, this is starting to sound like a half-assed UI appearance that isn't going to make anyone happy.
    App UX'ers at work were not happy with beta 2. I'm too lazy/old to try every beta, but they showed me the bottom toolbar on iOS. It was ineligible, probably wouldn't pass accessibility requirements (EU), and the UX was attention craving on scroll. With beta 3 the glass is gone for this very visible UX element. It does indeed look flat.

    Taking the concept from AVP (a platform with less scroll) to iOS might need generations of adjustments.
    williamlondonronn

  • Apple in pole position for F1 racing streaming rights in US

    nubusnubus
    Mother Nature is probably not invited for the next keynote. Not that I need her back, but F1 is an odd match in terms of shared values. Koch Industries and F1 or Northrop and F1 - but Apple? 
    williamlondon

  • M5 MacBook Pro now expected in the first half of 2026

    nubusnubus
    danox said:
    Back to school and Christmas 2025 missed oh well….
    More of Christmas + end-of-year - but agree. There is no reason for the 3rd iteration of 3nm to slip.

    Let us rethink the next MBP.

    TSMC is on schedule to deliver 2nm volume production in 2nd half of 2025. Production started in 2024.
    Apple can't really use those chips for the duration of a year unless they go to iPad Pro, Mac Studio + Pro, and MBP.
    Tandem OLED is ready and the macOS 26 menu is designed for it.

    If the next MBP combines 2nm with OLED it wouldn't be late - it would be 10 months early.
    williamlondonAlex1N

  • Apple COO Jeff Williams retiring later in 2025, replaced by SVP Sabih Khan

    nubusnubus
    Those shifting tariffs do put a stress on all levels of the supply chain. Better stop while you can. As all here I wish him the best.

    AppleInsider said:
    Kahn took over the SVP of operations role in 2019 and will be the new COO. As such, he's next in line if Cook ever needs to step down, just as Cook was when Steve was in charge.

    No, the new COO is not next in line. There was never a "Cook is COO, he will do" moment. Cook only got the title due to him at the time being the best!
    Same goes for the next CEO.
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