Looking again at this week’s information and headlines from Apple, together with leaked iPhone 17 specs, the newest iPhone software program issues, M4 iMac reviewed, Apple Watch anniversary celebrations, an early launch for iOS, the price of Apple Intelligence, and the return of the iPod.
Apple Loop is right here to remind you of some of the various discussions round Apple within the final seven days. You can also read my weekly digest of Android news here on Forbes.
A sequence of iPhone 16 on show contained in the Apple Retailer (Photograph by Annice Lyn/Getty Photos)
The Sluggish Arrival Of A Quicker Display screen For The iPhone 17
Apple seems able to acknowledge one other {hardware} possibility broadly adopted throughout the Android ecosystem that it has stubbornly refused so as to add all through its personal portfolio. The rise of fast-refreshing screens in Android began in gaming-focused handhelds, with premium gadgets following quickly after. It’s now a typical function in mid-range handsets. 2025 would possibly see it (lastly) arrive on the vanilla iPhone 17:
“The subsequent iPhone might change all this as the identical Low-Temperature Polycrystalline Oxide panel expertise might be utilized to all fashions of the iPhone 17 sequence, in accordance with a brand new report from the South Korean web site ET Information. …it’s exhausting to flee the concept it would come too, as LTPO permits for variable refresh charges with much less energy consumption, that means that Apple might introduce ProMotion with out harming battery life.”
(Forbes).
If Your iPhone Is Lacking Your Notes
Some iPhone customers who’ve up to date to iOS 18.2 are dealing with an empty Notes software and a lack of their private recollections. It’s not the tip of the world; the offender seems to be a problem round syncing to the cloud, and little question Apple might be rolling out an iOS patch as shortly as doable. For now, Benjamin Mayo has a possible repair:
“Go to Settings -> [your name] -> iCloud -> Notes.
“Anticipate the ‘Sync this iPhone’ toggle to look, and guarantee it’s enabled.
“Wait a pair moments and re-open the Notes app.
“The Notes app ought to now kick into motion and begin redownloading all of your notes from iCloud.
(9to5Mac).
M4 iMac Overview
Alongside the shiny MacBook Professional laptops launched late final month, Apple additionally up to date the buyer desktop iMac {hardware}. The M4-equipped iMacs provide a minimal of 16 GB of RAM, the baseline for Apple’s generative AI suite. With the M4 Apple Silicon, the desktop has an abundance of energy, as Forbes’ contributor discovered as a part of his overview:
“The brand new iMac has the Apple M4 chip at its coronary heart, a step up from final 12 months’s M3 model. To be clear, the M3 iMac, which I’ve been utilizing till now, has at all times been quick and succesful and I’ve by no means identified it to decelerate or be glitchy. However, for positive, that is quicker.”
(Forbes).
Let’s Celebration Like It’s 2025
Because the Apple Watch approaches its tenth anniversary, the group behind the wearable are planning a little bit of a celebration. Tucked away within the newest beta model of iOS is code for an anniversary achievement:
“Apple seems to be planning an exercise problem to rejoice the tenth anniversary of the Apple Watch, which was launched in 2015. Within the newest iOS 18.2 beta, there is a point out of a “Ten 12 months Celebration” with references to an exercise achievement, so it feels like one thing is within the works.”
(MacRumors).
Christmas Coming Early
We’ll doubtless see the following model of iOS sooner than anticipated. iOS 18.2 was initially down as “finish of the 12 months,” however as the vacations develop shut and the beta variations are launched, a extra concrete timescale is turning into clearer:
“The iOS 18.2 working system replace, which incorporates main enhancements to Apple Intelligence… is more likely to arrive on the sooner facet of December, I’m advised. How early? The week of Dec. 2, barring any surprising delays. “
(Mark Gurman by way of Bloomberg)
The Literal Value Of AI
iOS 18.2—alongside iPadOS and macOS—will introduce the second wave of Apple Intelligence apps. The headline function would be the addition of ChatGPT to Siri, nevertheless it won’t be clean crusing. In contrast to Galaxy AI and Google AI, these wanting the newest ChatGPT fashions will want a subscription… Apple isn’t going to subsidise the service to the identical degree because the competitors:
“…the system settings [of the iOS 18.2 beta] shows a day by day restrict for ChatGPT utilization and an choice to improve to the paid ChatGPT Plus plan or be moved to an older AI mannequin. Present ChatGPT Plus customers can register on their iPhone, whereas these new to the system have the choice to Improve To ChatGPT Plus. I’d have an interest to know if Apple will take its customary thirty % rake on the month-to-month subscription payment of $19.99.”
(Forbes).
And Lastly…
Apple might have cancelled the sale of recent iPods, however that doesn’t imply the neighborhood has given up their love of the revolutionary digital audio participant. Bradley Chambers has profiled one firm serving that neighborhood… Elite Out of date Electronics:
“What started as shopping for damaged Apple merchandise on eBay, repairing them, and promoting them for revenue quickly grew right into a full-fledged enterprise. Elite Out of date Electronics tapped right into a rising Reddit neighborhood and different on-line boards devoted to iPod followers. Lucas famous, “There was once an enormous iPod neighborhood, however as folks moved to iPhones and iPads, the abilities to restore iPods dwindled.” But, Elite Out of date Electronics turned the go-to supply for individuals who wished extra than simply battery replacements.”
(9to5Mac).
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