Apple generate a lot of news , and it can be hard to keep up . If your thinker was on other thing this workweek , our roundup of Apple - related headline will institute you up to date .
RIP iPhone 12 mini
The iPhone 12 miniskirt has had its share of problem , and more than once we ’ve report on Apple cutting back on production to account for piano - than - gestate demand . But event guide a more drastic turn this week with the news that the fellowship hasceased production all . It will make no more iPhone 12 miniskirt handsets .
This does n’t mean the 12 miniskirt is no longer usable ; it ’s still right-hand thereon the Apple Store , and the example of the HomePod paint a picture that strain will puzzle around for a while yet . But it is the absolved signal yet that the twist we referred to in our ( positive ) review asThe Little iPhone That Couldwas a nonstarter .
We ’ve address this in some depth in our treatise onwhy Apple should n’t make an iPhone 13 mini , but the heart of the problem seems to be a mistaking and overestimation of users ’ demand for a new low iPhone . It work out the vocal minority really was a nonage – and most of the people who really did need a small iPhone also wanted it to be cheap .
Contrary to our advice Apple is understood to be organise another 5.4 in iPhone for launch in fall 2021 . So we will say no more , other than to remind Tim Cook that the definition of insanity is doing the same affair over and over again and ask different outcome .
News in brief
Superstitious survey respondents – mostly piece , interestingly – have apprise Apple toskip ill-fated number 13when it denote its new iPhone this autumn . alternate suggestion include iPhone 12s , iPhone 14 , iPhone ( 2021 ) and iPhone 21 . Not trusted about that last one .
Tim Cook personallyrang up Nancy Pelosi , and other member of Congress in the US , to buttonhole against propose antimonopoly regulation . The tech giant star may be a tiny bit rattled .
Talking of rattled , why is Apple station outthreatening legal lettersto technical school leaker ? Rumours are the lifeblood of the plug cycle per second ! Do n’t stamp out the rumourmongers , Apple !
Michael Simon listsfive Windows 11 featuresApple should steal for macOS .
You may have heard about the severe semiconducting material shortage that ’s been afflict the global tech and car industries for months . But you might not , because until recently Appleescaped largely unscathed – and we now know that the firm will retain to get off lightly , because its chip supplier has agreed to give itpriority treatmentthis fall . PC , waiter and networking chip orders will be given lower anteriority to free up capacity for the iPhone 13 .
Welp , it looks like the iMac isas doomed as the iPod and iPhone , says the Macalope .
Simon Lohmann explainswhy Apple headphones are white – and why that may be about to change .
If this week you heard someone ’s Android telephone set cause an emergency alert sound you might have enquire what that was all about . Well , the UK government activity is introducing a new Emergency Alert system and it ’s presently being tested . iPhones in certain UK placement will be included in the test on 29 June . For more data , readWhy did my iPhone just make a siren auditory sensation ?
It ’s emerge that Patreondoesn’t compensate any App Store feesto Apple , and nobody seems to know why not . “ I think it ’s because we ’re within Apple ’s guidelines , ” pronounce the company ’s confused CEO .
The iPad ’s inevitable Mac - corresponding hereafter ishiding in iPadOS 15 , says Jason Snell .
Apple is going to make an animize reading of Nathan Pyle ’s hugely popularStrange Planet vane comicfor its TV+ well out service . Let us recumb on soft piece of furniture in front of a large glowing rectangle ! ( sprain out it ’s heavy than he makes it look . )
Jason Crossreviews the Modern Beats Studio Buds .
Tips and tricks
Did you know that your iPhone computer storage the chronicle of everywhere you ’ve been for the retiring two months ? If you ’re a little spook by this you’re able to delete it – we showHow to view and delete localisation history .
Speaking of your location being tracked , if you were concerned that AirTags could be used by stalkers to track someone ’s location you ’ll be glad to see that an update to the AirTag ’s microcode means that they will now honk after 8 hour of being distanced from the owner ’s iPhone . ( antecedently it was after three daytime . ) scan more inHow AirTag protect you from stalk .
With so many of us settled into working from home now our home printers have been getting quite a physical exertion . If it ’s time to substitute yours – or time to invest in one – turn back out our roundup of thebest printer for Mac .
There was a peachy wad on Adobe Creative Cloud over on Amazon this hebdomad – sorry you missed it ! It made us determined to put up advice on Adobe Creative Cloud pricing andhow to get the good deal .
Bugs & problems
If you see a Wi - Fi connection with a unknown SSID arrest mint of portion star sign , we powerfully advise against connect your iPhone to it ; it maydisable your machine ’s Wi - Fiand readjust your meshwork stage setting . Yep , a newtext bombhas been spot .
The rumour mill
silent person of the iPhone 13have leaked , let out the update design we ’ll see this autumn . As have a bun in the oven the camera module is grown and more bulging than ever ; more surprising is the rearrangement of the rearward television camera lenses on the non - Pro models , tack from a upright to a diagonal constellation .
Image courtesy ofSonny Dickson .
It does n’t calculate like the iPhone 13 will get under - screen Touch ID – but the latest theme evoke thatthe iPhone 14 will . ( That ’s the iPhone 14 released in 2022 , not the rebranded version of this twelvemonth ’s fashion model to pander to superstitious men . )
After far-flung letdown when no Modern hardware at all was announced atWWDC , the rumourmongers have had to recalibrate expectations . We ’re now hearing that the much - previse M1X MacBook Pro willlaunch later in the year – belike late October or early November .
Sick of waiting fornew AirPods ? So are we ! But there is safe news , which is that seven provider partners have begun the preliminary phase angle ofmaking the third - gen AirPodsthis year . ( There ’s still no watchword on the new AirPods Pro , sadly . )
An challenging Apple patent was spot this calendar week . It powerfully indicate that the company has been working on askin temperature sensorsince 2019 , and could add such a feature to a next Apple Watch – but probably not theSeries 7this autumn .
And that ’s it for this week . See you next Saturday , and persist Appley !
