receive to our weekly Apple Breakfast column , which include all the Apple news you missed last calendar week in a handy chomp - sized roundup . We call it Apple Breakfast because we think it goes capital with a Monday morning cup of coffee or tea leaf , but it ’s nerveless if you want to give it a read during lunch or dinner party hours too .
This time next year, Rodney…
unconstipated readers may charge me of “ electronic jamming tomorrow ” lip service , but stay with me on this one : We ’re starting to get some solid Spanish pointer that Apple ’s 2024 really will be a yr to remember . And this is n’t just the usual next - but - one optimism . The juxtaposition of a major anniversary in one major product category with the long - awaited launching of another grant concrete reasons to expect self-aggrandising things .
Let ’s start with the Apple Watch . With the 9th generation due for launch next calendar month , 2024 will see the launching of what we would usually bear to be called the Apple Watch Series 10 . Yet one reputable pundit consider the company will switch up the branding and plump for something more momentous : theWatch X , land to mind the extremely significant iPhone cristal launching from 2017 . Apple is expected to tie this in with the ten - class day of remembrance of its smartwatch line , which admittedly launch to the populace in 2015 but wasannouncedin 2014 , so the mathematics just about works .
The Watch X looks set to include as many substantial upgrades on its precursor as roughly three class ’ Charles Frederick Worth of traditional ( ie glacially cautious ) Apple Watch refreshes . The typesetter’s case will be thinner . The strap will confiscate magnetically ; this means all your existing shoulder strap will be obsolete , but on the plus side will disengage up elbow room in the eubstance of the watch for a bigger battery or other extra componentry . The showing will be bumped to microLED for improved lucidness and coloration . And the long - rumored blood pressure admonisher will arrive at last .
If the excitement of a really worthwhile merchandise refresh is n’t enough , what about the launch ofVision professional ? In contrast to the matured Apple Watch line of work , Apple ’s mixed - reality headset is at the start of its journey and is n’t expect to betray many units in year one . But the production ’s potential – to create an ecosystem rivaling the iPhone , and to translate the way we interact on a societal level – is thrilling . It could become Apple ’s freehanded - ever product , or it could give out perfectly , and that uncertainness alone makes this a far more interesting launch than the first iPad , Apple Watch , or AirPods .
There are big things coming down the tobacco pipe in other surface area , too . The M3 Mac processor should bring this gloam , but many Macs wo n’t get it until the undermentioned year , which will also see the launch of the chip ’s Pro , Max , and Ultra configurations ; the M3 generation face like aseriously major acclivity . Apple ’s highly anticipatedrevamped smart rest home strategywill make itself feel in 2024 , mayhap including a HomePod with a presentation . And the iPhone 16 , of track , presently front like a far more appetising prospect than the cautious - seeming iPhone 15 … although that one might be a logical case of next year ’s grass always looking greener .
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An iPhone 14‘literally ’ carry through a familytrapped in theHawaii wildfires .
The rumor mill
Anunknown Apple model numberhas been spot as theiPhone 15 eventapproaches .
Another photograph leak has confirm theiPhone 15 ’s USB - C port – but theremay be a catch .
Weexplainwhy Apple should give older iPhones aUSB - vitamin C upgradetoo .
Apple is reportedlydropping leatherfrom itsiPhone 15 caselineup .
LeakedA17 chip specsmight nottell the whole story .
Wait , theiPhone SE 4isgoing to be goodnow ?
TheiPhone 16 Prois rumored to get a massive48MP ultra - broad cameraupgrade .
Podcast of the week
Sometime next month ( peradventure September 12 ? ) , Apple will reveal the new Apple Watch , which will be the Series 9 . And anyone who knows how to count realize that next year ’s watch will be the 10th reading , which is a landmark day of remembrance . So here ’s a inquiry : With the anniversary in intellect , should customers hop-skip the upcoming Series 9 watch this year ? We talk about theApple Watchin this episode of the Macworld Podcast .
you could arrest every episode of the Macworld Podcast onSpotify , Soundcloud , thePodcasts app , orour own web site .
Software updates, bugs, and problems
Your iPhone‘Batterygate ’ checkwill be arrive soon – with a little extra .
Talking of which … Before youskip the iPhone 15 , moderate youriPhone 14 Pro ’s battery wellness .
A researcherhas slammedApple ’s ‘ poorly ’ madeMac malware - trailing tool .
A security system house has show how hackers canspoof Airplane Modeandtake over an iPhone .
