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iPhone 12 Pro and Max predicted to have 6GB of RAM
Having recently traveled to Asia and talked to Apple's suppliers, Barclays analysts have concluded Apple will outfit next year's iPhone 12 Pro and Max smartphones with six gigabytes of RAM, up from four gigabytes of RAM in the current iPhone 11 Pro and Max models.
Barclays: the next iPhone XR may bring faster data speeds via 4×4 MIMO antennas
Apple is expected to release three new iPhone models in 2019, including a successor to the colorful iPhone XR which should feature a 4x4 MIMO antenna design.
Barclays: AirPods 2 due by Christmas 2019, AirPower launching in September
A second-generation AirPods will launch in the fourth quarter of 2019, Barclays claims, contradicting an earlier report from Bloomberg which predicted AirPods 2 with an improved Apple W2 wireless chip and built-in Hey Siri support would release this year.
Yet another analyst says a cheaper HomePod is coming in 2019
Barclays analyst Blayne Curtis and his associates returned from a recent tour of Asian firms in Apple's supply chain, concluding that a more affordable HomePod model is due next year.
Analyst predicts Apple will kill 3D Touch in 2019
Apple is expected to adopt the iPhone X design across 2018's iPhone models, but the company is now suspected to potentially ditch the 3D Touch pressure-sensing display feature from all 2019 iPhone models with an OLED screen.
Barclays unveils Siri support for its mobile banking app
British multinational bank and financial services company Barclays today announced that its mobile banking app for iPhone has picked up Siri integration, allowing customers to ask the personal assistant to make hands-free payments on their behalf.
Barclays: iPhone 8 to sport 3D sensors on both front and back
KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, along with a few other sources, believes Apple will bet heavily on augmented reality with iPhone 8. He predicted the device's front-facing camera will use a bespoke 3D sensor to let users take 3D selfies, map their surroundings, scan nearly any real-world object in three dimensions and more.
Analysts Andrew Gardiner, Hiral Patel, Joseph Wolf, Blayne Curtis and Mark Moskowitz reported in a Friday research note, obtained by 9to5Mac, that iPhone 8 may use a second 3D sensor out the back for augmented reality features.
Barclays: 2017 iPhones will have True Tone display
According to research note from Barclays, obtained by MacRumors, all three iPhone models this year will adopt True Tone technology that's currently available only on the 9.7-inch iPad Pro.
The research notes states that both Apple's rumored all-new iPhone 8 model with an active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) display and the iterative LCD-based iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus will each include a “full spectral sensing” ambient light sensor to support a “True Color” screen.
Barclays confirms Apple Pay rollout in late March
Barclays, a large British multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in London, has confirmed that it will be rolling out support for Apple Pay sometime in late March.
In an email dated January 12 and sent to customer Oli Foster-Burnell, a copy of which was shared on Twitter and obtained by Engadget, Barclays CEO of Personal and Corporate Banking Ashok Vaswani said they will launch Apple Pay “within the next 60 to 75 days”.
Apple Pay launches in UK with Barclays, First Direct, HSBC and others joining soon
As promised, Apple Pay has officially launched today in the United Kingdom. While the service is accepted virtually anywhere there's NFC, only cards issued by US, and now UK banks, can be added to Apple Pay for the time being.
According to Apple's website, the contactless mobile payment solution is supported across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland via cards from American Express, First Direct, HSBC, Nationwide, NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland, Santander and Ulster Bank.
According to The Telegraph, UK users can now pay with Apple Pay at more than 250,000 points of sale throughout the country, including Waitrose and London's transportation networks.