With the arrival of the company's last several major events, Apple has used augmented reality to help spice things up. And that's no different with today's announcement. Earlier, the company confirmed it will be "California Streaming" on Tuesday, September 14, to unveil new products.
Apple will broadcast a prerecorded product tour on Tuesday, September 14 from the Apple Park headquarters in Cupertino, California to unveil iPhone 13 and Apple Watch Series 7.
Over the weekend, legendary analyst Ming-Chi Kuo put forth a new research note that aimed to shed some light on upcoming iPhone features. In that note, Kuo said that Apple was working on bringing some satellite features to the iPhone lineup. Specifically, satellite calling, and that the feature would arrive along with the "iPhone 13" lineup this year.
We examined some iPhone 13 cases from a trusted vendor in search of evidence backing up claims that the upcoming Apple smartphone might see some noteworthy design changes.
According to a revered Apple analyst, the next iPhone tentatively named “iPhone 13” will include a new chip allowing it to support satellite communications. It's unclear, however, if the next iPhone will let you make satellite calls via services like StarLink. For all it's worth, Apple could be simply future-proofing iPhone 13 until software support for satellite calling is in place.
Over the course of many years, one thing that seemed pretty easy to speculate was the name of the next iPhone. Even when Apple was using the "S" brand for its smartphone lineup. Things got a bit interesting when Apple went with "iPhone X" and then "iPhone XS" to then go with "iPhone 11" and opt for "iPhone 12" immediately after that. And apparently a lot of people out there think Apple should go with "iPhone 12S" this year, rather than "iPhone 13."
If things pan out the way many expect, Apple is going to announce a new iPhone lineup, along with plenty of other devices, in the early part of September. Relatively soon after that, preorders will start. Then, like clockwork, the handsets will launch and people will be able to get their hands on them. First, though, the rumor mill has to keep trying to fill in the blanks.
The global landscape has changed quite a bit over the last year and some change. Masks are now common place, and that means Apple's reliance on a facial recognition biometric system for its iPhone lineup has proven slightly more tedious than it should be. However, Apple did make a workaround -- but only if you use an Apple Watch. Now, according to a new rumor, Apple's working on something a bit more straightforward.
As COVID-19 remains in the pandemic stage, there continue to be a lot of cases where covering one's face is needed. Apple was supposed to make phone unlocking easier by adding in-screen Touch ID to iPhone 13, but now a new report has shot down that possibility.
As we inevitably march towards the end of August, and prepare to welcome a new Apple event in September, the rumor mill isn't quite ready to go quietly into the night. A new report today aims to corroborate some previous rumors regarding some changes for the newest iPhone lineup, expected to be revealed in just a few short weeks.
Aside from a previously rumored portrait video mode, this year's upcoming iPhone 13 models releasing in the fall are understood to also add support for Apple's ProRes video codec.
MagSafe, which allows for accessories of all kinds to attach to the back of supported iPhone models, is a great feature. But as is the case for all accessory-focused features, it needs support beyond Apple's. Which is good news for external battery packs.