By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Apple’s long-rumored foldable iPhone is still a hot topic, but analysts believe Apple won’t be bringing out its own foldable smartphone until 2027 at the earliest.A render of a possible iPhone FoldWhile rivals such as Samsung have entered the market with foldable devices, Apple has held back from doing so. The rumor mill still believes something is on the way, with analysts offering similar opinions.In a Monday report from TrendForce discussing the foldable smartphone market, analysts believe that foldable devices could control 5% of the market by 2028. However, while most of the discussion is about Samsung, Huawei, and other vendors, the report does offer a bit about Apple. Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Your fingers deserve better than a $30 generic keyboard. Here’s what you need to know when you start thinking about upgrading your typing experience with a mechanical keyboard.How to buy a mechanical keyboard: A partially disassembled mechanical keyboardIt makes sense to work out whether you can improve your computing life by changing your keyboard, and if you should pay heftily for upgrades. While people think about spending tons on their Mac, monitors, desk, and chair, they don’t think that much about the keyboard.And they should. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Actor Justin Long now stars in a painful Qualcomm ad that requires you to remember “I’m a Mac,” care about it, and fathom what his coffee mug means.Good luck figuring out the significance of the mugApple’s “I’m a Mac” ads were effective and funny. They were so effective that AppleInsider readers will remember them — but surely no one outside of technology will.Apple’s ads wound down 15 years ago. Qualcomm is trading on consumers remembering this, for an utterly wincingly bad dad-joke kind of ad. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) A new leak about the iPhone 16 Pro goes further than previous claims about the bezels and says they will be the thinnest of any smartphone ever made.The bezels on the iPhone 16 Pro may be even slimmerIt’s not a surprise that Apple may be aiming for thinner and thinner bezels on the iPhone, since it has repeatedly worked to achieve that before. Nor is it new that the iPhone 16 range in particular will feature yet thinner bezels.According to leaker “Ice Universe,” though, the iPhone 16 Pro will break records. He or she does not mention the iPhone 16 Pro Max, but it’s likely that will see the same reduction. Rumor Score: 🤯 Likely Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Stephen Silver) In this week’s roundup of Apple-related crime, a Man who burned down home over iPhone misunderstanding gets prison, iPhone scammers get arrested, and a man tracks his stolen AirPods Pro to Iraq.The Bluewater Apple Store in the UK The video of a thief ransacking an Apple Store in the Bay Area in January went so viral that crime alert app Citizen has been using the video in its social media advertising.Two men charged in the thefts were due to appear in court on the week of May 20, SFGate.com reported. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) Amazon’s latest Apple Watch sale knocks up to $170 off a variety of styles, with prices dropping to as low as $189.Kicking off the Apple Watch markdowns at Amazon this week is the 45mm Apple Watch Series 9 that’s now $170 off, bringing the price down to $629. This high-end GPS + Cellular style has the Stainless Steel case and Milanese Loop Band. And at $170 off, it rings in as one of the most aggressive Apple Watch price drops we’ve seen this year.Buy for $629 Continue Reading on AppleInsider
By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) A new report doubles-down on the improbability of new hardware debuts at WWDC — and pushes back the rumored arrival of an Apple TV set-top box update.Apple’s next Mac Studio and Mac Pro models won’t be announced at WWDCWalking back one of its own predictions, Bloomberg now says that no new hardware will be announced at 2024’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference, which kicks off on June 10th. It also revised its forecast for the next version of the Apple TV hardware box.The newsletter had previously said that it expected a new version to arrive in the first half of 2024. This would include an upgraded processor from the current model’s A15 Bionic. Rumor Score: 🤯 Likely Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) A bicyclist’s fortuitous AirPod bounce after a terrible crash helped police track down a hit-and-run driver.Suspect’s vehicle was tracked by an AirPod that fell into it after accident. Photo: Martin County Sheriff’s Office.A New York Times report told the story of 15-year-old Lochlan Nicol of Jensen Beach, Florida, who rode his bike to a gas station on the evening of May 22nd, 2024 to get some ice cream. An SUV suddenly turning into the station’s driveway caused the teen to crash, with Nicol’s head going through the rear-passenger window.During the accident, one of the boy’s AirPods fell out and into the SUV, lodging itself under a floor mat. The driver did stop briefly, but only to move the unconscious and seriously injured Nicol out of the road before fleeing the scene. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) Apple has quietly changed the M2 iPad Air’s listed GPU core count from 10 cores to nine cores, and Metal benchmark testing suggests that the nine-core spec is accurate.Apple has corrected the GPU core count in the M2 iPad Air’s description.The M2 iPad Air was originally announced as having a 10-core GPU in its initial press release on May 7, 2024. The press release has remained uncorrected, as has an iPad Air support page, and all listings for the product in Apple Stores outside the US as of June 1, 2024.The correction, first spotted by 9to5 Mac, on Saturday is likely to be the true core count, with the original specs having strangely been in error. Geekbench’s Metal benchmark testing of the M2 iPad Air shows a score of 41,095, compared to the M2 Pro’s 10-core GPU, which rates a score of 45,195. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) Best Buy’s blowout deal on the M2 15-inch MacBook Air knocks $400 off a loaded configuration with 16GB RAM and a 1TB SSD.Save $400 on Apple’s 15-inch MacBook Air.The steep markdown is available this weekend only, with the loaded M2 15-inch MacBook Air dropping to $1,499 at Apple Authorized Reseller Best Buy. At press time, Midnight, Space Gray and Starlight are available at the discounted price — with Silver already sold out.Save $400 at Best Buy Continue Reading on AppleInsider
