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Other quality this week included Verizon announcing a hefty monthly complaint for the iPhone Handoff diagnostic that lets 2 iPhones stock the aforesaid telephone number, portion the nationalist merchandise of iOS 27.2 and related updates appears to beryllium close astir the corner, truthful work connected beneath for each of the details connected these stories and more!
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Apple Announcing New Products Next Week: 'Pro and Tell'
The Apple motorboat parade continues, with Apple teasing different acceptable of merchandise introductions adjacent week nether the tagline "Pro and tell." Apple is holding a media "experience" for the caller products successful Los Angeles connected Wednesday, October 28, truthful we're expecting a question of property releases that day.
The lawsuit tagline and animated logo are suggestive of the long-rumored touchscreen MacBook that looks similar it volition beryllium appearing arsenic portion of the MacBook Pro household rather than arsenic a abstracted "MacBook Ultra." We're besides expecting an iPad mini 8 with an OLED display, arsenic good arsenic updated iMac and low-end 14-inch MacBook Pro models featuring the M6 chip. Be definite to check retired our overview of motorboat expectations for much details.
iPhone Duo Brings Back Long Lines astatine Apple Stores
After Apple saw "extraordinary" request for the iPhone Duo connected pre-order motorboat time past week that rapidly saw shipping estimates gaffe each the mode until January 2027, immoderate customers held retired anticipation of being capable to people a portion connected a walk-in ground astatine an Apple Store erstwhile income began connected Friday.
The concern marked a instrumentality to agelong lines astatine galore Apple retail stores, a improvement that had mostly disappeared successful caller years arsenic Apple emphasized offering online orders with pickup appointments alternatively than archetypal come, archetypal served walk-in sales.
Some retail store unit were advised to discourage walk-in customers from coming successful connected Friday with expectations of buying the device, and Apple said it would person "limited" availability of iPhone Duo successful its stores successful astir countries.
A fewer fortunate customers were capable to people walk-in purchases of the iPhone Duo, and Apple appears to beryllium reviving online ordering for in-store pickup that was rapidly removed nether the crush of pre-order day.
Here's What Apple's Apps Look Like connected the iPhone Duo
We had been a spot airy connected details astir conscionable what apps would look similar connected the iPhone Duo's caller signifier factor, but App Store screenshots revealed up of the motorboat however immoderate much of Apple's banal apps person been adapted for the caller device.
Early media reviews besides gave america a spot amended look astatine the situation, with galore noting that third-party apps whitethorn not look large until developers get them updated, arsenic by default they proceed to amusement successful a accepted iPhone facet ratio and layout surrounded by achromatic bars.
Verizon Will Charge $10 a Month for iPhone Handoff
With iOS 27, Apple introduced a new diagnostic called iPhone Handoff that lets you rapidly swap back-and-forth betwixt 2 phones with 1 telephone number. The diagnostic seems peculiarly convenient for the iPhone Duo launch, with immoderate users possibly wanting to transportation antithetic iPhone signifier factors astatine antithetic times depending connected their needs.
iPhone Handoff does necessitate bearer support, which is inactive rather limited, and carriers tin complaint other for those looking to instrumentality vantage of the feature. T-Mobile was the archetypal U.S. bearer to adhd enactment for it with pricing acceptable astatine $5 per month, and Verizon has present announced that it excessively volition beryllium adding iPhone Handoff enactment but astatine a heftier $10-per-month terms point.
Apple Releases iOS 27.2 Release Candidate
Apple this week seeded the merchandise candidates of iOS 27.2 and related updates for investigating purposes, suggesting a afloat nationalist merchandise could travel adjacent week.
The beta play was utilized to trial a revamped Health app, but that has been removed for the nationalist merchandise arsenic Apple volition proceed investigating it earlier rolling it retired to everyone aboriginal this year. Other diagnostic additions see a caller icon and taxable for Apple Music alongside a just-announced rebrand, idiosyncratic profiles successful the Apple TV app, and an enlargement of Siri AI enactment to caller languages.
Apple Planning 'HomeView Max' With 9-Inch, 360-Degree Screen
Apple's caller HomeView astute location hub hasn't made it into customers' hands yet, but we're proceeding continued rumors astir a more precocious mentation that could get successful the adjacent twelvemonth oregon two.
According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, this "HomeView Max" volition see a 9-inch show (up from 7 inches successful the modular HomeView) and see a robotic limb that volition let the show to swivel a afloat 360Âş to support visibility of the surface and support subjects successful presumption during video calls arsenic they determination astir a room.
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