Apple Loop: Disappointing iPhone 15 Leak, MacBook Pro Is Missing, More iPhone 14 Problems - Forbes

Taking a look backmost astatine different week of quality and headlines from Cupertino, this week’s Apple Loop includes the latest iPhone 15 disappointment, much atrocious quality for the iPhone 14, Apple Watch vs Pixel Watch, the missing MacBook Pro launch, iPhone charger fines, AirPods Pro 2 problems, and the App Store’s unwanted interaction connected our culture.

Apple Loop is present to punctual you of a fewer of the precise galore discussions that person happened astir Apple implicit the past 7 days (and you tin work my play digest of Android quality present connected Forbes).

Disappointing iPhone 15 Leak

For many, the iPhone 15 represents a accidental to propulsion guardant the envelope of the iPhone, but truthful far, it doesn’t look to beryllium going well. Following the dropping of TouchID leaked past week, the instauration of an iPhone with Apple’s ain 5G modem has reportedly been delayed:

“...the quality is thing of a stroke for iPhone fans. Apple has agelong shown the benefits of its tightly integrated chips, and in-house Apple modems would beryllium expected to present important show and powerfulness ratio gains compared to Qualcomm’s off-the-shelf X-range, which is besides utilized by astir Android rivals."

(Forbes)

Low iPhone 14 Sales Numbers

Is the iPhone 14 gathering expectations? As it stands, income are down connected the iconic smartphone. The numbers should beryllium balanced retired by the iPhone 14 Pro sales, but Apple’s strategy of holding backmost the basal iPhone specifications to marque the bigger phones look amended whitethorn person an unintended consequence:

"DigiTimes claims that income of the ‌iPhone 14‌ and ‌iPhone 14‌ Plus are considerably overshadowed by an "enthusiastic" effect to the iPhone 14 Pro and ‌iPhone 14 Pro‌ Max. Sources speaking to DigiTimes accidental that contempt differences successful income show betwixt the Pro and non-Pro iPhone models this year, full ‌iPhone 14‌ exemplary shipments volition apt beryllium astir the aforesaid arsenic those for the iPhone 13 lineup successful the 2nd fractional of 2021."

(MacRumors).

Some Watch On Watch Action

With an Apple Watch connected 1 wrist and a Pixel Watch connected the other, is it just to comparison the 2 smartwatches? It’s an evident comparison, but if you can’t premix and lucifer your phones and watches, tin you really comparison them?

“...it's besides rather harsh to enactment Google's instrumentality successful nonstop contention with Apple's hardware. Since the Apple Watch is aimed astatine iPhone owners and the Pixel Watch is much for Google Pixel owners and those utilizing Android smartphones, determination is simply a signifier of built-in disagreement for the audience's attention… the Google Pixel Watch is an fantabulous smartwatch connected paper, and surely a rival to the Apple Watch. It's conscionable that each caters to its ain ecosystem and astir apt won't encroach connected the other's turf that overmuch successful the future."

(Apple Insider).

Why Skip The MacBook Pro Launch

Apple could person held a triumphant motorboat event, celebrating the infinitesimal of completing the Mac modulation to Apple Silicon and reinforcing the connection with 2 high-end, high-performance MacBook Pro laptops. So wherefore volition the caller MacBook Pros beryllium launched by property merchandise instead?

"It feels similar Apple has already said [the determination to Apple Silicon is complete]... astatine WWDC erstwhile it announced the second-generation Apple Silicon M2 chipsets. While the M2 Pro and M2 Ultra for the MacBook Pro are expected with the caller MacBook launch, erstwhile the squad has stood up and had the M2 enactment successful the summer, there’s nary request to tally it again. The occupation is done, everyone knows the caller paradigm, and it’s clip to determination connected to the adjacent thing."

(Forbes),

Brazilian Fine For Missing iPhone Chargers

Last week saw the European Parliament corroborate the instauration of a mandate for USB-C chargers successful the European Union. This week Brazilian authorities, who person been dealing with manufacturers removing chargers from retail packaging, person fined Apple $19 cardinal for doing conscionable that:

"The Sao Paulo authorities tribunal ruled against Apple successful a lawsuit, filed by the relation of borrowers, consumers and taxpayers, that argued that the institution commits abusive practices by selling its flagship merchandise without a charger. "Apple said it volition entreaty the decision.

(Reuters).

New AirPods Face Audio Problems

Apple’s latest audio accessory, the AirPods Pro 2, are suffering from a tiny fig of issues astir audio drifting spatially betwixt the ears oregon moving retired of sync with each other. Apple has, arsenic yet, not commented connected the issue:

"Audio drifting is an contented with headphones wherever the dependable shifts betwixt each broadside of the 2 earbuds. The audio volition determination backmost and distant betwixt earbuds and tin besides get retired of sync with videos. In this scenario, the audio wouldn’t lineup with the rima of whoever is speaking successful that video. For AirPods Pro 2 specifically, affected users accidental they are experiencing a operation of audio drifting and shifting, arsenic good arsenic measurement levels randomly expanding oregon decreasing."

(9to5Mac).

And Finally...

There’s an absorbing treatment with Automattic’s co-founder Matt Mullenweg talking astir the trouble of moving Tumblr successful the existent situation and however the 2 US-based App Stores - Google Play and Apple App Store - enactment arsenic unofficial arbiters of what is acceptable for a wide audience:

"There are 2 stories here, really. One is the broader 1 of gatekeepers. Apple’s anti-porn stance isn’t astir child-abuse imagery: you simply cannot people porn to the App Store astatine all. But the App Store isn’t conscionable a store, it’s besides the lone mode of installing bundle connected the astir fashionable smartphone successful the world, and the company’s decisions astir what businesses it wants to enactment person a mode of warping the full culture."

(The Guardian).

Apple Loop brings you 7 days worthy of highlights each play present connected Forbes. Don’t hide to travel maine truthful you don’t miss immoderate sum successful the future. Last week’s Apple Loop tin beryllium work here, oregon this week’s variation of Loop’s sister column, Android Circuit, is besides disposable connected Forbes.