News on the sidelines the week of March 19-26

Corona may postpone the launch of the iPhone 12, the deserted Apple headquarters, discounts on MacBook Air and iPad Pro 2020, Apple donating 10 million, and other news on the sidelines ...

Corona may cause the iPhone 12 launch to be postponed

Several press reports revealed that Apple is facing a crisis regarding the iPhone 12 due to the Corona virus. The global epidemic has caused a binary problem in the phone, on the one hand, factories and suppliers around the world are no longer able to produce in the required quantities; On the other hand, the virus is currently causing the closure of Apple stores around the world and a state of economic recession that causes Apple, according to reports, to halve its sales, which means that Apple does not sell what it owns from the basis of the current iPhone 11 family. Reports said that the global situation will cause a tepid reception for the iPhone 12, which will require that it be dazzling in order to motivate customers to buy.

The software store is now available in Iraq, Libya, Morocco and 17 other countries

Apple officially announced the availability of its software store in 20 new countries, including many Arab, Islamic and African countries such as Iraq, Libya, Morocco, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Afghanistan, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, and others. Providing the store directly allows Apple users to use local payment cards and perhaps later services and applications are available in the local currency, as well as developers in these countries can directly subscribe to their addresses in the software store. Previously, users of these countries used to choose the American store or any other store for another country because they did not find their country on the list.

A new iPad Pro is coming the end of this year

DigiTimes revealed that Apple is working on an entirely new version of the iPad Pro, and it will be launched at the end of this year. The new iPad will change its screen type to become Mini-LED, as Apple decided to adopt this type as a future for the iPad and possibly Mac devices instead of the OLED used in the iPhone. It is noteworthy that Apple has never updated the main iPad twice in the same year, except once when it launched the iPad 4 a few months after the launch of the iPad 3 in 2012.

Apple will launch a new TV end of the year

Reports revealed that Apple intends to launch a new version of its Apple TV as well as a new version of TVOS that will focus on family control features, so that children are prevented from using the TV at specific times, just like the one in iOS in the Screen Time feature, as well as an option called Kids Mode that provides Customize more suitable for children.

Foxconn announces the recruitment of required labor

The Taiwanese Foxconn company announced that it was able to reach the target in employment rates to meet the seasonal demand of its customers. The seasonal demand is usually intended as requests for assembling a major device "iPhone". The company explained that it has examined 55 employees by PCR to ensure that they are free of Corona, and there are another 40 employees X-rays are underway for them. Usually, the beginning of the manufacturing of the iPhone is in the month of July at the maximum rates, but the company begins the initial manufacturing early in March and April.

Amazon offers a $ 50 discount on new Apple devices

In a big surprise, Amazon announced discounts on the MacBook Air, which was revealed last week, to become $ 950 instead of $ 1000 for the 256GB version, as well as other discounts on the iPad Pro with the same value of $ 50 on the Wi-Fi version of the iPad Pro 2020, whether size 11 Inch or 12.9 inch, and the 4G network version did not get a discount.

Apple is considering opening some of its stores early next month

A Bloomberg report revealed that Apple plans to open some of its closed stores in the United States in the first half of April. Apple had announced the indefinite closure of stores due to the spread of the virus, but the report said that Apple had begun to tell some store employees to be ready to return to work in the first half of next month. It is reported that Apple granted employees the ability to work from home until April 5, and it is not known yet what will happen after this date.

The iFixit team dismantles the new MacBook Air

The iFixit team disassembled the new MacBook Air and gave it a rating of 4 out of 10 for ease of repair. The center presented its report in which it said that the computer came with a better processor and the connection method between the main board and the TrackPad was changed; The team noted that Apple made removing the touchpad and battery easier than previous generations, but on the other hand, the keyboard became more difficult to remove and repair, and Apple used a lot of annoying pesky screws to remove.

Miscellaneous news

◉ Apple has updated its Shazam application on the iPad to support the Split View feature, which has been unnecessarily absent for a long time.

◉ Sites began to offer great offers and discounts on the Apple HomePod in an indicator that may mean that the stock is ending and preparing for the new, or that the headset is suffering from a recession. The price of the headset at the OWC reached $ 195 instead of the $ 299 official price for it.

Apple has stopped collecting iPhone in India due to the curfew and the nationwide lockdown that applies there for a period of 21 days.

◉ Video filming by Drone revealed that Apple's new headquarters are deserted due to the epidemic hitting the planet.

◉ YouTube announced the reduction of broadcast quality for all its users around the world, in order to preserve the Internet after sitting at home. The reduction will last for a month.

◉ In conjunction with this week's updates, Apple updated its ARKit system to version 3.5 with several improvements, as well as LiDAR sensor support in iPad Pro 2020.

◉ Google launched its podcast app on the iOS store.

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◉ Apple announced that it will donate 10 million N95 masks to health authorities in America. Facebook had decided to donate 720 masks, and Tesla donated 250 masks.

◉ Apple announced the provision of the "Pandle" purchase feature for Mac applications. With this, you can buy a copy of the application for Mac computers, iPhone, iPad, watch and TV in one purchase.

◉ Verizon Communications Inc. in America announced that it will give 15 gigabytes of free data to its individual users as well as small companies to help them stay at home.

Apple has designated a section in the software and music store to broadcast news about the global Corona epidemic.

◉ The leaked iOS 14 codes revealed that there is a new design for notifications for the Find My app, as well as an AR mode for the app.

◉ A Twitter account of leaks revealed that the AirPower charger project may not have taken place completely and that Apple is still working on developing the charger.

A report revealed that Apple will change the image stabilization sensor in the iPhone 12 to become a "sensor-shift sensor" instead of the optical stabilizer currently used. Sensor sensor Any connected camera will be able to take advantage of the stabilization.

◉ Apple will allow to change the wallpaper of CarPlay in iOS 14.

◉ Google announced the cancellation of the I / O 2020 conference, which it was intending to launch a virtual conference. Now the cancellation has been decided and it will not be held even by default.

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