The iPhone 12 is coming without a charger or headset, and Samsung launches the 870QVO with a capacity of 8 TB, Microsoft is closing its stores forever, and Apple is a victim of the Indo-Chinese conflict and other news on the sidelines ...
IPhone 12 is coming without a charger
Two weeks ago there was a flurry of near-confirmed news that Apple was working on 20W charger development Which made us expect super fast charging in the iPhone 12. But it seems that the wind will not always come as the ships desire, as several press reports revealed that Apple, in order to reduce the cost of the iPhone 12, it will sell the phone without a charger. Yes, this is true and exactly as I have read; The iPhone will not come with a charger, not even a slow 5W charger, and it will not come with headphones, so the question remains whether Apple will put the cable with the phone or not! What about the box, will it be in a box or a plastic bag to reduce the cost!
The unfortunate thing is that when Apple is making a move that the companies will follow So will we see phones sold separately without chargers in the future!
Apple asks its suppliers to end the late production of the iPhone 12
During the past two months, many sources confirmed that the iPhone 12 is facing a production problem caused by suppliers who have had problems resulting from the Corona epidemic; And the news became confirming that Apple will not be able to provide the iPhone in the traditional date, which is September. This week, a Nikkei news report revealed that Apple sent suppliers closer requests for firm orders that they must speed up production and make up for the shortfall in order to catch up with the company's schedule.
Samsung launches the 870QVO hard drive with a capacity of up to 8 TB
Samsung announced the launch of the new generation of storage capacity of its SSD, which will be called 870QVO and became available as of last Tuesday (the day before yesterday, June 30). The hard drive comes with the second generation of QLC technology, with a speed of 560 MB reading and 530 MB writing, and the capacity of carrying up to 360TBW for a capacity of 1 TB and 1440TBW for a capacity of 4 TB. The 1 TB capacity has already started selling at $ 130 and the 2 TB capacity is $ 250 and the 4 TB capacity is $ 500, and within two months it is expected to sell 8 TB capacity, but Samsung has not announced the price, but the news says it is $ 900.
Apple expands its supplier base for Mini-LED displays
Reports revealed that Apple decided to switch to Mini-LED screens within a deadline of 18 months, that is, before the end of 2021, for iPad Pro and MacBook Pro devices; The report said that Apple's current suppliers were unable to develop production lines to provide the required quantities and quality, prompting Apple to increase the supplier list and allow other companies to join them to increase competition between them. Mini-LED screens come in about 10 thousand LEDs in a very small size, allowing Apple to offer devices that are light and thin, and at the same time get the same color quality in OLED.
The 10.8-inch iPad Air is coming this year and the Mini 8.5 next year
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that Apple will launch the iPad Air 2020 version in the second half of this year, which will come this year with a new increase in screen size to reach 10.8 inches compared to 10.5 inches for last year's version. The analyst said that the 20W fast charger, of which pictures appeared, is the iPad Air, not the iPhone, and will be included with the product in the box. As for the iPad mini, it will be next year and its size will increase to 8.5 inches, compared to 7.9 now and since its release.
Geekbench is monitoring the emergence of an unannounced iMac
Before a conference WWDC2020 There have been a lot of rumors circulating about Apple planning to launch a new iMac in the design language of the iPad Pro; But the conference passed and we did not see the iMac and rumors moved to say that it will appear in the iPhone 12 conference expected in September. The famous test site Geekbench has increased the rumors to power, as it announced the monitoring of an iMac device that works with an i9-10910 processor with a number of 20 cores and an AMD Radeon Pro 5300 graphics card, and these specifications are not present in the current iMac devices, and this means that Apple has completed the development and manufacture of the device and it is time to conduct user tests; Often when a new device is launched, the user goes to Geekbench to see the results of his new computer; Mostly Apple wanted to put itself in the place of the user and see reviews. Do we see this computer at the iPhone 12 conference, or a later date?
Microsoft permanently closes its stores
Microsoft announced the closure of all of its physical stores and that it will switch to customer support and online selling only. In 2009, Microsoft had opened physical stores to sell its products as well as provide technical support, just as Apple does; The number of stores reached 116 stores in 4 different countries, but the company faced great difficulties in managing stores, which prompted it to close them. The company said that some stores in New York, London and Sydney will become experience centers.
Britain: Google's deal with Apple hurts competitors
Google pays an annual amount to Apple, said to have reached $ 9 billion, in order to be the default search engine for the iPhone, "Safari Browser," which has been widely criticized by the British Competition Authority, which said that this deal kills competition. According to the report, Google paid $ 1.5 billion to Apple to be the default search engine for devices sold in Britain (iPhone, iPad and Mac), which does not make competitors such as Microsoft Bing, Yahoo and DuckDuckGo an option because most users do not think of changing the default engine. And Apple gave Google an advantage over them. According to press reports, the authority is considering issuing a decision requiring Apple to leave the option to the user when opening the browser for the first time. It is reported that Apple and Google have never talked about the deal between them and its value.
India is holding iPhone shipments due to its manufacture in China
In recent weeks, the historical Sino-Indian conflict has reappeared again and a small armed clash occurred on the borders, prompting the Indian government to take violent measures against China, including blocking Chinese applications, including TikTok, SHAREit, UC Browser, the Chinese Wechat application, and others. And there was a popular attack on Chinese stores, which prompted companies like Xiaomi to change their banners and write the phrase "Made in India" on them because their devices are actually manufactured in India for the Indian citizen.
The procedures reached Apple, where the iPhone is assembled in China, so the customs authorities have seized a shipment for Apple that was in customs at the time of the crisis; Apple has submitted a request to the Chinese government to exempt its shipments from economic sanctions. The Indian government has yet to comment on the matter, which has affected many companies such as Dell as well.
Apple publishes brief videos of the days of the conference
Apple continued across Her YouTube channel Posting short videos for the days of the conference. In an article On the sidelines last week We published the first and second videos and this week the following 3 days were published:
the third day
https://youtu.be/ijwE6VPpRYI
the fourth day
https://youtu.be/raArWQlKIqU
Fifth and final day (Friday)
https://youtu.be/L4QC4eyE4NU
Miscellaneous news
◉ Apple has “speculated” or converted the first MacBook Retina computer to become an “obsolete”. The device was released in 2012, meaning that it is obsolete, i.e. Apple does not provide any hardware services or maintenance.
◉ The world-famous WhatsApp application has revealed features coming soon for users, such as moving stickers, QR support, dark mode for the web, and other benefits
◉ Apple has updated the beta versions of its current version to the third version, from iOS 13.6, watchOS 6.2.8, tvOS 13.4.8, and Mac 10.15.6.
◉ AMD has issued a definition update for the Radeon Pro 5600M graphics card for 16-inch MacBook Pro devices for Windows 10 “Boot Camp”, so that Windows users on Mac will be able to obtain the highest quality graphics card in their device.
Last week, developers arrived at their Mac mini ARM processor.
◉ Apple launched the 109th version of the Safari Technology Preview browser, and it came with 14 new features. It is clear that Apple is greatly interested in Safari and increasing testing of new features in the Technology Preview version, which makes us optimistic about the future of the browser.
◉ Apple acquired the Dark Sky weather app and announced the closure of the Android version of it from August 1.
Apple's System Status website indicated that the iCloud website encountered a problem on Wednesday that prevented users from accessing the site. The problem lasted for more than an hour.
The head of the Congressional Antitrust Committee revealed that Tim Cook will be summoned this month to investigate the monopoly charges against his company.
◉ A recent report by an analyst specializing in the field of screens denied that the iPhone 12 is coming with the 120Hz ProMotion feature in the iPad. The analyst said that Samsung, Huawei and most Android companies will support the feature in their top phones, but Apple will not launch it soon and will continue on the iPad only. The analyst published the following picture of the devices which he said are coming with support for the feature.
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