Looking back on another week of news and headlines from Cupertino, this week’s Apple Loop includes iPhone 13 camera details, TouchID under the screen, iPhone 12 production cutout, Native Photoshop for macOS , problems with Transition Developer Kit, Parler not coming back, successful review from Apple Search App, and Disney hiding in your Apple Wallet.
Apple Loop is here to remind you of a few of the many conversations that have taken place around Apple over the past seven days (and you can read my weekly dig of Android news here on Forbes).
Leaking iPhone 13 camera details
With camera technology still at the forefront of smartphone use, the iPhone 13 is expected to build on existing iPhone technology. One area where Android devices are unlikely to fall short is in folding ‘periscope’ lenses. This week’s reports suggest that their introduction be delayed until 2023:
A “periscopic or” folding “lens pushes powerful zoom capabilities into the limited dimensions of a smartphone by redirecting side lights through the smartphone’s body through a series of lenses and mirrors or prisms.”
Forbes.
CHINA – 10/23-203: In this photo, iPhone 12 smartphone and its box are turned on … [+]
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Retrieving the fingerprint
One place where the iPhone 13 looks is ready to go up with TouchID. Barclays research has revealed that a fingerprint sensor is coming under the iPhone’s screen, apparently being tested for this year’s iPhone family:
“IPhone 13 models slated for release later this year will“ likely ”feature a fingerprint scanner embedded under the display for authentication, as well as Face ID, according to Barclays analyst Andrew Gardiner and three of his colleagues. “
MacRumors.
IPhone 12 Production Cut
Productivity of the iPhone 12 Mini is in print, with reports of Apple declining production on the smallest iOS smartphone. Overall the iPhone 12 family is expected to see a twenty percent drop in orders for the first half of the year. With the changing circumstances in the world of COVID-19, the potential for a ‘5G boost’ to sales has not come, and the steady sales of 75 million handsets appear to be continuing:
“The U.S. tech giant is cutting orders for all iPhones by about 20% compared to its plans in December, according to sources familiar with the matter, with the majority coming from mini, the cheapest phone with 5G capability. “
Nikkei Asia.
Photoshop goes natively
MacOS ‘s Rosetta 2 may allow Intel x86 apps to run on the ARM – based Apple Silicon, but Apple really wants developers to switch over to get the most out of the hardware new. Well, here comes a key mover; Adobe Photoshop now runs native code on the M1 Macs:
“Photoshop for Apple Silicon was in beta before, but now it’s widely distributed to Creative Cloud customers with Mac M1: those include the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro 13- inch entry level, and Mac mini “These big performance improvements are just the beginning, and we will continue to work with Apple to achieve the best performance over time,” wrote Pam Clark of Adobe.
The edge.
Issues with developer mobility devices
Many macOS developers took advantage of Apple’s Developer Transition Kit to prepare Apple Silicon apps for the M1 launch. Apple recently recalled the loan devices, but all is not going well. Developers are reporting a number of issues with the messenger collections, and many worry that they don’t have proof of postage if Apple asks where the kittens are in a few weeks:
“Again, developers say that if their DTK was collected, they have no proof that it did. And, many add that a collection date could be in Apple ‘s direction, but most suggest that sometime in the next few weeks it will be a special face.
Apple Insider.
Denler’s rejected app store list
Parler’s controversial messaging app was removed from the App Store following the Capitol riots in the US. After a close review of the latest app installed, Apple has rejected it from the Source, writing “There is no place for hateful, racist, discriminatory content on the App Store. ”:
“When it first removed Parler from the App Store in January, Apple asked the social network to change their appraisal practices. Apple said that Parler’s new community guidelines, which were released when the -back online service Feb. 15, enough to comply with the App Store rules. “
Bloomberg.
Health Check Success for Research App
The Apple Women’s Health Study team based at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health has published preliminary results about the women and their menstrual symptoms study. The data were collected from 10,000 participants in the study. The study uses the Apple Search App, which allows remote health data collection through Apple devices such as the iPhone and Apple Watch:
“The landmark study allows for a complete collection of bike tracking and other health data, enhanced through participatory studies, from individuals across different stages of their lives, different races, and across states and regions of the world. All of USA. “
Apple Press
And finally …
Disney has long used offline technology in the MagicBand to make it easy to access routes and services in its theme parks. Now the iPhone can go in, with an extra MagicMobile pass for the digital wallet:
“Guests can choose to use the Disney MagicMobile or MagicBand service – choose whichever option works best for you during your tour. You can even use both and switch between the two for added flexibility.”
Disney.
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