The leak: Inside a barren iPhone box later this year Apple will be including a nicer braided Lightning cable, according to L0vetodream (88.6% accurate) and DuanRui.
The included USB-C to Lightning cable will be braided out of the box (more purported images below)
This marks the first time the proprietary cable has ever seen a material upgrade
Our take: Nearly every person I’ve ever known has complained of a stripped or torn Lightning cable at some point in their life. Perhaps this is another way Apple will justify removing EarPods and charging brick from the box.
The rumor: Battery capacities may be shrinking across the board for iPhone 12 models launching later this year, as seen by MySmartPrice.
These are the purported new mAh capacities:
Apple iPhone 12 (5.4-inch): 2227mAh
Apple iPhone 12 Max (6.1-inch): 2775mAh
Apple iPhone 12 Pro (6.1-inch): 2775mAh
Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max (6.7-inch): 3687mAh
And here’s how they compare to the 2019 iPhone models:
iPhone 11: 3,110 ⮕ 2775mAh (-10.8%)
iPhone 11 Pro: 3,046 ⮕ 2775mAh (-8.8%)
iPhone 11 Pro Max: 3,969 ⮕ 3687mAh (-7.1%)
Our take: This feels off, especially amid the rumors of a 120Hz display coming to the Pro models. I could understand a slight reduction in overall capacity…but more than seven percent for every model? Unless there’s some wild magic Apple has worked with the A14 chip…I’m calling bogus on these being the final battery numbers.
iOS 13.6 adds support for digital car keys, introduces audio stories in Apple News+, and contains a new symptoms category in the Health app. This release also includes bug fixes and improvements.
Digital car keys
Unlock, lock, and start your compatible car with your iPhone
Securely remove digital keys from a lost device via iCloud
Share digital keys easily with iMessage
Driver-specific profiles so you can configure shared keys for full-access or restricted driving
Power reserve lets you unlock and start your car for up to five hours after iPhone runs out of battery
Apple News
Audio stories are professionally narrated versions of some of the best reads from Apple News+, selected and produced by the Apple News editors as part of your Apple News+ subscription
Apple News Today is a new, free audio briefing on the day’s top stories from the Apple News editors, also available in the Podcasts app
A new Audio tab makes it easy to find Apple News Today and Apple News+ audio stories
CarPlay allows you to listen to Apple News Today and Apple News+ audio stories while on the road
Local news in your Today feed provides extensive coverage of San Francisco, the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Houston, and New York City
More stories available from local news providers with a subscription to Apple News+
Your daily newsletter from Apple News can now be personalized with stories that reflect your interests
Health
New category for symptoms in the Health app, including symptoms logged from Cycle Tracking and ECG
Ability to log new symptoms, like fever, chills, sore throat or coughing, and share them with third-party apps
This update also includes bug fixes and other improvements.
Adds a new setting to choose if updates automatically download to your device when on Wi-Fi
Addresses an issue that could cause apps to become unresponsive when syncing data from iCloud Drive
Fixes an issue that could cause data roaming to appear to be disabled on eSIM even though it remained active
Fixes an issue thats causes some phone calls from Saskatchewan to appear as originating from the United States
Addresses an issue that could interrupt audio when making phone calls over Wi-Fi Calling Fixes an issues that prevented some iPhone 6S and iPhone SE devices from registering for Wi-Fi Calling
Resolves an issue that could cause the software keyboard to appear unexpectedly when connected to certain third-party hardware keyboards
Fixes an issue that could cause Japanese hardware keyboards to be incorrectly mapped as a U.S. keyboard
Addresses stability issues when accessing Control Center when Assistive Touch was enabled
Provides a mechanism for administrators to specify domains to exclude from traffic carried by always-on VPN connections
Some features may not be available for all regions or on all Apple devices. For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222
The dream: This year’s iPhone 12 Pro will have as much RAM as an iPad Pro, according to L0vetodream (88.6% accurate).
Pro iPhones will get 6GB of RAM, up 2 GB from last year
The non-Pro iPhone 12 (5.4/6.1-inch) will retain 4GB
Our take: Apple has always been extremely sluggish to upgrade RAM in iPhone models, but they appear to be making a huge jump this year with the new Pro phones.
Our take: With Apple already removing EarPods and the charging brick, I find a price increase on top of this highly unlikely. Pu’s poor track record also gives me serious doubts, especially for a price prediction.
The rumor: Apple’s next iMacs will boast larger displays of more than 23 and 30 inches respectively, according to Sonny Dickson (73.3% accurate).
The new iMac will some in two sizes, per usual: 23/24-inch and 30 to 32-inch
Both models will have “much thinner bezels inspired by Apple’s Pro Display XDR”
Our take: This is the first we’ve heard of a screen-size increase for the larger 27-inch iMac, which furthers my excitement for that model. My current 27-inch iMac is nearly flawless, but with a screen size and bezels similar to the Pro Display XDR, this next iMac could be perfect.
The rumor: Apple silicon will allow computers to become thinner and lighter, leading to a more concise notebook lineup in the future, according to Sonny Dickson (73.3% accurate).
Apple silicon would make the 13-inch MacBook Air and Pro too similar in capability, leading to the Air’s discontinuation
A 14-inch notebook called ‘MacBook’ or ‘The New MacBook’ will likely fill the bottom end of the lineup
The 16-inch MacBook Pro will stick around as the high-end option
Our take: After Apple just revamped the MacBook Air in 2018, it would be pretty wild to see it disappear already. Conversely…I also struggle to see where it would fit in as part of Apple’s silicon lineup. Just like Apple silicon is a fresh start for the Mac, perhaps ‘The New MacBook’ will be, too.
The leak: The iPhone 12 will have radically different internal packaging, according to ConceptsiPhone.
The leaked packaging is much slimmer than before, allowing for a smaller form-factor box
EarPods and a power brick will not be in the box, according to many sources
ConceptsiPhone is currently unrated with no leaks that have been accurate or inaccurate yet
Our take: This lines up with all the other rumors we’ve been hearing about the iPhone 12…but I have to questions what the blank, square space is for. It almost looks like it would be for EarPods or a pair of headphones…
