We’ve arrived on the finish of July, which implies that we solely have a couple of month and a half of summer season left. I don’t find out about you guys, however summer season is my least favored season, and I’m fairly frankly over the warmth. I hope you’ve all been staying cool as greatest as you possibly can. However as we strategy the autumn season, we’re positively getting amped up for Apple’s subsequent massive iPhone occasion, so let’s dive in.
Extra iPhone 14 manufacturing woes
Apple’s subsequent massive occasion will contain the iPhone 14, however the destiny of provide and availability may very well be left up within the air as of proper now. Why? As a result of there are a number of points with the present provide chains and factories the place the iPhone 14 is being manufactured, which may very well be of concern as soon as we’re all attempting to put our orders.
Whereas numerous us appear to assume that COVID is over, that’s clearly not the case in China, the place iPhones are manufactured. The truth is, one of many Apple factories in China is at the moment below a COVID lockdown because of the rising variety of instances. In accordance with the report although, plainly this lockdown mustn’t have an effect on iPhone manufacturing, as operations “stay regular.” It’s simply that the manufacturing facility is in a closed loop system, which principally means operations are restricted solely to workers which can be dwelling inside a closed loop or bubble, with little to no contact with others past their vegetation or workplaces.
There are a number of points with the present provide chains and factories the place the iPhone 14 is being manufactured.
So whereas this may occasionally have been of concern, it would really not be something to actually get fearful about in the event you’re planning on pre-ordering an iPhone 14 on launch day. This manufacturing facility can also be one of many smaller ones, and never one of many important factories like in Zhengzhou. After all, solely time will inform.
Whereas we’re on the subject of iPhone 14 manufacturing, one other concern arose the opposite day involving digital camera manufacturing issues. Initially, the rear digital camera lenses have been being manufactured by a provider named Genius. Nevertheless, plainly the Genius’ lenses have been experiencing a “coating crack,” thus prompting Genius to maneuver about 10 million lens orders to a competitor (Largan) as a substitute. Once more, in the event you’re involved about how this manufacturing change will have an effect on iPhone 14 provide on launch day, you could not have something to fret about — in keeping with Ming-Chi Kuo, Largan can “fill the provision hole nicely.”
As somebody who at all times upgrades my iPhone to have a greater digital camera yearly, I’m desirous to see any enhancements to the digital camera system on the iPhone 14 Professional. I do want that Apple would return to a flush digital camera system that doesn’t stick out a lot, however truthfully, I doubt that can ever occur — these superior cameras are simply too massive! Although who is aware of, perhaps Apple can show me fallacious someday.
A brand new replace means that the common iPhone 14 could also be coming with 6GB of RAM.
And eventually, as we strategy the iPhone 14 announcement, some thrilling potential specs have come to mild. It seems that the common iPhone 14 could also be coming with 6GB of RAM, similar to the higher-end Professional fashions. For reference, the usual iPhone 13 solely comes with 4GB of RAM, so this might be a giant bounce for many who are choosing up a base-model iPhone 14 within the coming months. Nevertheless, remember the fact that whereas it might be getting 6GB RAM, there’s hypothesis that the iPhone 14 gained’t be getting the A16 Bionic, which can solely be accessible on the Professional fashions this 12 months.
For most individuals, although, the RAM improve could also be extra noticeable, as a result of the A15 continues to be lots quick. Regardless, it appears just like the iPhone 14 is shaping as much as be a beast, and positively would be the greatest iPhone in just a few months.
iOS 16 is an thrilling replace that continues to evolve
Regardless that we’re excited for brand new iPhones this fall, that’s not the one factor that we’ll be getting. Let’s not neglect about all that software program goodness that can even be dropping, making your present iPhone really feel new once more. iOS 16 is at the moment nonetheless within the beta levels, however it continues to evolve. The newest software program lastly lets us customise our Lock Display screen, edit and undo despatched messages in iMessage, add multi-stop routes in Maps, and a lot extra.
However there’s been a giant change in one of many latest options for Messages this previous week, within the fourth developer beta and second public beta. Beforehand, Apple had a 15-minute window for each enhancing and undoing despatched iMessages, however that has now modified with tighter restrictions. Enhancing will nonetheless retain a 15-minute window, however you possibly can solely make a most of 5 edits per message — after this, you possibly can now not edit a message. Additionally, everybody can reveal the edit log if want be. Undo Ship now has a lowered timeframe, going from quarter-hour to a mere two minutes. So if you wish to take again a message, you’ll must be very fast about it in comparison with earlier than.
Undo Ship now has a lowered timeframe, going from quarter-hour to a mere two minutes.
Actually, I’m glad to see these adjustments applied. After I examined the options out in earlier betas, I used to be shocked that the window of time for enhancing and undoing messages was so lengthy at quarter-hour — so much can occur in that point, and with limitless edits and no change log, there are those that will surely abuse that characteristic. For instance, if there was a dispute of some form in a court docket setting, and textual content message information would must be considered, not with the ability to see the unique messages could be troublesome.
Apple has introduced that Dwell Actions is not going to be accessible on launch.
I additionally assume two minutes versus quarter-hour for undoing a message is an efficient change, as a result of nicely, in quarter-hour, it could be very probably that the recipient would have the ability to see a message earlier than it was rescinded (it’s a giant window). A smaller window of two minutes implies that the recipient is much less more likely to catch the message earlier than it’s taken again, which might make extra sense to me. And in the event you Undo Ship on a message, the recipient’s notification for that message disappears with it, although if each are on iOS 16, there might be a standing indicator saying {that a} message was unsent within the dialog thread.
One other change in iOS 16 might be Dwell Actions, however Apple has introduced that this characteristic is not going to be accessible on launch. Dwell Actions is a brand new notification model that might be one everlasting notification that updates in real-time, as a substitute of an app sending you a number of notifications. Whereas Apple has given the inexperienced mild for builders to begin implementing Dwell Actions with the fourth developer beta of iOS 16, the characteristic gained’t launch to the general public till an incremental replace in a while. It is a disgrace, actually, as a result of Dwell Actions was a characteristic I used to be actually wanting ahead to for apps like Uber/Lyft, DoorDash, and extra. Hopefully, it gained’t be too lengthy after the preliminary iOS 16 launch.
Till subsequent time,
– Christine Romero-Chan
