hi everyone Aaron here for zollotech and this past week was filled with news about the upcoming apple
event what to expect at the event as well as updates to iphone 14 the ios 15.4 beta 3 update
released this past week we'll talk about when to expect the next update and much more this is your
news update for the week of february 20th 2022 and the first thing is apple has now made the iphone
6 and 6 plus obsolete meaning that they no longer recognize it for support and won't be updating it
any further however the recent updates with this particular version may still get security updates
but they technically don't see it as something that they support any longer along with this they
also obsoleted the fourth generation ipad which was the first one to come out with a lightning
connector so if you want something that's going to get the latest security updates guaranteed
you may want to get maybe an iphone 7 or newer as iphone 6s and 6s plus are expected to lose
support with ios 16 although we don't know that and we'll have to wait to see if they do that
apple also updated its support app to now show updated prices for different areas if you have
that available so if you go into the support app it's free to download you can see repairs
and physical damage tap on that for the device you're using and maybe you cracked your display
here it will find your best option and then tell you what it would cost if you don't have apple
care if you do have apple care it will take that into account and give you the price based on that
so if we go back to repairs and physical damage maybe the back is destroyed it's 269 dollars at
that price you may want to just wait and buy a new one but it just depends on the device and
it will show you based on the device and based on authorized locations near you one of apple's
display manufacturer partners boe is apparently unable to keep up with demand of the displays
due to a chipset shortage it's expected to impact display production for the next two months or so
however apple does have many suppliers such as samsung and lg that may be able to pick up the
slack and it may not impact iphone production at all as last week foxconn said supply constraints
had been easing so apple does have many different suppliers so hopefully we don't see an impact but
it does look like many things are getting better with the exception of this display manufacturer
now if you're someone that uses whatsapp they've updated the app this past week
to allow you to listen to voice recordings while at the same time going into a different chat
this is something that's super helpful if you use that app and maybe you want to do multiple things
at once so that's something they've updated you do have to be on version 2.4.75 in order to have
that feature though the washington post reports that apple may be looking to unionize at some
retail locations so you'll see it says some us apple store employees are working to unionize
part of a growing worker backlash the reason is rising inflation and apple is not keeping
up with pay as much as the employees would like apple did recently improve benefits for many so
this may or may not be something people are doing and i'd like to know what you think about this in
the comments below google this week has said that they're working on a privacy sandbox to
limit ad tracking on android and has said that apple's blunt approach is ineffective
however it does seem that it's effective since facebook recently said it would lose billions in
ad revenue because of this so it seems google is trying to fit somewhere in between to serve both
consumer and companies selling ads so we could see something similar to privacy tracking limitations
on android in the future if you use apple music and you tap on listen now and scroll down you'll
see the new replay 2022 list this is something apple updates all the time every week with your
most listened to songs you can see some of mine here it's mixed with what my wife listens to also
but skillet nf mute math and much more so that's been updated this past week the new york attorney
general issued an airtag consumer alert over stalking concerns however last week apple also
announced that they would be updating find my and air tags in different ways when there's an
air tag nearby that doesn't belong to you to help you better be alerted of that so these updates are
expected with ios 15.4 and you can see this here from february 10th where it says an update on
air tag and unwanted tracking they're going to be making this louder so that you'll hear it a little
bit better and also they've been working with law enforcement and also have advancements coming to
air tag and the find my network so there's much much more in here refining unwanted tracking
alert logic tuning air tag sound and much more so this is something apple has already responded to
seems like new york was a little bit late with that but either way apple's heard many people's
concerns and are working to fix that and make that much better apple did update mac os big
sur this past week as well with mac os 11.6.4 so if you're using a mac with an older version
that has been updated and then along with that they updated a ton of different ios updates so
ios 15.4 beta 3 ipad os 15.4 beta 3 tv os 15.4 beta 3 watch os 8.5 beta 3 and mac os 12.3 beta3
so we had all of those updates and we're waiting to see when apple's going to release the next one
however this past week apple stopped signing ios 15.3 which means they're getting ready for a new
version typically when that happens within a couple weeks we see some sort of update
now because i think ios 15.4 is probably a few weeks out it's possible we'll see in ios 15.3.2
or maybe we'll have nothing in between then so at this point it's possible we could see something
this week but if not i would expect beta 4 as soon as tomorrow or wednesday with maybe a release
candidate in the first week week of march with a final release around the 8th of march when we
expect that new apple event so it looks like we're going to see something along those lines as far as
the release apple has not said specifically but if we see an update such as ios 15.
3.2 at this point that wouldn't surprise me at all since they stopped signing it again this can
change at any time so apple has not said anything specifically but it seems like we're on a weekly
release schedule as far as 15.4 and it's possible they even released the rc this week instead of
beta 4. so we'll have to wait and see we should know as soon as tomorrow now as far as the next
iphone iphone 14 we have a general idea of what it may look like foxconn who assembles the iphone
is apparently starting trial productions of the iphone 14 so apple sort of finalizes the overall
design and then they begin manufacturing it and figuring out the best way to get the production
line ready to make sure the process is in place to produce it in apple's quality standards and
the quantity that they need so that's something that it looks like they're already ramping that
up and then they start mass production in a few months to get everything ready for the fall where
we'll have maybe around september we'll have the announcement and then the final release of iphone
14 with millions of them available to the public that's typically what apple does also iphone 14
is now expected to contain 8 gigabytes of ram according to a korean blog called naver who has
some knowledge of supply chain sources this could be used for the rumored 8k video with
a higher megapixel count where you need that for 8k or just use maybe for lidar as maybe if you've
used one of those apps that helps you 3d scan a room or something else you often run out of ram
for each room so you could use that additional ram for something like that ios i don't expect
really needs that but maybe they're getting ready for some new features with ios 16 as well
apple is also still investigating the possibility of a folding iphone however with
recent information from ross young it seems apple may not release them until at least 2025 but they
are looking into maybe a foldable macbook as well so they have a few different ideas they're always
exploring things like that and also today apple has completed its production tests for apple's
upcoming ar and vr headsets according to digitimes so maybe we'll see something like that around wwdc
in june when we expect to see some new products as well as ios 16 and the next version of mac os and
more so it looks like apple's getting a lot ready with reality os and much more expected around wwdc
where we typically get invites for those event in march and then we'll have the event in june
the first or second week of june so i can't wait for that and of course with the new version of ios
with a ton of features and more now like i said earlier that apple event is expected on march 8th
that means we should see invites as soon as either this week or next with that event coming out on
the 8th and we should see new products along with that so as soon as i know about that invite
once we hear about that of course i'll be sure to let you know and i let you know on many different
social media platforms at the same time now mark german this week has reiterated that he expects
not only ipad air ipad or fifth generation as i've talked about before with maybe an updated
cpu maybe center stage for the front camera an upgraded front camera but also an iphone se3 so
again i've said that i think it will be a little bit different since they're going to implement 5g
now within the iphone se3 i know a lot of people are saying it's going to look just like the se2
but i would expect something a little different as we need bigger batteries to handle the additional
power drain from 5g so we'll have to see what apple's going to do with it but maybe
they'll have something new i would love to see touch id on the power button but many people
basically say it's the exact same as what we have here with the se2 just upgraded internals but
we'll need something as far as a millimeter wave antenna if they plan to implement 5g with it so
there will be slight changes and of course as soon as i know more about that i'll share that with you
now mark german this week also talked about the macbook pro and mac mini and with the upcoming
macbook pro much is not expected to change the expected design is basically going to be the
same we'll have our thunderbolt ports and some are saying that we're going to have a touch bar while
others are not so on this macbook m1 you'll see it's a macbook pro with m1 we have the touch bar
some people have said it's going away apple has gotten rid of it on the pros so it makes sense to
get rid of it here it's an additional expense they could just replace it with function keys of course
and leave touch id and things alone but we'll have to wait and see if they actually change this or
not as there's some reports saying that they're going to keep it others saying that they won't
i think it would save the money if they don't keep it and it looks like they're getting rid of it
anyway so it makes sense but we'll have to wait and see if they do that but we do expect an m2
chipset so an m2 but a very similar design the mac mini is also expected to get an update whether or
not that's the pro version that we expect with an m1 pro or m1 max option i would love to see that
but we don't really know until they actually release it it seems to be very little news about
that of course we're also expecting that new updated macbook air with different colors and
more with an m2 in it so all of those things are expected at this upcoming event i've talked about
them before but we are expecting an m2 whether or not it has magsafe or maybe mini led though
seems to be unlikely however we'll have to wait and see what they do with that as far as a new
apple display many people do expect an updated version of a pro display xdr maybe with promotion
but also a less expensive version as that starts at 5 000 so we expect something less expensive
and maybe around the june time frame around wwdc since that's for developers so we still haven't
seen that we haven't seen an imac pro which again we expect sometime around in june maybe
with a release a little bit later or maybe later in the summer along with that imac pro and mac pro
so those are the things we haven't seen with an updated apple silicon chip in it so i would expect
those at least by that time frame since that will mark about two years since apple's shown it off
and would match the time frame of updating all of their products so again i'm looking forward
probably more to wwdc than the march event but i can't wait for an event this year just to get
the year started with apple products and more again expect ios 15.4 beta 4 or rc this week
and of course as soon as i know when they're out i'll let you know with an updated video and more
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