Here are the top Apple-related articles at Apple World Today for the week of August 19-23.
° SellCell, a site that sells used smartphones, has surveyed 2000+ US adults who are iPhone owners to find out if they will invest in the forthcoming Apple handset, and ask why they will or won’t upgrade to the 16-series model.
° Cisco Talos reports that it’s identified eight vulnerabilities in Microsoft applications for macOS.
° Apple continued to dominate the global smart personal audio market in quarter two of 2024 with 17.1% market share, according to Canalys.
° Apple has topped the “TopBrand Top 500 Global Brands List” for the third consecutive time.
° A report by United News Networks claims that Apple partner Foxconn has been selected by the tech giant to make the robot arm and casings for Apple’s (rumored) tabletop robot.
° As the U.S. National Park Service marks its 108th birthday this week, Apple is celebrating with more ways to support and experience America’s parks.
° Apple will make the most expensive iPhone Pro and Pro Max models in India for the first time this year.
° Apple is offering an extended three-month free Apple Music trial for new users over the summer — IF they haven’t been a subscriber to the streaming service before.
° Apple has been granted a patent for an armband with a tactile vibrator.
° Apple has been granted another patent for a Mac with a virtual keyboard.
° It’s anticipated that we’ll get M4-equipped MacBook Pros this year. And M5-based versions may arrive next year, if analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is correct.
° The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has closed its existing Competition Act cases into Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store.
° iCloud Storage remains Apple’s most popular service, according to a new report from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP).
° This should be good news for upcoming Mac laptops: global notebook shipments are projected to reach 173.65 million units in 2024—marking a 3.7% increase compared to 2023, according to TrendForce.
° Matt Fischer, Apple’s head of the App Store, is leaving as part of a reorganization of the division.
° In an X post, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says Apple’s foldable Mac laptop has been delayed to 2027 or 2028.
° iPhone sales in Latin America grew 44% annually in the second quarter, according to new data from Counterpoint Research.
° An Apple Ring may have a microphone for Siri support.
° macOS Sequoia, the newest version of the operating system that runs on the Mac, is currently set to launch in mid-September.
