Comment: Apple's Spring Loaded Event – The Good the Bad... And Almost No Ugly

The usually quite well informed market expert, Ming-Chi Kuo, recently claimed that there won't be any Apple Silicon iMac Pro this year contrary to expectations – and that goes for the Mac Pro too. Apple has delayed both of the high-end computers until 2023.

Samsung has traditionally been one of Apple's biggest competitors when it comes to premium smartphones. After the California-based company released the iPhone 13 Pro Max, its South Korean counterpart followed up with the Galaxy S22 Ultra. A recent test compares the camera quality of the two devices.

A new, interesting Mac mini M1 home project has now been added to the ranks. The handyman removed all unnecessary parts and rebuilt the computer inside a tiny housing – completely functional with working MagSafe.

WhatsApp has been hard at work on a special iPad app for quite some time now but its release date is still unknown. Its sister company, Instagram (another Meta subsidiary), however, isn't planning any tablet specific port of the app for Apple devices. The reasoning? Well, it's a little bit strange...

In the most recent edition of his newsletter, Mark Gurman just confirmed what the analyst Ross Young had already voiced: Apple is indeed working on a foldable MacBook display. The newsletter also contains a few interesting snippets of information concerning the Apple Watch Series 8 – and the end of the Apple Watch Series 3 approaches.

All signs point to the pending release of a new generation of the iPhone SE. However, there could also be a somewhat surprising new step next to the expected changes – Apple is going to lower the price quite aggressively.

Defective iPhones are normally repaired by authorized Apple service partners. Sometimes, however, component failure necessitates complete device replacement. Thus far, this has been the case for the Face ID module – something which Apple is soon to change.

Apple added dark mode back in macOS 10.14 Mojave. Most users who switch between dark mode and light mode do so via the System Preferences, however, there are actually two quicker ways without additional software.

A leaked roadmap indicates that Intel is on the way towards beating the M1 in terms of performance and efficiency. However, it's likely to take so long that Apple will have already outdone itself again, along with Intel's newest chip, before anything comes to fruition.

Since the end of 2020, the Mac has gotten quite a lot of attention in Cupertino. As per Mark Gurman in a new article, 2022 will also be an exciting year for the Mac – with more hardware announcements than ever before.

According to most predictions, there should be some major innovations coming to the iPhone world this fall. There have been countless reports concerning a broad set of changes and Apple should be removing the controversial "notch" from the Pro model. New reports indicate that the product's design phase has come to an end and test production has begun.

Just a few weeks ago, Samsung released the new Galaxy top model. Although it is the fastest Android currently on the market, it's still nowhere near as fast as the iPhone. Additionally, the new Galaxy S22 appears to overheat under stress.

Apple's likely to hold another event in the near future – and new Macs are likely to take the center stage. Three new entries into the EEC provide a few hints about what might be on the way – and one of the entries should be a new notebook.

At least in the USA, it'll soon be possible to pay at businesses from iPhone to iPhone. Every other NFC compatible payment method will also be supported. Now that "Tap to Pay" is available in the iOS 15.4 beta, more details have come to light.

There's a big problem surrounding the AirTags. Stalking. Unfortunately, Apple's new "smart tracker" is very convenient for more than just finding your lost coffee cup – it can also easily be used for more nefarious purposes such as victim tracking. Apple hopes to put a stop to this and has announced multiple new measures.

Modern automobiles possess state of the art technology to increase drivers' safety. Apple's upcoming "Apple Car" will be no different, providing its drivers with state of the art electronic assistance. For a while now, Apple has been hard at work on getting the car to react as precisely and autonomously as possible to driving stimuli.

With 2020's M2 and 2021's M1 Pro/Max chips, we have a good idea of what direction Apple is headed in as far as processors are concerned. 2022 could see the first rework of the base chip and the arrival of the M2 according to Mark Gurman from Bloomberg.

If recent reports from Bloomberg can be confirmed, then there are only 4 weeks between now and the next Apple event – and the official opening of the next product year for Apple. Several hardware announcements are expected, and it will be especially exciting to see whether or not the iMac Pro will count itself among them.

Blizzard has received a little bit negative attention than usual lately, as the company continues developing Warcraft. Even though the company experienced a renewed wave of success following the releases of Warcraft Reforged and World of Warcraft Classic – the company has received criticism for a lack of further development. Come 2022, that's set to change.

Thanks to its highly efficient M1 chip, the MacBook Pro 2021 runs almost entirely devoid of any thermal problems. During instances of extremely high ambient temperatures, however, the fan does have to work a bit harder and there have recently been reports of display issues during operation under such temperatures.

It's finally possible to use face masks with Face ID in iOS 15.4 – and that's without an Apple Watch. We will summarize how to set up the new feature and what it means for glasses users – as well as giving our first impressions.