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The Future-of-iPhone Edition Wednesday, October 28, 2020

A Guy Walks Into An Apple Store, by Matt Birchler

Yes, removing the charging brick from each iPhone box will reduce waste, and it will allow Apple to ship more iPhones on fewer planes/trains/trucks. But if you expand your view just a bit, you can really see how none of their other marketing backs up this goal, and in fact runs coutner to it.

iPhone 12 & iPhone 12 Pro Review: Family Resemblance, by Jason Snell, Six Colors

After the iPhone 12 series was announced, I began to prepare myself to give up pro features and looks in case I wanted the iPhone 12 mini. I didn’t expect to prefer the straight-up iPhone 12 to the iPhone 12 Pro, but that’s what happened. It looks better, feels better, and is appreciably lighter than the pro model. Your mileage may vary, but I hope the future of the iPhone looks more like the iPhone 12 than the iPhone 12 Pro.

Apple FCC Filing Hints At Hidden Reverse Wireless Charging Feature In iPhone 12, by Filipe Espósito, 9to5Mac

As first spotted by Jeremy Horwitz, the FCC documentation for the iPhone 12 models brings some interesting details about how these devices can be wirelessly recharged. FCC says iPhone 12 works with regular Qi chargers and also with a new “charging function at 360 kHz” that can recharge accessories.

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Apple Develops Alternative To Google Search, by Tim Bradshaw, Financial Times

The company’s growing in-house search capability gives it an alternative if regulators block its lucrative partnership with Google. When the US Department of Justice launched a case last week, over payments that Google makes to Apple to be the iPhone’s default search tool, urgency was added to the initiative.

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Most significantly, iOS 14 nudged aside Google for certain search functions. Queries made in the search window accessed by swiping right from the iPhone’s home screen — which Apple calls the “Today View” — show an Apple-generated list of search suggestions rather than Google results. These results include “autocomplete”-style suggestions generated by Apple, showing that it is learning from its 1bn users’ most common queries.

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Apple Music For Android Beats iOS To Crossfade, by William Gallagher, AppleInsider

Updated on Monday, version 3.4 of Apple Music on Android includes a number of changes that brings it largely in line with iOS 14's iteration. As part of the change, the app has been given a makeover, complete with features the iOS version has offered for the last month.

Orbit App Lets You Track And Price Your Work Hours With Smart Invoices On iOS And Mac, by Filipe Espósito, 9to5Mac

You can also set different timers for each client, project, or category. Just hit the button to start the timer when you begin working and the app will automatically calculate your working hours and how much it will cost based on the information you added previously.

Logitech's ERGO M575 Trackball Aims To Create A Healthier Workspac, by Oliver Haslam, iMore

Logitech today took the wraps off the new ERGO M575 Wireless Trackball, a pointing device that the company says "maximizes comfort" in an attempt to help create a "healthier workplace."

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Jon Stewart Returns With Current Affairs Series For Apple, by Lacey Rose, Hollywood Reporter

As part of an expansive, multi-year deal with Apple, the Emmy-drenched former writer, producer and host of The Daily Show is set to front an all new current affairs series for the streaming service. The show, which will run for multiple seasons, puts Stewart back in the anchor’s chair as he explores a host of topics at the center of both the national conversation and his own advocacy work.

Apple Buys Self-Learning AI Video Company To Improve Apps, by Mark Gurman, Bloomberg

Vilynx applied its technology to software that companies used for search and recommendation engines for video and other media. On its now defunct website, the startup touted the ability of its system to not only recognize items, but understand them.

For Draymond Green, Collecting Watches Is A Competition, by Cam Wolf, GQ

Sure enough, exactly what I feared would happen, happened. And I'm now in this dilemma where we're now getting outside of the house a little bit more. I've thrown on some clothes and I really want to put one of my watches on, but I don't want to take my Apple Watch off because I haven't met my stair goal yet. Or, I'm in a competition and I need to workout more. And so, everything that I feared actually came true. So then, I end up having to teach myself the balance of all right, I can still wear my watches and wear my Apple Watch.

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I am not at all tempted by the iPhone 12 Pro Max, but I can't wait to read reviews of the iPhone 12 mini.

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