Taking a look back at another week of news from Cupertino, this week’s Apple Loop includes the cancelled technology in the iPhone 8, the mystery of USB-C replacing the lightning port, the fix for the battery bug, the return of the iPad, Tim Cook praising the AirPods, what it means to be pro, changes to third-party repair policies, and the iPhone 8 standing up to the Galaxy S8.
Apple Loop is here to remind you of a few of the very many discussions that have happened around Apple over the last seven days (and you can read our weekly digest of Android news here on Forbes).
iPhone 8 Loses Its Advantage
Expectations are high that Apple’s iPhone 8 will not only allow Tim Cook’s smartphone to match the Android powered competition, but leapfrog the opposition. It now looks as if two of the big enablers - a curved display and ‘at a a distance’ wireless charging - have been cancelled. Gordon Kelly reports:
As disappointed as some Apple fans will be by this one-two punch, I’d argue Apple is still on track to deliver an iPhone unlike any previous model.Removing the home button (and fingerprint scanning), will dramatically change how owners will interact with their iPhones. The iPhone 8 (some say it will be called the iPhone X) also looks set to mimic the Galaxy S8’s super thin bezels, bump up storage, introduce an ‘all glass’ chassis and quick charging.
ConversionConversion EmoticonEmoticon