Generation TECH

OS updates today! Features in iOS today and in October; AppleIntellegence; Series 10 vs Ultra 2 watches; New features today; A18 chips is much faster than A17 (iPhone 15); FDA authorizes hearing aid feature; Vision Pro keyboard may be a vector; lightning is almost gone from the Apple lineup; Apple Intelligence will roll out over months, but first will be in October; iPhone 17 early rumors are too early.

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Apple iPhone event

09/09/2024

Apple Watch 10

S10 system on a chip

Larger screen than Ultra

Wide angle oled

New polished black aluminum (iPhone 7 had this)

2 new watch faces

Thinner more rounded (thinnest)

Titanium instead of stainless steel

Sleep apnea detection

Depth app new

Tides app

Water temp app

Order today, ships sep.20

ULTRA 2

Same watch

New Black titanium

Millenese loop bands

Order today, ships sep.20

(25 min)

Air pods 4

Short stem

Designed to fit all ears

H2-processor

Better bass

Open ear design

Immersive audio

Senses head nodding

Better voice isolation for phone calls

Smallest case ever

USB C

Air pods 4 dictate noise cancellation

Transparency mode

Noise cancellation

Transparency mode allows pass through

Conversation awareness will drop volume auto magically

Wireless charging

Speaker in case to help with “find my”

USB C

All fiber base packaging, no plastic

Order today, ships sep.20

Air pods max

New colors

USB C

Air pods pro 2 iOS 18

Better noise cancellation

-Prevention

Hearing protection for loud environments

-Awareness

Hearing test clinical level, secure in health app

-Assistance

Clinical grade hearing aid feature, personalized (this fall)

(39 min)

iPhone 16

AI stuff

Parallel cameras (2)

Has action button and camera button

5 colors

Blue, green, pink (ultramarine, teal, & pink)

Ceramic Shield screen

2000 nits to 1 nit

Camera control

A18 (skips a17)

Increase memory bandwidth

3nm tech

6 core cpu

5 core gpu

Apple Intelligence

Used to integrate personal data

On device and “private cloud compute”

Custom built servers

Not stored or shared

Independent verification

-Express yourself

writing tools

-memories

Intelligent search for images and videos

-prioritize and summarize

Intelligent notifications

Siri “new era”

Expansive knowledge

Screen awareness

Next month first features in beta

iPhone 16 only

Use camera to “learn more” about things places.

Add event to calendar

Etc.

Third party tools tied in… chatGPT and others

Camera experience

Control is sapphire crystal w stainless steel trim. Taptic Engine and touch sensor

3rd party integration “instagram”

48 main camera

Spatial images and videos

Wind noise reduction for video

Photo clean up ai editing

Hardware acceleration ray tracing

Better for gaming graphics

Battery life “big boost”???

Emergency sos live video

Satellite messages

Roadside assistance?

USB-C

Regular $699

Plus $799

iPhone 16pro

Larger displays

New heat management for sustained cpu use, larger battery,

AI - same as standard phones

Only on 16pro

Pro chip!

A18pro

Faster, more efficient 3nm

16 core neural engine

6 core gpu

6 core cpu 2 perf 4 efficiency

ML engines

New video encoder and image processor

Camera features

48mp “fusion” camera

48mp ultra wide camera

5x telephoto on both sizes

Photographic styles

Video updates

4k 120fps slow motion

Framing assistance screens

Audio recording improved

Spatial Audio capture during video

Audio mix feature

Voice memos coming later with layers

(93minutes)

New cases

Have special spot for camera button

No plastic in packaging

WiFi 7

6.3 and 6.9 inch

$999 & $1199

iPhones available

Preorder Friday 13th

In stores next week Friday Sept. 20

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Bob Zimmerman is from Minnesota! Electronic Drivers licenses; Apple ordered more iPhones than usual; Your fist apple product experience; The EU is forcing Apple to let users delete core apps; iPad mini may get an update next week too; The Mac mini may get more mini; Lots of changes in iPhone land; M4 Macs probably in October-November; What might be new with Apple Watch; Disney and DirecTV are at war.

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Our sound issue is fixed! 3D video, Google Pixel AI images are a concern; Apple event expected on the 10th, we should know for certain soon; iPhone 16 to have a “camera button?”; foldable 19” screen device; AirPods gain some functionality; head wobbles; and a long conversation about mactracker app.

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Audio troubles continue, 3D video and the QooCam Ego, Spatialify; Dexter V4 (now V5); Obsidian Pro and R, spatial video for only $30,000 or $5,000; Apple Robots?; Apple Modems are not getting here fast; M4 rollout will commence, slowly; Maps in iOS 18 will add trail maps; NFC might make Apple easier to use; Common at ya and Anaglyph 3D.

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Will Apple charge for AI; Buildings that store energy in gravity batteries; The M4 Mac mini could be much smaller; 3D video for cheap; Disney+ releasers movies in 3D for Vision Pro; Apple Maps on the web now support Firefox; and more!

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Tempest Weather update and the wrath of Debbie!; Apple Intelligence is rolling out just fine; Stocks are looking shaky and Berkshire Hathaway is selling; Intel valuation have nosedived; Is CO2 the real culprit; Nvidia chips are banned from export but aren’t they made overseas; Apple used Googles Tensor TPU to train Apple Intelligence; Meta is paying big to use celebrity voices in its AI plans; Intels 8008 processor was the both of our current computers its 50 years old; iPad sales push apple over quarterly expectations and growth year over year.

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Tempest Weather; Crowdstrike, Yikes! Lex.games; Apple exploring quad level memory; Samsung may second source image sensors; Rumor says they will use home developed modems in some phones in 2025; Apple Maps is now available in beta, online; Marc Benioff; Apple Intelegence (AI) won’t ship with initial versions of new OS’s; SearchGPT may threaten Google, but so does Apples relationship with Open AI; Ultra Thin iPhone rumored for 2025; 911 calls from Apple will add video soon; Political blah blah.

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TinyPod watch holder; Vision Pro might have a reason not exist; AppleTV+ gets nominations; iOS 18 will phase in features like every year; Steve Jobs talk in 1983; Companies who sell phone software know everything about you; iPadOS files app gets an upgrade; online state magazine; Largest IT outage in history; Political news; Tim Cook gave Trump a Mac Pro; Apple says they didn’t use You Tube without consent to train AI; Is it time to buy a Vision Pro; and A rant about iPadOS still needing a multitasking story.

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Trump shooting; iPhone 16 rumors; ChatGPT security again; Cameras in airPods; Apple Mac sales surge but remain small compared to PC’s; PrePrime day Mac Deals; The Unofficial Mac Weblog is back and its a rip off site; Best Buy and Amazon discounting Apple Products; ITs our 4th anniversary for Generation Tech!

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