Rene Ritchie

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Apple is working on both a super-expensive, barely a consumer-product, VR headset (virtual reality) and a more reasonable, mass-market pair of AR glasses (augmented reality). That’s according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman who’s just been making it rain rumors this week. MacBook, iMac, Mac Pro, iPhone, flippy iPhone, all of it.

Mark says the focus for VR, will be on gaming, entertainment, and communication, but given Apple’s history with hardcore gaming and the complexity of the technologies involved, you gotta ask — will they ever come out? And if they do, will they even be worth buying?

To help answer, I’ve got former VRHeads boss and tech analyst Russell Holly on the line.

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Just so that we’re 100% crystal clear on this — Apple can call the next iPhone… pretty much anything they want. iPhone 12s. iPhone 13. Sure. iPhone… 20. iPhone 20… 21. Why not? iPhone baker's dozen. Nope. Hard nope. iPhone Extreme. Ok. Fine. iPhone… Mother of Dragons. Come at me.

So the only real question here is… what *will* they call it?

Some people believe Apple will honor the superstition and just never name any iPhone 13. Like many buildings just don’t have 13th floors. 

Others, that Apple will once again want to use the S to properly set expectations for a phone with the same design but better internals, including a better version of a new radio technology and the introduction of a new biometric fingerprint identity scanner. Just like they did almost a decade ago with the iPhone… 5s. And go with iPhone 12s.

But how does Apple decide?

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Yep, we’re doing this! We’re talking about the flipping iPhone again. Seriously. Flipping and folding and hinge… ing. Just all the transformables that made all the headlines over the last few days via Front Page Tech’s John Prosser and Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.

iPhone 12s Fold? iPhone 13 Flip? Here’s what they said… and what you need to know!

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New iMacs with an all-new, bezel thin and no chin design, and new Mac Pros with both M1… and M1 inside? That’s according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who says Apple might be ready to give their desktops… well, the biggest upgrade in a decade.

Here’s what he said, and what it all really means.

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No more Touch Bar, the return of MagSafe, and the end of dongle life? That’s right, according to supply chain exfiltrator extraordinaire, Kuo Ming-Chi, Apple might just be getting ready to fix everything about the current era of MacBooks Pro that made so many pros just so beyond salty for just so long. And Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has just published as well, with some similar, some different information. (I just want M1X MacBook Pros now. But whatever. Here's what they said!)

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The Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21+, and Galaxy S21 Ultra have all just been announced and to tell us all about them — including how they compare to the iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro Max, is Android Central’s managing editor, Daniel Bader.

We're talking 5G, Apple A14 vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon 888, refesh rates, design, camera systems — including zoom! — lack of accessories in the box from both companies, and OneUI vs. iOS.

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Apple, like Google and Amazon, has removed the social networking app Parler.

Before that happened, there were some people who said Apple shouldn’t be hosting a platform used for planning violence and inciting sedition. Since it’s happened, some people have said Apple shouldn’t be censoring platforms or infringing on the first amendment and freedom of speech. 

Some are upset because they’re absolutists and think Apple, and Twitter, and Facebook, and the rest of Big Tech, should always or never moderate apps on the store. Others only seem to care one way or another when it affects their particular issue or team. 

Either way, since most of us aren’t using any of these terms consistently or with much if any context, and since I’m not a lawyer, I figured I’ll call in someone who is. Host of the Legal Eagle channel, YouTube’s lawyer, Devin Stone.

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In this video, I’m going to talk about the M-Series Mac I’m most looking forward to this year — the 16-inch MacBook Pro.

I’m talking M1X, Mini LED, USB4, maybe even a new design with Face ID. And I’m doing this for every Apple product coming this year so you can better decide what you want to buy and when. 

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In this video, I’m going over one of the most consistent, persistent rumors about the upcoming iPhone 13 — or whatever Apple calls the 2021 iPhone – that at least one model won’t have a Lightning port. 

No, it’s not going USB-C like the iPads have been. It’s just… going away. Period. Buh-Bye.

But, why though?

I loved this framing by Marques Brownlee, MKBHD: Solve + Justify. So, I'm going to riff off that.

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The next-generation iPad Pro (2021) might be coming our way as soon as March and, in this video, I’m going to break down… just everything that might be coming with it. I’m talking Mini LED display, M1-class chipset, Thunderbolt 3, and, of course, 5G. 

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