By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Investment analyst firm TD Cowen is predicting that Apple’s next earnings call will show little growth, but says forthcoming AI features could prove significant.iPhone 15 Pro rangeAnalysts such as JP Morgan in March 2024, and Morgan Stanley in November 2023, are consistently predicting that AI will boost Apple’s iPhone sales. JP Morgan, though, has predicted that this boost will come in 2025 with the iPhone 17 range.Now in a note to investors seen by AppleInsider, TD Cowen repeats the expectation of an AI boost, but is less bullish about it than others, despite keeping its $220 Apple price target. TD Cowen set that price in late 2023, based in part on increasing sales in India, and it is again expecting to see shipment in that country increase. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Warner Bros is planning to release a Blu-ray box set of all three “Ted Lasso” seasons, making it one of the few Apple TV+ shows to get a physical media release.”Ted Lasso”Apple TV+ drama “Defending Jacob” got a Blu-ray and DVD release in 2021, as did Sofia Coppola’s film “On The Rocks.” Then in 2022, a release was initially made in the UK of a small selection of shows, including “For All Mankind,” but otherwise, Apple TV+ has shown little interest in physical media.It probably still hasn’t. Each of those releases will have been made because of rights agreements that allowed the production companies to exploit their properties outside of streaming. Rumor Score: 🤯 Likely Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Mike Wuerthele) The European Union has spoken, and will enforce the rules of the Digital Markets Act on Apple again not because it holds a dominant position in the iPad today, but because it may soon.European Union flagsIn a press release issued early on Monday morning, The EU says that there are four criteria that will eventually make Apple a gatekeeper in tablets.Apple’s business user numbers exceed the quantitative threshold by 11 times — but this is not a criteria in itself Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Apple TV+ hits “Slow Horses” and “Silo” have two of Britain’s equivalent of the Emmys, the Bafta Television Awards.Gary Oldman in “Slow Horses” (left) and Rebecca Ferguson in “Silo”Following the streamer’s win last year for “Bad Sisters” and “The Essex Serpent,” Apple TV+ has again won awards at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Bafta divides its awards not only into film and television, but also craft, and presents the craft awards ahead of the others.At the 2024 Bafta Television Craft Awards, Apple TV+ had four wins across the two series: Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Apple is bringing its HomePod and HomePod mini to both Thailand and Malaysia from May 10.Apple’s HomePod mini (left) and HomePodApple has announced in both its Malaysian and Thailand newsrooms that its HomePod range will be available from May 10, 2024. That’s just a week shy of the HomePod mini’s fourth anniversary, and over six years since the original HomePod went on sale in the US.The press releases about the HomePod range coming to these countries does not mention the delays. But it does say that customers of either product will get six months of Apple Music free. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Stephen Silver) In this week’s look at the Apple crime blotter, Canadian Police are looking into iPhone thefts, fraud has been alleged in third-party Apple Store pick-ups, an iPhone was stolen in a viral video, and more!The Apple Store on Manhattan’s Upper West Side A New York City police officer has been acquitted of charges related to a 2021 incident in which he punched a man in a Manhattan Apple Store.According to The New York Daily News, a judge has found Officer Salvatore Provenzano not guilty on third-degree assault charges in a bench trial. In October of 2021, the on-duty officer punched a man who was being escorted out of the Apple Store on West 67th Street for “disturbing customers.” Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) Frequent leaker Sonny Dickson has revealed a photo purporting to show the forthcoming iPhone 16 lineup, and the screen sizes for each of the four models.Photo on Dickson’s Twitter account revealing sizes for each modelThe image, which appears on Dickson’s X/Twitter account, supports recent rumors of different screen sizes for every model. With the iPhone 14 and 15 lineup, screen sizes are the same between the standard and Pro sizes, at 6.1 inches.Likewise, the existing Plus and Pro Max screen sizes are also identical, at 6.7 inches. This was also true of the iPhone 14 lineup. Rumor Score: 🤯 Likely Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) Save $300 on the Apple Studio Display at Amazon this weekend, with prices dropping to as low as $1,299.97 (the lowest price on record).Save $300 on the Apple Studio Display.The $1,299.97 sale price at Amazon this weekend reflects a $300 markdown on the standard glass Apple Studio Display with a tilt-adjustable stand.Buy from $1,299.97 Continue Reading on AppleInsider
By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) A new rumor claims that the forthcoming iPad Pro, scheduled to debut on May 7, could be the first Apple product with the next-generation M4 chip powering it.New iPad Pro logo on the backIt seems unlikely that the iPad Pro would skip the M3 chip outright, or that it would appear in an iPad ahead of any Mac. However, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman claims in his Sunday newsletter there is “a strong possibility” that it will have the M4 on board.He added in his Power On newsletter that he believes Apple will market the pro tablet as “its first truly AI-powered device.” Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) The next generation of Apple Pencil could have haptic feedback, buzzing a user’s fingers as they draw and write.The first and second-generation Apple PencilApple’s holding a special event on May 7, which is expected to include updates to the iPad lineup. As part of the event, it seems that the Apple Pencil could get another update.In Sunday’s “Power On” newsletter for Bloomberg, Mark Gurman writes that a new Apple Pencil is on the way. The arrival is not a surprise, but a highlight feature is — it’s main feature is said to be be the addition of haptic feedback. Rumor Score: 🤯 Likely Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
