Category Archives: Rumor

Rumor: Brand New MacBook Air May Appear Next Month

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Mark


MacBook Air

A new MacBook Air could be on the cards for a release next month as stock supplies of the existing models of MacBook Air have been significantly reducing a third party sellers. According to AppleInsider, Amazon.com have run out of stock of the 13 inch MacBook Air with 256GB storage, and then 11.6 inch Air is heading that way as well. This observation runs parallel to other Apple resellers such as MacMall who also are seeing low stocks.

Third party sellers of Apple products are often the first to display stock shortages when Apple runs down production existing models of an item in preparation for the release of a new version. Certainly with WWDC set to be held in June, it is likely that Apple will be debuting a new version of the MacBook Air with Intel Haswell processors and upgraded graphics performance.
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iWork Lives! Apple Hiring For Testing Of Next Generation iWork Software

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Lily


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Despite many assumptions to the contrary, it seems that Apple hasn’t forgotten iWork altogether as the company has today posted a job advertisement looking for a software QA engineer to work on the next generation of iWork software. The position advertisement is specifying a software engineer who can ‘work on the next generation of Desktop, Mobile and Web application/services‘. The position appears to be focused on bug detection, isolation and reporting in the iWork suite.
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Rumor: iPhone 5S Screen Manufacturing Getting Underway

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Mark


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One of the companies that is responsible for the displays in the next iteration of the iPhone, Sharp, is apparently going to be starting production of the LCD display units for the iPhone 5S next month. The report comes from Japanese publication Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun who suggest that the ramp up of the components required for the iPhone 5S will start in June, and that other manufacturers such as LG have already started production on the displays required for the new device.
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Foxconn Moves Into Televisions

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Dave


Apple TV

Favored builder of Apple products, Foxconn, is making big moves into the television market, according to a new report from the New York Times. In a strategy, that could prove interesting for Apple should the company make a long-rumored move into the television market, Foxconn has apparently formed close investment partnerships with companies like Sharp and, as a result, has invested around $840 million in a new LCD panel factory in Japan. The company now has the capability to make 90% of the component required for a television in-house.

While the move is said to be part of an effort to diversify Foxconn’s interests so that it is not as reliant on Apple, it is an interesting move for the company that builds a significant number of Apple products. Apple itself has been long rumored to be looking at revamping the television market with recent rumors suggesting that the company is developing a television with Ultra HD ’4K’ resolution. The new television is also thought to include motion control functionality and internet connectivity.
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Rumor: Two New iPad Mini Launches Within One Year

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Lily


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A new report is suggesting that a new version of the iPad mini will be announced this summer, and then again early next year. According to analyst Richard Shim of NPD DisplaySearch, the iPad mini could be refreshed twice in the coming twelve months (via CNET). Notably the analyst suggests that the first time a Retina Display will appear in the device will be this year, indicating that the next variant of the iPad mini will have a Retina Display. The analyst also suggests that another version of the iPad mini would arrive in Q1 of 2014.
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Rumor: Low Cost iPhone To Be Better Than Expected

Posted on May 3, 2013 by AppleBitch


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A new report is today suggesting that the long rumored low cost iPhone that Apple is expected to release later this year will actually be of a better standard than many were expecting. The report comes from AllThingsD who have been speaking to Mark Moskowitz and Gokul Hariharan, analysts from J.P. Morgan. The analysts suggest that the low cost iPhone will launch at a price point of $350-400 and would be a ‘mid-range’ device, rather than a lower priced, less functional product.
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Rumor: iOS 7 Launch In September

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Lily


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A new report is suggesting that Apple is targeting a launch for iOS 7 ‘as soon as September’ but that testing major new features, including a new user interface, could mean that this target is pushed back or that the software is released without all intended features. According to Bloomberg, Apple has been making a major push, under the direction of Jony Ive, to remove the skeuomorphic elements to their iOS user interface, removing drawn textures like wood and leather. The new iOS software will apparently contain significant changes to Newsstand, to the E-mail app and to the Calendar app.
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Rumor: iOS 7 To Have Massive New Design

Posted on April 29, 2013 by AppleBitch


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Apple has apparently been working on some extremely significant changes for iOS 7, and the next generation operating system will have some massive design alterations that will make it stand apart from its predecessors. The rumor comes from 9to5Mac who, after talking with sources familiar with the new OS, have suggested that iOS 7 will feature a ‘flat’ user interface which gets rid of the skeumorphic designs of the previous iOS versions. This will mean a massive change for users who are very familiar with the existing iOS user interface.

The report notes that there will be new icons for Apple’s native iOS apps, such as the Phone app, the iMessage app and the Contacts app. Interestingly, the software has also been tested in he wild, using devices with polarizing filters to prevent items on the screen being visible to people other than the user of the device, although its unclear if this has been off Apple HQ.
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Rumor: New MacBook Pro And MacBook Air To Launch In June At WWDC

Posted on April 29, 2013 by AppleBitch


MacBook Air

Apple will apparently be making some significant updates to its laptop line-up at the Worldwide Developer Conference in June of this year, according to a new report from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Kuo, who has provided several pieces of accurate pre-release information in the past, is saying that Apple will be launching new versions of the MacBook Air and the Retina Display MacBook Pro, both including the latest Intel processors, codenamed Haswell. The analyst also suggests that Apple will be continuing to produce the non-Retina Display version of the MacBook Pro due to the popularity of the device in in developing markets.
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Rumor: iPhone 5S Not Launching In June/July Due To Additional Development

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Lily


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The next generation iPhone 5S will apparently be destined for a launch in September or October of this year, rather than the June launch date which had previously been postulated. According to a new report from Reuters, Apple is spending more time developing the coating for the new fingerprint sensor situated under the Home button on the new device. As such, the development timetable has been pushed back slightly, but there is no detail offered on when the device will now launch
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