iPhone app sideloading, new Mac Pro rumors, iPhone SE 4 cancelled
9to5Mac Happy Hour
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🗓️ 23 December 2022
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Benjamin and Zac dive into the reports that Apple is preparing to comply with the EU Digital Markets Act, with alternative app stores and sideloading becoming a possibility on the iPhone for the first time. Also, there’s rumors that Apple has cancelled plans to release an iPhone SE 4 next year, and we have more clarity on the final specs for the upcoming Apple Silicon Mac Pro.
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| 0:00.0 | As we are a few days before Christmas and what's your sense of iPhone 14 ProMax inventory? |
| 0:26.2 | Since this has been like a special season for that. |
| 0:29.1 | Yeah, I mean, obviously it was rough |
| 0:31.3 | and Apple, from Apple officially officially you had to order what like |
| 0:34.3 | middle of November to get Christmas Day delivery or I have heard that it's loosened up a little bit so like |
| 0:39.7 | the the amount of weeks between order and shipment have reduced at Apple now, which suggests that they are, |
| 0:46.7 | you know, slowly getting back on track and all the reports say the factories are reopening and stuff, |
| 0:51.1 | but obviously it's still scarce. Sure, yeah. So I did like a quick |
| 0:57.3 | run-through on my fund stock just from Apple's stories which tends to have the best |
| 1:01.6 | stock and |
| 1:03.7 | for the max. |
| 1:06.7 | And I looked at all four colors of max and all four storage capacities of max |
| 1:12.3 | and there were two available the 128 and 256 space black option and that was at my particular Apple store. So that just gives me an idea. |
| 1:24.6 | And then all the shipping dates for each iPhone Pro, |
| 1:28.6 | iPhone 14 Pro Max is in January. |
| 1:30.9 | So obviously, we're a few days before Christmas. It's going to be tough anyway. |
| 1:35.0 | But it was definitely a challenge this year I think. The reason I bring it up is because of the situation |
| 1:42.2 | where Apple had to say, |
| 1:43.1 | like, hey, we're not going to be able to make |
| 1:44.2 | as many iPhones this quarter as we thought, |
| 1:46.3 | and we're definitely not going to be able to meet demand. |
| 1:49.2 | This Verizon ad on TV caught my attention because they include the word. |
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