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🗓️ 18 September 2025
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| 0:00.0 | This is MacOS Ken. |
| 0:08.8 | Wait times lengthen for new iPhones, news around iOS 26, and one model of Mac does not like Tahoe. |
| 0:17.3 | It is Thursday, the 18th of September 2025. |
| 0:20.6 | I'm Ken Ray, and this is news from MacOS Ken. |
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| 0:58.7 | Wait times for Apple's latest iPhones are lengthening here in the States. |
| 1:03.8 | That is the word from JPMorgan analyst Samig Chatterjee. |
| 1:08.1 | Apple 3.0 ran part of a note he wrote on Wednesday. He and his say lead times, |
| 1:14.1 | on average, have expanded by four days for all of Apple's new phones since pre-orders began last |
| 1:20.3 | Friday, the 12th of September. Team Chatterjee sees two big takeaways. One, expansion of lead times highlights a stronger demand backdrop year-on-year, |
| 1:31.6 | and two, a notable driver behind the lengthening of lead times appears to be the maintained price points from the previous generation, |
| 1:39.4 | positioning the iPhone 17 series as a compelling upgrade proposition to consumers, particularly in China, |
| 1:46.8 | where smartphone subsidies are likely helping as well. Mr. Chatterjee has an overweight rating on |
| 1:53.0 | Apple's shares. His price target on the shares is $255. A few things folks getting new iPhones and or updating the iOS 26 might need to know. |
| 2:05.8 | For people getting any of Apple's new phones, Mac Rumors ran a piece a few days ago saying that they all ship with the iOS 26 adaptive power option enabled by default. |
| 2:18.0 | The report explains that feature, saying, |
| 2:20.9 | Adaptive power is meant to adjust the iPhone's power draw on days when you are using more battery power than normal. |
| 2:27.5 | It can adjust power draw, lower screen brightness by 3%, and limit background activity. |
| 2:33.7 | It's also designed to activate low power mode when the phone's battery drops to 20%. |
| 2:38.8 | While adaptive power is an option for iPhone 15 Pro models and the whole of the iPhone 16 line, |
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