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🗓️ 2 September 2025
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- iPhone 17 Air is basically guaranteed to make a US feature expand to more countries
- New Apple TV 4K is launching at the perfect time for Dolby Vision 2
- Rumor: AirPods Pro 3 features may not all arrive at launch
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to 9 to 5 Mac Daily for Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025. |
| 0:07.4 | I'm your host, Chance Miller. |
| 0:09.3 | Leading off today, when Apple reveals the all-new iPhone 17 lineup next week, there's one feature currently exclusive to the U.S. |
| 0:16.7 | That's basically now guaranteed to go international. |
| 0:19.9 | Since the iPhone 14, Apple has only supported e-sims for cellular connectivity in the United States. |
| 0:26.4 | In most other countries, Apple has continued to include physical sim trace in iPhones. |
| 0:32.1 | In China, for example, Apple has even supported two physical SIM cards on one iPhone. |
| 0:37.1 | New rumors now suggest that Apple is widely expected to adopt the E-Sim Apple has even supported two physical SIM cards on one iPhone. |
| 0:43.1 | New rumors now suggest that Apple is widely expected to adopt the ESIM-only iPhone design in some or all iPhone 17 models in September. |
| 0:47.4 | This includes iPhone sold in the United States and other countries around the world. |
| 0:51.9 | The ultra-thin iPhone 17 air is especially primed to drop the physical SIM tray, |
| 0:57.9 | where internal space is a concern. |
| 1:00.8 | Both Ming Chi-Quo and the information have claimed that the ESIM-only design is coming to international models. |
| 1:07.1 | More recently, Mac Rumors has a report that Apple is preparing retail employees to be ready to support ESIM-only iPhone models internationally. |
| 1:16.8 | The site reports that retail employees at Apple authorized resellers in the EU are required to complete a training course related to iPhones with ESM support by Friday, September 5th. If you live in the United |
| 1:29.0 | States, this isn't necessarily news for you, but for iPhone users around the globe, be ready |
| 1:35.1 | to convert your physical SIM to an ESIM when you get your iPhone 17 later this month. In other news |
| 1:41.5 | today, Apple is expected to launch a brand new Apple TV 4K sometime this year, |
| 1:46.3 | and coincidentally, Dolby has just happened to unveil its major new Dolby Vision 2 standard today, |
| 1:52.7 | which could be a great match for the new Apple TV hardware. The Apple TV has a long history of |
| 1:58.3 | supporting major video standards. It's been viewed as a premium |
| 2:02.2 | option in a market flooded with more affordable but less capable alternatives. One way Apple has |
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