Welcome to the Tech Meant Brande Home for Thursday, August 18th, 2022. I'm Brian McCullough today.

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and does Mark Zuckerberg have no aesthetic taste?

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech. As of the time of this writing, I don't believe the official invites have gone out yet,

but sources are telling Mark German that Apple is aiming to hold an online event on September 7th to unveil the iPhone 14

lineup. The phones are expected to be released on September 16th, quoting Bloomberg.

The new phones will kick off a busy fall product season which will also include multiple new max, low end and high end iPads, and three Apple watch models.

The Cupertino California-based tech giant typically announces other products alongside the iPhone

including the latest Apple watches. The company usually releases the new

iPhone in stores about a week and a half after it's unveiled and Apple is

expected to stick to that pattern this year.

Some retail store employees have been told to prepare for a major new product release on September 16th.

The standard iPhone 14 will look similar to the iPhone 13,

though the company will eliminate the 5.4 inch mini version and add a model

with a 6.7 inch screen.

This will mark the first time Apple launches a non-pro iPhone with a display of that size.

The company is planning bigger changes for the iPhone 14 Pro line.

Apple will replace the front facing camera cutout known as the notch with a pill shaped hole for face

ID sensors and a whole punched sized area for the camera. This will give

users slightly more screen space. The company is also adding a faster chip to the

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