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You can now get the Apple Watch Series 8 for $50 off on Amazon. This brings that starting price down from $399 to $349 for the Apple Watch Series 8 GPS 41mm model. FTC Disclaimer: The Apple Square earns a small commission when you use our affiliate links to purchase products.

According to Apple Display Analyst Ross Young, the 4th generation iPhone SE will feature a new 6.1-inch LCD display with a notch. The design will look very similar to the current iPhones with an all screen display, but previous rumors suggest that Apple will most likely not include Face ID and will instead embed Touch ID into the power button. It is possible that the design of the iPhone SE will most likely look like the iPhone XR but will most likely feature a smaller notch since most components like those of Face ID won't be included in the chassis.

In a new report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman he claims that Apple is preparing to add USB-C to its remaining products with the lightning port like AirPods and other accessories. Gurman claims that products like the iPhone 15 models which will launch in September 2023 and the entry level iPad which will launch by the end of this year will feature USB-C ports. Gurman also claimed that most of Apple's Mac accessories like the Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, and Magic Trackpad will have to switch to USB-C when new Apple releases new updates to the Mac. Gurman Believes that Apple's addition of the USB-C port on all their devices will be short lived since Apple's future goal is to remove all ports from the iPhone and iPad and have them charge wirelessly.

Analyst Jeff Pu from Haitong International Securities claims that he expects Qualcomm to still supply Apple with 5G modems for the iPhone until 2024. Pu anticipates that the future iPhone's will use the upcoming Snapdragon X70, and X75 5G modems. It's rumored that Apple is working on developing their own 5G modem but according to Analyst Ming Chi Kuo claimed that Qualcomm with continue to supply chips to Apple until at least 2023. iPhone 15 models will reportedly feature the new Snapdragon X70 chip. This will be until Apple finally introduces their own 5G modems for their products.

Last week a report from Economic Daily News claimed that Apple refused to accept the price increase of future chips from TSMC, but a new report from Economic Daily News claims that Apple has accepted the price increases for new chips. The report claims that TSMC has told its customers that effective January 1, 2023 it plans to raise the prices of its 8-inch chip wafers by 6% and 12-inch chip wafers by 5%. Apple is TSMC's largest customer, TSMC supplies Apple with chips that powers its devices like the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and more. Economic Daily News has reported that the chip shortage is still affecting the industry and price increases are inevitable due to them. TSMC is also working on Apple's new A17 and M3 chip which is rumored to be the first chip built on a 3-nanometer process. It's unclear what kind of effects this will have on Apple's lineup of products and pricing.

iPhone 14 Pro features an upgraded 48MP main camera and this only applies when you take photos in ProRAW otherwise the camera defaults to 12MP. This is because ProRAW images take up more space than regular images. Here's how to enable the feature on your iPhone 14 Pro: Open the Settings app In Settings tap the option for Camera Under Camera tap Formats Under the label "Photo Capture" switch the toggle next to the option Apple ProRAW Set ProRAW Resolution setting to 48MP A new ProRAW icon will appear in the Camera app and tap it whenever you want to shoot in ProRAW.

Elon Musk has once again proposed to acquire Twitter and decided to follow through with the original acquisition price of $44 Billion. The original deal back in April was that Elon Musk wanted to buy the company at $54.20 per share but in May he put the deal on hold because he wasn't convinced with Twitter's claim of having only 5% of fake and spam accounts active. Musk called off the Twitter deal and tried to pull out from the deal back in July since he was dissatisfied with the information Twitter was providing him. In return Twitter sued Musk to force him to go through with the deal, and accused Musk of disrupting the company's operations and destroying its image. The deal will most likely go through this time since Musk is once again proposing to buy the company.

A new law passed by the European Parliment will now require all smartphone and electronic device manufacturers to use a standard charging port for all consumer products by the end of 2024. This law will heavily affect Apple who refused to change the iPhone port to USB-C for a long time now. By eliminating the Lightning port in favor of USB-C port, most people will be able to charge a wide variety of different products including the iPhone with one charger. The Lightning port was introduced back in 2012 with the iPhone 5 models which was claimed by Apple to be the future modern connector for charging. Apple did however switch some of their other products like Mac and iPad models to USB-C but products like the iPhone still use Lightning when many Android phones have already adopted USB-C a long time ago. This new law will force future iPhone models, most likely the iPhone 15 to switch to USB-C, and a couple of accessories like AirPods, MagSafe accessories, Beats products, and Magic Mouse, Magic Keyboard, and Magic Trackpad to switch to USB-C.

In a new report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman he claims that Apple is still preparing to launch new products like the iPad Pro, Mac, and the Apple TV in October. Despite this however, Gurman believes that Apple will not hold another event and that the company's last September event for the iPhone 14 models was the last one of the year. If that's the case then we should expect new products on Apple's website via press release sometime this month. Gurman reported last week that the new iPad Pro models, new high-end MacBook Pro models, and Mac mini models are all highly likely to launch by the end of the year.

In a new report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, he mentioned how Apple is testing under screen Touch ID for the past few years for future iPhone models. In a new update he said that Apple doesn't have any plans to implement Touch ID on the iPhone 15 models or any other flagship models in the future. He did however claim that he believes Apple could release a future iPhone SE model with Touch ID on the power button but he hasn't heard anything about that actually coming to market anytime soon.

Apple announced that it will report its Q4 earnings on October 27 for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2022. The call will provide insights into the sales of the new iPhone 14 lineup which has recently been released. It will also give us insights into the new Apple Watch models. The earnings statement will be released at 1:30pm PT/ 4:30pm ET with a following conference call at 2:00pm PT/ 5:00pm ET.

The iPhone 14 Pro Max has become really popular and accounts for about 60% of the total order increase of the iPhone 14 Pro models. Apple analyst Ming Chi Kuo believes that this could lead Apple to further differentiate the iPhone 15 Pro from the iPhone 15 Pro Max inorder to encourage sales of the larger and more expensive iPhone option. The demand for the new iPhone 14 Pro models have been really high and Apple has reportedly asked its suppliers to shift its iPhone 14 production to iPhone 14 Pro production since demand for the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus are low. A previous rumor from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman kind of backs up this claim since he reported that Apple might shift its "Pro Max" name to "Ultra" on the iPhone 15 lineup.