Roger Fingas
Early HomePod firmware, ironically, exposed a bevy of secrets about Apple's "iPhone 8," including the general design of the device and features like facial recognition. Not to be outshone, Apple shared its June-quarter financial results, which were up across the board — including a rare gain in iPad numbers.
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Everything you need to know:
- Here's what the "iPhone 8" will look like > >
- Apple reaped $45.4 billion in revenue during the June quarter, with healthy iPhone and iPad sales > >
- The "iPhone 8" should have a 5.15-inch practical display area with 2436x1125 resolution > >
- It will also have features like "tap to wake," but embedded Touch ID is uncertain > >
- The phone's "SmartCam" software may do scene recognition for better photos > >
- When shooting video, it may support 4K resolution at 60 frames per second — on both the front and the back > >
- Apple claims its sustainable forest efforts are covering all its paper packaging > >
- The company is still figuring out a direction for augmented reality glasses > >
- Apple may be putting out an LTE Apple Watch later this year > >
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I give Apple credit and praise, they are constructing and moving into a new massive facility. This alone is a major design task and disruption to their core business. I think once they settle into a new facility we will see the fruits (lol) of their labors. I expect in the next 5 years more innovation and domination of the markets they choose to enter. I think it is under appreciated the amount of time and energy each department has to spend in planning and coordinating such a enormous project. It will be a major part of Tim Cooks legacy and allow Apple to flourish to even greater extents in decades to come. So I am not even mad about the MacBook Pro or Mac Pro anymore. Just my rambling opinion.