AppleInsider podcast talks 'iPhone 8,' Apple's Sept. 12 event, and a future without a home button

AppleInsider editors Neil Hughes and Victor Marks discuss:

• Killer deals! Save up to $250 off a MacBook Pro with Touch Bar.
• It's happening! Sept. 12 is the Apple event, held at the Steve Jobs Theater in the newly constructed Apple Park.
• Neil has commentary on the future of the Home button.
• Victor and Neil talk about what changes in iOS when you replace the Home button with gestures.
• Apple is said to not be hiding the notch on new iPhones. We talk through the choices that had to be made to get to this position.
• We talk about smart fabric and the possibility of smart watch straps for Apple Watch in the future.
• "Project Titan" news: 17 people have left Apple to join Zoox, a self-driving startup.
• Neil went to a demo of Propel's Star Wars drones... equipped with lasers!
• 'iPhone 9' rumors: Apple already working on OLED for 2018 phones.
• Apple updated the HIG for ARKit, and invited press and developers to Cupertino to show off examples of ARKit in use. As you might expect, IKEA is all over this.
• Apple is having to fight the movie studios over pricing on 4K content for iTunes.
• The Amazon Instant Video app for Apple TV? May not be ready as soon as we hoped.
• TIPS! Neil tells us about iOS 11 offloading infrequently used apps to the cloud while keeping an app's Data & Documents stored locally on the phone. As long as the app is still in the App Store, it can restore just like it was before it offloaded to the cloud.

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• Apple invites press to Sept. 12 event at Apple Park's Steve Jobs Theater for 'iPhone 8'
• Apple said to unveil 'iPhone 8,' 'iPhone 7s' and more at Sept. 12 event
• No, the iPhone home button is not dead (yet)
• 'iPhone 8' software bar expected to replace Apple's iconic home button with gesture controls
• Apple reportedly choosing not to hide sensor 'notch' on 'iPhone 8's' OLED display
• Future Apple Watch straps might feature functional buttons, sense user touch
• Squad of Apple car staffers jump ship to self-driving startup Zoox
• First look: Propel's limited edition, iPhone-connected Star Wars battle drones
• Rumor: Apple in early development of 5.85- & 6.46-inch OLED iPhones for 2018
• Apple invites developers, media to Cupertino HQ to showcase ARKit apps
• Apple updates ARKit resources for developers building augmented reality apps
• Apple fighting movie studios to keep 4K films priced at $20 on iTunes
• Amazon Prime Video Apple TV app may not be ready for September launch
• Watch: Free up iPhone and iPad storage with Offloading Unused Apps in iOS 11

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