Waiting for MacBook Pro, replacing passports with iPhones, and looking forward to Apple TV+ on the AppleInsider Podcast

This week on the AppleInsider Podcast, William and Victor wonder about the no-show Apple October event, and discuss what this means for the new Mac Pro, the new MacBook Pro, and more.

AppleInsider editor Victor Marks and writer William Gallagher discuss:

• Victor wonders whether we'll see MacBook Pro, iPad Pro or Mac Pro before the end of the year, given that Apple doesn't appear to be staging an October event.
• While iOS 13 has been a little rough so far, the fourth betas are here and Victor explains why that's significant
• Morgan Stanley raises AAPL target stock price so at least somebody thinks Apple is on to a winner with its services including Apple TV+
• Nobody's happy AT&T as a weeks-long voicemail outage is affecting iOS and Android users across the US
• Apple Pay now accounts for almost 50% of all mobile payments, which means it has beaten the previous leader, Starbucks
• Apple is seriously pursuing the idea of using iPhone as a form of identity or passport, and Victor and William disagree about what could possibly go wrong
• CNN is taking on Apple News+ with its own new service. The plan is to aggregate CNN's news output along with that of some competitors, but it's going to be hard making that work.

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Show notes:

• Apple releases fourth betas for iOS 13.2, iPadOS 13.2, tvOS 13.2, fifth watchOS 6.1
• Apple TV+ & iPhone 5G will drive AAPL to $289+ a share, says Morgan Stanley
• iPhone owners across US impacted by weeks-long AT&T voicemail outage
• Apple Pay overtakes Starbucks for in-store mobile payments
• Apple working on ways to securely present government ID from an iPhone or Apple Car
• CNN to compete with Apple News+ via own news subscription service

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