I agree, but there’s a slight issue… Those apps are front ends to API “kits”, for example MusicKit exists as an API that many other apps utilize. Apple upgrades the Music app because it’s upgrading MusicKit in the OS.

The spirit of what you want though is still achievable…

MusicKit is still something Apple upgrades as they have been, but the Music app should be required to be downloaded. They could have a Music icon which then takes you to a page allowing you to choose from a list of music apps. Once this is done the first time, it should just carry over to a new iOS or iPhone.

Additionally, 3rd party apps which utilize the MusicKit API in a new beta OS should be allowed to install beta versions of their apps by detecting that a beta OS has been installed.

Wow, you really don’t deserve the downvotes here. I mean, I totally disagree with you, but the questions are worth addressing…

Apple has really only branded one anniversary product, the Macintosh, which was a flop (for a variety of reasons). I tried to find my previous comment on this, but I doubted there would be an iPhone X and about a year later went back to admit I was wrong, so I could be wrong again, but I was wrong about the branding, not the concept.

With the iPhone X, I believe, the development of the device came before the branding. The branding was an afterthought and not really accurate. The iPhone X was the 14th released iPhone and was announced 10.5 years after the original iPhone was released and even longer after the original announcement.

It seems like Apple wanted to transition the iPhone to FaceID and provide a mostly display front side, but knowing this could face resistance decided to release two iPhone lines (the 8, 8 Plus and the X) , with one continuing the old form and one representing where Apple wanted to go. Think X in terms of eXperimental as opposed to 10.

I really don’t think development followed branding, as the goal of Apple is to develop against the competition year after year. Every incremental improvement translates into billions of dollars as consumers choose iPhone over Android, so they don’t hold things back, nor are they motivated by “it’s the 10-ish anniversary”.

The Apple Watch already had its eXperimental transition with the Ultra. It looks like people are going to split between the two and both will be maintained moving forward.

More importantly, the Ultra didn’t obsolete bands.

Band specs have slightly changed over the years, and I believe they will continue to do so. Apple may at some point find some technical reason to make a major change but it will be due to something like sensors or other functionality and not just to accommodate a different aesthetic design and certainly not to do so because of a 10-ish anniversary.

To be clear, Apple may call it the Series X and it may coincide with an upgrade that is more significant than what we’ve seen in the past couple of years (that isn’t hard to do), but it won’t be as significant as the Ultra and if they do an “anniversary edition” it’s going to be something like a ceramic version of the S10 or some other jewelry-like premium edition.

I won’t be upset, but I don’t think that will happen. I also don’t think there will be an “Apple Watch X” as opposed to an S10 and Ultra 3.

As much as I don’t like the Action Button, I’d still rather have the larger display, better processor, increased RAM, faster USB-C, larger capacity, and better camera for my needs.

My problem with the Action Button is that there’s nothing I find it useable for that isn’t either already in, or should be in, the Control Panel. Meanwhile, its placement interferes with the volume buttons.

I swam every day for a year with my Ultra. I went scuba diving multiple times, including going past 100’. I swam from Alcatraz twice and have done Ironmans in the rain with it. I’ve been to water parks and pretty much every water sport including jet skiing, water skiing, and surfing.

I really wouldn’t worry about it unless you’ve done some serious impact damage to it. I damaged mine in bike crash and traded it in for an Ultra 2, but even with the damage, I was still heavily swimming with it with no issues.

As someone else pointed out, the water lock only keeps the screen from accidental touch input and then ejects water from the speaker afterwards.

I wish it didn’t exist, or at least wasn’t next to the volume buttons.

https://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/?modelList=iphone-14-pro,iphone-14-pro-max,iphone-15

Can you provide any logical reason why someone would accept a $0 trade in?

I would. Because dealing with receiving it back and then trying to sell it as a broken iPhone isn’t worth my time. I’d rather they take it and refurbish or recycle it, even if I get $0.

I wouldn’t be surprised if OP could challenge this based on the fact that no consideration was given which means it’s not a valid contract.

Consideration is given… promise to refurbish or recycle.

Challenging this legally would be tough because you’d have to sue for damages, for which Apple said the worth of the device was $0 and the OP agreed to that. They’d have to persuade a court that it was an accident for which the blame is on Apple and that the value of the device is more than $0 (which BTW was established by a 3rd party).

I feel for the OP, but Apple makes the instructions for doing this very clear and inserting further protections in the process seems burdensome for those not acting so careless as the OP.

That said, having a 24 hour grace period for changing one’s mind doesn’t seem like this would be very burdensome for Apple, but that should be weighed against the frequency of this occurring.

I usually have mine on, but I turn it off in public when it may be distracting to others. I’ll also turn it off during extremely long workouts (Ironman training or all day hikes).

I was wearing them on a flight, which was great as it totally drowns out the sound of the plane, but you can hear conversations just fine.

I got up to go to the bathroom at the front of the plane when the fasten seatbelt sign was off. The flight attendant totally startled me when she shouted at me to sit down because the pilot was out of the cockpit.

I’m actually getting more use out of the USB-C port than I thought I would. I hadn’t used the Lightning port on an iPhone at all in the past couple of years, but with the USB-C port, I’ve been using SSD drives and an HDMI->USB-C cable often enough that it’s become a nice feature to have when traveling.

I’ve done this a few times. It’s because the Crown is recessed and if I’m being lazy, I’ll press flat against the entire side of the watch and that will press the side button along with the crown and a screenshot is taken.

As a ladies man, I put the ribs on top, which is outside and is more attractive for any lucky woman who may be checking out my watch. In other words…

It’s ribbed for her pleasure.

You can turn off those notifications and even create a “Sick” focus if you want.

Further, you can adjust your goals when you’re sick and even think of them as “Do not exceed” goals.

What Apple shouldn’t do is have the same metric for achievement be used to indicate when you haven’t achieved something. In other words, if you sprain an ankle, it should still show that you were unable to do X number of steps, not reward you for doing a good number of steps for someone with a sprained ankle.

People here all the time seem to think having an excuse is the same as actual performance. It isn’t. It may be the reason the goal wasn’t achieved, but it’s worth having a record of what you’re actually doing instead of mixing excuses with the metrics.

Neither, go 3rd party Starlight.

So many comments, so little reading the article…

This is a weekly summary article by Mark Gurman. It’s not “oh duh, there will be an M4”. It’s pointing out the status and challenges of several things Apple is working on, and who at Apple is responsible for it. That includes:

• A-Series and M-Series
• Modem
• WiFi & Bluetooth
• MicroLED displays
• Noninvasive glucose monitoring
• Custom batteries
• Camera sensors

That’s just one section. The full article covers:

Apple’s quest to replace every major part of the iPhone with an in-house design. Also: The company is finally embracing the RCS texting standard; Apple’s revenue share from the Google search deal is revealed in court; and one of its health executives heads to Oura.

I upgrade every year because I have plenty of money and I use my iPhone so much that even a modest upgrade is worthwhile.

The 14 Pro Max improved with Dynamic Island, a much more improved camera, slightly smaller bezels, Always on Display and still had better battery life.

I feel your pain…

A long time ago, I found a security flaw that allowed someone to completely take control of a Mac that was directly connected to the Internet with default settings. The funny thing is that I worked at a fairly major media company producing tech industry news at the time and could’ve broken this as a story as opposed to telling them confidentially to allow them to fix it before anyone was victimized.

And yet, nothing in terms of credit or compensation. Not even a thank you beyond acknowledging the issue was fixed.

On the plus side, they did patch the flaw which allowed me to feel safer.

I agree with others here. If you want to pursue this, delete this post and contact a lawyer. Or leave this post up as a way of venting and move on. For me, I knew people at Apple and of course could’ve produced a segment on the whole thing, but meh, I had other stuff going on.

I’ve upgraded every year since the original iPhone and the iPhone 14 Pro Max to iPhone 15 Pro Max is one of the worst upgrades ever. It’s still a great iPhone though. However, the battery life has been very disappointing.

It just seems really inconsistent. I don’t have much to base this on, but it feels like Apple made the 15 Pro faster at the expense of heat and battery efficiency, which is a shame because the speed difference is lost on me.

It really seems to make a difference when using the camera. My battery drained swiftly and I got heat warnings when shooting recently around some Mayan ruins. Yeah, it was hot, but my iPhone 14 Pro Max didn’t suffer the same under such conditions.

I hope next year Apple focuses on battery efficiency.

Add me to list of people who don’t understand not having a case. For me it’s not about the cost of repair, as much as it is the increased usability (grip and slip protection) and not having to worry about having a broken phone (especially when traveling).

The case covering up the iPhone? Yeah, hey… look at me… I have something that literally a billion other people have!