ℹ️ To do any of this, it needs to hoover up your entire message history first. That means your bank's SMS notifications, financial details, inside jokes, personal stuff with friends and family, all of it gets fed in, presumably so that when you ask "what should I get my friend for their birthday," it can hallucinate something halfway decent.

🤖 OpenAI says the bot won't just start firing off messages to random people without your permission. Whether that holds up in practice is something users get to find out themselves.

• There's something fitting here: Cook was about operations and supply chains, Ternus is about engineering and product. One built the system, the other builds the things you actually hold in your hand.

• And there's basically no time to settle in. September 9 brings the big iPhone event, where the first foldable is expected. So Ternus steps into the job literally a week before one of the most important dates on Apple's calendar.

• Analysts are split on whether this was the right call. Some argued software chief Craig Federighi made more sense, given how far Apple is lagging in AI. But Carolina Milanesi of Creative Strategies pushes back: people buy hardware first, and only later figure out what AI is actually good for. So betting on a hardware engineer tracks.

• MagSafe support is expected despite the 4.5mm thickness – the iPhone Air already proved magnets can fit in a slim body
• No room Face ID hardware, so Touch ID will handle biometrics
• 5.5" cover display with a front camera, 7.8" inner display with an almost invisible crease
• Passport-style form factor that is wide, but reportedly comfortable to use
• A20 Pro chip, C2 modem
• Dual rear cameras (wide + ultrawide)
• Camera Control returns, but no Action Button
• A reinforced, extra-durable hinge
• Apple has invested heavily in seamless app resizing as you switch between the two displays
• Announcement expected September 9, with launch either alongside the iPhone 18 Pro or slightly staggered