🤔 Looks like it's really going to be the iPhone 16E, not SE 4

📱 Most rumors have referred to the device as a new iPhone SE, since it will succeed iPhone SE (3rd generation), but there is mounting evidence that the device will be named iPhone 16E instead of iPhone SE (4th generation).

🔎 Majin Bu cited a source who has apparently seen an iPhone box with the name iPhone 16E on it. In addition, Mark Gurman believes that Tim Cook's teaser post about a "new member of the family" being announced today suggests that the device will indeed have a new name. And last, there are several Amazon listings for so-called iPhone 16E cases, although that could be guesswork.

⏰ Anyway...SOON!

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🆕 iPhone 16e

📆 Pre-order starting at 5:00 a.m. PST on February 21.
🛍 Available starting February 28.

💰 From $599.

🔎 Full press release is here.

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🔴 iOS 18.4 beta 1 has finally been released

Along with the innovative visionOS 2.4 beta 1.

🔎 What's new:

📲 Companion app in iOS 18.4 for controlling Vision Pro

It lets users queue app and game downloads, open spatial content, easily find helpful tips, and quickly access Vision Pro information right from your iPhone. It also provides information about the visionOS system, serial number, etc.

The app will be available for Vision Pro users when the iPhone is updated to iOS 18.4 and can also be downloaded from the App Store.

🍎 Apple Intelligence in visionOS 2.4

Apple Intelligence features in spatial environments such as Image Playground, Genmoji, Writing Tools, and more are now available for developers to test.

For now available for English only in the US, release in April along with visionOS 2.4

📍New Apple Intelligence languages for Europe and Asia

🇸🇬 English (Singapore)
🇮🇳 English (India)
🇫🇷🇨🇦 French (France and Canada)
🇵🇹🇧🇷 Portuguese (Portugal and Brazil)
🇪🇸🇲🇽 Spanish (Spain and Mexico)
🇩🇪 German
🇮🇹 Italian
🇯🇵 Japanese
🇰🇷 Korean (South Korea)
🇨🇳🇭🇰 Chinese (China and Hong Kong)

🇨🇳 Apple Intelligence features have also become available on devices for the Chinese market (CH models), and in China itself, testing of integration with Alibaba's Qwen should start soon.

🤪 Siri's new voices and accents

The voice assistant first got support for Vietnamese language with 4 voices. Apple Intelligence support will also launch for users in Vietnam (and a few other countries) later this year.

For Australia, two additional Siri voice options have been added (to accommodate the Australian accent).

The iOS code also shows traces of new languages of the system itself, which will be activated in the future: Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu.

In addition, there are some changes in the design of buttons and widgets.

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🔎 Details about the iPhone 17 Pro prototype

📰 Insider Majin Bu shared the currently known information about the iPhone 17 Pro prototype, codenamed 253, which is currently undergoing the stage of engineering tests:

📸 A horizontal block with a camera module on the back of the device protrudes 2 mm above the body. The cameras themselves protrude another 1mm above that block. Both black block and body-colored variants are being tested.

📱 The frame of the prototype is made of matte aluminum. Earlier there were rumors that Apple may abandon titanium for the sake of ecology.

⏬️ The Camera Control button has been retained. Probably, it can get new functions.

🥷 The screen diagonal is 6 inches, while the iPhone 16 Pro has a 6.3-inch display. This seems like an unlikely change. If the information is not a fake, it is likely that the solution is implemented only in the prototype stage.

🔋 The battery has jumped to 5200 mAh instead of 3582 mAh like in the iPhone 16 Pro. This is probably one of the most anticipated innovations. Hopefully, it will persist until release.

However, all or part of the listed details may not make it to the final product or simply turn out to be a fake. Majin Bu has a mixed reputation for leaks, so watch, criticize (as usual), and stay tuned for more Apple news.

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