iOS 13: tip for the iPhone 11

The beta version of iOS developer 13 may have revealed an important clue to a new feature coming soon for the 2019 iPhones, and another long-standing iPhone feature might be on the chopping block. In this week's Apple Core skyline, we examine current rumors about the upcoming iPhone and Apple's slide with MacPro's release date on its website.

The iPhone 2019 range could switch to USB-C

The WWDC 2019 may be over, but there is still a trail of clues suggesting what Apple plans for its next batch of product announcements. The latest clue could suggest a USB-C on the 2019 iPhones. Apple this week Raphaël Mouton has published a picture on his Twitter account of the recovery screen of an iPhone running the beta version of the developer for iOS 13. At first glance, it looks like an image of a Mac and to the The upper end of a cable – but this is not a lightning cable.

The image in existing iPhone recovery mode clearly shows one end of the Lightning cable, while the one in the beta version looks more like a USB-C end, as Forbes pointed out. This could be a sign that Apple is planning to replace the Lightning port with the most-used USB-C port of its 2019 iPhone lineup, a rumor that has been circulating since before the launch cycle of the iPhone. iPhone in 2018. In addition, this should not be a shock, given that Apple has already made the switch from Lightning to USB-C on its iPad Pro and MacBooks 2018.

The most likely possibility is that the image refers to the USB-C end of a USB-C-to-Lighting cable going to the Mac. Which, hopefully, means that Apple plans to include this type of cable as well as a fast charge USB-C power adapter of 18 W in the box with its new phones.

3D Touch can have the ax

The new features of the next batch of iPhone could have a price, like rumors that Apple would eliminate 3D Touch continue to gain steam. After a visit to Apple suppliers in Asia, Barclay analysts, quoted in MacRumors, seemed certain that Apple would eliminate this feature of the range of iPhone 2019.

This pressure sensitive technology allows users to access more control options by pressing harder on the phone screen. Apple debuted with 3D Touch on its iPhone 6S. This was supposed to help navigation once Apple decided to get rid of the iPhone X's home button, but that was not revealed critical. Apple replaced 3D Touch on last year's iPhone XR by Haptic Touch (its awesome term for a long press with a slight vibration) in order to make room for a larger LCD screen, with almost no telescope . And even though it's not as much functionality as 3D Touch, it's a good compromise for users.

We will not know for sure if Apple will eliminate 3D Touch before the launch of the iPhone 11 in September, but we can rest assured that the features will remain, at least to some extent (via Haptic Touch or otherwise). The beta version of the developer, iOS 13, includes even more use cases, and it is unlikely that Apple would add more ways to use an outdated feature in iOS.

Has Apple disclosed the release date of Mac Pro?

Apple does not leave only clues in its beta software – this week, it posted on its website what seemed to be a very big lack about the launch date of the Mac Pro.

At WWDC, the company announced that the new MacPro and 6K displays would be available this fall, but did not specify when. Then, for a brief moment, if you clicked on the "Notify me" link above the Mac Pro on the Apple.com home page, the pop-up window would say "Coming soon." in September". But then, if you clicked on the product page and did the same, the message "Coming this Fall".

By the time Apple noticed and corrected the slip, it had already been published on 9to5Mac and MacRumors, and had made its way on the Internet. It has since been corrected to match other notifications, and Apple has not responded to a query regarding when new products will be shipped.

That said, I would definitely put my money on a release date for the Mac Pro in September, perhaps even the day of the iPhone's revelation.

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