Stasys Bielinis

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[Stasys Bielinis @Staska]

@VadimYuryev @TheGalox_ iPhone 18 isn't coming in 4 months. Current consensus is that only Pro and Ultra launch this fall, base 18 and 18e, maybe Air 2 - next spring

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@iJohnTernus Odds that this is a real John Ternus account? Methinks 0%

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There are no credible image/drawings leaks yet. Just stuff based on vague verbal descriptions. Real CADs probably should start showing up within a few weeks.

Also, what can we expect in terms of "radical reinvention"? The basic fold form factor is probably settled. Just as iPhone 1 and 17 have basically the same glass slab form factor

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@tgod34748 Ma, yes, maybe. Ross Young agrees with ID though: https://t.co/S0VJ0MwStQ

[Ross Young @DSCCRoss]

@LeakerApple Yes this is what I alluded to months ago.

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@PatrickMcGee_ This feels a bit clickbaity. Think Semianalysis has a smarter take on the same subject: https://t.co/ktC9SuJ8ZR

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@osbrah dm

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@appleinsider @WGallagher Hawk???!🤣 or Hark? https://t.co/sZbYBkaOBV

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@SteveMoser A thing like this would immediately invite the insider trading allegations. Don't think they would risk buying stocks ahead of major announcement

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@wholemars @aditya8993 EU mandate for USB-C was passed in Nov. 2022 https://t.co/jcHOdtAc9B It was clear way before where things were headed in EU. There was transition period. But timing suggests USB-C finally getting to iPhones was strongly influenced by EU

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@SamiFathi_ Nah. There is no scheme here. Just some German site republishing fan CAD drawings/concepts from May as a leak, and then everyone else aping that new leak claim: https://t.co/Gh2L1L8NhA

[Stasys Bielinis @Staska]

You guys are confusing base iPhone 18 launch year. Next Spring, i.e. Spring of 2026 there is no base iPhone 18. No credible leaker ever claimed that there will be one. It's just iPhone 17e, then 18 Pros and Fold in September, then base 18 in Spring of 2027.

FFD you link/quote also only claims iPhone 18 **series** not **base** 18. Also Pros come first since the test line is already built

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@MishaalRahman @nicksainato @zacbowden Ars says that Apple added Wi-Fi Aware to iOS26 and that is how Google is doing this now https://t.co/DVGIX6Oxqf

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@superbetsy It is called Murphy's Law

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@om @EU_Commission It probably wasn't EU re:RCS in iMessage, it was China https://t.co/nrMIgvHExf

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@anshelsag @AppleWatch Probably Mediatek's https://t.co/ecqlihHWow

[Patently Apple @PatentlyApple]

MediaTek has reportedly entered Apple’s supply chain for supplying 5G Modem Chips for Apple Watch Ultra 3 https://t.co/9An4g81zEI

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That probably didn't happen and was just some weird Weibo bug that ran a Samsung ad next to Apple's post. Seems that IC has already deleted his post: https://t.co/O0SfR12Mgu There is also an this maybe explainer: https://t.co/L7f9YkRmst and a denial from Apple: https://t.co/MCJrSQxM3e

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@ns123abc The Information has such a weird phrasing for this bit. Not sure if this is just for AI/Nvidia chips or it's Apple's general spend for external cloud services. They do use AWS and probably Google cloud to supplement iCloud. And used Google chips for AI training. But:

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@luciascarlet LOL. At first I thought you were talking about Jon Rubinstein here: Apple -> Palm -> webOS -> HP

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@megangrA 60 calendar days from when they delivered it to Apple. April 23 was when they made it, might be a few more days until they officially handed it to Apple

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Looks like @TimSweeneyEpic is playing chess here. Not sure what Apple is playing yet. It's either checkers (based on YGR's IAP contempt ruling), or some 3D/4D chess if they win big on appeals in US and EU

[Epic Games Newsroom @EpicNewsroom]

Yesterday afternoon, Apple broke its week-long silence on the status of our app review with a letter saying they will not act on the Fortnite app submission until the Ninth Circuit Court rules on the partial stay. We believe this violates the Court’s Injunction and we have filed a second Motion to Enforce Injunction with the US District Court for the Northern District of California.

We’ve been transparent with Apple about our intentions while they’ve used app review and notarization as a pretext to circumvent the Court’s injunction and the EU Digital Markets Act. Apple’s “solution” required us to submit two versions of Fortnite, in violation of their guideline that developers shouldn’t submit multiple versions of the same app. That’s not the standard Apple holds other developers to and it’s blocking us from releasing our update in the EU and US. Apple is again retaliating against Epic for challenging the legality of their anticompetitive behavior and we will fight on.

Read the filing here. https://t.co/iP8UKhED5I