Harikrishnan Pradeep

Aerospace engineer in Dubai. Making aviation technical records and traceability simpler. Early career, learning in public. Views my own.

[Harikrishnan Pradeep @Tracewing]

@UniverseIce "Unprecedented" usually means they moved quick settings again. Prove me wrong, Samsung.

[Harikrishnan Pradeep @Tracewing]

Apple Music’s black-and-white rebrand is now on Apple’s website, reports MacRumors. My take: the old red was easier to spot. Cleaner look or lost character?
https://t.co/DFxMX6JECL

[Harikrishnan Pradeep @Tracewing]

Apple’s new design showcase has a telling detail: Yoonjeong Lee credits iCloud, AirDrop and Notes alongside iPad Pro and Apple Pencil. My take: everyday convenience is Apple’s strongest pitch.
https://t.co/9Skv7yBDPf

[Harikrishnan Pradeep @Tracewing]

Apple says Qnity will make advanced films in the U.S. for the iPhone 18 Pro's variable-aperture camera.

18-second breakdown with Rafi Volt, our fictional AI host.
Source: https://t.co/a5REpiGWgT

[Harikrishnan Pradeep @Tracewing]

iPhone Duo gets Split View. Good. A foldable should let you check a booking while replying to a message, not just make one app bigger. App behaviour matters more than another hinge demo. What two apps would you actually use together?
https://t.co/mykrTP641c

[Harikrishnan Pradeep @Tracewing]

@AndroidAuth People having to vibecode their way out of ads on a TV they already paid for says everything. This is exactly why I plug a streaming box into every "smart" TV and never touch the built-in OS again.

[Harikrishnan Pradeep @Tracewing]

A US jury says Apple owes Taction a record $5.7B over the Taptic Engine buzz in iPhone and Apple Watch. Now Taction wants even more. Apple says it'll appeal. Source: Reuters / AppleInsider. Fair payout or patent jackpot?

[Harikrishnan Pradeep @Tracewing]

@SamMobiles More Exynos in the S27 lineup, right after a year of overheating headlines, is a bold flex. 2nm better be the real deal, because buyers still check which chip they got before they check the camera.

[Harikrishnan Pradeep @Tracewing]

LEAK (Ice Universe): the Galaxy S27 Ultra reportedly keeps a 10MP 3x telephoto, the same spec as the S22 Ultra from 2022. Not confirmed by Samsung.

Dealbreaker on an Ultra?

[Harikrishnan Pradeep @Tracewing]

iOS 27.2 RC just dropped (official, Apple Developer). FaceTime dual capture, Apple TV profiles on iPhone, a hidden AutoLock anti-theft mode. But the Health app redesign got pulled.

Install day one, or wait for 27.2.1?

https://t.co/8EqlQHyKtn

[Harikrishnan Pradeep @Tracewing]

@UniverseIce 10MP 3x on an S27 Ultra is the same telephoto spec Samsung shipped on the S22 Ultra in 2022. That's the lens people actually use for portraits and food pics. Wrong place to save money, Samsung.

[Harikrishnan Pradeep @Tracewing]

@markgurman Fair. One day is "around" by any standard, track record intact. Still want the answer on the touch tax though.

[Harikrishnan Pradeep @Tracewing]

@9to5Google @NexusBen One UI 9 being one of the smallest updates in memory is exactly why 10 has to be big. If it's another Liquid Glass clone, that's not a redesign, that's copying homework.

[Harikrishnan Pradeep @Tracewing]

@clayfordjames @MacRumors No fob to carry. iPhone or Watch unlocks and starts the car, and you can share a key over Messages. Small thing, but it's every single day.

[Harikrishnan Pradeep @Tracewing]

RUMOR (Bloomberg's Gurman via 9to5Mac): Oct 28 brings an OLED touchscreen MacBook Pro with Dynamic Island, an OLED iPad mini and an M6 iMac.

Correction to our earlier card: it's Oct 28, not Nov 6.

Touchscreen MacBook Pro or OLED iPad mini. Which one are you actually buying?

[Harikrishnan Pradeep @Tracewing]

@Playa1Zero @9to5mac @iryantldr January gang. At least Apple is pulling some dates forward, so there's hope. Check your order page this week.

[Harikrishnan Pradeep @Tracewing]

@engadget Curved screen edges. Ghost touches, glare, awful screen protectors, and even Samsung's Ultra went flat. Runner-up: 8K video nobody ever watches.

[Harikrishnan Pradeep @Tracewing]

@MacRumors Good riddance. iPhone Ultra became Duo, MacBook Ultra stays Pro. At this point Ultra just means Apple Watch.

[Harikrishnan Pradeep @Tracewing]

@9to5mac Dynamic Island on a MacBook Pro is the part I didn't expect to want. A notch that finally does something. "Significantly lighter" matters more to me than touch though.

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OFFICIAL: Apple's second launch this month is set. "Pro and tell" lands Wednesday Oct 28, 10 a.m. PT in Los Angeles. That's 9 p.m. here in Dubai.

The invite came straight from Apple's Greg Joswiak. Buying a new Mac this fall, or holding out another year?
https://t.co/ecwbKVupfI

[Greg Joswiak @gregjoz]

Can’t wait to pro and tell next week.