All the lot Apple didn’t comment at its iPhone 14 occasion

Apple merely wrapped up its A great distance Out occasion, giving us a peep on the recent iPhone 14, three recent Apple Look items, and the subsequent expertise of AirPods Professional earbuds. Nonetheless what about each little factor Apple didn’t comment?

Some rumors we’ve been listening to for the months fundamental as a lot because the occasion merely didn’t keep up panning out, and a pair of of our prolonged-shot hopes have been deflated alongside the means. Right here’s each little factor that may maybe effectively soundless attain in the long term — or will possess confirmed to be a bust.

The mixed-truth headset

Apple’s mixed-truth headset has change into the elephant within the room at its occasions, with rumors regarding the system handiest getting further detailed. Whereas there was once no sign of the headset on the A great distance Out occasion, that wasn’t mainly a shock.

We aren’t anticipating the headset till early subsequent yr, with Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicting it should hit the market in January 2023. It seems adore Apple’s getting nearer to beginning, too, as Apple has filed for “Actuality One” and “Actuality Professional” emblems that may maybe effectively trace at its branding.

The system is presupposed to be a standalone headset powered by an M2 chip that’s honorable of mixed-truth experiences and video video games. Apple’s board of administrators reportedly bought to confirm out out the system earlier this yr, and with a puny of luck, we gained’t possess to attend for vital longer to ogle it for ourselves.

A $100 high price on the iPhone 14 Professional

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I deem we’re able to all breathe a educate of reduction on this one. Apple didn’t keep up elevating the prices of its Professional and Professional Max model, one factor Kuo talked about he anticipated serve in August. Applicable adore final yr, the Professional will beginning at $999, whereas the Professional Max will beginning at $1,099.

Satellite tv for pc calling and texting

Apple’s starry A great distance Out occasion branding made it appear adore the agency was once making ready to beginning some groundbreaking satellite-powered connectivity for the iPhone 14. It didn’t succor that rumors about Apple’s plans to reinforce satellite tv for pc calling and messaging had been floating round for months now.

There was once some substance to these rumors. Apple ended up asserting the flexibleness to ship SOS alerts to emergency merchandise and firms the educate of satellite tv for pc connectivity on the iPhone 14. This selection was once rumored for the iPhone 13 final yr, and it’s superb to ogle it ultimately attain to fruition. With carriers adore T-Cell having a see to dip into satellite-powered messaging, Apple might per likelihood effectively accumulate within the sport not directly, and these SOS alerts will probably be its first step.

(On a moderately a chortle side current, Huawei might per likelihood effectively’ve thought Apple was once planning on revealing some crazy recent satellite tv for pc components, too, because it launched improve for satellite tv for pc texting on its Mate sequence devices the day ahead of the occasion.)

A fever-detecting characteristic for the Look Sequence 8

Outdated rumors indicated that Apple would introduce a model recent fever-detecting characteristic to the Look Sequence 8. And whereas Apple did add two recent temperature sensors to its system, their fundamental motive is for fertility monitoring.

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The Look Sequence 8 can defend customers’ temperature every 5 seconds and might per likelihood effectively detect changes as puny as 0.1 levels Celcius, serving to customers pick after they final ovulated. Possibly Apple might per likelihood effectively not directly amplify on this feature in the long term to supply alerts whilst you’ve received a fever. It’s seemingly that its fever-detecting capacity merely didn’t cross inside testing, one factor Apple tracker Mark Gurman warned might per likelihood effectively bewitch serve temperature sensing earlier this yr.

A recent iPhone Mini

Sorry shrimp mobile phone followers, nonetheless the iPhone 14 lineup doesn’t encompass a model recent Mini model. Apple’s latest iteration of the Mini (and nearly positively its final) got here out with the iPhone 13 final yr. The system sports activities a smaller 5.4-trot showcase, and that is not be interesting to of us that seize a fair larger conceal, nonetheless its compact measurement makes it supreme to pop into your pocket.

I’m not going to rule out one different Mini totally, although. Apple merely launched serve the Plus model of the iPhone for the primary time since 2018. Possibly if Apple sees inquire of for a smaller system in the long term (nearly positively as further of us latch on to folding telephones for his or her compactness), it’ll carry it serve.

Lossless audio for the recent AirPods Professional

What Apple CEO Tim Prepare dinner dinner calls the “most glorious AirPods” soundless attain with Bluetooth. Whereas the 2nd-gen AirPods Professional perform attain with some vital upgrades, together with improved noise cancellation and spatial audio, they don’t attain with the rumored lossless audio that was once presupposed to toughen audio high quality severely.

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Though we didn’t accumulate lossless audio this time round, as a minimal Apple integrated Bluetooth 5.3. This model of Bluetooth makes use of the recent LC3 audio codec for a further ambiance staunch means to transmit audio, ensuing in increased audio.

A USB-C port for the iPhone

Ok, this one was once a puny of a protracted shot, nonetheless all of us can dream, appropriate? With Europe (and even Brazil) inserting rigidity on Apple to ditch its proprietary Lightning port, we’re able to inquire of of Apple to introduce a USB-C port on its devices reasonably quickly. Apple’s reportedly testing iPhones with USB-C appropriate now, nonetheless Kuo isn’t anticipating it till the 2nd half of of 2023.

What’s up subsequent

Apple isn’t achieved releasing recent devices this yr — the agency’s anticipated so so as to add to its Mac and iPad lineups at an occasion taking topic this October.

There, we’ll seemingly observe a model recent iPad Professional with an M2 chip, as effectively to an entry-level iPad with a refreshed plan. On the Mac side of issues, Apple’s rumored to comment three recent Macs that delay equipped with the M2 processor, together with a Mac Mini, Mac Professional, and MacBook Professional. We’re additionally anticipating Apple to beginning iPadOS 16 and macOS Ventura round this time, too.