Month:September 2025

Apple and Epic Games have been involved in a high-profile legal battle in the United States, but the two companies have also been facing off in court in Australia. Back in August, Australia’s federal court ruled that the Apple App Store had violated competition laws by prohibiting sideloading and alternative payment methods. At the time, …
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For this week’s giveaway, we’ve teamed up with GRID Studio to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win a brand new iPhone 17. GRID Studio’s fifth anniversary coincides with Apple’s ‌iPhone 17‌ launch, and GRID Studio wanted to celebrate by hosting a sale and a giveaway. GRID Studio creates art showcasing Apple’s history from old, …
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Apple announced the new Apple Watch lineup earlier this week, including the Apple Watch Series 11, Apple Watch SE 3, and Apple Watch Ultra 3. If you’re planning to pre-order the Ultra 3, Best Buy is offering a $50 discount to its members this week. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Best Buy. When …
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Apple’s annual September event is now in the rearview mirror, with the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, iPhone Air, Apple Watch Series 11, Apple Watch Ultra 3, and Apple Watch SE 3 all set to launch on Friday, September 19. Apple is not finished on the year, though, with rumors claiming …
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In an interview this week with The Wall Street Journal‘s Sam Schube, Apple’s software design chief Alan Dye said the iPhone Air represents another step “towards that singular piece of glass that Steve Jobs talked about back in the day.” Apple’s former design chief Jony Ive and Jobs both dreamed of an all-glass iPhone with …
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In the environment section of its iPhone Air press release this week, Apple revealed that the device is equipped with a 3D-printed titanium USB-C port. Apple said the 3D-printed titanium USB-C port offers three benefits compared to one manufactured with a conventional forging process: it is thinner, stronger, and uses 33% less material to be …
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Pre-orders for the iPhone 17, ‌iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ Max are set to begin on Friday, September 12 at 5:00 a.m. Pacific Time, with the new devices set to become available for pre-order in multiple countries around the world simultaneously. We’ve compiled pre-order times for various countries to help MacRumors …
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Apple’s new Live Translation feature for AirPods will be off-limits to millions of European users when it arrives next week, with strict EU regulations likely holding back its rollout. Apple says on its feature availability webpage that “Apple Intelligence: Live Translation with AirPods” won’t be available if both the user is physically in the EU …
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Following the debut of the iPhone 17 lineup on Tuesday, Apple quietly updated its iPhone 16 lineup so that the standard ‌iPhone 16‌ is now sold only in a 128GB configuration for $699. The previous storage tiers of 256GB and 512GB for the base ‌iPhone 16‌ have been discontinued. The ‌iPhone 16‌ Plus retains slightly …
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