Apple Arcade delivers family fun with ‘Nick Jr. Replay!’ on May 7th
Apple Arcade is set to delight families with the arrival of Nick Jr. Replay! on May 7, an exciting new game filled with beloved characters… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.

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Folding iPhone will be named iPhone Ultra, says another leaker
While a leaker saying Apple's first foldable will be called the iPhone Ultra doesn't sound all that confident, he or she is just the latest to make the claim.The forthcoming iPhone Fold may instead be called the iPhone UltraIn March 2026 a previously unheard of leaker named WayLabs was the first to say the iPhone Fold would ship as the iPhone Ultra. Given the reports of high end Apple Ultra products following the firm's low end MacBook Neo, this leak could easily have been a guess.Now the much better known Digital Chat Station has chimed in with the same story, albeit only warily. "Rumor has it that Apple's folding name is iPhone Ultra," says the report on Chinese social media site Wiebo, in translation. Digital Chat Station is a regular leaker, if only sporadically accurate, but normally he or she is more declarative about claims. Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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How Vision Pro launch exposed problems in Apple stores
Vision Pro's launch exposed Apple Store issues beyond the headset's $3,500 price tag, according to a new book. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)

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Incredible MacBook Neo demand may finish off Apple's A18 Pro stock
The MacBook Neo is a massive success for Apple, with high demand prompting talks between Apple and the supply chain about making more units, and how to solve a possible A18 Pro stock problem.MacBook Neo uses the A18 Pro, but chip supplies may be limitedAfter a welcoming launch, the MacBook Neo has been recognized by Apple as a hit product. So much of a hit that CEO Tim Cook said that Mac had the best launch week ever for first-time Mac customers, with the MacBook Neo contributing to that success.However, while an underperforming product introduces some supply chain problems, a high-selling one brings its own issues to the table. Something that Apple is trying to deal with. Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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Mint Mobile launches $45/month bundle for wireless and home internet
If you’re looking for a way to save money on your cellular and home internet bills, Mint Mobile just announced a new $45/month bundle offer that could help. more…

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Apple Arcade’s May lineup adding 4 ad-free games, including ‘Good Pizza, Great Pizza+’
Apple Arcade’s May lineup will introduce new titles and updates to existing games on the subscription gaming platform. Apple Arcade games have no ads and no in-app purchases. more…

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Dark Matter season 2 gets release date on Apple TV
Apple TV has just announced the release date for Dark Matter season 2, the highly anticipated return of a beloved sci-fi hit. more…

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Origami case/stand elevates your iPad for easy viewing [Review] ★★★★☆
The Moft Dynamic Folio Case is also a very versatile stand for the tablet with a range of configurations. We did hands-on testing. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)

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Apple faces supply chain problem as MacBook Neo demand exceeds expectations
The new MacBook Neo has apparently been a smash hit, and Apple will likely talk up its success at its next quarterly earnings call. But, in what can be considered a good problem to have, Apple is facing a bit of a supply chain predicament. Its stock of A18 Pro chips — the previous-gen iPhone processor that powers the Neo — is reportedly running low according to respected analyst Tim Culpan. One of the ways Apple got the price of the Neo down was by using leftover, binned, A18 Pro chips that were originally destined for life inside iPhone 16 Pro. If it needs to ramp up production again, though, the laptop’s margins will be squeezed. more…

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Velotric GoMad e-bike review: Apple Health, Find My, deep customization, and more
Released on April 7, Velotric's GoMad utility e-bike is great for Apple users, with Find My, Apple Health, and the ability to swap between torque and cadence sensing.Velotric GoMad review: a great utility e-bikeI've tested a lot of e-bikes over the years, and Velotric might be the company that's closest to being perfect for Apple users. The Velotric Nomad 2 had some Apple-focused features that worked well, but it is a particularly large bike.This time, I got to try out the Velotric GoMad. It's a new utility e-bike from the company with a big cargo load and compact body. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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‘iPhone Ultra’ is the likely name of Apple’s foldable, says leaker
Apple’s first foldable iPhone is expected to launch this fall, and a notable leaker says that inside sources indicate the name won’t be ‘iPhone Fold,’ but rather ‘iPhone Ultra.’ more…

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Apple’s foldable iPhone faces engineering issues, potential shipment delays, Nikkei Asia claims
Apple has been facing setbacks ​in the engineering test phase of ‌its first foldable iPhone, which might lead to delays in its… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.

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Edit any PDF, right in your browser
Get lifetime access to PDFToolKit to edit, convert and sign PDFs directly in your browser. No downloads, no uploads, just speed and security. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)

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Spotify Prompted Playlists now work for podcasts as well as music
Spotify Prompted Playlists were first launched in New Zealand late last year before rolling out to the US and Canada in January. The feature lets you use natural language to describe what you want to hear, and the streaming service will create an AI-powered music playlist to match. The company has now expanded the AI tool to podcasts, stating that it will use a mix of three factors to generate personalized podcast playlists for you … more…

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Aqara W200 review: Affordably-priced smart thermostat has firsts for Apple users
Announced on April 7, the Aqara W200 smart thermostat is the first to take advantage of Apple's Adaptive Temperature technology for Apple Home, and that's a big deal for users.Aqara W200 thermostat review: There's a new go-to smart thermostat for Apple usersAt least in the U.S., two or three big players largely have a stranglehold on the premium smart thermostat market. If you want a nice-looking smart thermostat, you're likely opting for Ecobee, Nest, or Honeywell Home.Aqara is looking to shake that up with its W200, which first launched at CES 2026. It's compact, well-designed, and is the only model that currently supports Adaptive Temperature for Apple Home. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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Adobe takes on NotebookLM with Acrobat Student Spaces
Designed specifically for students, this new free tool generates study guides, mind maps, podcasts, and other AI-powered visual and auditory learning content based on class notes and other uploaded materials. Here are the details. more…

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Aqara releases new Thermostat Hub W200 with Apple Adaptive Temperature support
Aqara just released the new Aqara W200 Thermostat Hub, featuring Matter 1.4 support and native integration with Apple’s new Adaptive Temperature functionality. These additions make it a compelling alternative to Nest for anyone wanting deep, system-level control within Apple Home. more…

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Apple Vision Pro launch hampered by years of retail store penny-pinching
Demos of the Apple Vision Pro were reportedly routinely given by poorly-trained staff ordered to focus on sales targets, in a reverse of what Steve Jobs intended for Apple Stores.Demo Apple Vision Pro in an Apple StoreBack in the day, if you asked an Apple Store employee what they recommended, they would often suggest a different store if that was the best option. They were driven by what the customer needed and had no need to care how many AppleCare+ subscriptions they sold that day.Flash forward to today and Apple Stores are trying to unionize in order to protect their staff from the working conditions. And the Apple that claims to be for the rest of us, is backing illegal union-busting practices. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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More threats to Apple’s chipmaker through attempted theft of TSMC technology
A new Reuters piece describes new threats to Apple’s chipmaker TSMC as a result of further reported actions by the Chinese government. Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly told officials that he slept “with one eye open” after attending a classified CIA briefing on Taiwan, and there is no sign that he will be sleeping better anytime soon … more…

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Schools Turn to Drones to Counter Active Shooters
Drone-based security systems are being positioned as a faster way to detect and respond to active shooter threats, giving schools real-time visibility while raising questions about safety, privacy, and oversight. The post appeared first on TechNewsWorld.

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Global RAM shortage fuels ridiculous Mac wait times
Whether for high-end configurations or base models, potential buyers face long wait times for Macs. Here's what to expect (and why). (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)

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An inside look at the ‘fiasco’ of the Vision Pro launch in Apple stores
A new report provides an insider’s view of the Vision Pro launch at Apple stores, describing it as “a fiasco” in many of them. It also claims that while the Vision Pro launch was particularly problematic, it also pointed to broader issues with changes made to retail staffing over the years … more…

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First iPhone Fold dummy images show no MagSafe
Images of iPhone Fold, iPhone 18 Pro, and iPhone 18 Pro Max dummies have been released by a generally reliable leaker, and show off design features and sizes of the fall 2026 lineup.Purported dummy units of the iPhone 18 Pro Max (left), iPhone 18 Pro (right), and iPhone Fold (Center) — image credit; Sonny DicksonJust as reports claim that the iPhone Fold may be delayed over manufacturing issues, a new leak from Sonny Dickson shows a dummy unit of it and the Pro models of the forthcoming iPhone 18 range. There is no detail beyond what can be seen in photos of the front and rear of the iPhones, but the images match previous CAD drawings in how they show no MagSafe connector circle.Exclusive First Dummies of what the final size of the iPhone Fold, iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max will look like. pic.twitter.com/X9P9uBK12p— Sonny Dickson (@SonnyDickson) April 7, 2026 Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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iPhone 17e review: An impressive balancing act
Macworld At a glanceExpert's Rating Pros Excellent performance Attractive design Decent battery life Cons Basic camera setup Lack of always-on display Our Verdict The iPhone 17e is an affordable phone with many good points (performance, looks, battery life, and, of course, the advantages of iOS) and several noteworthy compromises, such as the notch and cameras. But at least, in contrast to the iPhone 16e, they’re mostly the right compromises. This would make a solid choice for someone upgrading from an older handset, such as the iPhone 12 or 13, switching from Android, or buying their first smartphone. Price When Reviewed This value will show the geolocated pricing text for product undefined Best Pricing Today Price When Reviewed$599 Best Prices Today: Apple iPhone 17e Retailer Price $599 View Deal Price comparison from over 24,000 stores worldwide Product Price Price comparison from Backmarket Apple needed to get this one right. Starting at $599, Apple’s “e” phones are, by far, the cheapest iPhones it sells, and as such, represent many prospective customers’ best way to enter the Apple ecosystem. They’re also Apple’s chance to enter the budget phone market, albeit at the upper end. But despite the MacBook Neo, Apple hasn’t always done a good job of delivering iPhone value at lower price points. Last year’s iPhone 16e was, in my view at least, a bit of a disaster. It was $170 more expensive than the iPhone SE it nominally replaced, while offering a feature set hampered by a long list of limitations, from the slower processor and single rear camera lens to the lack of MagSafe and any color options other than black and white. But hopes were high that Apple had learned from that failure. The iPhone 17e is no cheaper than its predecessor and still has a very basic camera, but it gains MagSafe, a third color, and a faster processor. The MacBook Neo showed that Apple can do budget laptops, but will the 17e show it can do budget smartphones too? David Price / Foundry iPhone 17e design: Smart, if a little old-fashioned Apple’s policy with the iPhone SE line was to recycle the chassis design of older handsets, and that largely continues with the 16e and 17e. What you’re essentially getting here, at least externally, is an iPhone 14. It’s a slim, attractive phone that feels good in the hand, but compared to recent models there are some old-fashioned touches. So that means a notch at the top of the screen rather than the later and more useful Dynamic Island, and a 6.1-inch display with thick bezels rather than the 6.3-inch, thin-bezel iPhone 17. There’s also no Camera Control. On the plus side the 17e, like the 14, is only 7.8mm thick, compared to the iPhone 17’s 7.95mm, but I sincerely doubt you’ll notice that. I certainly didn’t. Unlike the Lightning-based iPhone 14, the 17e gets a USB-C port.David Price / Foundry There are some important differences from the 14, however. You get the Action button, which arrived with the iPhone 15 Pro in 2023 and sits on the left edge above the volume controls. It replaces the mute switch and can simply be used for the same task, but can be reprogrammed to do other functions instead. Nice to have the option, although personally I find the mute function indispensable and leave it as the default almost all the time. One of several quibbles with the iPhone 16e was that it came, for no obvious reason other than upsell cruelty, in just two colors: black and white. The 17e, pleasingly, gets a third Soft Pink option. Less pleasingly, it’s one of the least vivid attempts at that color in tech history: the emphasis is very much on the soft, not the pink. It would be generous to call it “cherry blossom” and more accurate to call it a “blushing off-white.” If you want your iPhone in pink, this is pink, but only barely, and in some light it looks downright white. If you really want a pink iPhone, you’re going to want to invest in a case with a much bolder hue. Is it pink? Or is it a calculated insult to the very concept of pink? You decide.Jason Cross / Foundry iPhone 17e display: Good but not great The 17e has an excellent-quality display, and at first glance I assumed it would be one of the product’s crowning glories. Theres plenty of visual real estate (the screen measures a diagonal 6.1 inches, far larger than the 4.7-inch iPhone SE), with the same super-sharp 460ppi pixel density as even the iPhone 17 Pro at virtually the same resolution, as well as a P3 color gamut. Games, movies, and TV shows, Instagram posts, YouTube videos… everything looks vibrant and sharp on the 17e’s screen. Multitouch gestures are quick and responsive. And while I didn’t risk any especially destructive tests, the 17e’s screen picked up precisely zero scratches during my time with it, while Apple’s testing offers reassurance that the 2nd-gen Ceramic Shield will ensure it collects very few in the future. Sure enough, for almost everyone who’s likely to be interested in an iPhone 17e, the screen will do you proud. Compared to the 3rd-gen SE, the 14, or the 16e, the quality will in every way be either the same or better than what you’re used to. It’s only if you’re coming to the 17e from something more expensive, such as the iPhone 17, that you’ll notice any issues. But why would anyone do that? David Price / Foundry Well, they might do it if they’re a phone reviewer. I came to the 17e from the iPhone 17, and was surprised by the number of small annoyances. Going back from the Dynamic Island to the notch kept confusing my muscle memory—when I wanted to jump back to the top of webpages, I often missed the correct place to tap at the top of the screen— and it’s appreciably more of a hindrance to the enjoyment of movies in particular. I wasn’t really aware of the lack of ProMotion (serious gamers are more likely to notice this), but I very much missed the 17’s always-on display, and found it oddly frustrating having to wait even a fraction of a second to wake up the screen. Visibility is also a little weaker when using the device outdoors. As I say, these annoyances should only be noticeable to reviewers and those who downgrade their phone for financial or accident-related reasons. But it’s worth knowing the ways in which your experience could improve if you were able to spare a little more cash. iPhone 17e camera: A manageable weak spot The iPhone 16e’s biggest weakness was its camera setup, which makes it disappointing to discover that virtually nothing has changed in that department. The 17e still has only a single (standard) camera lens on the rear compared to two on the 17 and three on the 17 Pro, and while Apple has done its best to work around this impediment, the experience isn’t quite the same. David Price / Foundry Of the two lost lenses, the more worrying is the ultrawide, which is on both 17 and 17 Pro. Without this, there’s no 0.5x anti-zoom, a wonderfully handy option for landscape shots. You also lose the macro mode for better rendition of close-ups. The biggest loss, however, is the 17e’s inability to do “proper” Portrait photos, by which I mean using a second lens; instead, the bokeh effect is created with software trickery, and it isn’t quite as good. In most of the Portrait photos I took, it was possible to find at least one point where the phone got confused about the edge of the subject’s clothing or hair and smudged the boundary between the two. These are generally very minor errors, however, and not obvious unless the viewer is specifically looking for them. The iPhone 17e (left) sometimes has trouble with stray hairs which the iPhone 17 (right) handles just fine. The lack of the iPhone 17 Pro’s telephoto is less of an issue, but it does mean a significantly weaker overall zoom. Optical zoom tops out at 2x rather than 8x, and even the 2x is created by cropping rather than switching to a different lens. In practice, the 2x zoom is fine, since 48MP is more than enough detail to sustain a little cropping, but long-distance photography isn’t really an option here or on the iPhone 17. So the weaknesses of the camera setup are still there. But it remains the case that for the majority of your photographic needs, the iPhone 17e will be fine. Portraits are more than passable, even if landscapes are more of a challenge; the 2x zoom is absolutely fine, although it’s a shame not to have anything more than that; and thanks to Smart HDR 5, the 17e did an excellent job of handling challenging lighting conditions. Even with a bright light source directly behind the subject, it was still able to capture a reasonable amount of detail and color fidelity, and one would hope that most of the time, the phone’s owner will compose shots rather more sensibly. You shouldn’t take photos like this. But if you do, the 17e will do a reasonable job with them.David Price / Foundry And when it comes to the easier shots that make up 90 percent of an iPhone camera’s duties, the 17e performed admirably, delivering vibrant, colorful images with plenty of detail. It may not have a great camera, but it does have a camera that’s more than good enough for most users most of the time. Performance: Binned but brilliant Performance-wise, the iPhone 17e has an impressive spec list for the price: a processor from the latest A19 generation, along with 8GB of RAM. In fact, it could be argued that the 17e is too powerful. In my 16e review, I complained that the inclusion of a latest-gen chip and 8GB of RAM (a feat achieved, presumably, in order to make the device compatible with Apple Intelligence) meant unpalatable compromises in other areas. It’s worth pointing out that the A19 chip in this phone isn’t quite as cutting edge as its generation alone might imply. Firstly it’s an A19, as on the iPhone 17, rather than an A19 Pro, as on the iPhone 17 Pro, 17 Pro Max, and Air. And secondly it’s not even quite the same as the A19 in the iPhone 17, because Apple selected binned versions of that processor to save money. This means the chips failed manufacturing tests in some minor way and consequently have one fewer operational GPU core. Binned chip or not, the iPhone 17e was snappy and responsive throughout testing, no matter which app I ran. Even in dedicated benchmarks, which are far more difficult than real-world use, it delivered excellent performance. In terms of pure processing speed, its scores were (as we’d expect) almost identical to the iPhone 17, well ahead of the iPhone 16e, and very close to the iPhone Air.

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