At this meeting, held on 11th September, we talked about Apple’s announcements from the recent “Surprise and shine” event including the iPhone Duo. Members also raised some other topics.
Surprise and shine event
We discussed the announcements from this event which Apple held on 9th September:
- iPhone Duo, Apple also has a specs page with full details of the device.
- iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max.
- AirPods 5.
- Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4.
Apple has released documentation and videos for developers so they can adapt their apps to the new device.
The event is available to watch on Apple’s YouTube channel.
Apple News
- New Mac mini and Mac Studio models.
- Apple Care One package now available in the UK.
- How Apple has changed during Tim Cook’s tenure as CEO.
Member Topics
- DaveK asked about using contactless payments on public transport. Denesh mentioned using the Apple Pay express mode to make this easier. Ferrers mentioned that paying with an Apple Watch, if you have one, is also very convenient.
- DaveK demonstrated an app he is developing. Dave has details of his current apps on his website.
- When we were discussing Apple’s financial growth during Tim Cook’s tenure as CEO, DaveK recommended this site for visualising large amounts of money.
- Ferrers recommended the BBC Inside Science episode on the Hugging Face hack by OpenAI agents.