Who would have thought that the iOS 17 code was leaked, and as a result, the iPhone 15 became the ultimate "back pot man".
In recent years, Apple's secrecy measures have become less and less strict, and the lack of strictness here does not mean that Apple has slackened, but that it has faced more and more "thieves".
Because Apple has a super high degree of attention, whether it is digital bloggers, analysts, or even passers-by fans, they are trying to dig up some "big news". As more and more new products are released, we also find a rule, that is: the closer the time, the more accurate the revelation.
On the eve of the release of iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 series products, many domestic digital media even sorted out a set of infographics based on the latest news on the Internet, which is almost not much worse than the official and the accuracy is very high.
Normally, the accurate news of this year's iPhone 15 series should be exposed in July, but unexpectedly, an unexpected news of the iPhone 15 series came out in advance.
That surprise was iOS 17.
Under normal circumstances, iOS 17 will be announced at the WWDC developer conference in June, followed by a beta version for consumers to test, until the release of the new iPhone in September and the launch of the official version of the system.
As a result, the code of iOS 17, which is under development, was obtained by foreign media, and according to these codes, detailed information about the iPhone 15 was decrypted.
iPhone 15: listen to me, thank you, because there are you ...
In fact, it has long been foreseeable on iOS 17 that there will be basically no major functional breakthroughs, especially now that iOS curry is very strong, there are many bugs, and many consumers are unwilling to update. Even iOS 16, which has a 70% adoption rate, has been updated by many consumers because of changes in its appearance.
In addition, Apple's development focus has been tilted to the new generation of wearable devices AR/XR, so on iOS 17, it will still be mainly patched.
According to LeaksApplePro, a blogger who cracked the iOS 17 code abroad, iOS 17 will still focus on stability and efficiency, and improve and upgrade Mail, Fitness, Wallet, Home and Find My apps.
In addition, Leaks ApplePro also mentioned an interesting thing, that is, iOS 17 will add a new AR/VR-related app, similar to the Apple Watch's Watch app, and with more features.
Previously, it was also reported that Apple did not put much effort into iOS 17, but focused on the development of Apple's headset, wanting to rely on this category to give the conference a "small climax", and now various news are intertwined, indicating that the accuracy of this matter is very high.
According to current news, Apple's AR/VR device is called "Reality Pro" by Apple, and will support eye and hand tracking, with two modes of use of AR and VR, allowing users to type with their hands in the air. In terms of basic functions, it supports applications such as Safari, Photos, Mail, Messages, App Store, Apple TV, etc., and can also connect to a Mac as an external display.
Since the news from the outside world is now false, here we will not introduce too much about this glasses, or return to the topic, see what is the news about the iPhone 15 in iOS 17.
A total of six "Spirit Island" equipment
From the information that has been leaked, iOS 17 supports six devices with "Spirit Island", removing the devices that already have Spirit Island iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max, which means that this year's iPhone 15 series will be equipped with "Spirit Island" as standard (there is no news that the mini series will be resurrected).
In fact, from the release of Lingdong Island to the present, in addition to consumers' affirmation of its innovation in "defects", in daily use, the existence of Lingdong Island has greatly affected the experience of daily products, and because Lingdong Island is located relatively low, its sense of existence has been greatly enhanced in scenarios such as games and horizontal screen viewing.
Judging from the current news, Apple has not learned more about the pain points of users, and still continues to use Spirit Island, which also shows that Apple will basically not change the product design in the next three years. Just like the Touch Bar on the Macbook Pro...
The iPhone 15 is all Type-C
This news has been circulating on the Internet since a year or two ago, and now there is finally evidence.
In early October 2022, the European Parliament passed a bill requiring that from autumn 2024, all new portable smart devices such as mobile phones, tablets, and cameras in the EU must use the universal charging interface of USB Type-C. After that, the US CNBC website reported that Greg Joswiak, Apple's senior vice president of global marketing, said that Apple would "have to comply with" the European Union's regulations on unified charging interfaces for electronic devices.
Now Apple intends to start this change on the iPhone 15.
However, although the iPhone 15 series uses a Type-C interface, there is still a difference in rate. Today, the wired transfer rate of devices using the Lightning interface is still stuck in the USB 2.0 version, such as the iPhone 14 Pro, and the wired transfer rate to Mac is only 33MB/s.
Although iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus switch to the Type-C interface, the transmission rate is still similar to the Lightning interface. Only the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max have improved the transfer rate, supporting a transfer rate similar to USB 3.2, and according to the standard, the maximum transfer speed is 2GB/s.
Supports WiFi 6E networks
From the current news, WiFi 6E has, but not all.
The first is iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus, these two products are likely not to support WiFi 6E, because some bloggers have broken the news that the antenna architecture of iPhone 15 does not support WiFi 6E, so iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max or will become Apple's first mobile phone that supports WiFi 6E.
But there is no WiFi 6E, which has not had much impact on the current domestic situation.
The E in WiFi 6E, which is the English word extented, means extension and expansion, and is generally based on WiFi 6, so the difference between the two will not be too big.
E in WiFi 6E refers to the addition of more 6Ghz frequency bands on the basis of 2.4GHz and 5GHz, providing more 160MHz bandwidth channels, and reducing interference between channels on the basis of WiFi 6's high transmission. And supports WPA3 encryption protocol.
But in any case, at present Chinese mainland regulatory authorities have not opened the 6GHz band to WiFi use, so China still cannot use WiFi 6E technology, so there is basically no need to consider whether to support WiFi 6E.
In addition, the new Mac mini and MacBook Pro released by Apple some time ago also support WiFi 6E, but in Chinese mainland, this feature is identified as unusable.
Allow third-party app downloads
In March 2022, the European Union enacted a Digital Markets Law to regulate the operations of large interconnected companies, which came into force on November 1. The main purpose of this bill is to prohibit certain gatekeepers who are "both judges and winners" from using their dominant positions in data sharing, software installation, platform selection, advertising promotion, etc., to obtain high monopoly profits or restrict market competition, requiring their operating systems to open permissions that allow the installation of multiple application stores. If the company violates the rules, it will be fined 4%~20% of the global turnover in a fiscal year.
Now from the perspective of iOS 17 code, Apple is finally ready to open the installation of third-party applications.
Previously, we also mentioned in the article that about the consequences of Apple's opening of third-party applications and app store installation, interested friends can check the previous article "Apple allows the installation of third-party stores, but are users willing?" 》。
However, from the code point of view, Apple is not developed in all regions, but is very prepared for monopoly lawsuits in some countries, such as opening up in the EU jurisdiction, and other places remain as they are.
But as we mentioned earlier, differential treatment will lead to more regions opening up to Apple, resulting in more lawsuits.
Apple: I'm bored!
From the update provided by iOS 17, we can clearly feel that Apple is more focused on the upcoming AR/VR device, and the update of iOS is more "perfunctory". There's a good chance we'll not see a bigger update like iOS 16 for the next year or two.
Source: From the Internet
Soon, at WWDC in June this year, Apple will officially launch a series of system updates such as iOS 17, as well as more Apple devices and future development, let's wait and see!