The iOS Show

Rumors of the March 27th event, rumors of a "blush gold" iPhone X, Apple's secret MicroLED facility, and more on this week's episode of The iOS Show! Show notes can be found at theiOSshow.com. If you have any questions, comments, or feedback, send an email to feedback at theiosshow.com!

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Cast:
Michael Johnston - Applr and Twitter
Adam Christianson - The MacCast and Twitter
Jeff Gamet - The Mac Observer and Twitter

Stuff mentioned:

• March 27th Event
  • Mark Gurman: Cheaper iPad to Debut Next Week, Sub-$1,000 MacBook Likely Not Ready Yet
    • Targeted at education, possible education software to come along side
  • New Low-Cost 9.7-Inch iPad May Support Apple Pencil
    • According to Ming-Chi Kuo
    • Adding to low-cost iPad to differentiate from Android tablets. Possible lower-cost Pencil
    • Possibly $259
    • Possible support for Pencil in later than 2018 iPhone models
• Apple to Prevent Siri From Reading Hidden Notifications on Lock Screen in Future Software Update
  • Primarily affects 3rd-party apps, doesn't affect iMessage, sporadically affects Mail
  • Will likely come in iOS 11.3, possibly in earlier 11.2.7 update
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• Sketchy Rumor Suggests Apple Still Plans to Sell iPhone X in Blush Gold
  • Ben Geskin - Tweeted a photo 
  • Followed-up with "D21A - “Blush Gold” iPhone in production"
  • iPhone X originally rumored to come in blush gold but never came to be
• Apple Expected to Trial Production of 2018 iPhone Lineup Earlier to Avoid Last Year's Supply Bottleneck
  • According to Digitimes
  • Should improve supplies for 2018 iPhones
• Apple Developing Its Own MicroLED Displays for Future Devices
  • Bloomoberg: Apple has secret manufacturing facility in Santa Clara, where it is designing and producing test samples of its own displays
  • MicroLED - Slimmer, brighter, lower power consumption
  • Possibly brought to Apple Watch first, maybe as soon as this year
  • Bloomberg thinks it may be two years for Watch, 3-5 years for iPhone
  • Full-scale production to be outsourced
• Behind-the-Scenes Video Details How Spike Jonze Made HomePod Ad With 'Very Little CGI'

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Michael - Free MLB Premium for T-Mobile Subscribers