TiOSS 372 - Hefty Cards

2021 iPhone rumors, Apple Card showing up for some, special iPhones for security researchers, 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 - Smile and Twitter

Stuff mentioned:

• Kuo: Apple Likely to Absorb Any US Tariff Cost Increases on iPhone, iPad, and Mac
  • Trump set 10% tariff on Chinese imports starting September 1
  • Ming Chi Kuo believes customers won’t be affected thanks to proper preparation
  • Other manufacturing sites likely to mitigate issues
• 2021 iPhone
  • Kuo: 2021 iPhone Will Feature Fingerprint-Sensing Display in Addition to Face ID
    • According to Ming-Chi Kuo
    • Fingerprint On Display tech will improve significantly in 12-18 months
      • Module thickness
      • Sensing area
      • Power consumption
      • Lamination yield rate
    • Therefore Kuo believes “Apple will launch the new iPhone equipped with both Face ID and FOD to enhance security and convenience thanks to the multi-biometrics”
  • UBS Predicts Foldable iPhone or iPad by 2021, But Skepticism Abounds
    • According to UBS
    • Apple likely to launch foldable device, likely to be an iPad
    • More likely to be 2021
    • Though no corroboration from the usual suspects
• Apple Card
  • Apple Card Coming Soon as Apple Activates Webpages and Launches Preview for Some Users
    • Some customers have been invited to an Apple Card Preview
    • Available immediately through app
    • Physical card coming in the mail several days later
  • Apple Card Offers Benefits From Mastercard, Base APR Lowered to 12.99%
    • Uses MasterCard’s network
    • Mastercard's website offers a list of benefits
      • Fraud protection, identity theft protection, and a free ShopRunner membership that offers free two-day shipping from some websites.
      • Travel discounts and upgrades
      • Mastercard exclusive "special events," golf offerings, and home rental discounts etc
    • Base APR now 12.99% (down from 13.24%) thanks to Fed
  • Apple Card Doesn't Support Exporting Data to Financial Apps
    • Exporting data to services like Mint are not available at this time
• SPONSOR BREAK 
• Apple to Give Security Researchers 'Special' iPhones for Bug Testing, macOS Bug Bounty Program Coming
  • According to Forbes
  • Apple planning to give security researchers access to special iPhones which make it easier to find security vulnerabilities
  • To announce program at Black Hat this week
  • Essentially “dev devices”
  • Should be possible to probe pieces of the OS otherwise not easily accessible on a commercial iPhone
  • Stop CPU, inspect memory
  • Likely not be able to decrypt firmware
• Apple Ups Bug Bounty Payouts, Expands Access to All Researchers and Launches macOS Program
  • Expanding to macOS
  • Increasing bounties
  • Will provide vetted and trusted security researchers and hackers with "dev" iPhones
    • provide deeper access to the underlying software and operating system
  • Launching next year
• iOS 13 Betas
  • Apple Seeds Sixth Beta of Upcoming tvOS 13 Update to Developers and Public beta testers
  • Apple Seeds Sixth Beta of watchOS 6 to Developers
  • Apple Seeds Sixth Betas of iOS 13 and iPadOS to Developers and Public beta testers
  • What's New in iOS 13 Beta 6: Dark Mode Control Center Toggle, Folder Changes and More
    • Bug fixes
    • Dark Mode Control Center Toggle
    • Folder Transparency
    • Hide Link Previews
    • Three Finger Tap - three finger tap anywhere in iOS to bring up undo, redo, cut, copy and paste icons
    • Volume Tweaks - again 16 volume increments instead of the 34
    • Background Location Warnings
• Apple on Right to Repair: We Want Customers to Be Confident Their Products Will Be 'Repaired Safely and Correctly'
  • Right to Repair advocates continue to lobby the US government
  • The Repair Association's executive director Gay Gordon-Byrne wrote that "manufacturers have no reasons for blocking repair other than money,"
  • However an Apple spokesperson told Axios that Apple's goal is to ensure its products are "repaired safely and correctly,"
    • We want to make sure our customers always have confidence their products will be repaired safely and correctly, and in a way that supports recycling. We are continually growing our network of certified technicians and most recently announced that any Best Buy store in the U.S. is now an authorized service provider 
• iFixit: Apple 'Locking' iPhone Batteries to Discourage Third-Party Replacements [Updated]
  • Replacing iPhone batteries with a non-authentic one will disable battery health messages
  • iFixit believes this is designed to deter battery replacements using third-party repair kits
  • Doesn’t effect performance of battery

iDevice Picks:

Jeff - The Boys
Michael - Trader Joe's Cocoa Meringues