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Apple CEO Tim Cook in Leaked Memo: 'We Are Doing Everything in Our Power' to Identify Leakers
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does Tim Cook not look like a Pontiac salesman from 1985 in the photo?
That’s silly and provably false. There were a *ton* of leaks in Steve Jobs’ day. There were even more leak sites than now.
He has a brand new Fiero available in 4 fantastic colors, and you're gonna love it.
He looks like "Angry Bird".
Apple CEO Tim Cook has warned employees about leaking company information, in a leaked memo seen by The Verge.
Last week, discussions from a private all-hands town hall meeting were leaked to the press, revealing the company's stances on issues such as working from home and the Apple vs. Epic legal battle going forwards.
Last night, Cook emailed employees to address the contents of that meeting being leaked, admonishing those who revealed the details of the discussions to the press, but now that email has also been leaked to The Verge. The internal email sent by Cook reads:
Most notably, Cook tied the leak of the contents of Friday's meeting to the leak of "product IP" and "a product launch in which most of the details of our announcements were also leaked to the press," referring to the company's recent "California Streaming" event that saw the unveiling of the iPhone 13 lineup, Apple Watch Series 7, and sixth-generation iPad mini.
The ramped-up rhetoric appears to be in line with a wider crackdown on leaks in recent months, which have seen various Apple leakers be tracked down and hit with stern warnings from lawyers. This ongoing struggle shows no sign of abating with Cook assuring, "we are doing everything in our power to identify those who leaked" and those who do "do not belong here."
Article Link: Apple CEO Tim Cook in Leaked Memo: 'We Are Doing Everything in Our Power' to Identify Leakers
Source on chip and battery bring different?
The other components require only minimal changes to tooling or layout over the S6. The charging system and screen will have have likely fit either designs.
No one is saying Apple threw together a new design at the last moment, but rather they switched to a backup design that’s easier to manufacture at the last moment when the yield for the new chassis wasn’t high enough.
I wonder what kind of NDAs the employees sign when they're hired. They should be able to use civil subpoena powers to determine the identities of at least some of these leakers... or those don't use TOR, VPN, or OCONUS websites.
I'm silently cheering the leakers, and I don't know why. It could have something to do with one man at this company receiving 5 million shares of AAPL stock while we have 1.9 billion people living in extreme poverty. Everything Tim says about doing the right thing and being about the people goes out the window when he does another stock or bonus grab. He's a cold, capitalist mongrel. Kinda reminds me of Trump.
I'm silently cheering the leakers, and I don't know why. It could have something to do with one man at this company receiving 5 million shares of AAPL stock while we have 1.9 billion people living in extreme poverty. Everything Tim says about doing the right thing and being about the people goes out the window when he does another stock or bonus grab. He's a cold, capitalist mongrel. Kinda reminds me of Trump.
That seems a little dramatic, but I’ll bite....how so? How is the rumor mill “devastating” to the community? I don’t see it that way at all. Gives us something to talk about. It would be AWFULLY quiet around here if we didn’t have leaks to discuss. We’d only be talking about the past and the site would be called MacHistory.com, not MacRumors.
Additionally, a lot of the so-called leaks aren’t even accurate. I actually enjoy the presentations MORE these days because I have an idea of what will be coming, but still not enough detail that there aren’t a few surprises or new details. It’s also interesting seeing how wrong these “leakers” were. Before I remember everyone getting their hopes up high only to be shown some minor upgrades and then be bitterly disappointed that they wasted their time. I think the way it is now is perfect balance. At least for me.
That the S7 has a different chip has been widely reported, including by MacRumors. Confirmation on battery will have to wait for a teardown, but it stands to reason that a larger case, larger screen, different charging architecture and different chip would necessitate a different (likely larger) battery.
It's absurd to think that Apple has "backup designs" for all their products. There's been nary a whisper of such a scheme through generations of iPhones/iPads/Watches/Macs. This isn't that complicated—the leakers were just wrong. It's happened before and it'll happen again.
Well as per the link, one of the more salacious rumours go that they scrapped the redesigned line ~ a month ago and scrambled to release anything they could with the same current tooling, hence no release date and everything is exactly the same except a slightly different screen that warps the image at the edges.
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The article only speculates that the display change would need architecture changes without providing any official confirmation. Apple didn’t even mention the chip during the keynote, which is very unusual. Even for the S5 they highlighted the SoC even though it’s was minimally altered from the S4. Battery life could have just as well been maintained with a more efficient display. The case isn’t larger, just slightly shaped differently. I guess we’ll have to see the tear downs.
The thing is, leakers have always been right or wrong, but Apple always delivered on time despite constant rumors every year of “production difficulties”. This year Apple delayed the launch without even a concrete ship date for some inexplicable reason.
1. The notch is fine, I don't see it as any better or worse than a pinhole camera. Until under screen cameras are perfected I'm happy with how it is.
2. The battery life of the 13 series is looking to be excellent so I don't know where you are getting the twice a day thing from, on MKBHD he used a 13 Pro Max for a whole day of heavy use and had over 50% remaining.
3. I see ultra fast wireless charging as a negative, it absolutely wrecks your batteries life span, if I had the option I'd slow charge at 5W to 80% - I'm an electronic and electrical engineer.
4. I haven't transferred data over my phones lightning port ever, not once in 5 years. They could remove the port and I'd be fine with it.
5. The 13 Pro cameras look to have good Zoom, are you talking about the non-pro's?
6. I give you that, an under display finger print reader would be welcome.
7. Same as above.
8. I can't think of a less appealing form faster than a folding phone. The bar design is optimal.
9. I have used Android on a number of occasions and see iOS as a massive advantage over it, especially if like me you also use Macs, Apple Watches, Apple TV, and Homepods.
"Nonetheless, MacRumors can confirm several details about the Series 7 not currently shared by Apple. First, the Apple Watch Series 7 is indeed powered with an S7 branded chip." That's not speculation.
The Watch launch is weird this year, no doubt. But it can just as easily be explained by production difficulties with this model as by difficulties with a completely unsubstantiated "flat sides" design.
Also weird to say “an S7 branded chip” instead of “the S7 chip.” Is it the same S7 or does it just share the name?
There was also a rumor in the spring about a black Apple Pencil 3 that was coming soon. Never did see that when the new iPad Pros came out, or last week with the new iPads. Hmm…
