What does "only in the EU mean"? Does the user physically have to be in the EU? Does it have to be an iPhone that is sold in the EU? Does it have to be activated the first time in the EU? How would Apple enforce those restrictions?
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iOS 17 Coming Soon for iPhones and Rumored to Include These 8 New Features
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harriska2
macrumors 68020
Airtag sharing would be pretty awesome. That way people that don’t own a iphone/ipad but do own a macOS device can use an airtag.
Realityck
macrumors G5
It's a rumor that side loading will only be available for EU region instead of world wide. Of course how Apple gets around this whole requirement is still not known also. It's based on what we think will happen. 😉
The same way they already do with alternate payments and other appstore related features that are required in certain markets.
gmarm
macrumors regular
To be honest, I'm sick and tired of watching Apple essentially killing businesses one by one as they eventually come after their products.
And that'd be perfectly fine if they gave everyone a fair chance by using the same public APIs these companies do.
But since they don't, it's just infuriating to watch. Maybe I'm compassionate as I'm a developer myself. 🤷🏻♂️
And that'd be perfectly fine if they gave everyone a fair chance by using the same public APIs these companies do.
But since they don't, it's just infuriating to watch. Maybe I'm compassionate as I'm a developer myself. 🤷🏻♂️
Came here to say this. I'd hardly classify September as "soon".
Will Co
macrumors 6502a
Nothing killer in there but plenty of welcome tweaks. Very interested in the Journal app and Wallet could certainly use some love - get's a bit crowed in there what with cards, travel tickets, COVID pass etc etc etc. Further features on the anti-tracking and also possibly the tag sharing, can only be a good thing, too, surely.
cocky jeremy
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The rumors all year long have been that it will be a Leopard to Snow Leopard type of release that is more bug fixes and stability than new features.
I strangely see x.1 and x.x.1 updates throughout the year that gives upgrades regularly for Apple apps throughout the year 🙄
Not quite once per year..
antiprotest
macrumors 601
Well, it's not going to be that hard because they have already been doing it. Even the app stores and various aspects of iOS are different in different countries. Even if some people make the effort to get around it, they will be a negligible percentage.
TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️
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Apple needs to work on revamping the Calculator App in iOS 17.
slplss
macrumors 6502a
Not rare to find an American blaming EU for forcing Apple to open up and use universal USB-C connector here on MR. Hope they are a minority.
DominikHoffmann
macrumors 6502a
Companies like BMW already offer convenient car upgrade plans. You’ll be able to always drive the car with the latest CarPlay release.
Apple_Robert
Contributor
This feature list is BORING except EU sideloading.
slplss
macrumors 6502a
When they renamed iOS for iPad to iPadOS, along with releasing M1 iPad Pro, some people, including me thought something big is going to happen. Now we know iPadOS is going nowhere. In fact, it takes several months for iPadOS to get the features newly announced iOS got.
BrownyQ
macrumors 6502
Of what's currently rumored, nothing really screams out at me. Aside from the journaling app.
Sadly, journaling on my phone is a terrible idea, and I'd prefer it to be made available cross device, notably for macOS, but we shall see if it's even a thing in the first place.
Sadly, journaling on my phone is a terrible idea, and I'd prefer it to be made available cross device, notably for macOS, but we shall see if it's even a thing in the first place.
8 new features and 8000 new bugs. Miss the days when apple announced things that were actually ready instead of saying "coming at a later date."
slplss
macrumors 6502a
I think it would depend on if your iCloud account is EU based, but I might be wrong.
orbital~debris
macrumors 68030
MacRumors, this is disingenuous (and a bit clickbait-ey) – iOS 17 is not coming soon for iPhone, really.
Its introduction is very likely soon, but that's different to it becoming available to "the rest of us" as the latest OS (a beta programme doesn't count). September isn't soon.
Cromulent
macrumors 604
Well, the developer beta will be released soon, which I assume is what they meant.
slplss
macrumors 6502a
ONE thing I’d wish so see now.
Manual white balance in Camera app. Locking white balance. White balance presets.
It is absolutely incredible that’s not a feature ever since first iPhone was released.
It looks terrible when Camera app auto balances everything, depending which angle you take.
In 10s shot, grass, sky changing their colours several times as you pan, it’s awful.
You have to use paid 3rd party apps like Filmic, Beastcam…
Manual white balance in Camera app. Locking white balance. White balance presets.
It is absolutely incredible that’s not a feature ever since first iPhone was released.
It looks terrible when Camera app auto balances everything, depending which angle you take.
In 10s shot, grass, sky changing their colours several times as you pan, it’s awful.
You have to use paid 3rd party apps like Filmic, Beastcam…
strongy
macrumors 6502
easy theirs a clear difference in hardware sold in europe, theirs also the european app store and the persons address, could also use the network a lot of the networks in america don't exist outside the USA.