WWDC20 Rumor Report Card: Leaked iOS 14 Features, Arm-Based Macs, and More

[cmaier]

My big question... What's up with Tim Cook's pants?

I didn’t notice anything, and I can’t say I’m motivated to re-watch the show to try and guess what you’re talking about. Were they plaid or something?

 

[travelinglike80]

Prosser is a complete fraud, fabricactor, and page view whore. He was wrong about countless things and undoubtedly made them all up for attention. His point about claiming this software source was caught was also made up for attention. He's an embarrassment and it is shameful that websites like Cult of Mac have given him attention.

 

[Cyprusian]

During the keynote Craig told us that the Big Sur demonstration ran on a Mac Mini powered by an A12 processor. Then Tim announced that the first Mac powered by the new silicon would be released at the end of 2020, with a full transition to the new processors complete within two years. Tim also said that Apple will release new Intel-powered Macs during the transition. Assuming that Big Sur will run on Macs with Intel and Apple processors, the comparative performance of the new generation MacOS 11 on both platforms will be interesting and predictable. Clearly, it will be in Apple's interest to ensure the benefits of their own processors outshine those of Intel to incentivise users to move to the new platform sooner rather later.

 

[sully54]

He was wrong about iPhoneOS and hardware being released but for all we know it was pulled last minute which tends to happen.

this doesn’t make sense. As far as iPhone OS being pulled last minute, no company, especially one with apple’s marketing prowess, would pull such a major rebranding at the very last minute (Prosser tweeted about iPhone OS On June 18).

As far as apple pulling hardware last minute, again, that would imply that Apple is sitting on unsold units of new hardware. Again, it doesn’t make sense.

 

[nachodorito]

God thanks god Prosser is being left weak. His leaks are garbage, his YouTube channel is the lowest denominator of "tech YouTube" and he's just ****ing annoying.

 

[3xBoom]

Huh, that's weird... Why would Apple plan to make the BMW feature available in iOS 13? They'd want as many users to upgrade, and there will be no devices left behind anyway.

Same here... It was really weird how this was phrased and felt like an afterthought.
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What happens to a leaker when they got caught?

They force a leaker to work on (insert your most hated feature of apple's soft or hardware)

 

[Jyby]

Science Rules!

 

[cmaier]

I heard from a friend from Apple that there are some investigations going on for some of the leaked rumors (some were possibly faked by Apple)... You could hear about an employee getting into trouble but probably won’t hear about it

They are constantly investigating every unsanctioned leak. That includes audited and monitoring the supply chain, severe rules and repercussions for employees who violate secrecy, etc.

 

[Jyby]

Science Rules!

 

[EugW]

No surprise that Sonny Dickson was wrong yet again.

 

[Black Belt]

Eliminating hardware at WWDC thus cutting the release dates just further demonstrates the ineptitude of Cook who can’t get products out the door, not even simple updates.

 

[cmaier]

Eliminating hardware at WWDC thus cutting the release dates just further demonstrates the ineptitude of Cook who can’t get products out the door, not even simple updates.

So the imaginary products that they never were going to announce last week, by not being announced, shows ineptitude.

Ok.

 

[Starfyre]

Part of me thinks Apple is intentionally giving people wrong information so that they can better narrow down who inside Apple has been leaking this information and dispose of them.