Apple is expected to unveil a lineup of new iPhones – the iPhone 14 family – a new entry-level iPad, and the new Apple Watch Series 8, plus an all-new, larger (50mm) “Apple Watch Pro,” and possibly the second generation AirPods Pro at its September 7th ‘Far Out’ special event.
Gene Munster, Loup Ventures managing partner, joins Joanna Stern, The Wall Street Journal‘s senior personal tech columnist, on CNBC’s ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss expectations.”
MacDailyNews Take: As for the iPhone 14 family, we expect:
• iPhone 14 – starting at $749-$799: 6.1-inch 60Hz OLED notched display, A15 Bionic, 6GB RAM
• iPhone 14 Plus – starting at $849-$899: 6.1-inch 60Hz OLED notched display, A15 Bionic, 6GB RAM
• iPhone 14 Pro – $1049-$1099: 6.1-inch 120Hz ProMotion Always-on “pill” cutout Display, A16 Bionic, 8GB RAM, 48MP main wide-angle camera, 8K video recording potential
• iPhone 14 Pro Max – $1149-$1199: 6.7-inch 120Hz ProMotion Always-on “pill” cutout Display, A16 Bionic, 8GB RAM, 48MP main wide-angle camera, 8K video recording potential
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yes. but what is probably meant by “Far Out”? Satellite antenna/connectivity?
• Low orbit satellite for better connections even in remote areas on earth and more reliable than cellular even in bad weather?
• at what price!
• Telcos-free, directly paid to Apple even if they lease the satellites until Apple owns its own low orbit sats?
Low orbit satellites? Hah!
I’m betting maybe an all new “Apple” fragrant department featuring….
-Musk sent
As I’ve said here before, low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites are > 100 times farther away than the typical cell tower and when looking at the higher LEO constellations and slant ranges when the nearest satellite is not directly overhead that can be as much as 1,000 times farther away. Putting that into RF engineer speak that’s a range fade of 40 to 60 dB. Your iPhone does not have an excess of 40 dB or more signal to noise ratio (SNR) when communicating with a local cell tower. This does not even take into account additional degradations such as atmospheric scintillation at these frequencies.
Communications between standard design cell phones (assuming they support the LEO satellite frequencies) is going to be limited to text messaging or at most low quality voice for the near future. That’s just physics.
Things could get better over time, but it will be a long time before something the size of an iPhone will be doing multi megabit per second communications through satellites.
I think you should check out AST SpaceMobile (Stock Ticker ASTS).
Your bad weather comment makes no sense.
I forgot to mention weather has minimal impact on cellular communications. Weather does not start to have significant impact on RF communications until you get into frequencies much higher than typical cell phone frequencies. In fact, a friend of mine did a study several years ago where he fixed the transmit power, antenna parameters, receiver sensitivity, etc. over range with weather effects being the only major independent variable. Things did not start to degrade significantly due to weather effects until the frequencies got above X-band (i.e., above about 9-10 GHz), which is well above any cellular frequencies.
IF communications to LEO are at the typical LEO satellite frequencies of Ku-band and Ka-band, those will be hit by weather much, much worse than standard cellular frequencies. Again, it’s just physics.
An exception to all this is a severe lightning storm. The electromagnetic disturbance of near continuous lightning will have a significant, negative impact on cellular communications.
Maybe for some freqs but in the 6 GHz Common Carrier microwave range temperature inversions were a beast that had to be dealt with twice a year (spring and fall), for the 20 years I maintained a microwave relay system.
So…
Is it time to follow Biden’s edict in his speech and start actively rounding up the GoeB and First Thens of the world? The president has denounced these MAGA republicans. Time to follow orders and detain these vicious oppressors of liberty and freedom?
Raised a little…furor…did he?
😉
A little Fuhrer? Biden seems oddly inspired.
Just like when he hid in the basement most of the time before the 2020 election! Was confident enough to hideout with no worries! Going by the polls in 2016, one would think he would have been more nervous!
Always nice to be remembered, even if a known MAGA FACIST and enemy of the state on the lam.
That said, everyone have a wonderful and safe Labor Day!…
Biden has given orders?,
When someone says “How fucking stupid can you be?” it’s a question, not a challenge.
Biden has ordered all Sams to be executed forthwith. Doesn’t matter if you’re Sam, Samir, Samuel, Samantha, Sammy, Samwhich, Samosa or Samsung, your Logan’s Run clock counter has just run out of time. For Bond, it was no time to die, but what happened to him will now happen to you. Biden’s orders. He bided his time. Now it’s the Bidend for you.
Two decades before the ‘far out’ Macintosh raided Planet Earth, Bedrock was ” invaded” by outer space aliens The Way outs…
They were all clones.
What is meant with “Far out” is clearly an iPhone that will fold out, like Samsung’s.
Apple often follows Samsung’s innovations.
Hah! Like washing machines that leak??
That’s far out….man.
Hey Garrett, that’s pure BS
Maybe its a typo. The “t” is missing? Fart Out?
Fart Out ?
Samsung farts out between the folds of bum