As of 5 Pacific / 8 Eastern this morning, you can pre-order an iPhone 12 or an iPhone 12 Pro to be delivered as soon as a week from today. If you want the smallest (iPhone 12 mini) or largest (iPhone 12 Pro Max) phones, you need to wait a few more weeks. I ordered an iPhone 12 Pro this morning, and I'm excited about this 2020 version of the iPhone for the reasons I noted a few days ago. And now, the news of note from the past week:
- California attorney David Sparks shared his thoughts about this week's Apple Event shortly after the event ended on Tuesday.
- All of the new iPhones in the iPhone 12 line can record video using Dolby Vision. In an article for iMore, Rene Ritchie does a great job explaining what Dolby Vision means on the new iPhones.
- In a post written in September that is incredibly relevant today as people decide whether 5G is a reason to upgrade to a new iPhone, Juli Clover of MacRumors does a good job of describing the two types of 5G that are supported by the iPhone 12: Sub-6Ghz and mmWave. Note that mmWave is only supported on devices sold in the United States.
- Here is another article by Clover describing less obvious details about the iPhone 12.
- Chance Miller of 9to5Mac offers advice for choosing between the iPhone 12 and the iPhone 12 Pro.
- Every year, Federico Viticci of MacStories writes an incredibly comprehensive review of the new version of iOS and iPadOS. It is always full of tips and tricks for doing more with your iPhone and iPad. This year's review of iOS 14 and iPad OS 14 was just posted, and while I've only just started reading the over 60,000 words, I've already learned a lot. Plus, the images and videos included in the article are impressive. (If you do nothing else, check out the cool video at the top of the beginning of the article while you are using the Safari browser on an iPad or Mac.) I look forward to taking some time this weekend to finish reading this.
- Canada is now supporting the Apple-Google COVID-19 alert app. Amber MacArthur of AmberMac interviews Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to discuss the app.
- M.G. Siegler of 500ish reviews the new Apple Watch Series 6.
- When Apple updated the Apple Watch operating system to watchOS 7, I noticed that I was running out of battery power before the end of the day. This week, Apple released watchOS 7.0.2 to fix the problem, and it has made a big difference for me. I still find that I have less battery power remaining when I take off my watch at the end of the day than I typically did with watchOS 7, but I now have enough to make it to the end of the day.
- The new iPhones come with a Lighting-to-USB-C cord, but not a charging brick. In an excellent video and article for the Wall Street Journal, Joanna Stern recommends the best charging bricks for an iPhone, iPad, computer, and other devices. I've also heard good things about the $20 Anker Nano, which is the same size as the 5W charger that Apple used to include with the iPhone but it is 20W and thus can charge over three times faster.
- And finally, Chris Rock stars in a new commercial for the iPhone 12 Pro and Verizon. It's a funny commercial with even more outlandish excess in every scene:
