The official presentation of this year’s iPhones is just around the corner. Along with this, various speculations are also gaining momentum. According to the latest news, the iPhone 16 Pro could be dressed in a completely new color shade this year. In addition to this topic, today’s roundup will talk about the mysterious Apple robot and Apple’s upcoming 5G modem.
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New iPhone 16 Pro color
Leaker Majin Bu said last week that the iPhone 16 Pro could get a new bronze color called Desert Titanium. This shade could become the successor to the existing Blue Titanium. In a Twitter post on Sunday, where he shared an image of the rings around the camera lenses that are said to be coming to the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max models, Bu mentioned the name. “The Desert Titanium color is such a dark gold,” This isn’t the first time a leaker has used the Desert Titanium name. In February, Bu said that the Desert Titanium hue would be similar to the gold variant coming to the iPhone 14 Pro in 2022, but would be “deeper and more pronounced.” The iPhone 16 Pro will feature Desert Titanium as a new color option to replace the iPhone 15 Pro’s Blue Titanium. It will be available alongside white, black, and natural titanium variants. This year’s black titanium is expected to be darker, while natural titanium will have a more prominent gray finish. One of the leaks suggests that Apple is using an improved process to finish and color the titanium, which should result in a shinier look than the brushed aluminum on the iPhone 15 Pro models. A glossy finish could look a lot more like stainless steel, which Apple has used in previous years, but will be more scratch-resistant.
Futur modem 5G d’Apple
Apple is investing billions of dollars in developing its own cellular modem, but don’t expect the project to deliver immediate improvements to users, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. In his Power On newsletter last week, Gurman explained that unlike the move to Apple’s proprietary chips, the company’s first proprietary modem, Silicon, won’t offer significant benefits to users. Apple’s folks “recognize that customers don’t really care who makes the modem in their phone,” and “it’s hard to say what the short-term benefit will be.” Instead, Apple is betting on the long term, hoping its modem will evolve into a more advanced product that could eventually change the way the iPhone looks and works. It plans to do so in the future by integrating its modem design into a new wireless chip that will handle Wi-Fi and Bluetooth access. That could create a single component for connectivity, potentially improving reliability and battery life. There’s also a possibility that Apple could one day integrate all of this into the device’s main system-on-chip. That could further reduce costs and save space inside the iPhone, allowing for more design options. Apple used modems designed by Qualcomm for more than a decade, but switched to its own design in 2018 after a dispute over royalties and patents. Since then, it has been plagued by performance and overheating issues, and the component’s launch has been delayed until next year. It’s expected to roll out gradually, starting with more specialized devices and extending over several years.
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Amazing Apple Robot Systems
Taiwan’s United Daily News reported last week that there had been mention of a “mysterious office robot” coming from the company’s workshop in the global supply chain. Apple. Apple has apparently selected Hongzhun to play a key role in the development of this upcoming device. Specifically, the supplier will be responsible for developing the office robot’s key mechanical components and casings. Once the product goes into mass production, Hongzhun will be tasked with producing mechanical parts on a large scale. Hongzhun is a subsidiary of Foxconn, a longtime Apple manufacturing partner. At its most recent annual general meeting, Hongzhun announced plans to invest in emerging technologies such as robotics and AI, marking a departure from its traditional focus on making laptop cases and game consoles. Hongzhun has previous experience assembling Foxconn’s own “FoxBot” robot. Apple’s robotics project, reportedly codenamed J595 internally, is described by Bloomberg as a desktop device that combines an iPad-like display with a robotic arm. It is designed to serve as a hub in an Apple smart home ecosystem, integrated with other Apple products and services like Siri and running on the iPadOS variant. It could be introduced as early as 2026 with an estimated price of around $1,000.
