Apple News headlines July 9
The iPad has been recognized as the most important product of the last 30-years, I’d say that it’s arguable that the device unleashed a wave of digital transformation that led to iPhone, iPad and more.
iPod was most important product of past 30-years
“The iPod was more than just a product, it was a revolution of the whole music industry,” says T3. It set the scene for the digital transformation of everything.
Apple wants to shrink ML models
Allegedly considering purchase of PrismML, a company that shrinks large LLMs to fit on and also work on smaller devices. Company managed to run 27b -parameter Qwen 3.6 model on an iPhone 17, which is highly significant.
DRAM and chip prices inflate iPhone 18 Pro Max cost
Chip and AI-flation force iPhone 18 Pro Max (12GB + 1TB) BOM cost up nearly $300.
AI-flation hits yet another sector
Booming AI data center deployment hits power supply market.
Apple is ending support for some very old iPhones
Relates to support for cellular broadband in 15-year-old devices.
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