Apple Event: 10 Last-Minute Rumors Ahead of iPhone 16 Announcement

Apple's event to announce the iPhone 16 and more begins in under one hour, and there have been several last-minute rumors circulating.

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Below, we recap the latest rumors:

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Top Rated Comments

Hal~9000 Avatar
11 months ago

we need new hardware to accomplish this? LOL Apple are such clowns
Software locked hardware that is ?

Remember how we needed the new iPhone 15 hardware to set the battery limit at 80%? ?
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
bigjnyc Avatar
11 months ago
* iPhone 16 users may finally be able to pause and resume a singular video recording in the Camera app ('https://www.macrumors.com/2024/09/06/iphone-16-pro-4k-at-120fps-video-rumor/').

we need new hardware to accomplish this? LOL Apple are such clowns
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centauratlas Avatar
11 months ago
It will be interesting to see about an ultra 3. If there is a 10 with new hardware features, but not an ultra, that would be quite odd. But I guess we'll find out soon
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
svish Avatar
11 months ago
Not so sure about AirPods Max and watch Ultra 3. Definitely expecting capture button on all models.
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xxFoxtail Avatar
11 months ago



* iPhone 16 users may finally be able to pause and resume a singular video recording in the Camera app ('https://www.macrumors.com/2024/09/06/iphone-16-pro-4k-at-120fps-video-rumor/').

we need new hardware to accomplish this? LOL Apple are such clowns
Was just about to say the same thing, why can’t this come to older devices?
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jz0309 Avatar
11 months ago

It will be interesting to see about an ultra 3. If there is a 10 with new hardware features, but not an ultra, that would be quite odd. But I guess we'll find out soon
Yep, very much very odd, unless, there would be no new HW (SiP and sensors) in the 10, which would be very odd too
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