Keynote: 9 new features that Apple will not present during the conference

For iPhones

No folding iPhone

To begin with, it seems crystal clear that the foldable smartphone that Apple is preparing is not yet ready. However, we know with certainty that the project is underway, because manypatentsdemonstrating the capabilities of the Apple firm to create such a system have been filed. We discover in turn invisible hinge technologies, flap mobiles similar toall new Galaxy Z Flip4or even solutions to avoid damaging the screen at the fold.

According to the most serious rumors on this subject, Apple is unsurprisingly waiting for folding smartphones to be democratized before unveiling its own alternative during a keynote. Samsung and others have already led the way; It's only a matter of years. Some analysts thus aim2025as soon as possible, like Ross Young of Display Supply Chain Consultants.

No USB-C port

One of the other technical features that is getting a lot of attention is the famous USB-C port on iPhone. We already thought that this new feature would be announced during the iPhone 12 keynote but that will not be the case. And for good reason: the legislators who are working on the subject for the sake of ecology are taking their time, which Apple is taking advantage of to think about a completely different solution. It would be a100% wireless mobile, capable of recharging only by induction.

According to Ming-Chi Kuo, however, Apple could well offer a universal socket but in2023. Your bets.

No sensors under the screen

To finish with the iPhone, we know that there are clear indications in favor of biometric sensors under the screen. There would be two of them. The first, acamera, would be installed at the front to finally say goodbye to the notch ordouble punched on the way to the Apple Event on September 7. But the manufacturers who tried it quickly gave up, a sign that Cupertino might never get started. In addition, the Californian giant must deal with the TrueDepth sensor which is used for Face ID, a technology whose transparency task is difficult.

With this, it is also rumored that afingerprint sensorunder the screen is in the boxes. Documents filed with the US agency responsible for corporate intellectual property prove that Apple knows how to do it. In addition, other mobile manufacturers are already on board. But it's possible that Cupertino will instead choose to integrate Touch ID under a button, like on the fourth-generation iPad Air.

When? Face ID under the screen2024according to Ming-Chi Kuo, no specific date for the fingerprint scanner.

No Apple Car at the September keynote

You probably won't be surprised to learn that Apple's smart car program is also still far from ready. Predictions are based on2025but it would be very surprising to see the automobile arrive so soon, because the project would have experienced serious delays. Instead, the Cupertino teams could focus on an improved CarPlay experience with LiDAR support, aimed at third-party manufacturers.

Mixed reality headset and glasses

Closer to us, Apple is also working oneyewear. Under this name hide virtual reality headsets and other connected glasses and precisely,two very distinct deviceswould be on the menu here.

The first would be a helmetmixed reality, mixing VR and augmented reality. Apple would take the opportunity to unveil a competitor to the Facebook metaverse, perhaps with FaceTime calls, TV+ series and especially Apple Arcade video games. It is therefore mainly gaming that the American group would target, as do Oculus products. We would then be entitled to a first preview (software only) in January 2023, for more details and the full technical sheet at the Worldwide Developer Conference which will follow.

To this would be addedconnected glasses, this time focused solely on augmented reality. It could be used to obtain information about the foods being looked at, according to a patent. But no release date or keynote in sight at the moment, unfortunately.

These services will wait

Apple Card et Apple News+

In the United States, the Apple Card is a bank card that gives access to exclusive benefits in the Apple Store, comparable to discounts. In partnership withGoldman Sachs,However, this service requires respecting a very specific legal and financial framework, so much so that it is still difficult for the publisher to deploy it in mainland France where traditional establishments are still struggling with web 3.0. To date, there is no indication that the Apple Card will arrive here during the Apple Event on September 7…

The development of Apple News+ would be complicated across the Atlantic, becauseunprofitable. The platform offers unlimited access to many general public magazines in digital version, which also requires negotiating broadcasting rights unlike original TV+ content. Until now, even the source code of the beta version has not revealed any mention of the French language…

Stage Manager

Announced at the same time as iPadOS 16 during the Worldwide Developer Conference last June, Stage Manager is a new mode ofwindow managementalso available on Mac. With this interface, you can resize, move or even overlay any app as you wish. Except that the bugs are legion, so much so that Apple has assured that the operating system for tablets will ultimately not see the light of day at the same time as the Apple Event in September.

We would rather have to wait for another keynote, this time planned inoctober. It is also on this occasion that would be revealednew Macs and new iPads, they too are therefore not ready for next Wednesday.

Missing new products for the living room

Finally, note that theHomePod, abandoned in March 2021, should not be resurrected despite the expectations of a few diehards who appreciated the speaker, probably withdrawn from the market because it was too expensive. That leaves the HomePod mini, which was recently given new colors.

AApple TV gamingwas also mentioned in 2020 but a classic model was released in May 2021 and the release rate of this range is spaced several years apart.