Beware: iPhone 16 spoilers ahead

Plus, Apple Mail tricks for Inbox Zero, master iOS 18 Photos app and more.

Author

Leander Kahney
September 04, 2024

The leaks have been coming for months.

At this point, we know most of the details about the iPhone 16 lineup, including the designs and colors. There will be larger screens, better cameras, additional buttons and more.

Surely, Apple’s “It’s Glowtime” event next Monday will deliver something we don’t already know. But here’s everything you can expect.

Also in today’s newsletter:

  • iOS 18 brings perhaps the biggest overhaul ever to Apple’s indispensable Photos app. Not everyone likes it, but good or bad, here’s how to use the redesigned app.

  • Here are six secret features in Apple Mail to help you achieve the elusive goal of Inbox Zero.

  • Good news for fans of Jackson Lamb and his crew of inept spies: The new season of Slow Horses is now streaming.

  • This rugged Bluetooth speaker looks like something from JBL, but costs a lot less — especially on sale for almost half off (just $52). Plus, it gets solid reviews. “The quality of the music, tone and volume, it puts out is really unbelievable given the size and cost of the unit,” says one Amazon reviewer. (Cult of Mac Deals’ big discount beats Amazon’s price, BTW.)

— Leander Kahney, EIC.

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People who know what they’re talking about don’t need PowerPoint.

— Steve Jobs, 2011.

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