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Today’s Apple Insider Roundup
Epic Games vs Apple — The continuing six-year App Store saga
The Epic Games “Fortnite” versus Apple’s AppStore antitrust trial has completed its last week. Here’s what you need to know about the saga, with closing arguments left to go. Between Epic CEO Tim Sweeney’s ongoing complaints, the trial, Apple’s lies, and the Supreme Court, the Epic vs. Apple App Store lawsuit continues to roll on years later. Here’s all you need to know about the long-running courtroom drama, updated on April 17, 2026.
Apple’s dominance has previously led to an antitrust probe by the U.S. Justice Department into the App Store’s fees and policies. Still, the disagreement between Apple and Epic was being made more public and directly affected younger customers.
Apple at 50: Gil Amelio, the CEO who brought back Steve Jobs
Gil Amelio had the shortest reign of all Apple CEOs, but maybe the greatest impact as, practically despite himself, he set the stage for how the company would survive.
Gil Amelio is yet another Apple CEO who has never had the profile of Tim Cook, Steve Jobs, or John Sculley. If he’s remembered for his time running Apple, it is because he had the firm acquire NeXT and so was responsible for Steve Jobs returning to Apple.
Long time AppleInsider readers may also remember that Jobs successfully worked to oust Amelio from the role. But what’s not even that well known is that Jobs may even have been taking revenge.
Cosmic Orange is out, Dark Cherry rumored to be new hot iPhone 18 Pro color
A new report claims to have details of the colors for the forthcoming iPhone 18 Pro, including that the signature one will be Dark Cherry.
Apple did already go some way to getting rid of the horrible Cosmic Orange color, by making some iPhones turn pink instead. But reportedly, it’s now discarding the color entirely, in favor of a more appealing Dark Cherry.
Macworld claims to have a source that has provided the complete list of colors for the new iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. That list is not very much different to previous rumors, especially concerning reports of Apple considering various shades of red.
Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible
Mac Neo, iPhone Fold, and stealing from your iPhone, on the AppleInsider Podcast
More rumors of the iPhone Fold, speculation about a Mac Neo, and why you shouldn’t be concerned at claims people can steal money from your iPhone, on the AppleInsider Podcast.
Maybe Apple will never make a tiny desktop Mac Neo, but it should and it has everything it needs to do it, from processors to the massive success of the MacBook Neo. True, the company does seem to be a little busy with the iPhone Fold, though.
Speaking of which, the on again, off again rumors about when the iPhone Fold will be released continue. Sorting out the new leaks from the rest of the echo chamber-like reports is becoming a full-time job.
iPhone's 20% Chinese sales boost beat out Huawei and others
Apple experienced a massive 20% increase in Chinese iPhone sales during the first quarter of 2026, marking the strongest performance of all vendors in the country.
The quarter, ending March 2026, saw Apple’s iPhone sales increase by the biggest percentage since the final quarter of 2020. With a 20% increase in iPhone sales when compared to the previous year, there are thought to be multiple reasons for Apple’s strong performance.
At the very top of the list, per Counterpoint Research’s report, is strong sales of the newly released iPhone 17 series of devices. Apple made the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, and iPhone Air available in September 2025.
Apple Watch chief posts loving farewell to Apple Park on his retirement
Stan Ng, known for presenting about the Apple Watch on Apple’s keynotes, has retired after 31 years at the company, and spent his last day ticking off bucket list items.
Stan Ng was Apple’s vice president, Apple Watch and Health Product Marketing, where he was involved with the whole design philosophy of the smart watch. But his three decades at the company extend back to the original iPod, and to before the return of Steve Jobs.
Now Ng has retired and in a post on LinkedIn, has described his final day at Apple Park working for the company. It includes watching the sunrise while listening to his original iPod, and then taking that iPod with him for a last workout in the gym.
End of today’s Apple Insider roundup.
