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Today’s Apple Insider Roundup
Dynamic Island will move & get really tiny, if a leaker who's being sued by Apple is right
A rumor about a smaller Dynamic Island cut-out for the iPhone 18 Pro isn’t new, but one saying that it will get smaller and move is, though.
The iPhone 17 Pro underwent major changes in Apple’s big 2025 refresh. For 2026, Apple’s improvements to the models could result in a change affecting the top of the display.
According to Jon Prosser, the iPhone 18 Pro could shift the position of the front-facing camera from the middle to the top-left corner. The change will help present a much cleaner appearance for users, with the camera element in a less obvious position than normal.
Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible
When forecasting a MacBook Pro release date, use order delays & software releases cautiously
New M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pros are about to launch. Don’t lean too heavily on upgrade order shipment delays or Apple’s new Creator Studio launch to predict a release date, though.
It is certainly expected that there will be an M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pro launch early in 2026 — and perhaps one with an OLED screen later in the year. Now it appears that at least some users looking to buy MacBook Pro models are finding shipping dates slipping.
According to MacRumors, the delay can be up to two months. As always, shipping times for the base or most common configurations are sooner than ones with any extra storage or RAM.
From charming to consumer corporation — how Apple has branded itself over the years.
Apple began with Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak marketing primarily at trade shows, and now the iPhone has made it $4 trillion firm with ubiquitous advertising. But throughout, Apple has used sometimes terrible branding to sell us all on its products.
Today you know that every smart strapline like “thinpossible” or “Awe Dropping” has been user-tested, surgically examined by committees, and only put out when Apple is certain it’s the greatest thing ever. That’s far from unreasonable or even unusual, but it’s a striking difference to how it used to be — and even to how the entire name of the company was chosen.
This is a case of where you can pick from at least a handful of origin stories, usually involving Steve Jobs driving by an apple orchard. Or maybe living on one.
End of today’s Apple Insider roundup.
