Magical iPhone 8 Leaks, Apple Blocks Samsung, Major MacBook Pro Problems
Taking a look back at another week of news from Cupertino, this week’s Apple Loop includes a magical wireless charging solution for the iPhone 8, a review of the iPhone 7 Plus, the unique MacBook Pro battery solution, the MacBook Pro’s bad week, the hidden David Bowie tribute in iOS, ‘Mac and PC’ ten years later, Samsung Pay not arriving on iOS, and a musical use for the Touch Bar. Apple Loop is here to remind you of a few of the very many discussions that have happened around Apple over the last seven days ( and you can read our weekly digest of Android news here on Forbes ). Charging The iPhone 8 From A Distance I’ve talked before about the magic of wireless charging on smartphones, and the expectation that Apple would add some form of it to the iPhone in some form. The latest rumors around the iPhone 8 suggest that a form of wireless charging will be used – not the Qi style induction charging at close proximity, but wireless charging from a distance of up to 15 feet. Yon...