iOS 14.7, iPhone 13 on the way and new iPhone SE (iPhone news #29)

You can now download iOS 14.7 on your iPhone. Furthermore, it seems that the iPhone 13 is chasing the Apple Watch: what about this? This is the most important iPhone news from last week.

iOS 14.7 now available for download

iOS 14.7 came out last week. The mid-term update adds several updates. You can find them all in our overview of iOS 14.7 features. Unfortunately, the new update also adds problems.

Apple Watch wearers have been complaining since iOS 14.7 that their watch does not unlock automatically. Apple is expected to come up with a solution for this soon. It is still unclear whether iOS 14.7 has solved the battery problems of its predecessor.

Last week, Apple also released updates for the Apple Watch, Mac, iPad, and Apple TV. These mainly solve minor problems.

→ You can do this with iOS 14.7

Rumor: iPhone SE gets 5G and will be released early next year

The third generation of the iPhone SE seems to be a very nice upgrade for anyone looking for an affordable smartphone. According to DigiTimes, the device will be released in the first half of next year.

It would have the same design as the iPhone SE from early 2020. Fortunately, we expect improvements on the inside. DigiTimes reports that the iPhone SE 3 will get 5G and will have an A14 chip, which is also in the iPhone 12.

→ Read more about the iPhone SE 3

‘iPhone 13 gets Apple Watch-like always-on display’

We’ve written about it before, but it seems to be happening now: according to the usually well-informed Apple source Mark Gurman the iPhone 13 will have an always on screen.

Apple would use the same technology for this as the Apple Watch, which, since the Apple Watch Series 5, also has a display that is always on. To save energy, the screen switches to a saving mode when idle, which refreshes itself only once per minute.

→ Here’s what you need to know about the iPhone 13’s always-on screen

Why you should be more alert to malware on macOS

Malicious people are increasingly targeting Apple users with malware. The researchers are there Check Point found out.

Specifically, it turns out that the powerful malware Formbook, which has been plaguing Windows computers for more than five years, has also been running on macOS since February under the name XLoader. Interested parties can rent the malware for a month for $49.

→ This is how it is with the XLoader malware

‘Next MacBook Air will have a mini-LED screen, will be released in 2022’

Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says the next MacBook Air will be released in mid-2022. The laptop would use the mini LED screen technology.

As the name suggests, a mini LED screen consists of many small LED lights. As a result, the contrast value of the display shoots up and eyes color much deeper. For example, black is really black. In that respect, mini-LED works about the same as OLED, a screen technology that Apple also uses a lot.

→ Will the new MacBook Air come in 2022?

New video of the week: Switching from Android to iPhone