Your iPhone May Be Able to Accept Direct Payments Soon
Your iPhone May Be Able to Accept Direct Payments Soon
It seems like Apple may be working on a way to use your iPhone to accept direct payments, and it could be available sometime in 2022.
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Bloomberg's Mark Gurman is reporting that Apple plans to offer a new service that would allow your iPhone to accept payments directly, rather than just make payments. According to Gurman, the concept has been in development since 2020 and will likely utilize the same near field communications (NFC) chip already used for Apple Pay.
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As Gurman points out, while iPhones have been able to act as a form of payment for a while via services like Apple Pay, accepting payments requires an external terminal—something like a plug-in Square device or a credit card reader connected via Bluetooth.
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This new feature will, once available, allow users to accept payments by having a credit card (or iPhone) tapped to the back of their iPhone.
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It's uncertain whether or not this new feature will act as part of Apple Pay, thus competing with other third-party payment terminals, or if it will work with existing mobile terminal providers. Apple has so far declined to comment on the possible feature in any way.
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Without any confirmation from Apple, there's no way to know for sure when (or if) this feature will become available. However, Gurman's sources believe it may roll out in a software update "in the coming months," possibly alongside iOS 15.4, but that's also mere speculation.
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Apple May Be Preparing Its Biggest Product Launch Yet
With Apple's next big event likely a month or two away, Bloomberg's Apple specialist Mark Gurman is anticipating what may be its biggest year for new hardware ever.
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As Gurman explains, Apple tends to reveal small updates and products in the spring, unveil new software in the summer, and launch most of its hardware in the fall. It's a strategy intended to build anticipation for new products and increase the likelihood of a lucrative holiday season. However, Gurman also believes that a series of filings made with the Eurasian Economic Commission could indicate that Apple has a larger lineup planned for its Spring event.
The 12 filings, which Consomac discovered, include three unreleased iPhone models and nine unreleased iPad models. For the time being, the listings only reveal identifying numbers like "A2595" and "A2766," so the specs and performance are still a mystery.
While Apple's intent is still uncertain, Gurman is confident that it will announce (and subsequently release) an extensive product lineup in 2022. But for now, we can't quite be sure if Apple plans to reveal any of these devices earlier than usual in the spring or if it filed its planned fall lineup early.
We'll have to wait for Apple's spring event, which is expected to occur in March or April, to find out if any hardware announcements are being made earlier than usual. But Gurman has been told to expect to see the company's "widest array of new hardware products in its history" this fall. Either way, at some point in 2022, we're probably going to see a lot of new iPhone and iPad hardware.
When Does the New iPhone Come Out?
Whether you're about to get your first smartphone, are planning to switch from Android, or are just looking forward to an upgrade from your current model, you probably have your eye on the newest iPhone. Whatever your situation you, of course, want to make the smart choice and buy the latest and greatest version. So the question is: When does the new iPhone come out?
When Does the New iPhone Come Out?
Figuring out when the new iPhone comes out isn't an exact science — at least not until Apple makes an announcement of a release date. But, based on history, you can make an educated guess. Most likely, new iPhone models will come out in September or October every year (with a few possible exceptions, as we'll see).
As you can see, the first four iPhones were released in June or July. That changed with the release of the iPhone 4S. This change seems to be due to the new iPad models often being released in March or April and Apple not wanting to release its flagship products so close together (though in recent years iPad release cycles have become less predictable).
While it was unclear at that time whether the fall release of the iPhone 4S was a one-time thing, with the September release of the iPhone 5 and almost all subsequent models arriving in September, it seems likely that all new iPhone models will now be released in the fall.
The Exception to the Fall Release Schedule: The iPhone SE
The fall release schedule for new iPhones held true for 5 years, but the March 31, 2016, release of the iPhone SE threw that pattern into doubt. It will likely be a while before Apple releases a successor to the SE, so it will take some time to find out whether we should always expect a new iPhone in March or if the SE and its replacements will join the fall upgrade cycle as well.
The idea that there may be an occasional new iPhone in the spring was supported with the release of the second-generation iPhone SE in April 2020. So, it seems that Apple does view the spring as its time to release lower-cost iPhones, but note that it was four years between models. You can't expect that a new SE will be released every year.
A Temporary Exception? The iPhone X and XR
The iPhone X presents its own exception, given its November release date. It's a good bet that that date won't last, though. Rumor had it that Apple had to push the release of the X to November due to difficulty in manufacturing some of the new components in the phone. As those components become easier to manufacture, we bet future versions of the X will debut in September, too. Plus, while the iPhone X didn't actually hit the streets until November, it was announced in September at the same time as the iPhone 8 series.
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Throwing a slight wrench into the new-iPhone-every-September rule is also the iPhone XR, with its October release date. Still, that model was announced in September, at the same time as the iPhone XS and XS Max, so people were at least aware of that model, and could wait to buy it if they wanted, starting in September.
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When Should You Upgrade?
The other important question is whether you should wait for the release of a new iPhone model before you upgrade. Since we can say with some confidence that the new iPhone models will come out every September, it makes sense to wait until at least mid-September if you're planning to upgrade. After all, why buy a phone that won't be the latest and greatest in just a couple months (or weeks!) if you could get the newest thing by waiting?
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Your decision will be driven by whether your current phone can last that long — probably not, if it's broken or malfunctioning, for instance — but if you can wait until fall, do so. And then you can enjoy the new iPhone.