TikTok nonsense, iPhone 17 rumors, and the Blackmagic Camera on the AppleInsider Podcast

Maybe we'll see more movies made for Apple Vision Pro now there's a Blackmagic Camera, and maybe we'll see different cameras on the iPhone 17 Slim, but we'll never see the end of Apple nonsense on TikTok.

There's also the never-ending and sometimes ever-increasing set of rumors about Apple making folding devices. This time the claim is that we'll see a foldable iPad Pro, but it's definitely not coming soon and co-host Wesley Hilliard has reasons to lower our expectations of it happening at all.

What is definitely happening is that Apple Vision Pro is getting more entertainment in the form of short films and documentaries. It's also definitely happening far too slowly, though, so the launch of a dedicated spatial video camera from Blackmagic is welcome — even if it's costly enough that only studios will be able to afford it.

Then while we wait for incredibly immersive, 3D video environments in Apple Vision Pro, we can be watching six-second long portrait-only TikTok videos. Lately there's a little sub-genre of them, too, in which the absolute wackiest claims of Apple's misbehaviour are treated with the kind of absolute seriousness that only hysterical videos can sustain.

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Links from the Show

• Charting Apple's year
• Don't believe what you see on TikTok - AirDrop doesn't allow thieves to steal your credit card info
• No, iOS Photos isn't telling you who last looked at your messages
• Meta seeking unfettered access to iPhone user data via EU DMA interoperability requests
• Apple says EU interoperability laws pose severe privacy risks
• AirPods Max four years later: a missed spatial computing opportunity
• Blackmagic's new camera for Apple Vision Pro content has a hefty $29,995 price tag
• iPhone 17 camera layout may not radically change after all
• Giant foldable iPad with MacBook-like design rumored to arrive in 2028
• Supply chain rumor suggests OLED iPad mini in 2026, foldable iPad Pro in 2027
• Analysis: Apple not likely to enter the foldable market before 2027

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