Apple this week finally launched its Self Service Repair program for recent iPhone models in the United States, while the company also made progress toward rolling out improvements to the much-maligned Studio Display webcam and announced strong quarterly earnings while warning of continued supply chain challenges.
The front glass for all four models of the iPhone 14 was leaked, so read on for all the details on these stories and more.
The Self Service Repair program in the United States will begin with the iPhone 12 models, the 13 models, and the third-generation iPhone SE. The program will be expanded to additional countries later this year.
As part of the program, Apple has made a number of common parts for the phone available to purchase online, as well as a series of tools for completing the repairs. There are free step-by-step iPhone repair manuals on Apple's website.
This week, we received our first real-world look at the rumored pill-shaped cutout and hole for the Face ID sensors and front camera in the upcoming iPhone 14 Pro models.
A leaked image of front glass panels for all four iPhone 14 models revealed a pill-and-hole design for the Pro models, as well as a slightly taller aspect ratio. The standard iPhone 14 models are expected to retain the same notch.
Users of the Monterey macOS 12.4 alpha are the only ones who will be able to use the studio display version 15.5 with improvements. There isn't a time for a public release.
Apple confirmed that the new software improves the camera tuning, noise reduction, contrast, and framing, after early reviews of the Studio Display criticized the image quality.
The first calendar quarter of the year corresponds to the second fiscal quarter that Apple announced this week.
For the quarter, Apple had revenue of $97.3 billion and a net quarterly profit of $25.0 billion, or $1.52 per share, compared to revenue of $88.6 billion and a net quarterly profit of $23.6 billion, or $1.40 per share, in the year-ago quarter.
Despite record-setting performance across nearly every product category, Apple says that supply chain challenges will impact its business in the current quarter, resulting in a $4 billion to $8 billion hit to its anticipated revenue.
There are three more betas of each update available to developers and public beta testers.
There are only a few changes in both updates, such as references to Apple's upcoming classical music app and tweaks to Apple Pay Cash. The third and fourth versions of macOS Monterey 12.4, watchOS 8.6, and tvOS 15.5 were released by Apple.
We shared a video on our channel comparing Apple's Studio Display to Dell's UltraSharp Monitor.
The Dell display is the same size as the Studio display, but it has 4K resolution rather than 5K and it has 400 nits brightness instead of 600. For a complete comparison of the displays, watch our video and subscribe to MacRumors.
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