It’s that time of year, Apple fans: Do you really need another iPhone?

For regular readers of this column, here is a programming note: the macalope will be prohibited for the next four weeks, you will therefore have to invent your own opinions on Apple’s work with AI, prices and liquid glass text in any way. In addition, someone will have to stop in the local Apple Macalope store every few days to stick to the head and shout “iPhone Mini Forever!” Then run away.

NoMacalope is not Proud, thank you. But if you know a better way to fight the system than to shout on people who are in no way responsible, well, then you should not be on Bluesky.

After having deposited each week for God knows how long, the macalope takes on a well -necessary respite of things like the aforementioned and having to look at Tim Cook to stand awkwardly while journalists ask very powerful people on each side of him extremely clumsy questions.

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The Horny One will only come back after Apple’s iPhone 17 event, which should now take place on September 9, but it seems that Apple has some ducks to put itself immediately before the Big Show.

It is a shame that they are not real, because the alignment of the ducks could actually be easier than some of the challenges that Apple is currently confronted. However, these are the types of things that, in the past, idiots have said that signs of destiny of an imminent apple. Now, almost everyone is suitable that the company is large enough and comfortable enough for there to be very little to bring it back to earth soon.

Last week, Tim Cook said that everything was fine in SiritoWn, even if the company made windows for AI companies that could help it with essential infrastructure projects in the city center. This week, according to Mark Gurman, the company tests the new and improved Siri with third -party applications, including Uber, YouTube, Facebook and Temu.

Mike Rockwell: “Siri, buy me 20 crop tops in different colors.”

Siri: “Of course, Mike. $ 4 were billed on your Apple card.”

Mike Rockwell: “Nailed he.”

I cannot wait for these experiences.

Gurman says that the idea is that:

… Siri could make your applications work as you would – with precision, in their own interfaces.

Great, so what am I I supposed to do?! Operating applications are practically everything Macalope does now!

Improved Siri will not exhibit before iOS 26.4 in the spring, it will therefore be interesting to see what, if necessary, apple the demos on September 9. The demos last year were, if you remember, an error, because the company could not keep its promises for iOS 18.

This is a good thing that these events are not live because, if they were, there is a chance that it was the second most clumsy event that Cook was this year.

Thanks to the prices imposed by the Trump administration, the price you pay for an iPhone could be more, with analysts estimating – well, guess, they guess completely – between $ 50 and $ 100 more. Apple should soften the agreement by increasing basic storage on affected models. It’s great and probably the best way to deal with a difficult situation, but Apple brings you and coming because, Oh, do you want to support this phone to iCloud? Well, we have a number of very Storage plans at ridiculously prices so that you have chosen that we have not changed for years!

Of course, Apple is far from being the only company to face these prices, which means that costs increase for people at all levels. Macalope suggests taking the weeks by September 9 to think about what you really need a new iPhones This year. You don’t have to get one simply because you are on the upgrade plan or simply because Jerry in accounts gets one. Jerry has no family life! What should Jerry look forward to that the vacuum in him is temporarily fulfilled with the acquisition of material goods?!

In addition, it is not as if there was going to be an iPhone 17 mini, so what is the point?