iOS 26's Liquid Glass Design is Precursor to 20th-Anniversary iPhone With Curved Glass Edges

Never heard of the "Glasswing." I learned something new today.

is anyone else fascinated by the absolute collapse of what used to be an extremely secretive culture at Apple? rumors used to be exactly that, rumors; now we just get a play-by-play of everything that will happen, weeks if not months in advance, by way of Gurman. like, does anyone remember when the pic of an iPad stapled down to a table made the rounds mere hours before the keynote? how crazy that was? let alone what happened with iPhone 4. idk I know I sound like the most “back in my day” boomer ass ever I just miss having a shred of mystery to these keynotes

I wish we still got actual keynotes instead of these prerecorded hour long ads.

is anyone else fascinated by the absolute collapse of what used to be an extremely secretive culture at Apple? rumors used to be exactly that, rumors; now we just get a play-by-play of everything that will happen, weeks if not months in advance, by way of Gurman. like, does anyone remember when the pic of an iPad stapled down to a table made the rounds mere hours before the keynote? how crazy that was? let alone what happened with iPhone 4. idk I know I sound like the most “back in my day” boomer ass ever I just miss having a shred of mystery to these keynotes

so now we know what next year’s Samsungs are going to look like.

is anyone else fascinated by the absolute collapse of what used to be an extremely secretive culture at Apple? rumors used to be exactly that, rumors; now we just get a play-by-play of everything that will happen, weeks if not months in advance, by way of Gurman. like, does anyone remember when the pic of an iPad stapled down to a table made the rounds mere hours before the keynote? how crazy that was? let alone what happened with iPhone 4. idk I know I sound like the most “back in my day” boomer ass ever I just miss having a shred of mystery to these keynotes

Well, let’s think for a second, why might that be?
In 2007, Apple sold 1 million iPhones over three months. It took them three months to sell 1 million iPhones.
Before that, it took Apple almost 2 years to sell their 1st million iPods.
Success for the Mac was measured in hundreds of thousands of units a quarter.

Now, Apple sells over 200 million iPhones every year, about 600,000+ a day.
Apple sells 6 Million or so Macs every quarter.
Apple sells about 60 million iPads every year.

Now tell me, exactly how would *you* create 200 million devices out of absolutely nothing every single year, and keep that completely secretive? While being one of the most valuable companies in the world?
That’s right, you couldn’t.
If anything, it’s still a shock that Apple is ever able to surprise us with anything.

2+ years to go - what can possibly happen?