We’re happy to tell you about the latest rumors about various Apple products and services here at igamesnews, but we always remind you of the caveat: be careful what you believe. Some rumors are true, some are made up, and some are correct at the time, but Apple’s plans change. We do our best to remind you that this information is just rumor and does not present it as fact, and to identify and link to the original source as often as possible.
Case in point: Apple went bankrupt @analyst941, which has recently been widely leaked regarding iOS 17 and other upcoming releases from Apple. The leaker deleted his Twitter account and left a farewell message explaining what happened on the MacRumors forums, where they impersonate “anonymous-AS”.
In the message, the lessor describes how Apple discovered them. Over time, Apple has given a different set of false information about upcoming products to various employees suspected of being the source of leaks. It looks like @analyst941’s sister, an Apple employee, got supposedly specific release dates for Final Cut Pro and Logic on the iPad. The combination of release dates they posted – Final Cut Pro coming in 2024 and Logic in 2025 – were unique to its sister, and the source of the leaks thus identified.
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Be careful what you believe
Apple is a reputedly secretive company that goes to great lengths to protect its upcoming projects from the outside world. This includes not only serious security and legal measures for its employees and suppliers, but also almost certainly operations to “poison the well” with false information, planted strategic “leaks” to gauge fan response, and situations like this where false unique information is given to corporate leak suspects to help identify them. Famously, one of Apple’s original rumor sites, Think Secret, was forced to shut down and faced a lawsuit after posting a leak about a Firewire audio box.
So whenever you read an Apple rumor, here or elsewhere, carefully consider the source and their background. In this case, @analyst941 first made a name for himself by leaking correct information about the dynamic island before the launch of the iPhone 14 Pro last year.
This year they detailed a bunch of features on iOS 17, many of which ended up in our own rumor roundups. This leak getting shut down both validates those earlier leaks (they had a real insider source) and calls them into question (some of the information may be deliberately wrong as part of Apple’s sting operation). In all honesty, we’ll probably never know if that story is true either.
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: it’s best to assume that’s actually true until Apple officially announces it. We’ve seen too many seemingly reliable rumors turn out to be false or never materialize. According to generally reliable sources, the 15-inch MacBook Air was originally supposed to release at an event in March (there weren’t any), then April (which came and went), and is now supposed to be announced and shipping. at WWDC in June.
These rumors came from often accurate sources, but they never materialized, either because they had bad information or because Apple’s plans changed. And ultimately, that only leads to disappointment.
