Autumn Pickies 2025

A new iPhone will be less than 6 millimeters thick, but not as thin as an iPad Pro.+3

Apple TV+ shows will win several Emmy awards but not the most of any outlet.+2

Apple will release a heartwarming “film” (long commercial) for the holiday season.0

Apple will make another Newsroom post about a financial commitment to something involving American manufacturing.0

Yep, the Mac Pro will be updated or at least an update will be announced.-1

AirPods Pro 3 are released+3

The Apple TV is updated-1

At least one Apple Watch is released that doesn’t need an iPhone to use Workout Buddy-1

Apple makes an acquisition that is reported to be valued at more than $5 billion (Beats was $3 billion)-1

Apple will introduce at least one new OS feature based on new hardware that wasn’t in the OS 26 betas0

An M5 Pro or M5 Max chip ships before the end of the year.-0.833

One of the new phones has an 8x or greater optical zoom.+2

A new Apple Studio Display is introduced with a better camera I won’t complain about.-0.833

Apple will drop a promo for their Neuromancer tv show.-0.833

No new Vision Pro hardware ships before the end of the year. Alas.-0.833

Apple makes a significant investment into Anthropic (or buys them outright), mirroring Microsoft’s investment into OpenAI.-0.833