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Apple's FaceTime Fiasco iPhone sales are down and ins the iPod staging a comeback that's all coming up in this edition of apple core apple's latest iOS 12 point two beta holds clues of what we can expect in the next round of product announcements twitter user at stratton smith discovered the code in the latest beta that mentions four versions of an ipad now this is rumored to be that long-awaited ipad mini sequel so why four well it could refer to an LTE and Wi-Fi version along with different storage tiers there's also a rumor of a new low-cost 10 inch iPad that one would replace last year's nine point seven inch iPad and if this is true it could arrive in March or April if it's in line with other years now it's definitely not the first time we've seen these software clues in some of its beta code and it also aligns with what we heard from a report from my smart price that mentions seven new iPad models registered under the Eurasian Economic Commission where Apple has to register all its new products before launch so what are we expecting while rumors right now point at cheaper components than last year's pros which is to be expected because these are really meant to be budget iPads or budget for Apple with no face ID so touch ID instead of face ID and slower processors the code also mentioned a new iPod touch as point out here in MacRumors so this would be a seventh generation iPod Touch and the first time this product has seen a refresh since 2015 no details yet on what this new iPod touch will look like but we'll keep you posted we've talked a lot about Apple's new video streaming service that's supposed to hit very very soon but now it seems like they may have another service in the works according to our report in Cheddar apple may also be developing a subscription-based gaming service now the report says they're still in early talks and that it's not a done deal yet so don't expect it anytime soon but this would make sense considering Apple's strategy in 2019 of beefing up its service industry to counteract the effect of those decreasing iPhone sales which brings us to our next topic timko could warn investors that this was not gonna be a good quarter for iPhone sales but we finally got official confirmation this week when Apple announced its first fiscal quarter earnings report the main takeaway iPhone sales are down by fifteen percent from last year and overall revenue for the company is down about four percent which doesn't seem like a lot until you realize that four percent still accounts for several billion dollars so what went wrong well according to Tim Cook there have been several factors at play obviously the slowing economy and the trade war with China is one of them but less subsidies with cellphone carriers is another one and those 11 million batteries they replaced in 2018 he even admitted that he was warned about the effects of lowering the cost of the battery replacements and sure enough it allowed users to keep their old phones longer and just not update to the newest iPhones what's interesting is that the rest of Apple's lineup is doing really really well revenue for Apple services rose by 19% as Apple music reached 50 million paid subscribers while their home and accessories Mac and wearables also rose by 33 and 9 percent respectively even iPad sales were up this quarter which goes to show you how important the iPhone is to the company even these successes were not enough to counteract the iPhone effect on Apple which is why the company is really looking to invest in that service sector as we mentioned before or find that novel feature that's gonna make users excited about buying a new pricey iPhone again you know what's not gonna help apples FaceTime glitch for a brief moment in time FaceTime could be used to eavesdrop on other people allowing the caller to hear or see what the other person was up to without having to accept the call the flaw was apparently first discovered over a week ago by a 14 year old in Arizona while setting up a group FaceTime call to play fortnight with his friends the teen and his mom Michelle Thompson were then able to recreate the flaw as shown in their video they try to warn Apple of the flaw with Twitter and Facebook and emails but Apple didn't get the memo and they never responded because apparently they needed a developer's account to report the bug in the first place but in the meantime word got out on social media and by Monday it was viral and the damage had been done Apple has since had to pull the group FaceTime feature while it's working on the patch the flaw in exchange for finding the flaw the teens mom told reporters he would like Apple to give him a new MacBook iPhone 10 and a set of ear pods and that the company should reward that kind of discovery even when it comes from someone other than a developer alright it's time to hear from you guys should a believe this kid what he's asking for tweet me your thoughts or answer on the comment section below and come back next week for more apple core and what i'm hoping will be better news for the iphone