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the new rumor about the cheaper iPhone 10 that has us questioning everything we thought we knew about this phone and the iPad pro prediction we're hoping will not come true let's get to the core of this week's Apple news and rumors all right let's get down to business and get this portion out of the way Apple has just announced it's earning reports for the third quarter of 2018 here's what you need to know first up Apple makes a lot of money so for the company to increase revenue by 17% is a pretty big deal next people still bought a ton of iPhones even with that hefty price tag on the iPhone 10 the company's still managed to gross sales slightly but at a higher price which means Apple made more money per unit so there's that Apple services aka App Store Apple music and iCloud which make up a thinner slice of the revenue pie compared to the iPhone grew at a ridiculous rate 30% for the second quarter in a row and there others category so the Apple watch air pods etc is also skyrocketing with a 37 percent increase over the same period last year Mac numbers were pretty much the only ones that dip this quarter but that's not stopping Apple they're on their way to become the first trillion-dollar company you surprise guys we have more leaks but at least it seems like every week they're getting better and better and these latest dummy units from Ben Gaskin would almost pass as the real deal almost now the larger one as you can see is probably the iPhone 10 plus with that 6.5 inch OLED screen and dual lens setup on the back similar to what we find on the iPhone 10 just note that it's not the three lenses as early rumours had suggested the other one would be the cheaper 6.1 inch model we've been calling the iPhone 9 for now with that LCD screen and single rear-facing camera now the 5.8 inch model seems to be missing in action in these shots but as far as we can tell most of what we've seen in these images at least coincides with previous leaks and rumors about the next trio of iPhones in fact they're getting so good that it's easy to forget that until launch date nothing is set in stone in fact I'm actually still hoping that Apple pulls a fast one and some of these rumors don't end up being true and now there's actually hope for that aside from the fact that we haven't even been able to agree on three names for these phones now it seems like the iPhone 9 may have even thinner bezels than its OLED counterparts at least according to a new report in Japanese site Miqo'te Carra this contradicts what rumors and some men get skin leaks have been showing us for weeks and yes in theory LCD screens can't get as close to the edge as OLED screens but this would be no ordinary LCD screen according to the makoto cairo report apple is using a full active LCD screen from japan display ink with this technology Apple would be able to get its bezels down 2.5 millimeters half the size of the bezels on the current iPhone 1095 Mac also noted a report in the Wall Street Journal from a year ago which first suggested the change to full active LCD screens yet another point for that cheaper iPhone which even Apple is expecting to be their best seller this year based on their increase in their order size but if this rumor does in fact happen to pan out it comes with a pretty hefty downside the report also says that this new technology has cost production issues that would delay the phone until November so we'll have a repeat of last year with the iPhone 10 except this year we might be waiting even longer all right guys so what's it gonna be thicker bezels arriving in September or with slimmer bezels be worth the wait I'm kind of an instant gratification kind of person so I really don't care about the thicker bezels as long as I can get my hands on it right away but that's just me leave your comments on the comment section below or on Twitter but at least the good news is that we have two opposing rumors and that's exciting what sadly isn't a rumor is that Apple and Qualcomm have decided to part ways this means the next batch of iPhones could be slower than their Android counterparts in previous years Apple has used Qualcomm and Intel modems in its iPhones but in light of recent legal battles Apple has decided to ditch welcome all together and go exclusively with its competitors chips which we're taking to mean Intel now speed tests have shown that Qualcomm powered smartphones are capable of faster network speeds then devices running on Intel processors so take that as you will now the move could be temporary so here's hoping they'll kiss and make up by next year when Qualcomm rolls out its 5g chips two smartphones or else the next iPhones could be left in the dust okay but enough about the iPhone let's talk about the other Apple product that is rumored to be getting a refresh before the end of the year that's the iPad pro now rumor has it both the ten point five and twelve point nine inch models will be getting a full redesign this year in line with the iPhone 10 design so that means slimmer bezels face ID no home button and no headphone jack face ID on the iPad would make a lot of sense instead of the fingerprint scanner but only if it supports both vertical and horizontal unlock something we thought we had found hidden in the iOS 12 beta but that might not be the case according to that same report we talked about in Mac o takara that smart connector has changed positions in the new iPads meaning the keyboard will be attached to the bottom of the iPad near where you plug in the Lightning port and not the side this because Apple was not able to figure out base ID support for horizontal displays so you'll be writing in vertical display now good luck with that that's it for our show but you can always stay up to date on the latest Apple news and rumors on cnn.com or just catch me next week with more apple core