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your October launch event previews and this year's iPhone gates let's get to the core of this week's Apple news and rumors mark your calendars because October is shaping up to be yet another busy month for Apple now the cheaper 10r goes on presale October 19th arriving a week later on the 26th but Apple could also be gearing up for another important launch event this month where the company is rumored to announce new iPads a cheaper MacBook model an update to the Mac Mini and maybe IMAX now we're not sure whether this is going to be a standalone event or just an announcement like what they did with the MacBook Pro updates earlier this year but in the event of an event I would probably guess that it's gonna be later on in the month like in years past and I would put my money on the 25th a day before the 10r goes on sale but that's just me now rumors point to an iPhone 10 like redesigned for the iPad pro with those slimmer bezels and face ID but no knotch and no OLED display as shown in these 9 to 5 Mac renders one with an 11 inch display and the other one with a 12-point 9 inch display we're also expecting a 13-inch MacBook with slimmer bezels and a Retina display at a similar price point of the MacBook Air that I have right here the Mac Mini is rumored to get new storage options and better processor but those upgrades would cost you more than the current 500 dollar price tag meanwhile those new iPhone 10 s's are still giving us plenty to talk about both good and bad now first off battery life last week's Thomas guide report suggested that both the tennis and the tennis max didn't last as long as last year's 10 now those results have since been updated and now only the smaller 10s lags behind the 10 but that still contradicts what Apple suggested in the keynote but the latest consumer report findings paint a completely different picture than the tom's guide results stating that the batteries actually go above and beyond Apple's 30-minute and 90-minute improve on the tennis and the tennis max okay so why the huge difference in results it could have something to do with their testing methods now Tom's guide says there's involves continuous web searching at the same brightness level while consumer reports actually uses a robotic finger that is programmed to go through everyday tasks these include web surfing GPS and making calls we haven't finished our own battery test so wait and see what RSA and we can compare all of them in a later edition we've also started hearing more complaints about this year's new iPhones and the new gates could be charged gates and Beauty gate as noted in this Gizmodo article now neither seems to be as serious as the antenna gate of the iPhone 4 where users were losing reception depending on how they would hold the phones or when the six Plusle is actually bending in people's pants but they're still worth taking a closer look first up let's take a look at Beauty gate now users are accusing Apple of airbrushing portraits from the front camera mainly because the results show smoother than normal skintone and while they do seem to have a softer quality to them it could also be a result of that smart HDR effect which is essentially evening out the low lights and highlights to create less contrast and making it feel a little bit flatter there have also been reports of bad reception in certain areas particularly by Verizon users including some of you guys who suggested we test this out in the comments section below and that's also coming up soon then there's charge gate people would plug in their phone at night and wake up to a completely drained battery and the issue as shown in this unbox therapy video isn't that the phone itself isn't charging it's that it doesn't start charging if the phone is asleep when you plug it in so you have to wake it up and plug it in to actually charge the phone will eventually start charging even when it's off and it's reportedly only affecting a small amount of users and of course Apple has remained mum about all these issues but the closest that we're gonna get of admitting that there's a problem is found in the latest developers version of iOS 12.1 where they're addressing the battery issue the update according to I'm Maura's Renee Ritchie comes with the solution to the charging problem but clearly the company has more pressing issues to discuss in its newsroom posts than charging issues because you're getting 70 new emojis with that iOS 12.1 update including lobsters bagels and a redhead emoji no seriously this one's big because it even had its own change.org petition and the developers beta of watch OS 5.1 would include group FaceTime support but only through audio and full screen color watch faces for the series 4 and circular color watch faces or the series 3 and below now the only issue with these Vedas is we're not sure when they're actually seating out to consumers so if you have the charging issue you might have to live with it for a few more weeks at least and we're not done with the testing I took the Apple watch series for on a six-hour hike to test out Apple's battery claim on this product and those results are coming to you later on this week and also let me know if you've noticed any issues with Apple's new products on the comments section below or hit me up on Twitter and come back next week for more apple core