Gezixuan News on November 19, technology media MacRumors released a blog post yesterday (November 18), reporting that in the latest research report released by Jeff Pu, an analyst at Haitong International Securities Group, it is believed that Apple's "iPhone 17 Air / Slim" is about 6 mm thick.

If this data is true, the iPhone 17 Air will be the thinnest iPhone ever, and it will be thinner than the current record of 6.9mm held by the iPhone 6.

According to the news, the thickness of the iPhone 17 Air is about 6 mm, which is significantly thinner than the 8.25 mm of the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro series.

iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max: 8.25mm

iPhone 16 and 16 Plus: 7.8mm

iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max: 8.25mm

iPhone 15 and 15 Plus: 7.8mm

iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max: 7.85mm

iPhone 14 and 14 Plus: 7.8mm

iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max: 7.65mm

iPhone 13 and 13 mini: 7.65mm

iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max: 7.4mm

iPhone 12 and 12 mini: 7.4mm

iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max: 8.1mm

iPhone 11: 8.3 mm

iPhone XS and XS Max: 7.7mm

iPhone XR: 8.3 mm

iPhone X: 7.7 mm

iPhone 8 Plus: 7.5 mm

iPhone 8: 7.3 mm

iPhone 7 Plus: 7.3 mm

iPhone 7: 7.1 mm

iPhone 6s Plus: 7.3 mm

iPhone 6s: 7.1 mm

iPhone 6 Plus: 7.1 mm

iPhone 6: 6.9 mm

iPhone 17 Air (exposed): 6mm

Even though the iPhone 17 Air may be the thinnest iPhone, it still can't surpass Apple's thinness record for the rest of the products, such as the 5.1mm of the 2024 13-inch iPad Pro.

At the moment, there are still some different rumors about the design and specifications of the iPhone 17 Air. Most sources agree that this device will come with a display of around 6.6 inches.

Jeff Pu also mentioned that the iPhone 17 Air is expected to feature an aluminum frame, Face ID, a single rear 48-megapixel camera, a 24-megapixel front camera, and 8GB of RAM, and Apple is expected to officially release the iPhone 17 Air in September 2025.

Gezixuan reported on November 8 that, according to IGN, Pocketpair, the developer of "Phantom Beast Palu", today updated the latest progress on the patent lawsuit filed against it by Nintendo and Pokémon Company.

According to Pocketpair, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company each demanded 5 million yen in compensation (IT House note: currently about 233,000 yuan) and delayed compensation, and sought to ban the release of "Phantom Beast Palu".

Pocketpair confirmed that the patent lawsuit in Japan focuses on the design of capturing Pokémon in a virtual setting, and that the company is alleged to infringe such patents. Earlier this year, Palu the Beast received a huge response after its release on PC and Xbox, and people found that the "Palu" character in it had many similarities with Pokémon, and some even considered it "plagiarism". However, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company chose to respond through patent litigation rather than copyright infringement.

It's worth mentioning that Phantom Beast Palu does contain a mechanic that uses orb-like items to capture monsters, similar to the design of the 2022 Nintendo Switch exclusive Pokémon Legends: Arceus. Another related patent relates to the ability to ride Pokémon, and Palu the Phantom Beast also allows players to ride Palu.

Pocketpair said Nintendo and Pokémon are applying for an injunction and seeking some damages from the time the patent was registered until the lawsuit was filed on September 18, 2024.

Patent experts point out that the lawsuit between Nintendo and The Pokémon Company shows that Palu the Phantom Beast does pose a threat to it, and the game is currently available on Sony's PS5 platform.

Pocket Pair's game, Palu the Phantom Beast, which was released on January 19, surpassed the 10 million player mark in less than two months.

Gezixuan reported on November 6 that although Musk is very busy, he can often find time to play games, post, do live broadcasts, and even attend talk shows with major media and YouTubers.

Musk said yesterday in Joe Rogan's latest show that he has entered the TOP20 of the "Diablo 4" deep pit ladder list, and there are only two American players in the TOP20 (as of the press time of IT House, the first on the list is American, the second on the list is Chinese, and there are 13 Chinese in the TOP20).

It has been verified by Forbes and other media that what Musk said is true. In the latest "Diablo 4" Pit Ladder TOP20 list, the 20th place happens to be Musk, and his game ID is his real name. It is worth mentioning that yesterday he was still 19, but today he was squeezed down by one.

In fact, Musk is a heavy gamer, having previously praised Cyberpunk 2077 (and played it with his girlfriend Grimes) and posted his record on the day of Elden Ring's launch.

According to Forbes, some people speculate that Musk was only brought by others, or directly spent money to buy a large number of high-quality equipment to achieve this achievement. It's not impossible, but there's no evidence to support this claim either. But obviously, as a person who runs several giant companies such as SpaceX, Tesla, and X at the same time, if he doesn't spend money on equipment, then he simply won't have the time to invest tens or even hundreds of hours in Diablo 4 to brush up on equipment and rankings, not to mention that he has to send at least a hundred X-articles a day.

As for why he is addicted to "Diablo 4", Musk said in a low-key manner that "I can concentrate and stabilize my mind in "Diablo 4".

各自选 reported on November 1 that game developer Re-Logic announced in the latest issue of "Terraria" (Terraria) game state update that the sales of "Terraria" on all platforms exceeded 60 million, reaching 60.7 million, of which 33 million were sold on the PC platform.
各自选 Note: Terraria is a 2D sandbox adventure game developed by Re-Logic, first released in 2011 for Windows PC, and later released on Android, iOS, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, Mac, Linux, and other platforms.
In July, the developer announced that the game had sold 58.7 million copies, surpassing the original version of Nintendo's Mario Bros.

各自选 reported on November 1 that after Apple announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024 (corresponding to the third quarter ended September 28), the company's CEO Tim Cook said in an interview with CNBC: "iPhone 15 sales are stronger than the 14 series in the same period, and the sales of the 16 series are stronger than 15."

According to the latest financial report business data, iPhone business revenue was 46.22 billion US dollars (IT home note: currently about 329.361 billion yuan), a year-on-year increase of 6%, and business revenue accounted for 48.7%. In the interview, Cook revealed that he expects the performance of Apple Intelligence to further boost sales of the iPhone 16 series.


iOS 18.1 was released on October 28, bringing Apple Intelligence features to iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, and iPhone 16 models. It includes a writing tool for proofreading text, a new Siri interface and input Siri feature, summaries and smart replies, a "Clean Up" tool for photos, and more.

October 7 that Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman published the latest issue of the "Power On" newsletter last night, mentioning that Apple is gradually abandoning the "annual update" product release strategy.

"Apple is phasing out its annual product upgrade cycle, a move that could make product launches more frequent and less troubling delays." Gurman said.

Traditionally, Apple usually releases a preview of the latest system in June every year, and a new generation of iPhones, iPads, Macs, and other products in September and October every year. This has the following advantages:

It helps motivate employees to move towards the same goal. Employees won't be confused about when certain products need to be ready.

Analysts and investors know "what to expect". The company sees reliable sales growth at the same time each year, helping to drive the all-important holiday season (note from IT House: "Holiday season" in overseas often refers to the time of year when merchants and retailers have the highest sales, including Christmas, New Year, and other holidays such as Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, etc.).

If Apple holds a big launch event in the fall, it will be easier to plan its marketing and public relations. This is because it ensures that the media can get back to work and attention after the holidays (usually the iPhone launch event is on the Tuesday or Wednesday of the week after the first Monday in September).

But even so, Gurman believes that this strategy is beginning to "crack". Because Apple's product range is increasing day by day, it is not practical to pursue iPhone, iPad, Mac, AirPods and other products every year. In addition, products such as the Apple Watch Ultra or iPhone SE do not need to be updated frequently.

Based on this analysis, Gurman said that Apple is gradually deviating from its plan to "release new products in the fall". However, Apple "may have to" take a more flexible approach, releasing a product when it's ready, and not releasing it if it's not.

The current iPad OS 18 also shows the downside of Apple's previous approach: the system has few new features and even contains a bug that has resulted in some iPad Pros with M4 processors It doesn't work, and the hardware must be replaced to fix the problem. As a result, the operating system was unusable for two weeks and was not restored until Thursday. The day before that, Apple was forced to withdraw the third beta of watchOS 11.1 because it caused a similar glitch. In September, the same issue occurred with the HomePod beta update.

Gurman said Apple is "clearly aware" of the problem. The pursuit of releasing most new hardware and software products in the fall has put undue pressure. At present, the company is gradually moving away from this path. For example, Apple officially announced Apple Intelligence in June, but has already announced in advance that the launch will be completed step by step.

Apple has launched the M4 Max chip, which is designed for data scientists, 3D artists, composers and other professionals who often face extremely heavy tasks. It is equipped with up to 16 CPU cores and 40 GPU cores.

This chip is equipped with up to 16 CPU cores, including up to 12 performance cores and 4 energy efficiency cores; the graphics processor has up to 40 cores.



各自选 quoted Apple's official press release and attached the relevant data as follows:

CPU performance is up to 2.2 times faster than the central processing unit of the M1 Max chip, and up to 2.5 times faster than the latest AI PC chip;

GPU speed is up to 1.9 times faster than the M1 Max chip, and up to 4 times faster than the latest AI PC chip;

M4 Max chip supports up to 128GB high-speed unified memory and up to 546GB/s memory bandwidth, which is 4 times the memory bandwidth of the latest AI PC chip

M4 Max chip enhanced media processing engine includes 2 video encoding engines and 2 ProRes accelerators, making it the best choice for professional video creators.

Like the M4 Pro chip, the M4 Max chip supports Thunderbolt 5, with data transmission speeds of up to 120Gb/s.



The AI ​​PC chip mentioned above refers to the Intel Core Ultra 7 258V tested on the MSI Prestige 13 AI+ Evo A2VMG-014US using specific industry standard benchmarks.