Apple took the stage Tuesday with their much-anticipated fall event.

As expected, the iPhone 13 was showcased.

Many thought we would also get to see the next iteration of Apple Silicon, but no such luck.

Honestly, there’s nothing much of note to report from the event… and still no Apple-Fi.

So what does that mean?

I’ve touched on rumors before that the next iPhone might have satellite capabilities. But Tuesday’s announcement did not confirm this…

Even so, I’m not worried.

As I’ve said before, that doesn’t mean they aren’t working on it.

Apple is known for keeping things under wraps until they’re ready to launch. We probably won’t hear about it until Apple’s worked everything out from design and implementation to cost.

Apple has the tools and funding it needs to be able to deliver the perfect product.

In November of last year, Apple announced they were going to use their new Apple M1 chip in the new-line Mac computers, effectively ending Apple’s 15-year reliance on Intel processors.

J.P. Morgan estimates that bringing processors in-house could present up to a $15 billion sales opportunity.

Plus, Apple bringing their hardware in-house can only mean good things for Apple-Fi. The more control they take of their hardware, the more likely we are going to see Apple-Fi integration in future devices.

As it turns out, Tuesday’s event was more “California Snoozing” than “California Streaming.” The new iPhones revealed at the event are more of an iterative improvement on the previous model, rather than bringing a revolutionary jump in performance as something like “Apple-Fi” would enable. But hey, we got some new emojis with the latest iPhone, so I guess that counts for something.

Again, that doesn’t mean “Apple-Fi” isn’t coming. As I’ve discussed before, Elon Musk’s SpaceX is busy launching a global low earth orbit satellite network that promises to bring broadband speeds everywhere. 

Furthermore, there is a startup currently working on bringing 5G-like performance to your smartphone, no special roof antenna is needed. 

The company has done this by creating and patenting new technology that can turn satellites in space into the equivalent of orbital cell phone towers. And the great thing about this tech is that it will work with any current smartphone on the planet, be it an iPhone, or an Android phone, or whatever phone that supports current 4G and 5G standards. I have more info on this in my premier service Ray Blanco’s Catalyst Trader.

As always, it’ll be interesting to see what news we hear out of Apple next and I’ll be sure to update you as more info comes out. 

To a bright future,

Ray Blanco
Chief Technology Expert, Technology Profits Daily
AskRay@StPaulResearch.com