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This week in Apple: Hardware event on for next week, but don’t expect iPhones
August 16, 2025
This week in Apple news we saw the company confirm that it will host a livestream hardware event next week. However, it’s very unlikely that we’ll seethe iPhone 12 lineupat this event. Instead, Apple will likely launch some other products and save iPhones for October.
In other Apple news, we heard a lot about the new iPhone lineup. Allegedly, the phones are entering production, but only two models will likely launch whenever Apple holds its iPhone event.

See the Apple news roundup below for all the latest.
The top Apple news stories of the past week:
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