iPhone Life Magazine Summer 2022

As we head into the summer months, I’m envisioning this time as a glimmering bubble filled with everything we’ve been missing during the past two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. I see bike rides through a warm summer breeze, grill outs and yard games with friends and family, cocktails by the pool, stargazing, and canoe trips down the river. As restrictions lift and it becomes safer to see loved ones, this summer is a hard-earned window of time where we can enjoy many of the experiences we’ve been longing for. To help you actualize your summer adventures, the editorial team at iPhone Life has taken even more pleasure than usual in creating our summer 2022 issue for you. In our Great Gear section (page 44), you’ll find articles that will inspire…

Nicholas Naoiti, Ad Specialist & Video Producer AirPods Pro ($249) I’ve been using my AirPods Pro almost every day for over a year. They still sound great and work exactly as I expect them to, which is more than I can say for the knock-off brands! Susan Misuraca, Customer Support & Content Specialist Belkin Magnetic Car Vent Mount PRO with MagSafe ($39.95) If you don’t have CarPlay, this MagSafe car vent charger is wonderful! The vent mount makes looking at your GPS easy and safe while you are driving. I strongly recommend it if you are on the road a lot or love to take road trips. David Averbach, Publisher & CEO Nanoleaf Elements Hexagon Smarter Kit ($249.95) I’m a fan of Nanoleaf’s modular light systems, but their signature bright flashing sets aren’t for everyone. That’s why I’m…

SHOT ON THE IPHONE An iPhone traveled to the end of the earth! In a manner of speaking. iPhone Life reader Haley Spitzfaden brought her iPhone 11 on a journey to Antarctica in December to capture her experience of penguins and glaciers. While no pictures can match the beauty of the southernmost continent, Haley’s iPhone came close! MOST POPULAR Wordle (Free) Are you playing Wordle? According to The New York Times, over 300,000 people play it daily! If you’re unfamiliar, Wordle is a game that has you guess a fiveletter word each day in six tries. Wordle is so popular that countless websites and apps have offered spinoffs, from geography-based daily guessing games, to versions that have you guess multiple words at once. There are even special interest ones likeTaylordle, which offers only words…

While many of us feel like we’re just getting used to iOS 15, the truth is that iOS 16 isn’t far away. Apple typically announces software in the summer, which gives us plenty of time to get excited for all the new features we’ll see in the public release in the fall. What do we know so far about the next iOS? We’ve heard some rumors and we’re crossing our fingers. WHEN DO WE GET iOS 16? Assuming Apple doesn’t break with tradition, it will announce its new iPhone operating system at its World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) in early June. After WWDC, Apple usually releases public beta versions of the new iOS (as well as iPadOS and MacOS) for users to try out and report bugs. Then, the full iOS update…

Apple launched an updated iPad Air in March that focused on faster performance, enhanced connectivity, and the best camera to date. In fact, the features of the new iPad Air almost exactly mirror the more expensive iPad Pro, which notably was missing from the announcement. This breaks Apple’s two-year tradition of releasing a new iPad Pro in the spring. That means we are more than likely due for an iPad Pro update in the fall or next spring at the latest. So, here’s the question at hand: is it wise to spring for the iPad Air now or wait for the rumored iPad Pro? I’ll break down everything we know so far to help you decide. M1 CHIP: FASTER & MORE POWERFUL Let’s start with one of the most surprising additions to…

Apple’s new Mac Studio may be what you need to upgrade your home office to a professional digital creator space. Sporting the powerful M1 Max or the new M1 Ultra processing cores and 64 or 128 gigabytes of unified memory, these are systems designed for power-hungry users with demanding workloads. The Mac Studio is a great professional investment for workspaces with high-computation needs, like researchers and digital artists. The M1 Ultra is a beast of a processor, comparable in raw processing power to the current Mac Pro lineup, for much less money. That said, part of the excitement of the M1 Ultra is what it promises to do in a Mac Pro chassis, with all the extra power, RAM, and discrete graphics processing support that promises to add. But when it…