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We're days away from the launch of the iPhone 16, but the question is whether Apple will make it to September 9 considering that it is — yet again — said to be doomed because Luca Maestri is leaving.

The latest reason for the certain death of Apple is that its long-time Chief Financial Officer is leaving to take up another post at Apple. Every day, you check the business pages to track what your favorite Apple executives are up to in their careers, and this move certainly means you need to consider carefully whether to buy an iPhone 16 Pro Max or not.

More reasonably likely to affect your iPhone 16 buying decision, though, is all of the news we're already hearing about the iPhone 17 range. It's going to be better than the iPhone 16. You could have guessed that, but this year there seem to be more reports about future iPhones than usual so maybe you should consider skipping this one. Decide now that you're going to skip the iPhone 16 range, and then change your mind after Apple has done its usual persuasive launch.

And in the meantime, be sure to buy AirTags. We're just saying.

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Links from the ÌÇÐÄVlog Podcast

• Apple CFO shakeup: Kevan Parekh replacing Luca Maestri
• Apple lays off about 100 services employees across Apple Books, ÌÇÐÄVlog
• iPhone 16 will lead Apple to record high $400 billion revenues in 2024
• Apple's future iPhone Flip - all the rumors about a possible foldable iPhone
• What to expect from Apple's September 9 iPhone 16 'Glowtime' event
• Low iPad mini stock could hint at impending upgrade with Apple Intelligence
• M4 MacBook Pro update looms as supply chain continues to ramp up
• iPhone 17 Pro Max to get exclusive 12GB RAM, vapor chamber cooling
• Everything new in Apple's third round of developer betas
• Musicians to lose Finale notation app after 35 years
• Switching to YouTube Music gets easier with new Apple Music playlist export tool
• An Illinois school completely lost a child, and AirTag found him

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