John Ternus is officially Apple’s next CEO, iPhone 18 colors, iOS 27 rumors

Benjamin and Chance react to the biggest news of the week, and probably this year, with Tim Cook officially announcing his plans to hand over the CEO job to John Ternus. The calm and orchestrated transition falls directly into Cook’s playbook. Also, we have new leaks about iOS 27 and iPhone 18 Pro colors to discuss.

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Links

• Tim Cook stepping down this year, John Ternus confirmed as next Apple CEO
• Tim Cook shares open letter of gratitude as he announces Apple CEO transition
• John Ternus: Everything you need to know about Apple’s new CEO
• Johny Srouji set to take broader role as Apple’s chief hardware officer
• Apple’s major MacBook Pro overhaul is reportedly ‘slightly’ delayed due to supply chain shortages
• New Mac Studio may not arrive until October
• Apple has already teased Siri’s new design coming in iOS 27
• These are the four new iPhone 18 Pro colors, per rumor
• iOS 27 will drop support for four iPhone models, says leaker
• Postponed Apple TV series ‘The Savant’ will finally be released this summer
• Netflix ruined its Apple TV app by switching to a custom video player