# Apple Event 9/9/24 **URL:** \ **Category:** News\ **Created:** [August 27, 2024, 11:29pm UTC](https://forums.rwusers.com/t/apple-event-9-9-24/966 "2024-08-27T23:29:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rolandh](https://forums.rwusers.com/user_avatar/forums.rwusers.com/rolandh/32/273_2.png) [@rolandh](https://forums.rwusers.com/u/rolandh)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 11:29pm UTC](https://forums.rwusers.com/t/apple-event-9-9-24/966/1 "2024-08-27T23:29:00Z")
According to Apple’s website an event has been scheduled for 9/9/24. Presumably, the event will announce availability for iPhone 16 and iOS 18. For what it’s worth, I’ve been running iOS 18 betas on my iPhone for a month or so. While not without minor glitches, beta has been remarkably stable. There may be one more beta release before 9/9, which (given the timing) would also be the release candidate. ---
**Author:** ![cbwahlstrom](https://forums.rwusers.com/user_avatar/forums.rwusers.com/cbwahlstrom/32/241_2.png) [@cbwahlstrom](https://forums.rwusers.com/u/cbwahlstrom)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://forums.rwusers.com/t/apple-event-9-9-24/966/2 "2024-09-10T23:04:46Z")
Anything exciting come out of the event? ---
**Author:** ![davenc](https://forums.rwusers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/258eb7/32.png) [@davenc](https://forums.rwusers.com/u/davenc)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.rwusers.com/t/apple-event-9-9-24/966/3 "2024-09-11T13:24:56Z")
The new dedicated camera button is interesting. While certainly not a groundbreaking feature I would find it useful. I primarily use Android myself but I need to replace a household iPhone. The rumored SE 4th gen might be a good fit if it’s released sometime next year. ---
**Author:** ![dbrew826](https://forums.rwusers.com/user_avatar/forums.rwusers.com/dbrew826/32/325_2.png) [@dbrew826](https://forums.rwusers.com/u/dbrew826)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.rwusers.com/t/apple-event-9-9-24/966/4 "2024-09-11T13:57:44Z")
Agreed on the SE. At that time I will hope to find a bargain on the current generation (3rd) to replace my aging 2nd Gen. Really like the size, hearing that the new SE will be much larger. ---
**Author:** ![rolandh](https://forums.rwusers.com/user_avatar/forums.rwusers.com/rolandh/32/273_2.png) [@rolandh](https://forums.rwusers.com/u/rolandh)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://forums.rwusers.com/t/apple-event-9-9-24/966/5 "2024-09-11T16:35:41Z")
[TidBITS](https://tidbits.com/) has some coverage: > **[iPhone 16 Models Add Camera Control, Prep for Apple Intelligence - TidBITS](https://tidbits.com/2024/09/09/iphone-16-models-add-camera-control-prep-for-apple-intelligence/)** > > At its Glowtime event, Apple unveiled its latest crop of iPhones, with the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus gaining the new Camera Control, along with the Action button from last year’s Pro models. The iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max boast larger... I like giving TidBITS a plug because I’ve been a reader since TidBITS started as an email newsletter for Mac users (long before iPhone and well before Apple became the tech industry behemoth it is today) and because TidBITS uses Discourse for its forums as we do. On a side note, since it might be of some interest to Android users as well, [RCS on iOS](https://forums.rwusers.com/t/apple-to-support-rcs-google-chat-features-on-iphone/681) appears it will be hit or miss in terms of carrier support. Generally, it looks like it will be available on the big 3 MNOs proper, most of their flanker brands and a relative few independent MVNOs at launch on September 16, 2024. Any iPhone running iOS 17 is capable of updating to iOS 18. @cbwahlstrom, if your son is still with UScellular (not to be confused with US Mobile), their Apple carrier bundle looks like it is RCS enabled for iOS 18. ---
**Author:** ![cbwahlstrom](https://forums.rwusers.com/user_avatar/forums.rwusers.com/cbwahlstrom/32/241_2.png) [@cbwahlstrom](https://forums.rwusers.com/u/cbwahlstrom)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://forums.rwusers.com/t/apple-event-9-9-24/966/6 "2024-09-11T17:14:17Z")
> [@rolandh](#): > > @cbwahlstrom, if your son is still with UScellular (not to be confused with US Mobile), their Apple carrier bundle looks like it is RCS enabled for iOS 18. He’s still with UScellular, but I don’t know whether he has IOS 18 yet. I haven’t gotten any messages from him over RCS yet. We don’t have any issues messaging each other as it is, so I’m not going to try to mess with anything.