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Apple’s new CEO could change when it launches phones and laptops

John Ternus reportedly wants Apple to launch products more often.

by Jay Peters

Sep 29, 2026, 4:09 PM UTC

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Jay Peters is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme.

John Ternus, Apple’s new CEO, wants Apple to launch products more often than its usual splashy moments in the fall and the spring, according to a Bloomberg report detailing some of Ternus’s initial plans for the company.

Apple regularly holds iPhone launch events in September and often announces products later in the year and in springtime, but “Ternus has indicated that Apple must introduce products more quickly and become more experimental to remain competitive in the artificial intelligence era,” Bloombergsays. The shift may not happen right away given Apple’s “long-established” development practices. Apple is rumored to have a considerable number of products...

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BYD says it will have a solid-state car next year, the earliest date anyone has given