The silicon-valley giant Apple is known for its amazing and stunning products. A few people even believe that working on Mac and iPad simultaneously boosts their productivity.
That said, it's worth noting that Apple Pay users have already started spending on cryptocurrencies with the help of Coinbase's debit card. Although it won't allow spending directly in any form of cryptocurrency, it converts the bitcoin or any other coin into US Dollars, and it can then be debited using Coinbase's debit card. There's no fee to use the card. In fact, you get reward points for using it often.
A few months back, a job listing was spotted by Coindesk , and it indicates that something is happening behind the curtains!
Well, if this doesn't give you enough idea about What is Apple up to, I don't think there could be another source or reason to believe that Apple will soon start accepting cryptocurrency directly (mostly through Apple Pay) if I'm not wrong.
All the new iPhone models are available for pre-order, so I don't see any possibility of Apple accepting the cryptocurrency this year. But next year, things could change, you never know what's coming next!