Guest panelist Sven Johannsen joins Jon Westfall and me for this podcast. We discuss Apple’s September 8 product announcements which had a disaster/apocalyptic tone.
- CNN: Apple’s latest products and features take aim at our greatest fears
- iPhone 14 Pro & Pro Max
Dynamic Island
Always-on Display (like my 2020 Google Pixel 4a)
Still has a lightning connector instead of USB-C ????
Wiki- The iPad Pro, released in 2015, features the first Lightning connector supporting USB 3.0 host.(5 Gbit/s) The only accessory that supports USB 3.0 is the new camera adapter. Normal USB-A – Lightning cables are still USB 2.0. How about USB-C to lightning??? - Use Emergency SOS via satellite on your iPhone 14
- Wi-Fi Comes to Mount Kilimanjaro
- iOS 16
iCloud Shared Photo Library – coming later this year - CNET: iOS 16 for iPhone: Every Cool New Feature Arriving Monday
- Jon: upgraded to iOS 16, pleasantly surprised by quality of life improvements that previously I thought would be snoozes.
- Apple Watch Series 8 & Apple Watch Ultra
Apple watch series 8 Stainless (starts $749 [41mm], $799 [45mm]) vs Ultra ($799) - AirPods Pro 2nd gen
Volume control on stem - Jon received the Linus Tech Tips backpack (See Episode 418) and have some impressions pre-use as a daily driver.
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