CultCast #310 - Two weeks with the X 🔥

This week: 

• Two weeks with the X.  We’ll tell you what we like and what still sucks.
• Some very exciting new rumors about the next international of iPhone X
• Two big features coming you to in iOS 11.2 which is now in its 3rd beta
• What we tell you what we like and don’t about our favorite gadgets in a all-new under review 🤜🏼💥🤛🏼

 

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On the show this week

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Apple may launch 6.5-inch iPhone X Plus in 2018 

https://www.cultofmac.com/513809/apple-may-launch-6-5-inch-iphone-x-plus-2018/

• One of the most reliable Apple analysts in the game is predicting big things for the iPhone X design in 2018.
• According to KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple will release an iPhone X Plus next year with the biggest smartphone screen the company has ever made.
• Kuo says Apple will release three iPhones in 2018 with a notch design. There will supposedly be a 5.8-inch (updated X) and a 6.5-inch model, both with OLED displays.
• The third iPhone will supposedly have a 6.1-inch LCD display but come with the same bezel-free design as the iPhone X.
• The 6.5-inch iPhone X Plus will have a display with 480 to 500 pixels per inch, possibly making it more pixel dense than the iPhone X. The 6.1-inch LCD version will only have a display with 320 to 330 PPI.

 

iPhone will get rear-facing 3D sensors in 2019

https://www.cultofmac.com/513959/iphone-rear-3d-sensor/

• According to a Bloomberg, Apple is working on a new rear-mounted “3D sensor” for its 2019 iPhone, which will help further the company’s augmented reality ambitions.
• The new system will work using lasers and measuring the amount of time it takes for them to bounce back to create a depth map. This is reportedly different to the TrueDepth sensor system used on the front of the iPhone X, which uses a pattern of 30,000 laser dots to measure depth information for features like Face ID.

 

Two big features coming to your iPhone 8 and X with the release of iOS 11.2

https://www.cultofmac.com/513967/iphones-get-faster-7-5w-wireless-charging-with-ios-11-2/

• Apple Pay cash, which will work on the iPad.
• Apple has added support for faster 7.5W wireless charging in its latest iOS 11.2 beta. iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X all support the increased charging speed. You’ll need a compatible wireless charging mat to take advantage of it, however.

 

2018 iPad Pro could get 8-core A11X Bionic chip

https://www.cultofmac.com/514291/2018-ipad-pro-get-8-core-a11x-bionic-chip/

• Apple supposedly plans to slap an octa-core processor in next year’s iPad Pro, making them the most powerful tablets Apple’s ever made.
• For the iPhone X and iPhone 8, Apple created the A11 Bionic chip that comes with two high-performance cores and four high-efficiency cores.
• This is the same chip that is currently faster than the chips in 2012 iMacs and my 2013 MacBook Pro.
• My machine is 33% in multicore tests, but image if they add another 2 high performance cores to the iPad.

 

 

Under Review

 

Eve Degree

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Eve Room

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Eve Weather

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Chocolate Hub

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Ecobee 4

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Juuk  Watch Bands

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Patagonia Micropuff Jacket

http://www.patagonia.com/product/mens-micro-puff-hoody/84030.html