CultCast #293 - Why Apple’s making an iPhone Pro

 

This week: 

• Why Apple’s making an iPhone Pro, a tech-packed cutting-edge phone that will showcase what Cupertino is capable of.  
• Genius Bar jackpot!  Aka, why the Genius Bar sometimes replaces your old broken tech for a brand new model.  
• Stick around for a super-powerful electric long board, a HomeKit-enabled ceiling fan, and pro-level keyboard case for your iPad Pro in an all-new Under Review 🤖

 

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On the show this week

@erfon / @lewiswallace / @lkahney

 

Macintosh Jr. has the power to crush the other kids!

 

Apple’s risky balancing act with the next iPhone

http://www.macworld.com/article/3207552/iphone-ipad/apples-risky-balancing-act-with-the-next-iphone.html

 

Why Apple sometimes gives brand new products for your old broken one (connected podcast)

• Have you or a friend ever taken an old product into the Genius Bar, and had them replace that product with a brand new version?  Isn’t it great when that happens??
• Well it turns out it’s likely not cause Apple’s so nice.
• When Apple develops a new product, they can’t test for everything.
• When a problem surfaces, Apple may initiate what they call a "Field capture period”
• During this time, if Apple is investigating a problem with a product, and you bring in a product that exhibits the symptoms of that problem, they’ll give you a new piece of hardware, then send your device back to Cupertino to dissasemble and investigate.
• Certain kinds of sunscreens dissolving glue in Apple watch backs, causing the back to come off.

 

Under Review

Hunter Symphony Fan

Logitech Slim Combo Keyboard

Huger Electric Longboard

 

Leander on a skateboard

http://imgur.com/8YmIU2s