This week:

 

 

Learn all you want for free with 30-day trial to LinkedIn Learning at LinkedIn.com/cultcast

 

If you just want great WiFi everywhere, check out an award winning Orbi WiFi System from Netgear, at http://netgear.com/orbi

 

CultCloth will keep your iPhone 7, Apple Watch, Mac and iPad sparkling clean, and for a limited time you can use code CULTCAST to score a free CleanCloth with any order at CultCloth.co.

 

The Cult of Mac watch store has the best straps in the biz!  Check out the huge Black Friday sale with savings up to 50% at http://store.cultofmac.com.

 

Thanks to Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com for the great music you hear on today's show.

 

@erfon / @bst3r / @lkahney

 

Net neutrality is almost dead, but we can still save it

 

Tesla out-Apples Apple with the new Roadster “one more thing"

 

Apple’s HomePod smart speaker won’t be home for Christmas - buster

 

Apple's HomePod project actually predates the Amazon Echo, but has been canceled and restarted numerous times, and has undergone radical design changes

 

Is there still a point for Apple TV?

Smart TVs now have pretty great navigation and menu systems built in.  Many have Google cast built int.

 

The Best Black Friday deals of 2017

 

Moviepass now has a deal for 6.95 a month 

This week: 

 

 

Casper’s American-made mattresses have just the right amount of memory foam and latex, and people everywhere love them.  Learn why and get $50 towards any mattress at Casper.com/cultcast.

 

Learn all you want for free with 30-day trial to LinkedIn Learning by visiting http://linkedin.com/cultcast

 

CultCloth will keep your iPhone 7, Apple Watch, Mac and iPad sparkling clean, and for a limited time you can use code CULTCAST to score a free CleanCloth with any order at CultCloth.co.

 

Thanks to Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com for the great music you hear on today's show.

 

@erfon / @bst3r / @lkahney / @lewiswallace

 

Apple may launch 6.5-inch iPhone X Plus in 2018 

 

iPhone will get rear-facing 3D sensors in 2019

 

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

 

2018 iPad Pro could get 8-core A11X Bionic chip

 

 

 

Eve Degree

 

Eve Room

 

Eve Weather

 

Chocolate Hub

 

Ecobee 4

 

Juuk  Watch Bands

 

Patagonia Micropuff Jacket

This week: the iPhone X may be Apple’s best phone, but it’s not perfect.  Catch our first week impressions to hear what we love (and what we don’t!) about Apple’s very spicy new iPhone. Plus: our top reasons to NOT buy an iPhone X; how to use Apple Pay cash to pay your friends an fam; and catch our list of X-rated tips, aka the really useful iPhone X tips and tricks you haven’t heard about.

 

Build a beautiful, responsive website quick at Squarespace.com.  Enter offer code CultCast at checkout to get 10% off. Squarespace—Build it Beautiful.

 

Speck makes some of the best looking, most protective iPhone cases in the land.  Shop iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and iPhone X cases in stores or online at SpeckProducts.com/cultofmac

 

The single-router wifi model just doesn’t work for our increasingly high-bandwidth world. The EERO distributed system will blanket your home in hyper-fast, reliable WiFi, and you can score free overnight shipping with code CULTCAST at checkout, at eero.com.

 

CultCloth will keep your iPhone 7, Apple Watch, Mac and iPad sparkling clean, and for a limited time you can use code CULTCAST to score a free CleanCloth with any order at CultCloth.co.

 

The Cult of Mac watch store has the best straps in the biz!  Save 20% off any order with code CultCast at checkout.

 

Thanks to Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com for the great music you hear on today's show.

 

@erfon / @bst3r / @lkahney

 

Apple, the most personal computer

 

iPhone X setup shows Apple’s core brilliance

 

DisplayMate: iPhone X Has the 'Most Innovative and High Performance' Smartphone Display Ever Tested

 

iPhone X could be Apple’s most fragile handset ever

 

How to use Apple Pay Cash to send money to friends

 

iPhone X keeps your notifications secret from people who aren’t you

 

 

 

If Face ID doesn’t recognize your face, don’t reposition your face so it will accept it. Instead, type in the passcode so it will ad that position of your face to the accepted data set.

 

The smallest swipe of the home bar will register that you want to command the home bar to either go home or multitask. Moment you stop moving you will begin multitasking.

 

To quickly scroll to the top in any app, just double tap anywhere at the top of the screen (under the notch, or side of notch both work)

 

iPhone X has them hidden by default if your phone is locked.  You can go to Settings>Notifications>Show Previews to make them visible when locked.

• Fans have begun lining up outside Apple Stores around the world to get their hands on iPhone X.
• The X makes its official debut on November 3. Apple has promised that units will be available for walk-in customers, but just like pre-orders, they’re expected to disappear quickly.
• Some lines have already turned chaotic, while latecomers are offering money for precious spots near the front.
• Scumbags camping just to sell their spots!

• Anybody who thinks Apple can’t innovate should look in awe at the fecal hurricane whipped up by the company’s unorthodox iPhone X marketing plan.
• By giving popular YouTubers early access to the next-gen iPhone, and allowing them to “scoop” the old-school journalists traditionally granted such preferential treatment, Cupertino upended the typical review cycle.
• Apple apparently bruised a few fragile egos in the process. Frankly, it’s hilarious watching the ensuing media meltdown.

• Mark Spoonauer of Toms Hardware compared Face ID and Touch ID unlocking times with a stopwatch.
• When using Raise to Wake and swiping up on the display as the iPhone is recognizing a face (as Face ID is meant to be used), unlocking took 1.16, but touchID stock only .91 seconds to accomplish the same job.
• TechCruch said that while Face ID is slower when placed head to head with Touch ID, it's "much more fluid and faster to actually 'do things, ‘“ like opening notification takes fewer steps with faceID.
• In the Verge’s review, Nilay Patel said that he had trouble getting FaceID to work in bright environments. He postulated it was became the bright light interfered with the dot projector or infrared camera.
• Hidden benefit of FaceID, can be used with gloves on

• There are some things you can do to make Face ID faster, though. The first is to ensure the Raise to Wake feature is enabled in Settings. This shaves off precious time by eliminating the need to swipe or tap the iPhone X’s display before you unlock it.
• Another thing you can do is disable attention detection. This means Face ID won’t wait until your eyes and face are looking directly at the display before unlocking your iPhone. But be warned: It does make Face ID a little less secure.