Accidental Tech Podcast

554: Is This Your Dog?

September 27, 2023 01:55:45 • Download (112 MB)

Our iPhone 15 Pro impressions, case options, size choices, and an unexpected recording location.

Pre-show: Marco is… somewhere unexpected
- Modern 5G hotspots vs. tethering
- Casey’s travel router
🤬 cancer. Help sick kids. Donate to St. Jude now.
Follow-up:
- John’s PR
  - …and Docker explorations
  - fish
- iPhone 15 data transfers over USB-C
  - Samuel Polay’s Apple Store experience
  - Chris Jones’ experience
- USB-A ↔ USB-C adapters (via Eric Merrill)
- EdgeGate
  - LeakGate
  - Sharp Tech
- CaseGate
  - Casey’s planned case
  - Anker USB-C cable (the cable that didn’t fit)
  - Umefly USB-C cable (the cable that does fit)
  - Apple silicone case (via Ben Rabicoff)
  - Viticci’s staining
  - Apple Store examples
  - Straps are the answer? (via Gem)
- Apple & chip binning
- A17 Pro is powerful but not efficient?
  - Razer Phone Cooler Chroma
- People, Pets, & Places
Initial iPhone reviews
Post-show: Marco discovers America

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553: Cut the Bridges to the Mainland

September 22, 2023 02:06:29 • Download (123 MB)

A mountain of follow-up and new info on the iPhone 15 series, a bunch of USB-C nerdery, and some Rivian hacks with mixed results.

Pre-show: John’s enhancement requests
🤬 cancer. Help sick kids. Donate to St. Jude now.
- The Marco Offset
ATP Top Four: Laptops. Join to listen!
Follow-up:
- Apple-products-save-your-life video
- Apple Watch Ultra 2 naming
- Titanium watches
  - Cost ∆s (via Dan Provost)
  - Warranty (via Doug Miller)
- Hermès leather straps (via Gruber)
- Casey’s live adventure
  - Related The Verge article
  - Marco’s option
- Apple Watch Assistive Touch is from 2021
- Apple “blue” over time
- iPhone 15 Pro & Pro Max repairability helps consumers too
  - iPhone 14 Pro back glass: $499
  - iPhone 15 Pro back glass: $169
- iPhone 15 & 15 Pro cameras
  - 14 Pro 🤝 15 Pro (via Andreas Netzmann)
  - PetaPixel was confused too
  - The arrangement changed
  - iPhone 15 != iPhone 14 Pro
  - 5× Pro Max is 25% larger than the 3×
  - 3× camera has not changed in three years 😱
  - iPhone 14 Pro can also take 48 MP HEIF images
  - PetaPixel camera review
  - DPReview
- USB-C begets external display support
  - Apple support document
  - Panic on The Lightning Digital AV Adapter Surprise
- USB-A ↔ C adapters are fire hazards‽ (via Praveen)
  - Example
- iPhone 15 Pro & diffusion bonding (via Robert Newman)
- iPhone 15/Pro/Max battery life & 3nm
- iPhone 15 Pro & Thread radio
- Close-up photos of a FineWoven case
  - Similar to Peak Design case?
- Apple 2030
  - Apple’s press release on “carbon neutral” (via Josh Angelsberg)
  - Environment FAQ
- Tim Cook at Apple in 2030
  - New York Times interview from 2020
Gruber’s post
- Geekbench 6
  - Single-core
    - M2 Max: 2,803
    - Intel Core i9-13900K 3 GHz: 4,220
  - Multi-core
    - M2 Ultra: 21,299
    - Intel Core i9-13900KS 3.2GHz: 29,015
- Does Apple make the fastest laptops?
  - Luke Miani
  - Intel’s Meteor Lake CPUs
#askatp:
- How does mp3 chapter images work? (via Joel Labes)
  - The “animated” chapter art was the ending theme song in ATP 244
- How does binning work with silicon chips? (via Ammar)
- Is USB-C’s successor on the horizon? (via Jason Falleiro)
Post-show: Rivian follow-up and some interesting hacks

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ATP Top Four: Laptops

September 20, 2023

In this member-exclusive episode, we rank our favorite laptops of all time (so far) and argue, Top Four-style.

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552: Not a Saturated Year

September 14, 2023 02:42:06 • Download (156 MB)

Impressions and analysis of Apple's fall event featuring the iPhone 15 series, the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2, and Apple 2030.

Pre-show: Marco’s Wi-Fi Woes
- RealPlayer
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- The Marco Offset
Apple Event on September 12
Not in the keynote:
Post-show: What color is Marco’s car?

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551: Tickle Rock You

September 7, 2023 02:37:48 • Download (154 MB)

Rumors, expectations, and hopes for the iPhone event next week.

Pre-show: 🤬 cancer. Help sick kids. Donate to St. Jude now.
Follow-up:
- iPhone 14 Pro 2× vs. cropping a 1× photo
- iPhone 14 Pro Dynamic Island
  - Flighty
  - Sports Alerts (App Store link)
- You can update TCL Roku TV via USB (via Pierre-Luc Gagné)
- Apple Park & garbage cans
Apple Event on September 12
Post-show Neutral:
- Rivian is canning their ugliest paint option

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