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Apple unveiled the iPhone 16 lineup,
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new AirPods, and a new Apple Watch,
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along with old AirPods, and an old Apple Watch
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that you might have thought was new if you aren't terminally online.
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Thankfully, we are.
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So here's the lowdown.
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Apple kind of flattened out the iPhone lineup this time around,
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bringing the iPhone 16 and 16 Plus two chip generations up
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from the A16 Bionic to the A18,
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which means these new non-pro iPhones will have Apple Intelligence.
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In beta.
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In the US.
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Next month.
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A lot of that kind of tomorrow energy going on at this event,
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but we'll get into that.
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The non-pro iPhone 16 start at 800 bucks and now have the customizable action button
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introduced with last year's 15 Pros,
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as well as an all-new camera control clickable slider button
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that's also on the iPhone 16 and 16 Pro Max.
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It not only serves as a proper shutter button
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when taking photos in landscape mode,
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it can be lightly pressed to bring up additional UIs for fine focusing
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or changing modes by sliding your finger.
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Kind of like you would do with physical knobs on a dedicated camera,
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evoking memories of the iPod click wheel
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and Apple's history of brilliantly emulating familiar hardware on new tech.
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Sorry, that sounded sarcastic, but it was genuine.
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I struggle with giving earnest compliments.
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Good job, Jacob.
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Clicking and holding the camera control button
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will activate the new Visual Intelligence feature,
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which will let you use a photo to search the web,
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prompt Siri or chat GPT,
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and even add an event from a poster to your calendar.
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It's like what Google Lens pretends to be
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and is actually really cool.
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I'm sorry, I just, I don't, I don't know how.
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So wait, all the iPhone 16s sound pretty similar right now.
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Why would I pay over a thousand bucks for the 16 Pro or Pro Max
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other than to get that exclusive color that seemed like it was poo brown,
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but is actually called Desert Titanium
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and doesn't actually look like poo to everyone's surprise?
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Well, you don't want the regular old 18.
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You want the A18 Pro.
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It's got a bunch of upgrades
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that will let the 16 Pros run Apple Intelligence 15% faster
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than on the iPhone 15 Pro.
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Not that we would know at this point.
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It hasn't come out yet.
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But the Pros also have larger displays,
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studio-quality mics that enable customized background noise removal for video recording,
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and upgraded cameras that support recording 4K 120 video.
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Hey, if it's good enough for the weekend to film a music video with,
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it's good enough for me.
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Next up,
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the new AirPods 4 have an H2 chip and also an upgraded version with ANC and a wireless charging case,
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while the AirPod Pros have gotten upgraded hearing testing abilities
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that help them function as clinical-grade hearing aids.
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I don't know, sounds like boomer s**t to me.
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Apple also showed off the new Apple Watch Series 10,
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with a bigger display and the thinnest design ever.
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It now can run the Translate app directly on watch,
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and adds sleep apnea
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to the list of conditions it can detect,
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continuing the watch's transformation
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into basically the tricorder from Star Trek.
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At their next event in October,
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Apple will reportedly unveil new iPads and Macs,
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packed with new buttons
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that activate features that will definitely become available at some point in the future.
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Hahaha, you press the button,
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it's like,
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This feature will be available sometime next year.
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There's no Tim Cook impression,
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but that was like, almost
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Craig Federighi.
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Your friends and family can now message each other.
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I want...
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Ha!
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Send little kisses over the internet.
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IFA 2024 kicked off in Berlin last Friday,
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and some of the tech there really put the funk in Internationale Funkastelung.
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That's what IFA stands for, by the way, according to Jacob.
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Nanoleaf showed off its Sense Plus battery-powered smart switch
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that it's been working on for eight years,
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although that's no guarantee of success,
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as Concord has shown.
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The switch uses a proprietary protocol called LightWave
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to control all Nanoleaf smart lights in a room,
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while two configurable buttons on the Sense Plus can use Matter to control other devices.
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Then there's Lenovo's auto-twist AI PC concept,
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which has a motorized 360-degree hinge,
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allowing the display to follow you around,
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like it's asking for a restraining order.
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I know you said you're done using me for stuff,
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but actually, I have something to tell you about.
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You, like, close the window, and then, like, walk away,
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and it's like, is
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that it?
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More helpfully,
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