This week on Cult of Mac’s podcast: After Apple’s truly Awe Dropping event, we’re picking up the pieces and discussing iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro and the rest of the new hardware.
Also on The CultCast:
- Apple built iPhone 17 Pro like a tool for professionals. But is the cosmic orange color undeniably vibrant?
- The new Apple Watches look like solid additions, although the Apple Watch SE 3 gets the most meaningful upgrades.
- AirPods Pro 3 make one of our favorite Apple products even better.
- Somewhat surprisingly, Apple extends marquee features of Apple Watch Series 11 and AirPods Pro 3 to older devices.
- And finally, we go over the results of our Awe Dropping predictions game.
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The CultCast, episode 716: Awe Dropping event reactions
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This week’s top Apple news
On the show this week: Your host, Cult of Mac Publisher and Editor in Chief Leander Kahney (@lkahney), Cult of Mac managing editor Lewis Wallace (@lewiswallace) and Cult of Mac writer D. Griffin Jones (@dgriffinjones).
Here are the stories we’re talking about on this week’s show:
- Super-slim iPhone Air brings radical new design
- iPhone 17 Pro debuts bold new design that’s engineered for performance
- iPhone 17 boasts larger, ProMotion screen and Center Stage selfie camera
- AirPods Pro 3 add heart rate monitoring, live translation and audio upgrades
- Apple Watch Series 11 adds hypertension alerts and 24-hour battery life
- Apple Watch Ultra 3 brings bigger screen, better battery and new health tricks
- Apple Watch SE 3 adds plenty of pro features
- Blood pressure alerts will also come to older Apple Watches
- Some older AirPods get Apple’s Live Translation feature, too
- The CultCast Awe Dropping Predictions
Lewis Wallace is the managing editor of Cult of Mac and author of our weekly newsletter, The Weekender.
He’s a San Francisco-based writer and editor specializing in technology and culture. He loves his iPhone, hates Siri, and appreciates any hardware that combines form and function.
Prior to Cult of Mac, he juggled words and ideas as culture editor at Wired.com, homepage editor at TechTV, news product manager at NBCi, copy editor at PC World, reporter at The (Hayward) Daily Review and editor in chief of EveryBody’s News in Cincinnati.
He earned a bachelor of general studies degree with a journalism certificate from the University of Cincinnati. While in school, he worked as the entertainment editor of The News Record and as editor in chief of Clifton Magazine.
He’s also a bass player, who’s recorded and performed around the United States with Those Darn Accordions, The Electric Boogie Dawgz and The Mad Maggies. When not writing, editing or laying down bass lines, he plays darts and serves on the board of the San Francisco Darts League.
