This week on Cult of Mac’s podcast: We dish out our reviews of the iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone Air and AirPods Pro 3.
How’s the battery life? How’s the cosmic orange? How badly does the iPhone 17 Pro scratch? How good is AirPods’ new Live Translation feature?
In this extra-long edition, we go deep on our first impressions of Apple’s latest gear.
Also on The CultCast:
- We know Scratchgate is real. And an expert offers an explanation for the iPhone 17 Pro’s problem.
- Apple’s new iPhone cases are pretty great — and they’re already on sale.
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The CultCast episode 718: Reviews of iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone Air and more
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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 headlines we’re talking about on this week’s show:
- iPhone 17 Pro is a powerhouse without functional compromise [Review]
- It’s juicy! With cosmic orange iPhone 17 Pro, Apple finally goes undeniably bold.
- Scratchgate is real: I’ve seen it myself
- iFixit breaks down the iPhone 17 Pro’s Scratchgate problem
- If you touch an iPhone Air, you’ll want to buy it immediately [Review]
- Save on Apple’s official iPhone 17 cases
- Why AirPods Pro 3 are my new favorite headphones [Review]