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It is time to lay down our predictions for the biggest #Apple announcement of the year — the #iPhone17 #keynote. Previously, Lewis won at WWDC, but Leander and Griffin have the opportunity to kick him off his throne.
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[Music]
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So this is where we're going to predict
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what is going to be coming up at the uh
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ordropping event which is now just you
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know less than a week away next Tuesday.
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So as a recap, Lewis won our prediction
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game a few months ago at WWDC but
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Leander and I have the opportunity to
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kick him off of his throne. So these are
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the rules. We have agreed on a list of
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predictions for the event. For each
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prediction, we will vote yes or no
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whether we think it will happen. Uh
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votes will be placed in the order of who
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won the previous game. So Lewis will go
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first, I will go second, and Leander
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third. One point will be awarded for
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each correct guess out of 20. Any
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disputes in judgment must be ruled on by
0:43
Ed Hardy, a responsibility he has not
0:45
been informed of, uh much less agreed
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to. So let's hope it doesn't come to
0:49
that. Listeners, you can submit your own
0:51
votes using a Google form that is in the
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show notes, or you can just go to
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dgriffinjones.com/servey.
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The highest score submitted before the
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event begins will be honored in the next
1:03
episode. There's actually a question on
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that form that that asks whether there's
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uh anything you want to plug or promote
1:08
if you were to win. So, you can find
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that at dgriffinjones.com/servey
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or click the link in the show notes. 20
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questions.
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Let's kick it off.
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Starting with the iPhone section. New
1:22
thin iPhone is named Air. Lewis, it's up
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to you. What do you think?
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Well, that means of course iPhone Air,
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right? I mean,
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you're not going to get legalistic on
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me, are you? iPhone Air.
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Okay. You think yes?
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Yes. I say yes. iPhone Air.
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Okay. I'm going to put down yes as well.
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I like, you know, it's one of these
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things where we're all assuming that
1:43
it's going to be that and you know, and
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it might not always be that. Apple
1:46
marketing is is a black box, but also I
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haven't seen anybody else propose a good
1:50
name for it. So,
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yeah, slim. Come on,
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Leander.
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Yeah. No, no, I don't think it's going
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to be I Yeah, I'm I'm gonna have to go
1:58
yes, too.
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Okay, here's an open question.
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All new iPhones are numbered 26. Is it
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going to be iPhone 17 or 26?
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You say no.
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I'm going to go.
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An interesting move, but uh no,
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Leander. Uh, I'm gonna say yes just to
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be contrarian. Well, because it, you
2:18
know, it like we'd had a big discussion
2:20
about this, didn't you? You know, it'll
2:21
line up with the the OS number.
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Yeah, but then when they have the iPhone
2:25
20 next year.
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Oh, well, sorry, Lander.
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New A series chips are number 26.
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Boy, I wish that this was a a yes, but I
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think I'm going to say no. Yeah, I'm
2:42
gonna go now, Leander.
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Yes.
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Yes. All in on 26.
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Just to be contrarian. Yeah.
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I think
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that strategy worked out so well for you
2:53
last time.
2:54
Yeah, right.
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Pro iPhones come in an undeniably
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vibrant orange color.
3:03
Uh, once again, oh, how I wish I could
3:06
say yes, but no.
3:11
You know, I would vote no for this if
3:12
not for those leaks by Majin Buu that
3:15
showed it and the like the case leaks
3:18
that we've seen. I'm going to go yes.
3:20
We have definitely have to call in a
3:22
lawyer for the definition of undeniably
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vibrant.
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Leander.
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Yeah, I'm I'm with Lewis. No.
3:29
No.
3:29
It's going to be a dull dull brown.
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I mean, look, I honestly wish it were
3:34
brown. I love the color brown. But Apple
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makes
3:37
lanyard straps that attach to its new
3:39
cases.
3:43
You know, I actually thought they
3:44
already made lanyards because like for
3:46
the AirPods, but they don't, do they?
3:49
So,
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you know what? I'm going to say yes
3:53
because I think that they are going to
3:55
make like crossbody
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cases. You know what I mean? Those
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I'm going to go yes as well. I'm putting
4:03
putting all my stock in the Majin Buu
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here.
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And wasn't there a leak? Wasn't there
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some pictures of them last this this
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last week? So,
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yeah, possibly.
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Of the actual lanyards or just just the
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cases with the lanyard spot?
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A picture of a strap, I think.
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Oh, really?
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Some straps. Yeah. So, I'm going to go
4:20
Yes.
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Tech woven cases claim more durability
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than fine woven.
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Yes.
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God.
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Yes. Yes. Yes.
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Uh, yeah. I'm going to go yes as well.
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Well, uh, this is a this is a rigged
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game. Um, so I'm going to say no just so
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that I have a chance of winning just in
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case.
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They they they might introduce
4:43
techwoven, but they might not actually
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say they might not actually try to claim
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that it's more durable. So they're
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I don't think Yeah, exactly. That's I
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don't think they're going to make those
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claims. I don't think they're going to
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go out and
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Can I change my vote?
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Nope.
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Cuz that's it's a good point. Like
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they're not going to go out and go,
4:58
"Well, those old fine woven cases
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sucked." So these ones are actually more
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durable.
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Well, maybe they will.
5:05
Maybe satellite connectivity is still
5:08
free for everyone. So as context, every
5:11
iPhone since the iPhone 14 has had
5:13
satellite connectivity and they've said,
5:15
you know, oh, it's free for now, free
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for the first year, but then they keep
5:19
uh sort of kicking that deadline down
5:21
the bucket. Is it going to still be free
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for everyone, third year in a row?
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I think yes.
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I'm going to go no. I'm a Griffin. No,
5:32
but shutting it off is like I don't
5:34
know. It'd be like endangering people.
5:37
I think they'll probably come up with
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some way of monetizing it where like
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maybe it'll run for free, but if you
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make an emergency, if
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you use it, they charge you.
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Yeah. I don't know.
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I fell off the side of a mountain. I Oh,
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that'll be $10.
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I don't know how they will. like it's
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they they they baked in this very I mean
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it's very expensive to run like running
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all those satellite networks like I
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think they've poured like hundreds of
6:04
millions of dollars into it. Maybe
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they'll just keep doing it out of the
6:07
goodness of their hearts but uh a price
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point on one of the iPhones is raised by
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at least $100.
6:15
They just raised the Pro Max, right?
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This last year was a hundred bucks more.
6:20
They yeah they they they raised it 100
6:23
bucks a few years ago but they left
6:24
everything else the same. The iPhone 10
6:28
and like you know all of its successors
6:30
have been $9.99 since 2017.
6:33
You know tariffs, who knows?
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I'm going to say no.
6:38
I'm gonna say yes.
6:42
I I think the time has come.
6:45
Yeah, me too. I think um it's definitely
6:47
going to be going up.
6:48
Mhm. Especially with with new storage
6:50
tiers.
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Yeah. Yeah. Maybe. Apple Watch section.
6:56
Apple Watch Series 11 and Ultra 3
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feature 5G cellular.
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It's going to make such a difference.
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Mhm.
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I was thinking about this one. I was
7:05
just trying to imagine what difference
7:07
it would actually make and how they
7:08
could make it sound like it was a big
7:09
deal. Then I remembered how much they
7:11
tried to make 5G a big deal four years
7:14
ago, whatever it was.
7:15
Yeah. The question of what difference
7:16
will it make doesn't really matter. The
7:17
question is, can Apple say this one has
7:20
5G and make you want to buy the new one?
7:23
Right. And also, will it be both or just
7:26
one? Uh, okay. Yes.
7:31
5G Red Cap.
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I'm going to go no. I'm I'm not so sure
7:35
it would come to the Series 11 as well.
7:37
So, that's that's I'm a little there.
7:39
It's hard to tell.
7:40
Uh, I'm going to say yes.
7:43
Oh,
7:43
because they're going to be using the
7:44
same chip. Apple Watch Ultra 3 gains
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satellite communication.
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Oh my god.
7:52
What's the current state of the
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I I just I get so confused about all
7:55
these things that never I never use.
7:57
I'm not really sure.
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That's fair. Uh I think currently only
8:00
the iPhones have had satellite.
8:02
I'm going to say no.
8:04
I'm actually going to go yes on that
8:06
one.
8:07
Yeah, me too.
8:08
Okay.
8:09
All right. Things are getting spicy now.
8:11
Mhm.
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It's still fun when everybody has the
8:13
same answer to everything. Apple Watch
8:15
Ultra 3 has some kind of blood pressure
8:18
monitoring.
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You know what
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the thing is? I couldn't write too
8:22
strong language here because Apple's
8:24
probably going to wiggle their way out
8:25
of it even if they add it. So, some kind
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of blood pressure monitoring.
8:30
I So many of these I I have to say I
8:33
wish I could say yes, but I think I
8:34
don't think that this is coming this
8:36
year. I don't think they're gonna I
8:37
don't think they've got it together.
8:39
I'm also a no on that.
8:41
I'm gonna say yes because um it's
8:43
offered on some of the other uh
8:45
competitor smart watches, isn't it? It's
8:47
off offered on a couple other devices.
8:49
I hope you're right, Lander.
8:50
Hypertension warnings.
8:52
Yeah.
8:52
Yeah. Me, too.
8:53
Be cool.
8:54
We haven't heard much about this in a
8:56
while. New colorful plastic Apple Watch
9:00
SE. It's about time for it. But, uh been
9:04
a little silent.
9:05
That's funny. I was thinking about that
9:06
lately or not lately yesterday when I
9:09
was looking at this list and yeah, it's
9:11
been like what three years since there's
9:13
been a new SE and we were we thought we
9:15
were going to get an SE plastic one like
9:17
last time.
9:18
Uh yeah, I say yes. I'm going to go yes
9:22
as well.
9:22
I'm gonna say no. They're going to stick
9:24
with aluminum.
9:25
I I do write these to be a little
9:27
deceptive and have like, you know,
9:28
you're technically voting on two pieces
9:30
of information here. Maybe I've made a
9:32
trap for myself, but we'll see.
9:35
Other hardware, AirPods Pro 3 with
9:39
health sensors and smaller case.
9:41
And the health sensor would be like
9:44
heart rate monitor or something
9:46
or temperature.
9:48
Yeah, I think I say yes.
9:50
I'm gonna go yes as well.
9:51
Yeah, I'm I'm gonna say yes.
9:54
Apple TV updated with new chip and Dolby
9:57
Vision 2, the just announced feature.
10:01
Yes. And I can't wait for Dolby Vision 2
10:03
so I can see what's going on in silo.
10:08
I'm gonna say no. I think it might be a
10:11
little too early for Dolby Vision 2.
10:14
Yeah, I'm going to say no. I don't think
10:16
um I think there's already a lot of
10:18
stuff coming out and they're not going
10:20
to they're not going to throw everything
10:21
at the wall.
10:22
No TV at all.
10:24
No.
10:25
New smart display announced.
10:28
It's got to come out eventually.
10:31
Yeah. No. Siri still not this time.
10:33
Still too stupid.
10:35
Yeah. No. I'd like to see it, but not
10:37
this time.
10:38
Any new Mac, iPad, Vision Pro, or other
10:41
hardware product.
10:42
Man, I think the only possibility is a
10:44
Vision Pro with a better chip, but uh
10:47
I'm going to say no.
10:48
I'm a no as well. I think this might be
10:50
a
10:52
next month kind of thing if the Vision
10:53
Pro is going to come out this year.
10:55
Yeah, right. November. Yeah, I'm no,
10:57
too. Oh, you already put me as Wow.
10:58
Oh, sorry. I just
10:59
even if I even said it.
11:03
Well predicted.
11:04
Mhm. My my prediction for your votes is
11:07
a different game that I'm playing
11:08
myself.
11:11
Okay. Miscellaneous section. Apple
11:14
spends over five minutes reintroducing
11:16
iOS 26 and liquid glass.
11:19
And this means overall, right? Not
11:22
necessarily a straight five minute
11:26
segment. Hm. I kind of imagined it as
11:29
being like a straight fiveminute segment
11:30
when I wrote this, but uh yeah, maybe
11:33
maybe maybe we can be a little more
11:35
liberal with it. Yeah, over five minutes
11:36
throughout the keynote.
11:38
Absolutely. Yes.
11:39
You know, I was going to vote for this
11:41
no, but if we're ruling it that way, I'm
11:44
still going to go no. I think they'll
11:45
want to keep it breezy and I think
11:46
they've got a lot if they've got AirPods
11:48
and the Apple TV coming.
11:50
Oh, it's a no. I think it's going to be
11:51
definitely yes. They're going to be
11:52
going on and on about it. I actually
11:54
went back and looked at last year's
11:56
iPhone event just to research this
11:58
question and they spent like 10 minutes
12:00
talking about Apple intelligence,
12:02
all the things that were going to be
12:04
coming which still aren't here.
12:05
Speaking of which, Apple reintroduces
12:08
smarter agentic Siri.
12:10
Again, I wish it was yes, but no.
12:13
Craig Federiki did say at that internal
12:15
meeting, you know, he he talked about
12:17
the new Siri in the present tense, yes,
12:19
we've got it. Yes, it's working. We're
12:21
we're we're going. It's even better than
12:24
what we showed years ago. I'm gonna I'm
12:27
gonna play with passion.
12:29
I'm gonna go yes.
12:32
I I think maybe they'll they'll
12:33
reannounce it and it'll be uh like maybe
12:36
included in a beta. Yeah, I'm gonna go
12:38
yes.
12:40
Wow. I'm gonna try willing it into
12:41
exist. I'll be right eventually if I
12:43
keep voting yes on it.
12:44
Yeah. And I'm a no, unfortunately.
12:46
Yeah.
12:47
Although I'd like to see it
12:48
very wisely, I might add.
12:51
A new product is 100% carbon neutral. So
12:56
for context, currently it's only the
12:58
aluminum Apple Watch Series 10. For this
13:02
point to be correct,
13:04
it have to Yeah. with a certain band. I
13:05
think for this point to be correct, it
13:06
has to spread to a different product
13:08
line like
13:08
the stainless steel Apple Watch or the
13:11
Apple Watch Ultra or the AirPods.
13:14
But 2030 is coming up faster than you
13:16
think
13:18
and it's still just that one product.
13:20
So, what do we think?
13:22
Yeah, I I they love touting that kind of
13:25
thing. I'd say yes.
13:26
I think I lost.
13:27
I think I lost on this last time.
13:30
Uh, just to be contrarian, I'll say no.
13:32
I'd like to see it. I think maybe it
13:34
will happen, but
13:35
I need to somehow get an advantage in
13:37
this quiz. So,
13:38
tech woven. Tech woven. 100% carbon
13:41
neutral.
13:41
All right. Oh, actually, no. I want to
13:43
change my joke.
13:44
No, can't do it.
13:46
Okay. Final question. event runs over 1
13:49
hour 25 minutes.
13:52
Yes,
13:53
I think that's a yes as well.
13:55
I I'm presuming last last the last one
13:57
was an hour and 25.
13:59
You know, let me check. 2023 was an hour
14:02
and 23 minutes. 2024
14:05
was an hour and 39 minutes. It depends
14:08
on whether they have like a lot to talk
14:09
about or, you know, just, you know,
14:11
regular stuff to talk about. So, they
14:12
they they waffle around that time.
14:15
What did you say, Lewis? Yes,
14:17
I voted yes as well.
14:19
Okay, I'm a yes, too.
14:21
Okay. Well,
14:23
it' be at least 10 minutes of liquid
14:24
glass. Brace yourself.
14:26
That's true.
14:27
All right. And then they got the iPhone
14:28
air.
14:29
Mhm.
14:29
This year and brand new model. They're
14:31
going to be going on about that for a
14:32
while.
14:32
Yeah, sure. So, we will determine the
14:35
winner next week after the event.
14:36
Listeners, you can submit your votes by
14:40
going to dgriffinjones.com/servey
14:42
or clicking the link in the show notes
14:44
to see this. we will come back to this
14:47
uh and our listeners have the benefit of
14:49
you know watching us place all pred all
14:51
our predictions and you know still
14:53
placing votes after Mark German spoils
14:56
all the answers on Sunday. So
14:58
I I I love doing this uh every year or
15:02
every event and and I love how during
15:04
the event my heart just sinks with every
15:06
announcement like oh there's another one
15:08
I missed. Oh, what was I thinking?
15:10
Mhm.
15:11
It it makes the event actively less fun.
15:14
But you won, Lewis. So,
15:17
yeah. Well,
15:18
sometimes you can't even remember what
15:20
we did or what you voted for, but
15:22
yeah, I've already forgotten.
15:24
My confidence has sunk very low. I I I
15:28
don't think I'll be winning this one.
15:30
All right. Well, it's going to be it's
15:31
going to be a great event, isn't it? I'm
15:32
looking forward to it. Um I think it's
15:34
really going to be cool, even if it is
15:36
pre-recorded.
15:38
I think uh there's a lot of really
15:39
interesting stuff coming up this year,
15:41
and they're always fun to watch.
15:42
Yeah. I mean, as much as I kind of
15:44
complain about how canned they are, I
15:46
mean, it's definitely action-packed.
15:49
They're never cringeworthy like that
15:51
Google one was.
15:52
And they're never boring.
15:53
Yeah.