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apple is shaping up to have a big year
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in 2025 so buckle up because we're going
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to run through all of the expected
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announcements so let's start with the
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iPhone the whole lineup is expected to
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get one of the biggest refreshes in the
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products history starting with one you
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might not be expecting the iPhone SE
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Apple's budget iPhone is supposed to get
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a new Revision in early spring probably
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in March the iPhone SE will finally
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ditch the home home button with a modern
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all screen design resembling the iPhone
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14 it'll have an edgo edge OLED display
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and face ID it'll be bumped up to 8 GB
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of RAM to support apple intelligence and
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powering the iPhone SE will either be an
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a17 Pro chip or an a18 chip while it'll
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still only have a single rear camera
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it'll be bumped up to a 48 megapixel
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sensor with an optical 2x Zoom a welcome
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upgrade over the iPhone se's rather
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uninspiring camera it'll also catch up
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with a bunch of the modern niceties
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regular iPhones have picked up over the
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years it'll ditch the Legacy lightning
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port for USBC for modern connectivity
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it'll also finally get a MAG safe
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connector on the back for compatibility
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with the ecosystem of magnetically
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attaching charging stands and
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accessories and it'll ditch the ring
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mute switch for the customizable action
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button the price will probably be raised
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a little bit it currently costs $429 I
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wouldn't be surprised if it gets nudged
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up to $4.49 given the plethora of
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upgrades I think it'll be worth it but
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of course when you think iPhone you
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think of the four Flagship models which
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barring another Global Calamity are
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certain to be arriving in September and
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this is going to be a big year all
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iPhone 17 models are in for big upgrades
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to the cameras the selfie camera may be
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upgraded from 12 maps to 24 mapel for
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better resolution and lowlight
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performance the primary rear camera
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might get a mechanically adjusting
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aperture this would allow for a variable
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amount of background blur it could
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either have a very shallow depth of
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field which would have an optical sort
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of portrait mode effect or a very wide
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depth of field where both the foreground
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and the background are perfectly clear
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the ceramic shield glass used to make
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iPhone displays could get a new
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anti-reflective coating to make the
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displays more legible and in addition to
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getting stronger and the regular
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entry-level iPhone 17 might be getting
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both promotion and an always on display
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trickle down features from the Pro
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Models the a19 chips slated for this
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lineup may or may not be fabricated on a
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more advanced 2 nanometer process it's
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looking more and more likely that apple
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and tsmc will continue to refine the 3
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nanometer process that's been used on
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the a17 and a18 chips rather than pursue
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another die shrink to 2 nanm this would
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seemingly line up with rumors that the
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M5 chips also expected next fall won't
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be a significant upgrade either rumors
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suggest the iPhone 17 might ship with 12
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GB of RAM a 50% increase while 8 GB is
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the minimum required to comfortably run
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Apple intelligence more memory will give
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the system additional headro with so
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many features coming to the entry-level
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iPhone undoubtedly the draw of the
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higher end Pro iPhones will be a radical
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new design rather than the two tier
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triple camera bump that it's had since
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the iPhone 11 which kind of resembles a
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stove top all cameras and sensors will
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be grouped together behind a single
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piece of glass rumors are conflicted as
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to whether this will be a single row
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across the top of the phone or whether
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it'll continue to be grouped in the
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upper right corner an advantage of the
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current layout is that holding your
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iPhone horizontally places two lenses
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side by side to allow for recording 3D
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spatial video for The Vision Pro however
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having them all arranged horizontally in
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a row is more aesthetically pleasing and
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would keep the iPhone from wobbling when
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you set it down on a table the pro
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iPhones may be ditching titanium for
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aluminum and a new design that would
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wrap around the back of the phone but to
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continue to allow for wireless char
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charging there will be an inset glass
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panel on the back the iPhone 17 Pro Max
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may have additional features to
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differentiate it from its little brother
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a special cooling system including a
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vapor chamber and graphite sheets will
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help the phone stay cool for advanced 3D
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gaming or generating Graphics in image
4:51
playground it may also have a smaller
4:53
sensor area inside the dynamic Island to
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allow for more content to be shown and
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that status area on top of the screen
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but the biggest news of the iPhone 17
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lineup will be the addition of a new
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model ever since 2020 when Apple first
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started making four Flagship phones a
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year Apple has always struggled making
5:14
that fourth iPhone the iPhone 12 and 13
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mini tragically did not sell in very
5:21
great numbers and neither did the iPhone
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14 and 15 plus while the jury is still
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out on the iPhone 16 plus Apple clearly
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thinks a new strategy is in order make a
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really cool thin iPhone this new model
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will still have a large display at 6.6
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in but the biggest change will be a
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dramatically thinner design somewhere
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between 5 and 6 mm compared to the
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iPhone 16 plus at 7.8 mm this will be a
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big difference to how it feels in the
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hand a few sacrifices will have to be
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made to achieve this feat battery life
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probably won't be as good it'll
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reportedly only have a single 48 megap
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rear camera ditching the ultra wide lens
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and no word yet on how rigid it'll be
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it'll probably Bend if you keep it in
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your back pocket well initial rumors
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suggested that this device would come at
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a price higher than the iPhone 17 Pro
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newer rumors are saying that this will
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have the same $ 8.99 price tag as the
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iPhone 16 plus it replaces now let's
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talk about the iPad which is also lined
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up for a big year with nearly the entire
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lineup being turned over in 2025 the
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entrylevel iPad is Apple's most
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affordable computer at only
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$349 and a new 11th generation model is
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expected to carry that Legacy it'll have
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more RAM and a newer processor to
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support apple intelligence although
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exactly which Chip it'll get isn't known
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quite yet whether it'll be the a17 pro
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or an a18 chip and for perspective the
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the current 10th Generation model has an
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A14 bionic from 2020 so it's really due
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for an upgrade but don't hold your
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breath for a full redesign the 10th
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Generation model already ditched the
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home button for an edgo edge 10.9 in
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screen and swapped out lightning for
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USBC so there's not much new to add in
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there as for a release date it's really
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overdue for its upgrade at this point so
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it may arrive in the spring at the same
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time as the iPhone SE which is expected
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it'll probably keep the same price at
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$349 now Apple doesn't usually upgrade
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every iPad every year so because the
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iPad Air was just released in Spring
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2024 you may not expect another iPad Air
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20125 but that might actually be in the
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works that's because the current iPad
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Air has an old M2 Chip inside which
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apple is trying to move Beyond bumping
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it up to an M4 would be a noticeable
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upgrade geek Ben shows the M4 as
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clocking 50% faster than the M2 this
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could be the upgrade that the iPad Air
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needs reports show that it's being
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outsold by the iPad 10 which sits below
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it in the lineup and the M4 iPad Pro
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which sits above it in the lineup and
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that's despite the iPad air coming with
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a new 13-in model in addition to the
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11-in model with the iPad Air getting a
8:24
redesign only last year a new design is
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not likely for these new models in 25
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but on the plus side that means that
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prices are likely to remain the same
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$5.99 for the 11in model and 799 for the
8:38
13-in model however this iPad Air may
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come with a new magic keyboard the
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accessory that snaps on to add a
8:45
keyboard and trackpad like a laptop this
8:48
accessory would have a lower price point
8:51
to encourage more people to buy it
8:53
finally the high-end iPad Pro is also
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due for an upgrade this year following
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in the pattern of the other 2 with a
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speed boost upgrade in the same design a
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redesign made the M4 iPad Pro released
9:06
in May the thinnest Apple product ever
9:09
and the first iPad with an OLED display
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so another redesign really isn't
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necessary it does however need to be
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kept up to dat with the latest
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technology and that means dropping in an
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M5 chip when it becomes available that
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points to a release somewhere in the
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second half of 2025 probably October or
9:28
November and with the last release
9:31
getting a price bump another one so soon
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without any major changes isn't likely
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it'll probably maintain the same price
9:38
of $9.99 for the 11in model and $12.99
9:41
for the 13in model now let's talk about
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the Mac over the last few years Apple
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has been straight killing it this is
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without a doubt the strongest Mac lineup
9:51
in the products history and for 2025 it
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looks like apple is queuing up a year of
9:57
slow and steady Improvement M ments all
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the exciting new stuff is probably
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2026 but you never know surprises can
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happen 2025 for the Mac will be kicked
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off with a new Macbook Air which should
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jump from the M3 chip to the M4 chip
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this will represent a massive leap in
10:16
performance and efficiency the biggest
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we've had since the original jump from
10:20
Intel to M1 the M4 MacBook Air will
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perform similarly to the M4 MacBook Pro
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which means it'll be noticeably faster
10:28
with mindblowing battery life the new
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Macbook Air like last year is expected
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in March what will launch alongside the
10:35
iPhone SE iPad 11th generation and
10:39
potentially a new iPad Air both the
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13-in and 15-in models are expected to
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launch at the same time at the same
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price with the same specs the last two
10:48
squares on the board to see the M4
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generation are the Mac Studio and the
10:52
Mac Pro these high-end professional
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machines the cream of the Mac crop we'll
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see the M4 Max chip and the introduction
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of the M4 Ultra chip the ultra chip is
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currently made out of two Max chips that
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are fused and transposed together and
11:10
that's not likely to change that means
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we can expect the M4 Ultra to have
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highest end configurations of 32 CPU
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cores 80 GPU cores and 32 neural engine
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cores with a maximum of 256 GB of
11:27
unified memory this Chip is going to
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scream the M4 Max studio is expected to
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arrive in the second quarter of the Year
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probably at WWDC 25 in June while the
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Mac Pro was previously updated
11:43
simultaneously with the Mac Studio
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rumors suggest it may arrive a little
11:47
later in the year not one to stand still
11:49
for long Apple will debut the first M5
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chips and a new Macbook Pro lineup
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towards the end of the year probably in
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October or November compared to the the
11:59
big leap that was M3 to M4 M4 to M5 will
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be a more modest update expect
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marginally better performance in the
12:07
same package if you're hoping for an
12:10
OLED display or cellular connectivity
12:13
don't hold your breath those are slated
12:15
for at least 2026 at the earliest now
12:18
what about the iMac and Mac Mini
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unfortunately no rumors indicate they'll
12:23
be getting the M5 chip both computers
12:25
were recently updated to the M4 chip and
12:28
it's unlik they'll be updated to the M5
12:30
so soon Apple's desktop Macs are known
12:33
to occasionally skip a generation since
12:35
the M4 models just came out and they're
12:38
both really excellent computers I
12:40
wouldn't be surprised if they sit out
12:42
the M5 now let's talk about the Apple
12:45
watch after many years of annual
12:47
upgrades some more Justified than others
12:51
Apple seems to be taking its foot off
12:52
the gas a little bit especially now that
12:55
it has more models in the lineup to look
12:57
after 2025 will be the year of the Apple
12:59
watch Ultra a new Apple watch Ultra 3
13:03
will take a cube from the Apple Watch
13:04
series 10 with a new sip or system in a
13:08
package an upgraded four core neural
13:11
engine will have better audio processing
13:14
for removing background noise during
13:16
phone and FaceTime audio calls more
13:19
importantly Apple might be switching the
13:21
Apple watch Ultra away from the 4G Intel
13:24
modem over to a mediatech modem this
13:27
would enable one of the I I phone's most
13:30
important life-saving features to work
13:32
on the Apple watch for the first time
13:35
emergency communication via satellite
13:39
this feature would let users make
13:40
emergency text messages even when you're
13:43
completely outside the range of cellular
13:46
service and Wi-Fi networks given how
13:49
useful iPhone users have found emergency
13:52
SOS via satellite to be in emergency
13:55
life-threatening situations this would
13:57
further Elevate the Apple watch Ultra as
14:00
the utilitarian device for exploring the
14:03
Great Outdoors the Apple watch Ultra 3
14:05
may also feature for the first time
14:07
blood pressure monitoring now reportedly
14:10
in its first iteration it'll only give
14:12
you indications if your blood pressure
14:14
is higher not giving you an exact
14:18
reading but this could still be a very
14:20
important feature for many users the
14:23
Apple watch Ultra 3 may also adopt the
14:25
metal back design found on the Apple
14:27
Watch series 10 significantly reducing
14:30
its weight and thickness and the Apple
14:33
watch Ultra has a lot of weight and
14:35
thickness to lose it could also enable
14:38
faster charging speeds which is
14:40
important for its relatively large
14:42
battery taking more cues from the Apple
14:44
Watch series 10 the ultra 3 should have
14:46
a wideangle OLED display enabling a
14:49
better viewing experience from wider
14:51
angles and a lower refresh rate will
14:54
allow the display to update in always on
14:56
mode more frequently without negatively
14:59
affecting battery life the ultra 3 will
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debut with watch OS 12 alongside the
15:04
iPhone 17 lineup in the fall at the same
15:08
$699 price point the current Apple watch
15:11
SE launched in September 2022 making a
15:14
new model overdue for an update by next
15:17
fall it'll supposedly switch to a
15:20
plastic case which could potentially
15:22
reduce the cost reduce the weight and
15:25
enable it to come in a variety of fun
15:28
bright colors making the Apple watch SE
15:31
more kidfriendly the switch from
15:33
aluminum to plastic will undoubtedly
15:36
lower Apple's manufacturing cost this
15:38
could be used either to lower the cost
15:40
of the device overall making it more
15:43
appealing for price- minded consumers or
15:46
could be made up for by adding more
15:48
features at the same price the current
15:50
Apple watch SE is powered by the S8 sip
15:54
or system in a package which debuted in
15:57
2020 however even when it was new the S8
16:00
didn't have any performance gains over
16:03
the previous S7 or even S6 which means
16:06
it functionally has the performance of
16:09
an Apple Watch from 2020 this new third
16:12
generation Apple watch SE will probably
16:15
come with an updated S10 sip apart from
16:18
the faster performance it should speed
16:20
up Ai and ml power tasks thanks to the
16:24
four core neural engine the new Apple
16:26
watch SE could debut in the spring
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alongside the iPhone SE iPad Air and
16:31
MacBook Air or in the fall alongside the
16:34
iPhone 17 in 2024 with apple giving the
16:37
Apple Watch series 10 its big modern
16:40
redesign only touching the Apple watch
16:42
Ultra 2 to give it a new color it's
16:45
unlikely that Apple will unveil an Apple
16:48
Watch series 11 only a year later Apple
16:51
seems to be moving the Apple watch to an
16:53
every other year upgrade cycle if there
16:56
is an Apple Watch series 11 it'll be a
16:59
minor upgrade at Best with possibly only
17:02
one new feature or new colors next let's
17:06
talk airpods and homepod airpods are on
17:09
a regular 3-year update cycle with
17:12
airpods 4 just debuting in 2024 early
17:15
2025 will be the season for upgraded
17:18
airpods Pro 3 for the first time since
17:21
airpods Pro debuted in 2019 apple is
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teeing up a redesign of both the earbuds
17:27
themselves and the charging case and of
17:30
course the Baseline for features of
17:32
airpods Pro 3 are the features already
17:34
present on airpods Pro 2 like adaptive
17:37
audio head gesture controls for Siri
17:40
voice isolation personalized spatial
17:42
audio for gaming new hearing aid
17:44
functionality and more Apple will also
17:47
likely include in airpods Pro 3 some of
17:50
the improvements first seen in airpods 4
17:54
that includes a setup button on the
17:56
charging case that no longer physically
17:58
clicks but is instead capacitive and a
18:00
charging light that's invisible most of
18:03
the time and only appears when the case
18:05
is open or charging at the heart of the
18:08
airpods Pro 3 we expect a new H3 chip
18:12
which could significantly improve audio
18:14
processing and enable even more advanced
18:17
features the H2 chip already
18:20
significantly boosted the power of the
18:22
active noise cancellation the H3 chip
18:25
could push this boundary even further
18:27
Health monitoring is a new direction in
18:30
which Apple could take the airpods pro
18:33
apple is reportedly working on sensors
18:35
that can measure your body temperature
18:37
from within the ear canal which is more
18:40
accurate than measurements taken from
18:41
the surface of your wrist like by an
18:43
Apple Watch the new model will also
18:45
inherit the recently introduced hearing
18:47
aid functionality on the airpods Pro 2
18:51
the second generation earbuds received
18:53
full FDA authorization to help those
18:56
with mild to moderate hearing Lo looking
18:59
further ahead Apple seeks to integrate
19:01
external cameras and AI features into
19:05
the airpods pro it's unclear whether
19:07
these will make the cut for the airpods
19:09
Pro 3 or whether they'll be pushed back
19:11
to another future iteration but these
19:14
could enable the earbuds to better
19:16
understand the user's environment
19:18
infrared cameras could also be added to
19:20
the airpods to better enhance spatial
19:23
audio features when paired with a Vision
19:26
Pro headset these features have been
19:28
gradually added to the airpods Pro 2
19:30
over time in sync with iOS updates so
19:34
it's possible that airpods Pro 3 will
19:36
continue to get additional features even
19:39
after their launch with the recent
19:41
airpods 4 adding active noise
19:43
cancellation at only
19:45
$79 airpods Pro 3 will have to go above
19:48
and beyond to continue justifying its
19:51
$249 price point which is expected to
19:54
remain the same the combination of
19:57
Health features and AI capabilities and
20:00
even further improvements to active
20:02
noise cancellation could help to
20:04
differentiate it but that's not all
20:06
apple is reportedly going to roll out a
20:08
brand new smart home strategy in 2025
20:11
centered all around the homepod the most
20:15
hotly anticipated product in this lineup
20:17
will be an allnew full-size homepod
20:20
featuring a 6 to 7in built-in display
20:25
it'll be debuted at WWDC 25 in June with
20:29
a roll out shortly after in the third
20:31
quarter this new homepod with a screen
20:34
will be powered by Apple's a18 chip
20:37
which will enable Apple intelligence
20:38
features and advanced smart home
20:41
capabilities it was initially slated for
20:43
a launch in late 2024 which was pushed
20:47
back to the spring which was pushed back
20:49
to the summer thanks to its ongoing
20:51
software development the homepod mini is
20:54
also slated for its first update since
20:56
its debut in November 20 20 at the heart
21:00
of the updated smart speaker will be
21:02
Apple's new Proxima chip its own custom
21:05
designed inhouse chip for handling Wi-Fi
21:08
and Bluetooth connectivity this will be
21:10
their first foray away from thirdparty
21:13
vendors providing these key components
21:16
the new homepod mini will likely support
21:18
Wi-Fi 6E a significant upgrade from the
21:20
current model which only supports Wi-Fi
21:23
4 Apple's first generation Wireless chip
21:26
may not match the best of the best from
21:28
broadcom but reports suggest that it'll
21:31
enable Apple's smart home devices to
21:33
integrate more closely with each other
21:35
and update data quicker other expected
21:38
improvements to the homepod mini include
21:40
a newer S Series chip to replace the
21:42
Aging S5 processor better sound quality
21:46
a second generation Ultra wideband chip
21:48
for better handoff performance new
21:51
colors and modern Smart Home Technology
21:54
Apple may also update the Apple TV with
21:57
similar intern upgrades last and
22:00
definitely least let's talk about the
22:02
Vision Pro Apple's 4A into virtual and
22:06
mixed reality headsets in its second
22:09
full year The Vision Pro has some big
22:12
upgrades lined up with the possibility
22:14
of a much needed price drop despite the
22:17
many cheap shots and early declarations
22:20
that the Vision Pro is a complete and
22:21
utter failure apple is playing the long
22:25
game the company has many years of
22:27
updates planned that will gradually
22:29
bring the price down and gradually
22:31
shrink the hardware into more convenient
22:33
easy to wear AR glasses Tim Cook has
22:37
repeatedly iterated that the Vision Pro
22:40
is for early adopters who want
22:42
tomorrow's technology today there are
22:45
reportedly multiple Vision products in
22:48
development one of which would be a
22:50
totally Next Generation model which
22:53
would likely have a Slimmer lighter
22:54
design and even more advanced
22:57
capabilities work is also being done on
23:00
a lowcost model which would likely be
23:02
designed from the ground up with cheaper
23:04
Manufacturing in mind and would pair
23:07
down on some of the features however
23:10
both of these products are a few years
23:12
away the product slated for late 2025
23:15
will be a simple spec bump on the
23:17
existing model the Aging M2 Chip will be
23:20
replaced with the Next Generation M5
23:23
chip Apple might also replace the R1
23:26
chip that handles mixed reality
23:28
improve the camera sensors for better
23:30
pass through video and switch to the
23:33
company's own in-house Wi-Fi and
23:35
Bluetooth chip the price might also be
23:39
lowered from $34.99 to
23:42
$29.99 but that may just be wishful
23:45
thinking WWDC 25 will also Mark the
23:48
first 12month software development cycle
23:51
the product has had because Vision OS 2
23:54
was announced in June just a few months
23:56
after the product released in February
23:59
it's no surprise that Vision OS 2 was a
24:01
pretty small update that means Vision OS
24:03
3 could be substantial and there are a
24:05
lot of cracks Apple could fill in to
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make the platform feel more mature for
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example a lot of Apple's own apps don't
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have native Vision OS versions instead
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running in iPad compatibility mode a few
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of the user interfaces still feel a
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little rudimentary like the home view or
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the lack of any kind of window
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management and there's also no easy way
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to use your iPhone while wearing a
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Vision Pro like there is iPhone
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mirroring on the Mac another rumor is
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that the Vision Pro will support the
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hand controllers Sony initially designed
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VR2 these controllers will make gaming
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and virtual reality much more precise
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The Vision Pro may also get apple
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intelligence support it's the only
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device with an M series chip not to have
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Apple's headline AI features hopefully
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next year also sees a faster pace of 3D
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space faal and immersive content for the
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Vision Pro once or twice a month Apple
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puts out about 10 minutes of new content
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to watch it's not exactly making people
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feel good about dropping
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$3,499 on what is supposedly an
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entertainment device on the plus side
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Blackmagic has created a bespoke
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cinematic camera for capturing 3D
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immersive video to Apples spec which is
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undoubtedly cheaper and easier to use
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than whatever custom rig Apple probably
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had going on before and support for
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editing 3D spatial video is coming to
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Final Cut Pro which should make post-
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production of this content much easier
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so there could be much more spatial
25:45
content to watch on the Vision Pro next
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year in addition to some great quality
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life updates and the first updated
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Hardware which may come at a marginally
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more affordable price
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and that would cap off a great year for
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2025 be sure to like And subscribe for
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more news I am d Griffin Jones with Cult