Apple is running out of ideas now...

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This week iPhone leaks including a camera button / capture button, plus iPhone Slim and a tabletop robot look a bit weird, Google launched a ton of Pixel 9 devices and the Sonos app update became such a disaster it cost the company $30m and 100 jobs.

Episode 210


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Writing & Research: Tristan Rayner

Stock assets: Getty Images, AP Archive

0:00 Intro
0:24 Apple hardware leaks
2:20 Google Pixel launches
4:56 Sonos app disaster
6:15 Release Monitor
6:21 The Brief

[dindu]

I'll be happy if they just find a way of curing Siri from dementia.

[zims]

Nobody talks about the Vision Pro anymore.

[Allank]

Camera button in smartphones must come back. It is so good to take a picture with a two-step camera button. I miss Nokia Lumia...

[luiskrotz]

So the summary of the pulse detection. “Now if you die, we’ll call emergency so you’re not eaten by the cats” 😂😂😂

[rcillo]

How can this one german dude be more informative than the entire linus tech group together. I guess making frat house jokes does take a toll on conciseness

[Brahh]

As a Xperia user I'm a huge fan of the two-step camera button tho!

[maimee]

9:16 your sponsor segments are always the best on the platform where you don't exactly talk down the sponsor, but acknowledge existing limitations to not let some of your viewers make a choice that isn't in their best interests. I have never seen such care in any other very good YouTubers and I'm glad you were the one who converted me for Nebula. Though I did do it through that bundle deal where you didn't get any actual money.

[ludwigforsac]

Here are some ideas for Apple's hardware division.

1. Micro SD slot
2. 3.5mm headphone jack

[Zdg]

Can we just get a 2 year cooldown, then drop something worthwhile in 2026/7?

[wieneckem]

What I always loved about the camera button on the Lumia devices: Apart from being able to control the focus with the button, you could launch the camera by holding the button down, even when the phone was locked. So when you wanted to quickly capture something, you could hold down the button while pulling the phone out of your pocket and you were instantly ready to shoot.

[Gary]

No pulse detected. Press to call emergency services.. 😂

[曰_曰]

Android: you're only mimicking a fraction of my power 🗿

[Marioa]

Apple: Camera Button
Android: There's a gesture for that.

[metacob]

The thing I find baffling about apple is that they canceled ipods over not being profitable enough. They weren't losing money, just not selling the insane numbers that iphones and ipads were. Are they really expecting more people to buy a tabletop robot toy?

[AdamEgret]

Iphone finally catches up to Xperia. Its about time.

[rhoharane]

The annoying thing about "cheaper phones" that Apple made is that every single one of them has a tiny battery. If people want bang for their buck, they want a phone that lasts long both daily and its total lifetime. This new thin iPhone is going to be their steppingstone to foldables but its battery longevity is going to suck in the long run.

[coquequique]

Considering that Samsung has been selling the same galaxy ultra since the s22 I don't see why apple needs to innovate that much

[Santosh-mnsm]

Robot: What is my Pourpose?
Rick: You pass the butter.
Robot: Oh my god

[gauravrajghimire]

Random app update is what caused the crowdstrike fiasco that took out not just crowdstrike and Microsoft but basically caused a mini Y2K.

[goemboeck]

As an Xperia user for how many years now, I've always said that if Sony stops making them I'll switch from Android to Apple phones.
An actual shutter button is a gift from heavens. They should also copy the notification LED from Xperias.