iPhone release schedule shakeup, iPhone 17 Air battery life, 2025 Pride band
May 08, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 537
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Summary
This week, the crew dives into Apple's new 2025 Pride band and the latest iOS 18.5 release candidate features, including Screen Time updates. They analyze Apple's Q2 2025 earnings call, discussing tariff impacts, supply chain shifts to India, and Tim Cook's comments on Apple Intelligence delays and future Siri features. The episode also covers the App Store injunction fallout, developer reactions like Spotify and Amazon, Apple's appeal, and potential strategic responses to increased competition, before shifting to rumors about future iPhone designs and a staggered release schedule starting with the iPhone 18, including concerns about iPhone 17 Air battery life.Episode description
Benjamin and Chance talk about all the big Apple news of the week, including Apple’s latest earnings report, the new 2025 Pride band and wallpaper, and several rumors about the upcoming iPhone roadmap. Apple is apparently going to shift some of its phone releases to the spring going forward, and the 17 Air might not have the battery life we originally hoped.
And in Happy Hour Plus, Eddy Cue makes provocative claims about the future of the iPhone in court testimony. We discuss what he meant. Subscribe at 9to5mac.com/join.
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