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Rene Ritchie

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Daily news analysis and insight into the cultural and personal impact of Apple and related technologies, with weekly bonus reviews and deep-dives into the products and stories that matter most.
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M1 Ultra Benchmarks — The Ugly Truth

🚀 Visit https://www.brilliant.org/reneritchie to start learning STEM for FREE! First 200 get 20% off their annual premium subscription! So many benchmarks now have been all wrapped up into neat little apps or games that literally anyone, including, terrifyingly — me! — can just download, run once and done. They spit out numbers, sometimes highly relative and abstract, with almost zero time and effort, all pretty for posting. But they don’t really tell you how to run them, what the numbers actua...

Mar 27, 202212 minEp. 381

Why Apple Killed the 27-Inch iMac

🚀 Visit https://www.brilliant.org/reneritchie to start learning STEM for FREE! First 200 get 20% off their annual premium subscription! Apple just launched a brand new machine with a 27-inch IPS P3 5K display, but instead of wrapping it around an M1 or M1 Pro running macOS Monterey… instead… instead… they wrapped it around an A13 running iOS 15. A bit. And paired it with the new Studio Mac. The first new Mac in almost a decade. Hold that thought too. At that same exact time, Apple killed the 27...

Mar 23, 202211 minEp. 380

$1900 Studio Display Review — But Why?!

🔥 https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ NO ADS + Bonus Videos! Get CuriosityStream + Nebula bundle for less than $15 a YEAR! Apple’s just launched a new $1600 Studio Display that’s pretty much exactly what a very specific, very fussy segment of the Mac market has been asking for… going on 6 years now: A Cinema Display. A Thunderbolt Display. Whatever you want to call it… Just take the 27-inch 5K iMac and… delete the Mac part, or the LG 5K UltraFine and delete the LG part… slap it in an Apple...

Mar 21, 202220 minEp. 379

Mac Studio Review — M1 Ultra SLAYS

🔥 https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ NO ADS + Bonus Videos! Get CuriosityStream + Nebula bundle for less than $15 a YEAR! I’ll spare you the unbox pron and the benchmark LARP… I mean a bit… and get right down to it. The M1 Ultra is pretty much the ultimate expression of Apple’s scalable silicon architecture and delivers on that promise… almost linearly. Almost.. Basically, if there’s anything you couldn’t do on an M1 Max MacBook Pro, if there were any limitations you were facing or walls ...

Mar 17, 202218 minEp. 378

M1 iPad Air Review — But Why?

🔥 https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ NO ADS + Bonus Videos! Get CuriosityStream + Nebula bundle for less than $15 a YEAR! Why an M1 in the iPad Air? Because, that’s the biggest difference between the previous A14 iPad Air and this new M1 iPad Air, and a lot of macOS on iPad advocates would argue M1 isn’t even being used to its full potential on the iPad Pro. Only one port. No hypervisor. No windowing, including and especially on external displays… And, settle down herds, I hear you, I fee...

Mar 17, 202212 minEp. 377

iPhone SE (5G) Review — Classic... With a Catch!

🔥 https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ NO ADS + Bonus Videos! Get CuriosityStream + Nebula bundle for less than $15 a YEAR! The new iPhone SE (2022). Classic design. Classic display. Classic Home button. For every one of you with an iPhone 6 or 6s, 7 or 8, who doesn’t care one whit about chonky bezels or high dynamic range or spending second one learning gesture navigation. Who finds the pulse width modulation of OLED annoying or uncomfortable, considers Touch ID a feature not a bug, and is...

Mar 14, 202218 minEp. 376

M1 Ultra vs Mac Studio — What Apple Didn't Tell You!

🚀 Visit https://www.brilliant.org/reneritchie to start learning STEM for FREE! First 200 get 20% off their annual premium subscription! Why A13 in Studio Display? Why M1 in iPad Air? Why is M1 Ultra 2lbs heavier? Where's Mac mini Pro? M2 MacBook Air? Studio Display and PC or Xbox? Studio Display vs 27-inch iMac or LG UltraFine 5K? Quad-Die M1 Ultra for Mac Pro? Stereo Pair Studio Displays? Target Display Mode? M1 Ultra Clock Speeds? M1 Mac mini still worth it? Those and all your Mac Studio, Stu...

Mar 11, 202219 minEp. 375

M1 Ultra — How Apple DESTROYED Nvidia

🚀 Visit https://www.brilliant.org/reneritchie to start learning STEM for FREE! First 200 get 20% off their annual premium subscription! Start with M1 Max and then… yeah double it. 4 ice storm efficiency cores. 16 firestorm performance cores. 32 neural engine cores. Which… why weren’t they called Brainstorm? Up to 64 G13 graphics cores. Dual H.264 and HEVC decode engines, quad encode and ProRes engines. 6 USB controllers. 6 Thunderbolt controllers. And up to 128 GB… 128 GB of unified memory at 8...

Mar 11, 202212 minEp. 374

NEW Mac Studio — RIP iMac Pro!

🚀 Visit https://www.brilliant.org/reneritchie to start learning STEM for FREE! First 200 get 20% off their annual premium subscription! Apple's got an all-new Mac — the Mac Studio! With M1 Max and a dual-die M1 Ultra, plus a matching Studio Display, it looks like the future of iMac Pro... is no longer all-in-on! Here are my live reactions to Apple's March 8, 2022 keynote announcement! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-n...

Mar 09, 202211 minEp. 373

Surprise Pro Mac and Display Leaks!

🔥 https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ NO ADS + Bonus Videos! Get CuriosityStream + Nebula bundle for less than $15 a YEAR! Fresh hot new rumor reports from 9to5Mac say we have a surprise new Mac Studio and Apple Studio Display dynamic duo heading our way, the first to sit somewhere between the Mac mini and the Mac Pro, with M1 Max and Dual M1 Max chipsets, and the second to replace the Pro Display XDR with an even higher-resolution, 7K display and A13 chipset! Let's do this! See Privacy Po...

Mar 06, 202210 minEp. 372

Apple March 8 Event —Confirmed!

🔥 https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ NO ADS + Bonus Videos! Get CuriosityStream + Nebula bundle for less than $15 a YEAR! The invitations are out. The website is up. The YouTube stream is prepped. Apple’s March 8, 2022 Event is a GO! But... with what? iPhone SE 3, iPad Air 5, Mac mini Pro, Mac mini Max, M2 MacBook Pro, new displays? Let's run it all down! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Mar 03, 202210 minEp. 371

3 New Mac mini — Revealed!

🔥 https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ NO ADS + Bonus Videos! Get CuriosityStream + Nebula bundle for less than $15 a YEAR! Apple has up to three, three new Mac minis — M1 Pro, M1 Max, and M2 — coming our way this year, and while they may all look the same, the performance and price are going to be wildly different, and here’s why! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Feb 28, 20228 minEp. 370

iPhone 14 Needs a GOD MODE!

🚀 Visit https://www.brilliant.org/reneritchie to start learning STEM for FREE! First 200 get 20% off their annual premium subscription! iPhone 14 is coming this fall and iOS 16 is coming with it. So, new design, new 48 megapixel-binned camera, new iHole punch — all the new hardware aside — we’re at a crossroads when it comes to the software. It’s time for Apple to give us nerds what we really need — a god mode. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at htt...

Feb 24, 20228 minEp. 369

M2 MacBook Pro — WTF Leaks?!

🚀 Visit https://www.brilliant.org/reneritchie to start learning STEM for FREE! First 200 get 20% off their annual premium subscription! We have to talk about what’s going on with the M2 MacBook Pro rumors. Because they’re dropping faster than f-bombs on Peacemaker. And it’s not even the escalation in quantity — it’s the utter conflict, the cage match between them — I mean, we’ve gone from 14-inch in the new design to 13-inch in the old, from… notch to Touch Bar… from later this fall to soon as ...

Feb 23, 20229 minEp. 368

Apple VP of Health Speaks!

Sumbul Desai, MD, Vice President of Health at Apple, joins me during Heart Month to talk about Apple's journey into health, how they design and validate new health features, making health features user and medical professional friends, and balancing family, caregivers, and privacy. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Feb 21, 202218 minEp. 367

M1 Pro Max vs M2 — Not What You Think!

🔥 https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ NO ADS + Bonus Videos! Get CuriosityStream + Nebula for less than $15 a YEAR! Come the holidays, we may well have an M1 iMac, M1 Pro and Max iMac, and M2 iMac to choose from. Same with the Mac mini and MacBook Pro. Entry-level, powerhouse, and premium all. And that might just seem confusing and… yeah, convoluted. So, in this video, I’m going to explain the exact differences between Apple’s M1 Pro and Max, and M2. Between ultra-high performance and ultr...

Feb 15, 202212 minEp. 365

How Apple DESTROYS Face ID

🚀 Visit https://www.brilliant.org/reneritchie to start learning STEM for FREE! First 200 get 20% off their annual premium subscription! 2022 and you still have to unlock your iPhone with Face ID… like an animal. Or Touch ID. Passcode. Password. Whatever. All just different flavors of animal. Why? Because authentication is still active. Your iPhone is locked until such time as you jump through a biometric or input field hoop to unlock it. Never mind if you’re wearing a mask and sunglasses, or gl...

Feb 11, 202212 minEp. 364

Surprise NEW AirTag Anti-Stalking Features!

🚀 Visit https://www.brilliant.org/reneritchie to start learning STEM for FREE! First 200 20% off their annual premium subscription! "AirTag was designed to help people locate their personal belongings, not to track people or another person’s property, and we condemn in the strongest possible terms any malicious use of our products. Unwanted tracking has long been a societal problem, and we took this concern seriously in the design of AirTag. It’s why the Find My network is built with privacy in...

Feb 11, 202210 minEp. 363

M2 Mac Lineup — Revealed!

New M2 Macs! 🔥 https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ NO ADS + bonus content! Get CuriosityStream + Nebula for less than $15 a YEAR! M1 Mac mini Pro. M1 iMac Pro. M1 Mac Pro. But then… M2 MacBook Air. M2 MacBook Pro. M2 Mac mini. And M2 iMac. What are they? When are they? And I’ll do you one better… why are they, and which is for you? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Feb 08, 202212 minEp. 362

Apple March 2022 Mega Event Preview

Apple Event on March 8! 🔥 https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ NO ADS + bonus content! Get CuriosityStream + Nebula for less than $15 a YEAR! Apple is widely expected to be holding their first event of 2022 this March and the hot new products up for grabs include the iPhone SE 3, iPad Air 5, and Mac mini M1 Pro and Max, along with outside changes of iPad 10 and iMac M1 Pro and Max. Let's do this! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19....

Feb 05, 202210 minEp. 361

How Android DESTROYS iMessage

SMS, RCS... iM+?! 🔥 https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ NO ADS + bonus content! Get CuriosityStream + Nebula for less than $15 a YEAR! Blue vs. green bubbles. SMS vs. RCS. Google vs. Apple. Closed vs open. Exclusive vs. cross-platform. Rage vs The Machine. Whatever. From iMessage for Android or the web, to Universal Profile, to… Messages+ where anybody can have bougie gold bubbles for just $3 a month! Kidding. Kinda! Everyone’s posting their hottest of iMessage hot takes, and so I’m going ...

Feb 02, 202219 minEp. 360

iPhone 14 — No M1!

M1 in everything but iPhone? — 💡 Go to https://skl.sh/reneritchie01221 and first 1,000 will get a 1 month FREE trial of Skillshare! In this video, I’m going to tell you exactly why Apple isn’t putting M1 into the iPhone. Not the current iPhone 13, and not the upcoming iPhone 14 either. iMac, sure. iPad Pro, why the hell not. But iPhone? No. iPhone Pro. No. So... why not? At the very least, why not the iPhone Pro? It’d give us Thunderbolt, if nothing else, yes? Still no. And for two main reasons...

Jan 30, 20228 minEp. 359

Apple Exec — Privacy Questions Answered!

🔥 Extended on Nebula, get it now via https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie Erik Neuenschwander, Head of User Privacy at Apple, joins me on Data Privacy Day to talk about Apple's new privacy initiatives in general, and Hide My Email and Mail Privacy Protection. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....

Jan 28, 202220 minEp. 358

M1 'Extreme' Leaks — Will it CLOWN Intel Alder Lake?

Could Apple out-max the M1 Max? — 💡 Go to https://skl.sh/reneritchie01221 and first 1,000 will get a 1 month FREE trial of Skillshare! M1. Then M1 Pro and M1 Max. Now… M1 Max Plus? M1 Extreme? M1 Intel: Endgame? Whatever it’s called, it’s the latest rumor surrounding Apple’s silicon roadmap. Not a dual or quad M1 Max, like previous reports suggested, but rather another escalation in compute cores right on the existing die. But what does that even mean? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/pr...

Jan 27, 20229 minEp. 357

How Apple Destroys OLED

OLED vs Mini LED vs MicroLED — What wins? 💡 First 1,000 people who go to https://skl.sh/reneritchie01221 will get a 1 month FREE trial of Skillshare! $2000 and the MacBook Pro doesn’t even have an OLED Display. Never mind the $1100 iPad Pro. Why? Because OLED is… hella problematic. It’s expensive, leading-edge supplies are limited, it allows for always-on but it’s prone to burn-in, smearing, and off-axis color shifting. it decays unevenly, and while it can be flexible and provides the deepest, ...

Jan 25, 202217 minEp. 356

iPhone 14 — 5 Huge MISSING Leaks!

The iPhone 14 Leaks that never deliver! 🔥 SURPRISE SALE! CuriosityStream + Nebula for less than $12 a YEAR! https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ 48MP camera. 8K video. 8GB of RAM. 2TB of SSD. 4-nanometer chipset. Satellite modem. iPhone 4-style design. With Titanium rails. And, yeah, the mother of all hole punches. It’s the iPhone 14, and by all accounts, it’s going to be something. Just not everything! Not for everyone. Because there are a few really, truly, hotly rumored features that jus...

Jan 23, 202212 minEp. 355

M1 iPad Pro vs M2 — Buy Now or Wait?

M1 iPad Pro now or wait for M2? 🔥 SURPRISE SALE! CuriosityStream + Nebula for less than $12 a YEAR! https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ M1 vs M2 Apple Silicon. Current design vs. maybe new design? LCD and Mini-LED vs. All Mini-LED and maybe OLED? Thunderbolt charging vs. maybe MagSafe? Same price… probably… but schedule… uncertainty? And just so much fanfic. So much. If you want an iPad Pro but you’re wondering if you should buy the M1 now or wait for the M2 coming at some point next, I go...

Jan 20, 202212 minEp. 354

How Apple DESTROYS Lightning

Could Apple end both Lightning and USB-C? 🔥 SURPRISE SALE! CuriosityStream + Nebula for less than $12 a YEAR! https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/ $1000 and the iPhone 13 Pro is still stuck at USB2 speeds. Never mind the $1100 iPhone 13 Pro Max. Why? Because, *Lightning*, and — wait for it — Lightning has pretty much been stuck at USB2’s half a gigabit per second, since… 2012. That, in spite of Apple adding 10-bit ProRes HDR video recording back in September. With hardware acceleration fast...

Jan 18, 202219 minEp. 353

iPhone 14 — 10 Biggest Leaks!

10 Key New Features Coming to iPhone 14! 🚀 Start FREE! First 200 get 20% off the annual premium subscription! https://www.brilliant.org/reneritchie First it was a hole punch. Then it was a pill… punch. Now… it’s an exclamation punch? Can iPhone 14 leaks get their acts together, already. Kidding, that’s what you have me for! So hit that subscribe button and bell and grab a beverage, because I’m about to break down the 10 biggest new features rumored for the iPhone 14, including the new 48 MP, 8K...

Jan 16, 202212 minEp. 352
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