11/06 – Is It Too Soon To Start Talking About iPhone 13?

Is it too soon to start talking about the iPhone 13? It’s review day. Reviews of the iPhone 12 Mini, iPhone 12 Pro Max, and the PlayStation 5. Why I think the DOJ suing to block the Plaid acquisition is such a big deal. And of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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Links:

• Kuo: iPhone 13 to Come in Same Four Model Sizes As iPhone 12, Pro Models to Feature Major Upgrade to Ultra Wide Camera (MacRumors)
• Sizing up the iPhone 12 mini and 12 Pro Max (The Verge)
• DOJ files antitrust lawsuit challenging Visa’s $5.3 billion acquisition of Plaid (TechCrunch)
• PLAYSTATION 5 REVIEW: A BIG, CONFIDENT STEP INTO NEXT GEN (The Verge)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• Ben Thompson’s Stratechery, Part 2 (Tim Wu)
• The Xenobot Future Is Coming—Start Planning Now (Wired)
• 'This is revolutionary’: new online bookshop unites indies to rival Amazon (The Guardian)
• How a not-yet-mature web covered the Florida recount in 2000 (Fast Company)
• An Oral History of 'Marge vs The Monorail', the Episode That Changed 'The Simpsons' (Motherboard)

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