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+ Why I don't think the iPhone Air is quite like the iPhone X
I'm just not so sure the iPhone Air to iPhone X comparison is all it's cracked up to be.
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The elusive 5th type of new iPhone buyer
Over 1 billion people around the world use an iPhone, but despite that enormous user base, it seems like if we simplify things down to general groups, there are four types of new iPhone buyers.
1. People who just want the iPhone.
2. People who just want the best iPhone.
3. People who want the
Apple
Not all A19 Pros are the same
Like most of us, I was surprised to see the A19 Pro in the iPhone Air this year. The ultra-thin design seems like it's suited to a less performant chip, but Apple pulled out all the stops and gave it the same chip as the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max.
To
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Apple just closed their F1 deal, and I think it’s good news for me?
Apple Newsroom: Apple Is the Exclusive New Broadcast Partner for Formula 1® in the U.S.
F1 TV Premium, F1’
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+ Another "Quick" app beta
Another small app is in the works, and as always, More Birchtree subscribers get TestFlight access.
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Cheaper MacBooks spark outrage
Nick Heer: The New MacBook Pro Is €35 Less Expensive in E.U. Countries, Ships Without a Charger
In Ireland, the MacBook Pro used to start at €1,949; it now starts at €1,849; in France, it was €1,899, and it is now €1,799. As mentioned, the adapter is €65, making these
15 years of Birchtree
Today marks birchtree's 15th anniversary! While I don't have the complete archive going that far back, I have been writing under the Birchtree title since October 17, 2010. For some context, the iPhone 4 was still brand new at the time, and was not even available on Verizon yet in the
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Screen oddities and the M5 Vision Pro
Apple Newsroom: Apple Vision Pro upgraded with the powerful M5 chip and comfortable Dual Knit Band
With M5, Apple Vision Pro renders 10 percent more pixels on the custom micro-OLED displays compared to the previous generation, resulting in a sharper image with crisper text and more detailed visuals. Vision Pro can also increase the
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This is a Mac…sorry, an iPad!
Apple Newsroom: Apple Introduces the Powerful New iPad Pro With the M5 Chip
iPad Pro with M5 unlocks endless possibilities
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Should I be doing sponsorships?!
Becca's spent one year going solo and breaks down her revenue through the year. The biggest thing that stood out to me was that 75% of her revenue came from sponsors on her videos. As someone who can't be bothered to do sponsorships on his channel (which is 1/4 as
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Pokémon Legends Z-a might be a winner
Rebekah Valentine writing for IGN: Pokémon Legends: Z-a Review in Progress
If the rest of my adventure holds up (and the Switch 1 performance isn’t a disaster), we could finally have a 3D game worthy of the Pokémon franchise on our hands. It’d be about dang time.
This game comes out Thursday
Apple
iPhone Air review
The iPhone Air has been a bit of a ride for me. I was quite impressed when I briefly held
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Psst, it’s a cult
Kit Maher writing for CNN: $1 Trump Coin Draft Is ‘Real,’ US Treasurer Says
“No fake news here,” US Treasurer Brandon Beach post on X in response to images of the coin on X. “These first drafts honoring America’s 250th Birthday and @POTUS are real. Looking forward to sharing more soon, once the obstructionist
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Watching Apple TV in Apple TV on the Apple TV
If you follow similar accounts to me on social media, odds are you saw approximately 432 people post some variant of the title of this post. This comes 6 years after the launch of Apple TV+ and just as many people making the same “watching Apple TV+ in Apple TV on the Apple TV” joke.
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+ Why I’m not an AI art doomer
Sora 2 has made creating realistic videos trivially easy. I don’t think this means art is dead.
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Apparently modern DVD releases are worse than they were 20 years ago
Not to steal Alec's thunder here, but apparently some of these TV show re-releases are using single-layer DVDs instead of dual-layer DVDs like their original releases, meaning they have less storage space, and meaning they have to be encoded at lower bitrates, ultimately meaning that the video quality is reduced.
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The sort of mother fucker who makes SlopTok
Hank Green on the new Sora 2 app:
If you are the kind of mother fucker who will create SlopTok, you are not the kind of mother fucker who should be in charge of OpenAI.
It's a great, short rant from Hank Green, and it 100% resonates with me. I think people who
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AirPods Pro 3 review
Let's get one thing out of the way right up front; I am not an audiophile when it comes to earbuds. I can't tell the difference between a pedestrian-quality MP3 and a lossless FLAC file. And when it comes to AirPods, I cannot tell you the difference in audio quality