iPhone 18 Pro with La Croix cooling
I did some benchmarking today and saw how the newest iPhone thermal throttles, which isn't severe, but does
The iPhone 18 Pro is a transcription monster
Apple made a big deal out of the AI capabilities in their new A20 Pro processor in their new iPhone
Xcode 27.2 is in beta. The 27.1 beta is coming later.
Apple released new developer betas for OS 27.2 today, which is not quite what I expected. Us developers have been waiting for Xcode 27.1 since last week, so I was excited to see that we somehow jumped even further into the future, but my joy was tamped down when I saw this note
"Apple said they invented this"
There is a very specific thing you see quite often in online discourse around Apple, which is that people think Apple claims they invent everything or Apple says every little update will change your life. Apple does get excited about things that they release, and they speak highly of them, but I find this critique
We must dream bigger
Very often, we in the Apple community expect the bare minimum from Apple. We doubt they'll ever make new product lines, we assume any software feature they lack is actually a choice to omit it, and we predict when they do enter a new market, they'll phone it in. The iPhone
The iPhone Duo shows Apple at its best
I have a lot more to go through in collecting my thoughts on Apple's new products announced today, but I wanted to dedicate one quick post to the fact that I think the new iPhone Duo is Apple leaning in to what makes them special and what makes people like me really love
