657: Ears Are Weird

• Marco 0️⃣ → 1️⃣

• 🗣️ It’s St. Jude • time again! 🗣️

Podcastathon 2025 • : Friday, noon → midnight EDT

• Stephen Hackett said the foldable • will be the “iPhone Ultra”

• μm is a “micron” • The iPhone Air battery pack • does have a USB-C port after all • iPhone 17 Pro requires a new adapter to charge at full speed •

Apple 40W Dynamic Power Adapter Anker Nano 45W charger

• A19 vs. A19 Pro

• A19 Pro benchmarks • The N1 • is in every new iPhone

• The whole of the iPhone Air is in the camera plateau •

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• Casey’s memory problems corner

ATP #655 • (Overcast timestamp link • )

• The mmWave • antenna window is back

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• Logo placement on Apple’s cases

Clear Case with MagSafe TechWoven Case with MagSafe

Some funny renders from iPhone case makers • Theories about the iPhone 17 Pro colors

Every masterpiece has its cheap copy Luke Skywalker University of Virginia Denver Broncos Auburn University •

2021 impactful boosters

• iPhone Air

• Will it bend?

Joz (& Ternus) with an incredible [lack of] flex

17 • was a last-second decision? (via Sam Henri Gold • )

Max Tech • ’s discoveries

• The Air does not have stereo speakers

• The Dynamic Island is lower than on other phones

• The USB-C port is not vertically centered

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• No Cinematic Mode • video, including the selfie camera

• The new selfie camera is actually a 24MP sensor

• No LiDAR • scanner

• Air & 17 non-Pro are limited to USB 2 •

USB 2.0

• Every new iPhone screen has the same specifications • , save size/resolution

Apple iPhone comparison page

iPhones 17 can now toggle screen flickering off •

Pulse-width modulation 9to5Mac’s coverage PWM sensitive subreddit

• Apple Watch

• Satellite data requires a cellular plan

• Jason & Greg Pierce • agree

Is “24-hour” battery claim because of a change in measurement? Underscore’s observations about the Ultra •

Apple Watch battery

• AirPods

• Ear shapes (via Tirial • )

• About that “2×” noise reduction

AirPods product page

The new AirPods Pro case is not smaller • “New generation of Ultra Wideband technology” is the U2 chip Live translation is on-device (not in ☁️) • Live translation is blocked for EU users with EU Apple Accounts •

Apple feature availability

• Safari on iOS 26’s compact toolbar

• Tahoe Toolbars (via Zhenyi Tan • ) * Frosting download link • * Frosting test page • Post-show: John’s red dot

Members-only • ATP Overtime: Alterego and “thought to text” translation

How artificial intelligence gave a paralyzed woman her voice back •

A high-performance neuroprosthesis for speech decoding and avatar control

Meet the Little Brain Region that Helps You Say What’s on Your Mind •

Speech sequencing in the human precentral gyrus

Scientists develop interface that “reads” thoughts from speech-impaired patients Alterego

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