Casey Liss

Yeah, I mean, I actually have been thinking about this, whether or not I would miss millimeter wave. And when it was rumored to be falling off of the iPhone 16 Pro before the 16 Pro was announced, I was pretty upset about it. But to be honest with you, I haven't been to my beloved picnic table in...

I would be very surprised.

I would be very surprised.

Yeah, I think both of them would be on my list, both MagSafe and Ultra Wideband. I'm very surprised that both of them, we think, have been omitted.

Yeah, I think both of them would be on my list, both MagSafe and Ultra Wideband. I'm very surprised that both of them, we think, have been omitted.

Yeah, you know, it's funny because, just to very quickly throw in my two cents here, when you told me, when one would say to me, you know, or if I read, oh, there's going to be a camera bar, it's not going to be like this weird triangle thing in the back of the phone. On paper, the way I imagine this, it sounds great. Sign me up. I'll take two. But I agree, Marco.

Yeah, you know, it's funny because, just to very quickly throw in my two cents here, when you told me, when one would say to me, you know, or if I read, oh, there's going to be a camera bar, it's not going to be like this weird triangle thing in the back of the phone. On paper, the way I imagine this, it sounds great. Sign me up. I'll take two. But I agree, Marco.

The renderings that I've seen, I have not really liked.

The renderings that I've seen, I have not really liked.

Well, I can tell you where they're saving money. And I haven't seen anyone talk about this yet, which maybe means I'm misled. But the going understanding was that for some devices, and there's been a lot of arguments that this is why we've never gotten a cellular Mac.

Well, I can tell you where they're saving money. And I haven't seen anyone talk about this yet, which maybe means I'm misled. But the going understanding was that for some devices, and there's been a lot of arguments that this is why we've never gotten a cellular Mac.

The going understanding is that Qualcomm's licensing agreement or whatever requires you to give a portion of the cost of the device to Qualcomm.

The going understanding is that Qualcomm's licensing agreement or whatever requires you to give a portion of the cost of the device to Qualcomm.

There is, and I remember talking about that, which is why I don't think it's necessarily a big deal for Macs. But, I mean, if they're not using Qualcomm modem, then whatever the licensing fee would have been is now zero. Now, I don't know if that's a savings of a dollar. I don't know if that's a savings of $100. I would guess somewhere between, probably closer to one. But...

There is, and I remember talking about that, which is why I don't think it's necessarily a big deal for Macs. But, I mean, if they're not using Qualcomm modem, then whatever the licensing fee would have been is now zero. Now, I don't know if that's a savings of a dollar. I don't know if that's a savings of $100. I would guess somewhere between, probably closer to one. But...

that's still a savings. That's still one more thing that they don't have to pay for. So that could have been where some of these savings could and should have come from.

that's still a savings. That's still one more thing that they don't have to pay for. So that could have been where some of these savings could and should have come from.

I saw a tweet, I will probably forget to put it in the show notes, but I saw a tweet from a friend of the show, John Voorhees, earlier today, where I think he was saying it kind of tongue-in-cheek, but it's been one of those brain worms where I can't help but wonder if maybe he's right, wherein he said, I wonder if the reason you can't have MagSafe or whatever, choose your piece of internals,

I saw a tweet, I will probably forget to put it in the show notes, but I saw a tweet from a friend of the show, John Voorhees, earlier today, where I think he was saying it kind of tongue-in-cheek, but it's been one of those brain worms where I can't help but wonder if maybe he's right, wherein he said, I wonder if the reason you can't have MagSafe or whatever, choose your piece of internals,

is because the Apple C1 is physically larger than the Qualcomm equivalent. I have no earthly idea if that's true. And again, John might have been trying to, you know, crack wise in saying that, but I can't help but wonder, what if he's right? You know, what if that is the case?