James Thompson

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5,677 appearances 18 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 5d ago

James Thompson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Chanticleer · Housing recession’s long shadow, Apple iPhone flip out & Trump’s insane cash splash · 11 Sep 2026 podcast

I mean th they always say rate rises and rate cuts work with long and variable lags. voice-verified

You know, they can can be twelve to eighteen months before you feel the full impact. voice-verified

Like twenty twenty seven's I don't know, it's it's it's feeling like it's gonna be pretty tough to me, but let's see, I guess. voice-verified

What's going on here? voice-verified

Well, what's going on here is that uh AI has uh entered the iPhone chat uh and uh it would like to tell you that it's now much more expensive to run your uh device in your pocket. voice-verified

Get this, Anthony. voice-verified

I don't know what you paid for your last iPhone, but these new iPhone duos voice-verified

Uh in Australia it's gonna cost you three thousand four hundred and ninety-nine for the base model with two hundred and fifty-six gigabytes of storage. voice-verified

But I think a guy like you who's got some very important stuff on his phone, you'll need the top-tier model with two terabytes of storage, and that'll just set you back a cool five thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine dollars. voice-verified

Wow. voice-verified

For the thing in your pocket that you might leave on the bus. voice-verified

This is a you know, Michelle Bullock, the the RBA governor, has been telling us for a while that, you know, AI inflationary spillovers are coming. voice-verified

And I guess what she's really focused on there is we're building all these data centers in Australia. voice-verified

The price of electricians and plumbers is going through the roof. voice-verified

You feel that in all parts of the economy. voice-verified

But this is this iPhone's a great example. voice-verified

Because all these data centers need so many memory chips and computer chips. voice-verified

Chips that pushes up the cost of memory chips and computer chips for all electronic devices, including your laptop and including your mobile phone. voice-verified

So that's why we're seeing smartphone prices really increase. voice-verified

I mean, obviously, this new iPhone's, you know, very fancy looking. voice-verified

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