John Siracusa

It's not a weird trade-off at all. I'm just saying that I would be willing to sacrifice that. I mean, honestly, it's kind of like the 17 Pro and the iPad Mini. They got a bunch of A18s that only have four GPU cores that work. This is just economically, it has probably cost them less. They have that waste anyway. Can we put that in a product? The answer is yes. It can go in the 16A.

It's not a weird trade-off at all. I'm just saying that I would be willing to sacrifice that. I mean, honestly, it's kind of like the 17 Pro and the iPad Mini. They got a bunch of A18s that only have four GPU cores that work. This is just economically, it has probably cost them less. They have that waste anyway. Can we put that in a product? The answer is yes. It can go in the 16A.

It's better to do that than to make perfectly manufactured 17 Pros or 16s or whatever. If you've got a bunch of A18s, with one broken GPU core, what else are you going to sell them at? I don't think they've ever sold one with this. Number of cores. And so it just makes economic sense. I understand that. And I was just promoting the whole idea of family unity.

It's better to do that than to make perfectly manufactured 17 Pros or 16s or whatever. If you've got a bunch of A18s, with one broken GPU core, what else are you going to sell them at? I don't think they've ever sold one with this. Number of cores. And so it just makes economic sense. I understand that. And I was just promoting the whole idea of family unity.

Apple intelligence, for my lack of enthusiasm about it, is part of that family unity. The baseline for Apple products, period, is Apple intelligence. They put more RAM in the M2 MacBook Air for crying out loud. Clearly, they think this is a baseline feature of not just the phone, but of all Apple products, which...

Apple intelligence, for my lack of enthusiasm about it, is part of that family unity. The baseline for Apple products, period, is Apple intelligence. They put more RAM in the M2 MacBook Air for crying out loud. Clearly, they think this is a baseline feature of not just the phone, but of all Apple products, which...

that's exactly the philosophy I'm trying to endorse for other things that if you have something, I mean, setting aside my difference of opinion about the value of Apple intelligence, if Apple has decided that we just want you, if you buy a new Apple product, you should know that it will support Apple intelligence, unless it's on pod that Apple,

that's exactly the philosophy I'm trying to endorse for other things that if you have something, I mean, setting aside my difference of opinion about the value of Apple intelligence, if Apple has decided that we just want you, if you buy a new Apple product, you should know that it will support Apple intelligence, unless it's on pod that Apple,

So when they can do that, they bumped RAM, which they don't want to do. The cheapest phone is going to have 8 gigs of RAM. The cheapest two-generation old Mac is going to have 16 gigs of RAM. They did it because this is the new baseline. MagSafe should be part of that baseline. I think ultra-wideband, if it's not on this phone, should also be part of that baseline.

So when they can do that, they bumped RAM, which they don't want to do. The cheapest phone is going to have 8 gigs of RAM. The cheapest two-generation old Mac is going to have 16 gigs of RAM. They did it because this is the new baseline. MagSafe should be part of that baseline. I think ultra-wideband, if it's not on this phone, should also be part of that baseline.

And again, the pricing on this being $600 and going up to $900, I feel like gives them the headroom to put in MagSafe at those prices and still have pretty healthy margins. And I'm trying to look at other places where they could save money, like the notch is probably less expensive than Dynamic Island, right? So it's older tech there. One camera instead of two or three, they're saving money there.

And again, the pricing on this being $600 and going up to $900, I feel like gives them the headroom to put in MagSafe at those prices and still have pretty healthy margins. And I'm trying to look at other places where they could save money, like the notch is probably less expensive than Dynamic Island, right? So it's older tech there. One camera instead of two or three, they're saving money there.

But there's a cap on that. We've discussed that in the past.

But there's a cap on that. We've discussed that in the past.

We'll crack it open. I doubt that's the case because one of the advantages Apple has with the C1, I think, is they're getting TSMC to fab it on a really good process.

We'll crack it open. I doubt that's the case because one of the advantages Apple has with the C1, I think, is they're getting TSMC to fab it on a really good process.

that's a good point that's good right and so it shouldn't be bigger it seems unlikely yeah and also i think like they touted that the one thing they touted about the physical design of this thing is that there's just so much more room inside for a bigger battery and again obviously you save so much space by not having two more cameras in there like there's so much more room physically to put stuff uh and i bet you do save space by not having the magnets you can make the battery that much thicker right so like i i get that they're reaping some savings from it i just think it's a foolish savings in this particular case um

that's a good point that's good right and so it shouldn't be bigger it seems unlikely yeah and also i think like they touted that the one thing they touted about the physical design of this thing is that there's just so much more room inside for a bigger battery and again obviously you save so much space by not having two more cameras in there like there's so much more room physically to put stuff uh and i bet you do save space by not having the magnets you can make the battery that much thicker right so like i i get that they're reaping some savings from it i just think it's a foolish savings in this particular case um

Which seems kind of punitive. The black and white look fine. They look nice. But it's like if the iPhone 16 comes in so many fun colors, it's like that's the only place where you get fun. If you get the expensive phone, well, it's too professional. We can't have fun colors there. If you get the cheap phone, oh, well, you get the cheap phone. All you get is black and white.

Which seems kind of punitive. The black and white look fine. They look nice. But it's like if the iPhone 16 comes in so many fun colors, it's like that's the only place where you get fun. If you get the expensive phone, well, it's too professional. We can't have fun colors there. If you get the cheap phone, oh, well, you get the cheap phone. All you get is black and white.