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The Talk Show With John Gruber

241: ‘More Smarter’ With Joanna Stern

The Talk Show With John Gruber

John Gruber

Technology

3.63.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2019

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Summary

Joanna Stern returns to the show. Topics include the iPhone XR (and the argument that it might be the best phone in Apple's current lineup), Apple's new Smart Battery Cases, Apple Watch, and, of course, the new MacBook Air.

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's been too long since you've been on the show Joanna. It really has been way too long since I've even heard your voice and on the show

0:07.5

About this show. Oh, that's the nice of you to say. Yeah, I don't think we've bumped into each other the last few

0:12.8

Appleshindix or if we have it to be bumped into each other at

0:17.6

The one in Brooklyn. Yeah, because it was too cold

0:21.3

It was right you waiting in line to go look at the MacBook Air and I was like I don't care enough to wait in this line

0:27.4

Right you and David Pierce for like we're out of here. Yeah, we're we'll see this thing tomorrow when we get a review unit and then

0:35.3

We did have a great conversation which has like I still have this on my list

0:38.6

But it sparked a great thought for me to do a I want to do an investigative piece on Apple watch bands

0:46.0

To real investigative piece because remember we were you were standing with Panzerino and we were taught I was like

0:51.1

I got this watch band. It's the the millenies watch band right because one of you said oh

0:56.4

I like that watch band the I like that you have the millenies watch band or whatever and I was like it's

1:00.9

It's I don't want to tell anyone here, but it's a ten dollar version on from Amazon and

1:06.5

Me and Panzerino were standing there doing comparison between the legit millenies band and mine to see if it had the little finger

1:14.3

The little you know

1:15.5

In Dent if it has the little finger the fingernail to get them to get the magnetic class off

1:22.2

Yeah, yeah, you don't remember this thrill

1:25.2

Yes, I do know I do remember it because I remember that it left the lasting impact on me clearly not as much on you

1:30.4

But no, no, I remember vividly because it looked it we really had to look very hard to find differences like it is it

1:37.7

It was you know the fact that it was only ten dollars is rather remarkable because it really did look

1:43.3

the same I mean yeah, it's so right here. I love this thing and and

1:47.9

The the biggest problem I have with it now and I I need to get the other millenies band to see the comparison

1:54.8

This is my investigative piece is that the magnet really sticks to the MacBook air hmm

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