#463 - iPhone 12/Pro first impressions!
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🗓️ 23 October 2020
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
This week: the reviews are in, let's talk about iPhone 12! Plus—the honest truth about of 5G, HomePod gets a game changing new feature, and Jony Ive gets a brand new job.
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This week's stories
iPhone 12 and 12 Pro first impressions: Apple does it again
- The first reviews of iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro landed online Tuesday, and the devices’ marquee feature — 5G wireless connectivity — largely went unnoticed.
iPhone 12 sees strong start with twice as many preorders as iPhone 11
- iPhone 12 has seen twice as many preorders as last year’s iPhone 11, while iPhone 12 Pro is proving more popular than iPhone 11 Pro, according to new estimates from reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
Early iPhone 12 and 12 Pro battery tests suggest 5G comes at a cost
- The new iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro bring 5G to Apple’s smartphones for the first time. But it comes at a cost to your battery.
iPhone 12 Pro vs iPhone 12 vs iPhone 11 Pro Camera Test
HomePod will soon have Dolby Atmos support for Apple TV 4K
- An upcoming home cinema feature will soon enable Apple HomePod to blast Dolby Atmos audio from Apple TV 4K. The feature, which is on the way as part of a future firmware update, will also support 5.1 and 7.1 channel audio (via The Verge). Only the regular HomePod will get the option, however. The new HomePod mini won’t support Atmos.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, my Mac, and I'm a PC and here at PC Innovations Lab. |
| 0:04.0 | Wait, PC Innovations Lab. |
| 0:05.0 | Well, you know how you have your patented mag safe cord that pops out any time someone trips |
| 0:08.2 | over it? |
| 0:09.2 | Well, we're protecting PCs with this new air- cushioned enclosure. It's bubble wrap. |
| 0:13.0 | And you know how you have your revolutionary new battery |
| 0:15.0 | that lasts almost an entire work day? |
| 0:17.0 | Well, we are offering this new extremely long cord. |
| 0:20.0 | Because you shouldn't innovations make people's lives easier? |
| 0:22.0 | Well, that's exactly why we've developed these. Pee shouldn't innovations make people's lives easier? |
| 0:22.6 | Well, that's exactly why we've developed these. |
| 0:24.6 | Cheers to innovation. |
| 0:28.2 | Hello and welcome to |
| 0:33.4 | co-cast the best 30 plus minute apple conversation you're gonna hear all week long I'm |
| 0:38.1 | your host Araf and Eliza joining me today you may have seen his picture in |
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