Apple releases 16-inch Macbook Pro, Motorola announces a new Razr, and Disney+ launches

The Vergecast

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News, Tech News, Technology

4.4 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2019

⏱️ 75 minutes

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This week on The Vergecast, Nilay, Dieter, and Paul go through the products announced this week including Apple's 16-inch Macbook Pro and Motorola's new Razr foldable phone. Julia Alexander then joins the show to cover the initial launch of Disney+ and the ongoing streaming wars. Stories this week: The everything town in the middle of nowhere Apple’s 16-inch MacBook Pro is here, and it has a good keyboard A fully loaded 16-inch MacBook Pro costs $6,099 Apple’s new Mac Pro is shipping next month Google’s rollout of RCS chat for all Android users in the US begins today Motorola resurrects the Razr as a foldable Android smartphone John Carmack stepping down as CTO of Oculus to work on AI Disney+ experiencing ‘unable to connect’ errors on launch day The Mandalorian’s first episode shows that Star Wars can work on the small screen Disney+ doesn’t have to sell anyone on streaming How to get a year of free Disney+ from Verizon The Simpsons’ aspect ratio is messed up on Disney+ Verizon’s new set-top box is possibly the worst option out there for streaming Apple could bundle news, TV, and music into one subscription as soon as 2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This week on the VARCHCAST we talk about Apple's new 16-inch MacBook Pro,
0:03.7	the new Mac Pro's coming out in December.
0:05.7	We get into the new folding Motorola Razor.
0:07.8	Deeter has many emotions about RCS,
0:09.8	and then Julia Alexander joins us talk about the launch of Disney Plus and the streaming wars.
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