iOS 783: Best of 2025 - Choosing the New Models Worth Your Money
iOS Today (Audio)
Leo Laporte
4.1 • 616 Ratings
🗓️ 28 December 2025
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Apple shook up its device family with new models this past year, but not all the changes were obvious. If you missed these pair of episodes, find out what actually made the 2025 Apple Watch and iPhone lineup different—and why picking the wrong one could mean missing out on must-have features (or overpaying for ones you'll never use).
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on iOS today, it's the holidays. |
| 0:03.9 | So it's time for a quick best of, a reminder of some of the best work that Rosemary and I did this year. |
| 0:09.5 | Stay tuned. |
| 0:12.6 | Podcasts you love. |
| 0:14.4 | From people you trust. |
| 0:16.9 | This is Twitter. |
| 0:20.4 | This is iOS Today, episode 783, with Rosemary Orchard and me, Micah Sargent, recorded throughout 2025 for Thursday, January 1st, 26. |
| 0:33.6 | Best of 2025. |
| 0:37.4 | Season's greetings iOS today, pals. |
| 0:40.3 | I hope that if your holidays have come to a close, |
| 0:43.3 | or they're just getting underway, |
| 0:45.3 | or they're somewhere in between, you're having a great time. |
| 0:47.3 | This is an opportunity for us to celebrate the year of iOS today. |
| 0:53.3 | And honestly, when I look back on the work we did this year, |
| 0:56.1 | we got some of the best feedback and I think I feel the proudest of two specific episodes of iOS |
| 1:03.4 | today. I'm obviously in love with all of the work that we've done. But these two episodes |
| 1:09.0 | really meant a lot to those of you out there who |
| 1:13.0 | told us about them. And so, yeah, I think it's time to highlight the work that Rosemary and I did |
| 1:18.2 | earlier this year in helping you determine which devices you should buy. So up first, we'll talk |
| 1:25.0 | about choosing a new Apple Watch, and after that, we'll talk about |
| 1:30.2 | which iPhone you should pick. |
| 1:32.4 | If you haven't gotten the latest devices and you're thinking about kicking off the new |
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