MBW 961: Put A Handle On It - iPhone 16e, Lightning Port, UK

MacBreak Weekly (Audio)

Leo Laporte

Iphone, Apple, Ipad, Macintosh, Ios, Twit, Mac, Imac, Technology, Mac Os X

3.9 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2025

⏱️ 155 minutes

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Summary

It's not surprising that Apple announced the iPhone 16e the day after last week's MacBreak Weekly. Already, some information about the upcoming iPhone 17 is being leaked, including some information about the rumored slim iPhone 17. And Apple is removing encrypted security features for your cloud data within the UK following the UK government ordering Apple to leave backdoor access to users' data.

iPhone 16e: all the news on Apple's new $599 phone.
Apple officially bids farewell to the Lightning port after 13 years.
Per Ming-chi Kuo: all iPhone 17 models will use Apple's in-house Wi-Fi chips, enhancing connectivity and cutting costs; only the slim iPhone 17 will use the C1 modem chip.
Apple removes cloud encryption feature from UK after backdoor order.
Apple currently only able to detect Pegasus spyware in half of infected iPhones.
Apple to invest $500 billion in U.S. as Trump tariffs loom.
MacBook Air stocks start to dwindle ahead of M4 update.
Apple Vision Pro immersive video 'Arctic Surfing' available now.
Apple Intelligence comes to Apple Vision Pro in April.
Apple prepares to add Google Gemini to Apple Intelligence.
Steve Jobs Archive marks Apple co-founder's 70th birthday.
The new Beeper app combines all of Automattic's messaging systems.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell

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0:00.0	It's time for Mac Break Weekly, Andy Annoe, Alex Lindsay, Jason Snell, they're all here.
0:04.7	Great show coming up for you. Yes, we'll talk about the new iPhone 16E, the replacement for the SE,
0:11.2	pros and cons. We'll also mark the birthday of Steve Jobs. He would have been 70 years old yesterday.
0:19.6	And we'll talk about Apple's half trillion dollar promise.
0:23.9	All that and a lot more.
0:24.8	Coming up next on Mac Break Weekly.
0:29.2	Podcasts you love.
0:30.9	From people you trust.
0:33.4	This is Twitter.
0:38.1	This is Mac Break Weekly, episode 9661, recorded Tuesday, February 25th, 2025.
0:46.6	Put a handle on it.
0:49.0	It's time for Mac Break Weekly, the show we cover the latest Apple News with our esteemed peerless panel of Apple prognosticators.
0:58.7	Andy Annox here from GBAH in Boston.
1:02.0	Hello, Andrew.
1:03.6	Hello?
1:04.2	I'm wearing like, we are like that scene in the Wizard of Oz where all of like the munchkins that they're not sure it's safe yet, but they're kind of coming out a little bit.
1:15.4	And that's what New England is like today because it's 51 degrees.
1:18.8	And we're like, we are going to go out without long underwear, but with long pants, but we're going to dare to go out in a long sleeve shirt without a jacket and hope that at four o'clock it doesn't drop down to
1:28.9	20 degrees we're out of the woods we've been light to before we're out of the winter nice to see you
1:34.9	andrew jasonnell also here six colors dot com yes ladies and gentlemen indeed many he's the man
1:41.6	behind the incomparables and a proud winner of an Oscar, it looks
1:45.2	like. That's an Macworld Eddie Award and I didn't win that I gave them out so I got to take an
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