The orange iPhone stole the show

The Vergecast

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News, Tech News, Technology

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🗓️ 10 September 2025

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

Fresh off a day filled with new Apple products, The Verge’s ground team reports back on everything they’ve seen — and touched. Allison Johnson walks us through the new iPhone Air, iPhone 17, and iPhone 17 Pro lineups, making sense of all the new camera features and wondering just how thin a phone really can be. After that, Victoria Song talks about why the AirPods Pro 3 may have been the big hit of the day, plus all the details on the three new models of Apple Watch. Finally, Jake Kastrenakes tells us about his first experience live at an Apple event, explains the appeal of a crossbody strap, and has a theory about why an orange phone is such a big deal. Further reading: The eight biggest announcements during Apple’s iPhone Air event | The Verge All the news from Apple’s iPhone 17 event | The Verge Apple announces the ultra-slim iPhone Air | The Verge iPhone Air hands-on | The Verge Apple iPhone 17 hands-on | The Verge Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro has the biggest battery of any iPhone | The Verge Apple’s iPhone 17 drops the Plus, but gains a bigger, faster display | The Verge iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max: our initial hands-on impressions | The Verge The 2TB iPhone 17 Pro Max costs $1,999. | The Verge The iPhone 17 comes with Apple’s new in-house networking chip | The Verge Apple’s new iPhone Air accessories include a slim MagSafe battery, TechWoven case, and crossbody strap Apple’s new MagSafe battery is only designed for the new iPhone Air | The Verge All right, what new Apple stuff are we buying? | The Verge The new iPhones all have Center Stage front-facing cameras | The Verge Apple announces AirPods Pro 3 with ‘world’s best ANC’ and heart rate sensing | The Verge The Apple Watch Ultra 3 has 42 hours of battery life and satellite connectivity | The Verge Apple announces new entry-level $249 Apple Watch SE 3 with always-on display | The Verge The iPhone Air’s battery pack is slim, but not as slim as the iPhone Air Apple’s new MagSafe battery is only designed for the new iPhone Air Phone 17 Pro “clear” case that is MOSTLY NOT CLEAR Apple barely talked about AI at its big iPhone 17 event | The Verge iOS 26 is out on September 15th | The Verge Apple’s macOS Tahoe 26 update releases September 15th | The Verge Apple reveals iPadOS 26 release date | The Verge Apple will launch watchOS 26 on September 15th | The Verge Apple’s using more recycled materials in its iPhones and watches Email us at [email protected] or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love hearing from you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Vergecast, the flagship podcast of cross-body straps.
0:03.4	I'm your friend David Pierce, and I'm back.
0:05.9	I've been gone all summer.
0:07.2	I have a two-month-old baby who you will almost certainly hear at some point during this episode. He's just right upstairs right now, and he has a lot of thoughts about a lot of technology. I am so, so happy to be back with all of you. Thank you to Jen and V and Allison and Mia and Jake and everybody who was on the show all summer hanging out with you guys and talking about tech. I had a lot of fun listening to the show. I hope you did too, but I'm very glad to be back yelling all of my feelings into a microphone because this is what I do and this is what I'm here for. And today, I have a lot of stuff to tell you about my summer
0:37.7	and all of the stuff that's been going on, but we're going to get to that later. Today, we're talking about Apple. As I'm recording this, Apple's keynote just finished. We got the new AirPods, we got some new watches, we got some new iPhones. We got an iPhone air that I think is like kind of the secret to the whole future of Apple as a company.
0:54.8	We have a lot to talk about.
0:56.0	And we're going to talk about it with the folks who were actually on. that I think is like kind of the secret to the whole future of Apple as a company.
1:11.1	We have a lot to talk about. And we're going to talk about it with the folks who were actually on the ground. They have some meetings to do. They have some hands-ons to get. We're going to let them finish all of their stuff. And then they are going to come on the show and tell us about all of it. It's going to be awesome. It's all coming up in just a sec. This is the Vergecast.
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1:56.5	All right, we're back.
1:58.1	Alison Johnson is here in a hotel room somewhere deep in Silicon Valley, I assume, at this point.
2:03.9	Yes.
2:04.6	How are you holding up?
2:05.4	Great. I am coasting on fumes and little appetizers that I ate for lunch, but that's iPhone day, baby.
2:13.7	Yeah, this is what we do here.
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