Marco 0️⃣ → 1️⃣
🗣️ It’s St. Jude time again! 🗣️
- Podcastathon 2025: Friday, noon → midnight EDT
Stephen Hackett said the foldable will be the “iPhone Ultra”
μm is a “micron”
The iPhone Air battery pack does have a USB-C port after all
iPhone 17 Pro requires a new adapter to charge at full speed
- Apple 40W Dynamic Power Adapter
- Anker Nano 45W charger
A19 vs. A19 Pro
A19 Pro benchmarks
The N1 is in every new iPhone
The whole of the iPhone Air is in the camera plateau
- Large image
Casey’s memory problems corner
- ATP #655 (Overcast timestamp link)
The mmWave antenna window is back
- Background
Logo placement on Apple’s cases
- Clear Case with MagSafe
- TechWoven Case with MagSafe
Some funny renders from iPhone case makers
Theories about the iPhone 17 Pro colors
- Every masterpiece has its cheap copy
- Luke Skywalker
- University of Virginia
- Denver Broncos
- Auburn University
  - 2021 impactful boosters
iPhone Air
- Will it bend?
  - Joz (& Ternus) with an incredible [lack of] flex
- 17 was a last-second decision? (via Sam Henri Gold)
- Max Tech’s discoveries
  - The Air does not have stereo speakers
  - The Dynamic Island is lower than on other phones
  - The USB-C port is not vertically centered
    - Image
  - No Cinematic Mode video, including the selfie camera
  - The new selfie camera is actually a 24MP sensor
- No LiDAR scanner
- Air & 17 non-Pro are limited to USB 2
  - USB 2.0
Every new iPhone screen has the same specifications, save size/resolution
- Apple iPhone comparison page
iPhones 17 can now toggle screen flickering off
- Pulse-width modulation
- 9to5Mac’s coverage
- PWM sensitive subreddit
Apple Watch
- Satellite data requires a cellular plan
- Jason & Greg Pierce agree
- Is “24-hour” battery claim because of a change in measurement?
- Underscore’s observations about the Ultra
  - Apple Watch battery
AirPods
- Ear shapes (via Tirial)
- About that “2×” noise reduction
  - AirPods product page
- The new AirPods Pro case is not smaller
- “New generation of Ultra Wideband technology” is the U2 chip
- Live translation is on-device (not in ☁️)
- Live translation is blocked for EU users with EU Apple Accounts
  - Apple feature availability
Safari on iOS 26’s compact toolbar
Tahoe Toolbars (via Zhenyi Tan) * Frosting download link * Frosting test page
Post-show: John’s red dot
Members-only ATP Overtime: Alterego and “thought to text” translation
- How artificial intelligence gave a paralyzed woman her voice back
  - A high-performance neuroprosthesis for speech decoding and avatar control
- Meet the Little Brain Region that Helps You Say What’s on Your Mind
  - Speech sequencing in the human precentral gyrus
- Scientists develop interface that “reads” thoughts from speech-impaired patients
- Alterego

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657: Ears Are Weird

Accidental Tech Podcast

657: Ears Are Weird