Three days after Glenn Marston buys his original iPhone for $600, Steve Jobs announces a price reduction to $400. Marston chokes on the lunchtime news. Host and Producer: Glenn Marston Show Notes: • “Mihai” audio pronunciation: https://merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mihai?pronunciation&lang;=en_us&dir;=bix&file;=bixmic02 • Macworld article by Philip Michaels, “Apple slashes 8GB iPhone price by $200,” Sept. 5, 2007: https://macworld.com/article/59838/2007/09/iphonepricecut.html • Ryan Block on Engadget’s live blog, “Steve Jobs live -- Apple's ‘The beat goes on’ special event,” Sept. 5, 2007: https://engadget.com/2007/09/05/steve-jobs-live-apples-the-beat-goes-on-special-event Tech Geek Fact: https://techgeekfact.com  

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A pause before release of additional iOS devices could make sense for Apple. The A12 Bionic chip’s smaller size of 7 nanometers is a first. Host and Producer: Glenn Marston Show Notes: “iOS 12.1 references ‘iPad2018Fall’, all but confirming new iPad Pro debut next month” “Apple Watch Series 3 Teardown” “Apple Watch Series 4” “Upgrade” Episode 210 Myke Hurley TGF Article 8 webpage   Tech Geek Fact: https://techgeekfact.com

Article 8: Chip Shrink Could Dictate Apple Upgrades

In its Aug. 30 scoop about the new iPhone, the website 9to5Mac should have said where and how it obtained the report’s information and photos. Host and Producer: Glenn Marston Show Notes: • 9to5Mac article, “Exclusive: This is ‘iPhone XS’ — design, larger version, and gold colors confirmed,” Aug. 30, 2018: 9to5mac.com/2018/08/30/2018-iphone-xs-design-larger-version-gold-exclusive • Daring Fireball article, “9to5Mac Obtained Product Marketing Photos of ‘iPhone X’ and Series 4 Apple Watch, Aug. 30, 2018: daringfireball.net/linked/2018/08/30/guilherme-rambo-iphone-xs • Twitter post, Guilherme Rambo, Sept. 11, 2018: twitter.com/_inside/status/1039604702697144322 • Glenn Marston: glennmarston.com • TGF article webpage: techgeekfact.com/home/2018/9/12/9to5mac-needed-iphone-scoop-sources Tech Geek Fact: techgeekfact.com

Article 7: 9to5Mac Needed iPhone-Scoop Sources

Apple should end its practice of adding numbers, Roman numerals and letters to the names of its iPhones. It should replace the system with a model year and a straightforward iPhone name. Host and Producer: Glenn Marston Show Notes: • Article webpage: techgeekfact.com/home/2018/9/12/new-iphone-numbers-what-makes-sense Tech Geek Fact: techgeekfact.com

Article 6: New iPhone Numbers: What Makes Sense

Apple created the thousand-dollar flagship smartphone last year with the iPhone X. In the second year of its new generation, with a larger-screen model sure to cost more, now is the time to moderate top-level prices. Host and Producer: Glenn Marston Show Notes: • “New iPhone Names: What Makes Sense”: techgeekfact.com/home/2018/9/12/new-iphone-names-what-makes-sense  Tech Geek Fact: techgeekfact.com

Article 5: New iPhone Prices: What Makes Sense

Apple should make every word and character count when naming iPhones, in the same elegant manner as it designs devices. Host and Producer: Glenn Marston Show Notes: • Daring Fireball: daringfireball.net • “The Talk Show,” Episode 229: daringfireball.net/thetalkshow/2018/09/04/ep-229 • Jason Snell: twitter.com/jsnell Tech Geek Fact: techgeekfact.com

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