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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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A year after Hurricane Irma blasts through the Florida location of Tech Geek Fact, the website picks up with new articles.

Host and Producer: Glenn Marston

Show Notes:

• "iPhone Choked Me 10 Years Ago Today": techgeekfact.com/home/2017/9/5/iphone-choked-me-10-years-ago-today

• "Mihai" audio pronunciation: merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mihai?pronunciation&lang=en_us&dir=bix&file=bixmic02

• Generator: amzn.to/2t8NHqi

• Glenn Marston at newspapers: glennmarston.com

• National Hurricane Center: nhc.noaa.gov

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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

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Introducing TechGeekFact.com, a new technology website. The site focuses on fact-checking, commentary and news.

Host and Producer: Glenn Marston

Show Notes:

• Fact-checks: techgeekfact.com/about-factchecking

• Glenn Marston: glennmarston.com

• Glenn Marston's experience: glennmarston.com/resume-and-accomplishments

• Inform Well, LLC: informwell.com

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