Rene Ritchie

New M1 MacBook Air is a Monster! Get CuriosityStream AND Nebula for less than $15/y (26% off!) https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie 

The new MacBook Air kicks the old Intel Y-Series to the curb and replaces it with an M1 — think A14X but custom made for the Mac! — and that means more power, much better battery life, and... Let's find out!

I turned on Apple's event, hit record on the camera, and here are my live reactions and thoughts on the M1 MacBook Air, straight from the November 2020 One More Thing Event!

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NEW 13-inch MacBook Pro is Here! Get CuriosityStream AND Nebula for less than $15/y (26% off!) https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie 

Apple has just announced the new M1-powered Apple Silicon MacBook Pro — 13-inch, at least... 16-inch still to come! — and it's packing even more performance into its actively cooled shell than any similar MacBook Pro before it. Battery life as well!

I turned on Apple's event, hit record on the camera, and here are my live reactions and thoughts on the M1 MacBook Pro, straight from the November 2020 One More Thing Event!

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iPhone 12 Pro Max — Should you buy? Get CuriosityStream AND Nebula for less than $15/y (26% off!) https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie 

Take the iPhone 12 Pro, make the screen bigger — more than ever before — and make the cameras better — in ways Apple has simply never done before — and you have the iPhone 12 Pro Max. A hybrid of the previous two Max models, where there was no difference other than size, and the old Plus models, where the bigger phones also had slightly better cameras. 

And it’s like, switching from a car to a jeep or an SUV. One that’s… a lot to handle and park around town, but is also absolutely and exactly what you want when going off-roading or on long trips. When you gotta just work. Less a phone and more a tiny tablet, a primary computing device that you can do almost anything on from almost anywhere you need to. 

But... should that enough to make the iPhone 12 Pro Max your go-to?

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iPhone 12 mini time! Get CuriosityStream AND Nebula for less than $15/y (26% off!) https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie 

The iPhone 12 mini is just… a more elegant weapon for a more civilized age.

It’s like… For years… for years, you’re dreaming of this sports car, this little, convertible, hotter than Hades sports car, super legere, that you’ve just always wanted but for so many reasons just never… just couldn’t have… couldn’t get.

That’s how small iPhone lovers have been feeling ever since Apple replaced the iPhone 5s with the big and bigger iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. They just haven’t been able to get the phone they wanted in the size they loved. 

Sure, the OG iPhone SE provided some temporary relief. The iPhone 5s with iPhone 6s internals. But then, just… nothing. Especially after the iPhone X with its full screen, modern design, and Face ID. And the XS and 11, just went Max instead of mini. Like giving them a paper cut and pouring lemon juice on it.

Even the second-generation iPhone SE, released earlier this year, was based on the iPhone 8 with iPhone 11 internals. Same size as the 6, no smaller, and same classic design as well, not the not hotness.

So you hang onto your original SE, get iOS 14 but start worrying you might not make it to 15. And you start to wonder. You start to doubt. Will Apple ever make a smaller iPhone again? Could Apple? Would the OLED display even be legible or practical? Would the latest, greatest A-series processor be able to run without burning or browning out? Would a battery that small with a chipset and display that big even last more than an hour and change?

And, for small iPhone lovers, for years, the only answer has been nothing and more nothing.

Until now. Until the iPhone 12 mini.

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For half a decade now the iPhones have been big and bigger. This year, bigger and bigger-er than ever. But also this year, Apple is finally giving us something small again. Not an SE, or special edition, but a full-on iPhone 12 mini!

Some people will want the iPhone 12 mini because it costs less, but others will want it because it is less. Easier to hold in the hand and type with on the go, easier to fit in the pocket or bag.

But… with a smaller phone comes a smaller display and, most importantly for some, a smaller battery.

So, if you’re having trouble deciding. If you’re still trying to figure out if the iPhone 12 mini is worth the trade-offs, if finally having a small phone again is worth that smaller display and battery capacity if you’re hoping the mini is just an even bigger flex than the Max, but worried it might not work for you IRL.

Then this is the video for you.

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New MacBooks! Get CuriosityStream AND Nebula for less than $15/y (26% off!) https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie 

Never fails. I do an Apple Silicon event preview, Apple sends out invitations to the event. I do an analysis on the invitations, Mark Gurman and Debby Wu post a bunch of spoilers about a new 13-inch MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and even 16-inch MacBook Pro. All Apple Silicon MacBooks. All of them. Never. Fails.

But I’m on lockdown. I can keep making these videos all week. I don’t even have to read your rumors first, I can just react to them live, right here, right now, right for all of you.

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Apple Silicon Coming Soon! Get CuriosityStream AND Nebula for less than $15/y (26% off!) https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie 

Literally hit publish on my Apple Silicon November Event preview and then a couple hours later, boom, like Steve Jobs-style boom! Apple sends out the events, puts up the website, teases the YouTube stream. And now… yeah, it’s on. 

Another Apple Event. Third one this fall. Following up on September’s Apple Watch and iPad… and October’s HomePod mini and iPhone. Because you know what’s next. 

Apple Silicon. And I’m going to tell you all about it, right now.

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Third time’s the charm? The lights go dark. The music pauses. The Apple Logo hits the screen. Tim Cook. “Good morning!” Or… wait… “Hello and welcome back to Apple Park.” I mean, it’s like we can’t depend on anything anymore. Not anything. Not in 2020, the “drop test” of years.

We’ve already had the September event, not for iPhone and Apple Watch but… Apple Watch and iPad.

And the October event, not for iPad and Mac but for… HomePod mini and iPhone.

And that just leaves lucky number three, for the already teased… Apple Silicon and… 

Well, we all know the drill by now.

Drone shot. Speed ramp. Transition. Steady cam. And then… Apple TV or AirPods Studio, or AirTags, maybe iPad Pro, or maybe, just maybe… one more thing.

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iPhone 12 Pro vs iPhone 12 Pro Max! For Discord, early access, and more, join my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/reneritchie 

I hear you, I feel you. For the last couple of years, the Pro and Pro Max iPhones have been identical except for the Max part. The size part. But this year… this 2020 of years… the cameras are different and even the size differences… are different.

So, if you still can’t decide between the iPhone 12 Pro and the iPhone 12 Pro Max. If you’re still on the fence. If you prefer the regular Pro size but want that Pro Max camera or battery. If you don’t mind big phones but worry the new Max is just too big. But if you also worry that if you don’t get it, you might just regret it. If you’ve got full on FOMO YOLO, but worry Pro Max price is just a no-go…

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I’ve been using Apple’s new iPad Air 4, the 2020 model, 4th generation iPad Air, for almost 2 weeks now. Tapping, swiping, penciling, typing, watching, working, sketching, surfing, just… all of it. 

And, after 2 weeks, I’ve come to some deeper conclusions about it, how it compares to the current iPad Pro and iPad 8, and most importantly — which one I now recommend... and to who!

It's the iPad Air 4 review... 2 weeks later!

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