204: ‘Flaunting That Notch’ With Rene Ritchie
The Talk Show With John Gruber · Daring Fireball / John Gruber
October 27, 20171h 43m
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Show Notes
Rene Ritchie returns to the show on the eve of iPhone X pre-orders opening. Topics include iPhone X (duh), Google’s Pixel 2 and the goofy OLED display on the “XL” version, Face ID FUD, and more.
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Links:
- Jeff Williams: “You can not double plan the kind volumes that we do. We want leading edge technology, but we want it at established technology kind of volumes.”
- PCalc — the best calculator app for Mac and iOS.
- The Verge’s Vlad Savov on the Pixel 2 XL’s ‘awful’ display.
- Horace Dediu calling bullshit on claims that iPhone 7 is outselling iPhone 8.
- Rene calling bullshit on Core ML as a privacy hole.
- Yours truly calling bullshit on Face ID FUD.
- The iOS 11 Calculator bug where animation blocks input on the operator buttons.
- Guilherme Rambo confirms: “I can confirm that the iOS Calculator app is written in Swift.””
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.