Feb 13th 2018
MacBreak Weekly 597
Feel the Burn
HomePod Review, iOS Boot Code Leak
Records live every Tuesday at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 19:00 UTC.
HomePod reviews range from humdrum to rapturous. Why you shouldn't try to remove the HomePod's cord, and other teardown results. iPhone's iboot source code leaked by an intern. MacBooks leap to 4th most popular laptop in the world. Detailed analysis of Apple's efforts in the video market. TLDR: they need to make good shows. No more unlocked iPhodes at Verizon. FloridaMan's AirPods go up in smoke.
- Andy's Pick: Blue Satellite headphones
- Rene's Pick: Nanoleaf
- Leo's Pick: HiFi Man Shangri-La Headphones
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Links
- Apple HomePod - The Audiophile Perspective + Measurements! : audiophile
- Consumer Reports: HomePod audio quality ‘very good’ but Google Home Max & Sonos One sound better
- HomePod Teardown
- Key iPhone Source Code Gets Posted Online in 'Biggest Leak in History' - Motherboard
- Apple calls leaked iPhone source code outdated - CNET
- MacBook Lineup Represented Estimated 1 in 10 Notebooks Shipped Worldwide Last Year
- Apple Will Repair HomePod Power Cables For $29, But Warns They 'Should Not Be Removed'
- iOS 12 Said to Feature Animoji in FaceTime, Deeper Siri Integration, and Do Not Disturb Improvements
- "Mark Gurman on Apple’s OS Development Strategy: How Apple Plans to Root Out Bugs, Revamp iPhone Software"
- Apple signs ‘Big Sick’ writers for a series about immigrant stories
- Apple and the Video Market - the rajam report
- Verizon No Longer Plans to Sell Unlocked iPhones
- Apple investigating claim that AirPods started smoking & burst open
- Apple Park drone footage shows not-quite complete campus, continued landscaping
- Blue Satellite headphones
- Nanoleaf
- HiFi Man Shangri-La Headphones