166: ‘Way of the Future’ With Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie returns to the show to discuss what we expect to see at Apple’s upcoming event in San Francisco: new iPhones (without headphone jacks, and with a radical new two-lens camera on the Plus-sized model), Apple Watch 2 (and a new fall lineup of watch bands). We also discuss Samsung’s recall of the Galaxy Note 7 (because of exploding batteries), when we’ll see new Mac hardware and new iPads, and more.

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Links:

• Apple’s event invitation, suggesting depth-of-field camera effects.
• Rene Ritchie: “How Apple Does Camera”.
• Ming-Chi Kuo on what he expects from the iPhone 7 based on supply-chain sources.
• Tim Cook’s possibly intriguing slip of the tongue regarding Apple Pencil working with iPhones.
• Jason Snell on new Mac hardware: “If Not September 7, Then When?”

This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.