166: ‘Way of the Future’ With Rene Ritchie

The Talk Show With John Gruber

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.