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On this week’s episode, we discuss everything from iPhone pre-orders, Amazon’s 6-pack of tablets, how to take photos that don’t suck, and even some Destiny:

• Follow-up
  • Our iPhone 6s pre-order experience
  • On pace to beat last year’s launch
  • Discover Card’s ridiculous cashback bonus for using Apple Pay
    • Our Discover Card referral link (you should really click this link)
  • Apple’s iPhone upgrade program terms and conditions
• iOS 9’s content blockers
  • Marco Arment pulls his ‘Peace’ app from the App Store
• AT&T turns on VoLTE in NYC
  • Still no wifi calling
•  Amazon’s 6-pack of tablets for $250
  • Fire phone + 1 year Amazon Prime for $125
  • Marco’s inconvenience of being rich
  • Amazon Fire TV vs. Apple TV

• Will’s “normal person” questions
  • How to take photos that don’t suck
• Destiny
  • The Taken King expansion
  • Mike and Will try to convince Jason to jump back in

Two weeks in a row!? This week’s episode is all about the recent Apple event:

• Apple Event
  • Cringeworthy moments?
  • Apple Watch
    • Gold and Rose Gold Sport watches
    • Hermes partnership
    • New Sport band colors
    • watchOS 2
      • ElevationLab Night Stand for Apple Watch
  • iPad Pro
    • Smart Keyboard
      • Comparison to Surface Pro keyboard
    • Apple Pencil
      • No way 
    • Pricing
    • OS limitations
    • Smart Connector
  • Apple TV
    • Pricing
      • No persistent storage
    • Apple’s infuriating base storage decisions
    • New remote
    • Updated UI with Siri integration
    • CEC compatibility for controlling TV’s directly
    • Universal search
    • App Store
      • TV through apps
      • MLB.TV demo
  • iPhone 6S/6S Plus
    • Improved specs
      • Still 1gb RAM? (Update: 2gb confirmed)
    • 3D Touch
      • Too confusing?
      • Renamed Force Touch
    • Camera improvements
      • Selfie flash!
      • Live Photos
      • 4K video
    • Second generation Touch ID
    • Apple’s iPhone Upgrade Plan
  •  Apple’s future plans

After a short break, we’re back with Season 2! We didn’t even know there was a Season 1, but we’re back, and that’s all that matters. On this week’s episode:

• Our favorite annual Apple event
  • WWDC or iPhone event
• iOS 9 and El Capitan betas
  • Off-topic: Mike rediscovers Cap’n Crunch OOPS! All Berries
• Apple’s September event
  • Are all the leaks ruining Apple events?
    • Think Secret
  • iPhone 6S/6S Plus
    • Force Touch
    • Improved cameras
      • 12MP iSight camera w/ 4K video
      • 5MP FaceTime camera w/ “flash”
      • John Gruber on future iPhone camera improvements
    • Animated wallpapers
      • Switch to OLED screens?
    • Rose gold color option
    • 16gb base model sticking around for at least another year
    • Which model are we getting?
      • Our plans for our existing phones
  • Apple TV
    • October release for $149
    • Tough sell given competition?
    • Universal search
    • Our overly complicated media setups
    • Will Siri work like Alexa to control the home?
    • Updated UI
  • iPad Pro
    • Will Mike’s OneNote dreams come true?
    • Force Touch stylus, stereo speakers, and USB port?
    • Could it replace a laptop?
      • iPad Pro vs. Retina MacBook
      • Our ideal setups
• Video Games/Television
  • Fallout Shelter and its new update
  • Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
  • Mr. Robot
    • Dan Benjamin’s new ‘Bingeworthy’ podcast
  • Sense8
  • Narcos
    • Vox: Netflix’s Narcos is like a bland guy reading you the Wikipedia entry on Pablo Escobar
• Food
  • McDonald’s finally serving breakfast all day
  • McDonald’s rejects BK’s McWhopper proposal
    • BK will not be denied!
• Video Game Streaming
  • Mike on Twitch
  • Will on Twitch
  • Jason on Twitch
  • YouTube Gaming launches
    • PS4 support on the way
    • Does YouTube have a chance against Twitch?
• More Gaming
  • Destiny: The Taken King
  • Metal Gear Solid V

Apple held its annual WWDC keynote this past Monday! We wanted to get our impressions out as quickly as possible, so we’re posting this episode a bit out of order. The previously recorded episodes will still be released shortly! Until then, here’s what we talked about:

• Apple’s WWDC keynote
  • iOS 8.3 gripes
  • The Verge: The 10 most important announcements from Apple WWDC 2015
  • OS X El Capitan
    • OT: Our favorite cereals
      • El Capitan Crunch
      • OOPS! All Berries
    • Safari improvements
      • Pinned tabs
      • Audio tab indicator
    • Natural language searches for Spotlight
      • No Siri on Mac?
    • Improved window management
    • Metal for improved GPU processing
    • Beta
      • Jason’s MacBook update
  • iOS 9
    • Jason’s early impressions using iOS 9 beta 1 on the iPad
      • Multitasking on iPad Air 2
      • Picture-in-picture video
      • QuickType keyboard improvements
    • Proactive Siri
      • Apple’s response to Google Now
      • Can Apple’s service ever be as good as Google’s?
      • Search API and deep-linking
      • The End of Apps As We Know Them
    • Maps improvements
      • Public transit directions (finally!)
      • Making the switch from Google Maps to Apple Maps
    • Apple News
      • Apple’s version of Flipboard or Facebook Instant Articles
  • watchOS 2
    • Native apps
    • New watch faces
    • Time Travel
    • Third-party complications
  • HomeKit
    • Nest vs. ecobee3
    • No new announcements at WWDC?
    • Siri and Apple Watch support
    • Philips Hue lights
  • Apple Music
    • Super awkward presentation
    • Hand-crafted playlists
    • Apple aiming to include entire iTunes catalog
    • Beats 1 Radio
      • What Apple should have done instead
    • Connect feature (Ping 2.0)
    • Possible Sonos compatibility (pretty please?)
      • Android/Windows compatibility a good sign?
    • Apple Music vs. Spotify
    • Apple Music family plan
• E3 2015
  • Mike’s going!

Sorry for the lack of updates lately. Our schedules have been a bit hectic, but we promise to try to release episodes more regularly!

• Follow-up
  • LG website claims Apple will release an 8K iMac this year
  • Amazon Echo now supports WeMo and Hue
    • Mike has NO RAGRETS!
    • Siri API coming soon?
• TV
  • Arrested Development is coming back for another season!
    • Netflix model of releasing entire seasons at once
  • Game of Thrones is back (this was recorded a while ago) 
    • First four episodes leak on the internet
    • Mike discusses watching leaked episodes in the past (SOME RAGRETS)
    • Tracking piraters through watermarks
• Tech
  • Push notification strategies
    • Apple Watch lacks granular notification settings
  • Periscope abusers
  • Highball app for mixed drink recipes
    • est use of QR codes ever?
    • Neat Ice Kit
    • Tovolo King Ice Cube Tray
  • Apple Watch
    • Our preorder experience
    • Our try-on appointment experience
    • Jason struggles with watch terminology