This week on Cult of Mac’s podcast: Apple Vision Pro preorder week brings interesting new details about the mixed-reality headset. Will it be a sellout success? An amazing entertainment device? A $3,499 pain in the neck?
Maybe all of the above! We go over the last-minute pros and cons.
Also on The CultCast:
- Apple Watch drops a key health feature, but the patent fight’s not over yet.
- Cupertino’s compliance with “anti-steering” mandates won’t please anybody, especially developers like Epic Games.
- Got an old iPhone gathering dust somewhere? We’ve got some DIY projects for you.
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This week’s top Apple news
On the show this week: Your host Erfon Elijah (@erfon), Cult of Mac managing editor Lewis Wallace (@lewiswallace) and Cult of Mac writer D. Griffin Jones (@dgriffinjones).
Here are the headlines we’re talking about on this week’s show:
- Supreme Court decision means major iPhone app change is on the way
- Apple bills Epic Games $73 million in legal costs (AppleInsider)
- Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 without blood oxygen feature go on sale in US
- Apple Vision Pro’s lengthy sales pitch will include 25-minute demo (Bloomberg)
- Kuo: Apple will only produce up to 80,000 Vision Pro headsets for launch, sellout likely (MacRumors)
- Apple Vision Pro’s killer feature might be neck pain
- 9 cool things you can do with an old iPhone
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