658: Your First Mistake Phone
25 September 2025

658: Your First Mistake Phone

Accidental Tech Podcast

About

    Marco’s AppleCare “Express” Replacement
    🗣️ It’s St. Jude time again! 🗣️


      The Marco Offset
      Podcastathon 2025

    Follow-up:


      Auburn’s colors are UVA’s colors (via Tony Scida)
      You don’t need the trick new Apple charger to charge an iPhone 17 at full speed
      iPhone Air


        Why people are buying the iPhone Air / 15” MacBook Air
        Bending the iPhone Air


          Apple (via Tom’s Guide)


            Direct video link

          JerryRigEverything (timestamp link to 6m35s)


            Same video, different timestamp (7m37s)


        Battery life


          Mr. Whose the Boss
          The Tech Chap
          Tom’s Guide

        Speaker (via Steve Troughton-Smith)
        Thermals


          MaxTech

        iFixIt Teardown
        Thickness


          Visual comparison of thickness (via Ludwig Schubert)
          Thin iPhone future? (via Ian)


      iPhone 17 Pro


        Teardowns


          REWA Technology


            All the screws
            17 vs. 16
            17 Pro internals
            Vapor chamber
            Logic boards

          Vapor chambers explained
          Max Tech

        Scratches on the back?


          More images from MacRumors
          And from Watson
          JerryRigEverything


      iPhone sales


        The Information (MacRumors summary)


    iPhone setup advice


      Casey’s tale of woe (see also Upgrade #582: First Chance to Make One Impression)

    First impressions: iPhone 17 Pro


      Scratchability
      Telephoto camera


        iPhone 16 Pro 5× vs. iPhone 17 Pro 8×


    Post-show:


      HP M553
      HP M554

    Members-only ATP Overtime: Anthropic’s $1.5B book piracy settlement


      The Verge: Settlement announced, 5 September
      Previously, on ATP #656: Anthropic asked for $1.5B/yr from Apple
      The Verge: Settlement paused, 9 September
      Ars Technica, 9 September



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