WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.200 You might be surprised by this, but look, here in the kingdom of the gaming PC, 00:00:05.200 --> 00:00:10.240 a quiet stillness emerges during any Apple event, like today's Apple Watch and iPhone 00:00:10.240 --> 00:00:15.040 announcement. And that's because my colleagues will stop what they're doing and watch. 00:00:15.920 --> 00:00:21.120 So if they're all watching the event anyways, why am I the only one sharing my thoughts on it? 00:00:21.120 --> 00:00:25.040 You know what? I'm going to ask them what they think, because this year they're going to be 00:00:25.040 --> 00:00:29.200 especially interested in one major change that Apple's brought. 00:00:32.800 --> 00:00:40.240 Today was the big day. Today was the big day. And what they brought us is USB-C. Yes, the iPhone and AirPods Pro have ditched 00:00:40.240 --> 00:00:44.400 lightning. Since starting this job, I can't tell you how many people have told me they'd 00:00:44.400 --> 00:00:49.680 switch to the iPhone if it supported the universal plug. Is it enough for you to actually upgrade from 00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:57.520 your 13 mini? I think so, personally. USB-C on the iPhone is a big deal. It enables display ports, so you should be able to use 00:00:57.520 --> 00:01:01.760 the same hubs that you have with your laptop. But there are caveats. 00:01:01.760 --> 00:01:09.200 Vanilla 15s only support the USB-2 spec, while the Pros support USB-3 and its faster 10 Gbps. 00:01:09.200 --> 00:01:13.840 You have a 14 Pro. Have you had to take photos or videos off it through lightning, 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:17.200 or do you just do the cloud? Not cloud. You just do the cloud. 00:01:17.200 --> 00:01:22.800 Would you get a new iPhone for USB-C? No. Okay, they've got a nice little pastel line 00:01:22.800 --> 00:01:27.360 going on, but I still like who picks a colored iPhone, seriously. 00:01:28.800 --> 00:01:32.320 I do. What color would you go for? I would go for green. 00:01:32.320 --> 00:01:38.640 Green's a good color. But they're very baby colors. Yeah. There's a new 48 megapixel camera in the 15, which is great. 00:01:38.640 --> 00:01:44.000 What's notable this time around is that it and the larger sensor Pro offer an improved pixel 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:48.480 binning mode for less than ideal lighting conditions. Instead of simply processing 00:01:48.480 --> 00:01:53.440 four pixels into one and outputting a 12 megapixel image like the 14 Pro did, 00:01:53.440 --> 00:01:58.480 these use the Photonic Engine Pipeline to output 24 megapixel images. 00:01:58.480 --> 00:02:04.800 If I'm picking a phone, I'm not using it for the camera specifically. It's like I'd rather just 00:02:04.800 --> 00:02:10.320 use a camera at that point. Oh, the camera's better, but I'm still never impressed by iPhone cameras. 00:02:10.320 --> 00:02:16.160 With the USB-C port, inclusion of the Dynamic Island, update to an A16 chip, and 48 megapixel 00:02:16.160 --> 00:02:22.080 camera, the iPhone 15 looks really compelling. But I can't shake the gross feeling that the 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:28.880 reason it does is because last year's iPhone 14 was so lackluster. But the Pro wasn't. So how 00:02:28.880 --> 00:02:36.320 does this new one top it? Oh, the titanium. On the iPhone 15 Pro. On the iPhone 15 Pro. 00:02:37.040 --> 00:02:41.600 That was interesting. I mean, it's a whole new material change, but no new design. 00:02:41.600 --> 00:02:48.080 So it's a stronger, lighter material. The ring silent switch is gone. There's an action button 00:02:48.080 --> 00:02:52.880 with haptic feedback that you can use for ring and silent, but also for other things. 00:02:52.880 --> 00:03:00.720 Okay. There's a new A17 Pro 3nm chip with a Pro-class GPU that supports ray tracing 00:03:00.720 --> 00:03:05.280 and will enable Resident Evil Village in 4 and Assassin's Creed to be released 00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:12.960 on the iPhone 15 Pro. Makes no sense, but right. I really don't game on that phone, like. 00:03:12.960 --> 00:03:17.680 I know me neither. I'm sure my Orange Channel colleagues will have more to say about the A17 00:03:17.680 --> 00:03:24.240 Pro chip, but this further makes my point about the Pros pushing ahead. Will a basic iPhone get an 00:03:24.240 --> 00:03:31.200 A17 non-Pro chip next year? And will it support ray tracing like the Pros do now? Pro Max gets a 00:03:31.200 --> 00:03:37.520 special camera bump apart from the Pro, which is a 5x zoom. Yeah, that's cool. Do you care about a 00:03:37.520 --> 00:03:43.920 big zoom? No. What I'm most upset about is that the iPhone mini has been completely dropped from 00:03:43.920 --> 00:03:50.240 the lineup. I was hoping that a $500 13 mini would make for an affordable option between the 00:03:50.240 --> 00:03:57.520 aged SE and mid-sized 13, but alas, it doesn't. The only reasonable explanation I will accept 00:03:57.520 --> 00:04:02.720 is the SE is going to get the mini form factor in the near future. I'm not a huge fan of the 00:04:02.720 --> 00:04:07.520 larger phones. The mini is completely gone. I would just have to buy a 15 and deal with it, 00:04:07.520 --> 00:04:12.160 like a 15 normal. What did you think about the whole environmental thing? I think it's good. 00:04:12.160 --> 00:04:17.680 I like the fact that they are not using leather as well anymore. I love leather cases. No, but 00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:23.040 we need happy cows. No leather watch bands, no leather iPhone cases. And then obviously packaging 00:04:23.040 --> 00:04:28.960 is going to be completely paper as well. Where does manufacturing stand in all of that? Did you 00:04:28.960 --> 00:04:35.120 like that scene with Mother Nature? At the beginning it was kind of weird and funny, and then it was 00:04:35.120 --> 00:04:40.880 like, okay, it's good. The Apple Watch receives the smallest incremental updates of the company's 00:04:40.880 --> 00:04:47.360 entire lineup, but after three generations of Sips systems in a package running the same CPU, 00:04:47.360 --> 00:04:52.720 we finally got a major upgrade with the new S9. It's much faster and gets a neural engine that 00:04:52.720 --> 00:04:58.640 enables on-device Siri processing and hand gestures. So this double tap gesture, so if you 00:04:58.640 --> 00:05:03.360 do this, you can answer and end a phone call. Didn't they already have something like that? 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:08.080 That's what I thought. Gestures on the Apple Watch aren't new. Sarah tried them out when she 00:05:08.080 --> 00:05:14.480 unboxed a Series 7 two years ago, so it's weird they're making a big deal about this today. 00:05:14.480 --> 00:05:19.120 I think, however, the neural processing on the S9 has helped make them reliable enough 00:05:19.200 --> 00:05:24.320 to put on by default. Would you use a gesture like that? I think so. Really? Okay. I feel like 00:05:24.320 --> 00:05:29.120 it's handy. Well, if it works. Do I think that's interesting? No, I don't think that's, I don't 00:05:29.120 --> 00:05:34.400 use the gestures that already exist on the phone. I like the gesture thing, but I don't think it's 00:05:34.400 --> 00:05:38.960 like super worth it, despite it being just because of that. Brighter screens are also the story of 00:05:38.960 --> 00:05:45.120 this event. The Series 9 and even iPhone 15 now can punch up to 2,000 nits outdoor brightness, 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:51.760 which is impressive. However, they're both totally outdone by the 3,000 nits the Apple Watch Ultra 00:05:51.760 --> 00:05:57.760 2 can emit. That's always nice. How will that affect battery life? They save the same. I wasn't 00:05:57.760 --> 00:06:03.600 expecting the Ultra to get upgrades, but for the $800 asking price, it's probably for the best, 00:06:03.600 --> 00:06:08.960 because the people who own them really like them. My husband loves it. Your husband? Really? 00:06:08.960 --> 00:06:16.000 He says he's the best Apple product. What? Really? Yes. Sorry, I'm just a little shook here. 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:22.080 Yeah, I'm an Apple Watch Ultra fan. I'm wearing it right now. I mean, it feels like mine, 00:06:22.080 --> 00:06:27.040 just a tiny bit better. I just like the fact that it has a big screen. There you go. Well, 00:06:27.040 --> 00:06:33.760 it's even brighter now, big and bright. This year's September event ran almost an hour and a half, 00:06:33.760 --> 00:06:38.080 and I don't think it needed to be that long. I'm personally getting a little tired of these 00:06:38.080 --> 00:06:42.480 infomercials and would like the return to the good old days of the live stage event. 00:06:42.480 --> 00:06:50.000 So how would you rate this Apple event? Out of 10? 10 or something. I haven't finished the 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:55.600 entire thing yet. Okay, all right. But like from the things you mentioned and what did I watch, 00:06:57.040 --> 00:07:06.160 let's say like a six? Okay. Do you miss the live stage events? Yes. You prefer them over these 00:07:06.160 --> 00:07:12.240 infomercials? Yes. Me too. They've built the Steve Jobs Theater for a reason, right? Maybe they'll 00:07:12.240 --> 00:07:17.600 use it for the iPhone 16 event. Thanks for holding back last year's Mac Address to make this one seem 00:07:17.600 --> 00:07:22.640 even better. If you're excited about the new iPhone 15 and 15 Pro, give this video a like. And if 00:07:22.640 --> 00:07:28.800 you're a big Apple Watch user, then you might as well subscribe. I'm curious below what features 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:32.240 or devices or things that were announced in Apple's event that I didn't quite touch on. You're 00:07:32.240 --> 00:07:33.920 most excited about.