Victor Marks
This week on the AppleInsider Podcast, Victor and William talk about the new 16-inch MacBook Pro reveal, Phil Schiller's remarks about Chromebooks and the new MacBook Pro keyboard, the rumored iPad Pro and "iPhone SE2," and Facebook using your camera unintentionally.
AppleInsider staffers Victor Marks and William Gallagher discuss:
- The 16-inch MacBook Pro is here! It's got a better keyboard, a better screen, better thermals, and more.
- Phil Schiller has taken to YouTube to talk about the keyboard, and reveals that they asked Pro users what they wanted out of a keyboard. Apple rarely admits to having asked anyone for product development feedback.
- Phil also suggested that Chromebooks are only good for testing in education settings, and if your student doesn't have an iPad, they won't succeed. This is a bad take.
- Senators investigate Goldman Sachs over possible gender discrimination in Apple Card issuance.
- Facebook fixes issue that activated the iPhone rear camera without the user's knowledge.
- Still more rumors about the "iPhone SE2" and iPad Pro, with expected launches in the first half of 2020.
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Show notes:
- Specs compared: Apple's 16-inch MacBook Pro versus the 2019 15-inch MacBook Pro
- The new 16-inch MacBook Pro has the best CPU performance yet — but not by a lot
- Apple's Phil Schiller discusses 16-inch MacBook Pro keyboard design versus Butterfly
- Phil Schiller offers scathing critique of Chromebook, calls it 'cheap testing tool'
- Senators pile on Goldman Sachs over alleged Apple Card bias, bank to offer shared household credit line
- Facebook fixes issue that activated iPhone's camera without user knowledge
- Apple to launch iPad Pro with 3D sensing, 'iPhone SE 2' in first half of 2020
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Not sure the commentary is correct around Google vs Apple in Education. Apple provide Classroom & Schoolwork Apps for iPad the former was released over 3 years ago.
I remember the Fraser Speirs interview also failed to acknowledge Apple’s progress in Education Apps, lack of iTunesU support and a ‘lack’ of cloud-first device management which is a really dated perspective. Closer reading shows he was using Google services from early on and ignoring Apple’s own. Classic services Trojan marketing from Google which did what it was designed to do - facilitate a platform shift.