My Last Vector Video Vector 2020-03-30 | 168 thousand subscribers. 34 million views. 370 videos.All since launching this channel back in 2018. And I couldn’t have done any of it without you. All of you. Which is why I’m both terrified and excited as hell to tell you…This… is my very last Vector.Ok, hear me out: A few weeks ago, well before what’s happening now started happening, I made the decision to leave iMore, the website I’ve been working at for over a decade, and Future PLC, the company that owns it and the Vector channel, and go indie.Yeah, indie. Not to Apple or Google or Twitter or Microsoft, or any of the other major media outlets either. Just indie. Just me. I deeply, truly appreciate what each and every one of you has done for Vector over the last couple of years. You took it from nothing and made it a smart, considerate, vibrant community and in what feels like no time flat. Even if this many videos also feels like basically forever.Now, the Vector channel is staying here with Future. And they have some amazing YouTubers on staff, people I’ve worked with and learned a ton from, like Alex Dobie and Hayato Huseman on Android Central, Daniel Rubino on Windows Central, Kevin Michaluk on CrackBerry, and the inimitable Michael Fisher on The Mr. Mobile.They’re going to keep producing amazing content and I can’t wait to see more of it.I also want to thank everyone at Future Mobile Tech, for helping me do what it is I love so much to do — work my ass off to bring you the very best Apple and related tech coverage on the ‘Net, each day, every day, pretty much all day.And I’ll still be doing just that. Just different.So, if you’ve enjoyed these videos and our conversation as much as I have, and want to keep them going, you’ll still be able to find me @reneritchie on Twitter, Instagram, and starting later this week, right here on YouTube as well: youtube.com/reneritchie.Thank you for watching, time for what's next!
Why Google Podcasts is now on iPhone [Interview] Vector 2020-03-26 | SPONSOR: Watch thousands of documentaries for free for 31 days AND get a free Nebula account by signing up at http://curiositystream.com/vector and using the promo code ‘vector’!Google Podcasts has just arrived on iOS and I sat down with the founder and head of product, Zack Reneau-Wedeen from Google, to find out all about it, and chat all about podcasts in general.Yeah, grab an extra beverage or several!SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/vectorshow?su...LINKS:Zack on Twitter: twitter.com/zackrw Google Podcasts on iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/google-podcasts/id1398000105Google Podcasts on Android: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.podcasts&hl=en_CAMORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchie
iPad Pro (2020) Review Vector 2020-03-24 | SPONSOR: Watch thousands of documentaries for free for 31 days AND get a free Nebula account by signing up at http://curiositystream.com/vector and using the promo code ‘vector’!Back in 2018, Apple didn’t just do what they’ve usually done with new iPads — make them thinner, lighter, and faster. Well, yes, of course they did, but they also did something more. They made them modern, with smaller bezels, Face ID, and a new, magnetic, capacitive Apple Pencil.Like with the iPhone X, it was a once-in-a-decade revolution. So, now, some 18 months later, we’re back to evolution — a wider processor, a second, wider camera, an intriguing new LiDAR scanner, and, coming this May, a full-on new laptop mode thanks to a new, scissor-switch and trackpad powered Magic Keyboard.So, how far has it come in 2020?SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/vectorshow?sub_confirmation=1LINKS:apple.com/macbook-airMORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
MacBook Air (2020) Review Vector 2020-03-23 | SPONSOR: Watch thousands of documentaries for free for 31 days AND get a free Nebula account by signing up at http://curiositystream.com/vector and using the promo code ‘vector’!The MacBook Air, Apple’s most popular Mac, is fully, finally back. And I don’t say that lightly. In October of 2018, Apple brought the Air out of hibernation and gave it a modern makeover. Mostly.It got the updated design, high density, Retina display, and USB-C interface that made the 12-inch MacBook, its once-and-former-successor, so compelling.But, it also inherited the butterfly keyboard, which was meant to be thinner and more stable, but ultimately proved to be divisive and unreliable. It got Intel’s coreM low-power chipset, which was fine for casual and ultra-mobile workflows, but wasn’t up as robust as the former Air’s Core I.And, it was more expensive. Not than the 12-inch or the initial prices of the previous Airs, but than the low, low price the immediately previous Air had dropped to over the years.Now, some 18 months later, Apple is aiming to fix all of that with an even more modern update. Again, mostly.SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/vectorshow?sub_confirmation=1LINKS:apple.com/macbook-airMORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
NEW iPad Pro & MacBook Air Are Here! Vector 2020-03-18 | To end your day smarter every day, go to brilliant.org/vector and sign up for free. First 200 people will also get 20% off the annual Premium subscription.Apple has cried HAVOK and let slip the devices of March. That includes new MacBooks Air, new iPads Pro, a bumped up Mac mini, and new spring colors for Apple Watch bands and iPhone cases.Pretty much everything that was made new back at the October 2018 event has been updated now, today.LINKS:MORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
NEW Powerbeats 4 vs. Powerbeats Pro — Whats the Difference? Vector 2020-03-17 | To end your day smarter every day, go to brilliant.org/vector and sign up for free. First 200 people will also get 20% off the annual Premium subscription.So… what exactly are the new Powerbeats 4 and what do they mean in the age of Powerbeats Pro?Let's take a look!LINKS:MORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
Major iOS 14 Leak Analysis Vector 2020-03-14 | SPONSOR: Watch thousands of documentaries for free for 31 days AND get a free Nebula account by signing up at http://curiositystream.com/vector and using the promo code ‘vector’!So, here’s what seems to have happened: An internal build of iOS 14, which previous reports have pegged as “Azul”, the Spanish or Portuguese word for “blue”, got leaked. Now, this has happened before. Sometimes they were accidentally left and found on the public web, sometimes someone didn’t get what they want or were upset with someone in their reporting chain, so they had a little tantrum and leaked it, and sometimes someone just wants to see the world, and their team’s work, burn.Regardless, these aren’t betas. Those typically come on keynote day in June. These are internal development builds and are made for internal, developer-fused hardware, and require an internal restore process to run. So, when these builds do leak, you need someone who not only understands code, but code diving and reverse engineering to go through the binary and see what clues can be found in icons, text strings, class names, and more.I am not one of those people. I’m the opposite of one of those people. So, if I described any of that wrong, just let me know in the comments.But, that’s basically what just happened with iOS 14 and so we’ve seen an avalanche of blog posts describing what the more tech savvy bloggers have found. Now, it’s important to remember that, depending on how old the build is, some of the features they found might have been deferred and some might not have been added in yet. As I’ve said before, there’s many a slip twixt a list and a ship. So, if come the June keynote, what we get is different than what was leaked, don’t blame Apple. You chose to read the early draft script and that’s never the same as the final film.Cool? Cool. Let’s get into it.SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/vectorshow?sub_confirmation=1LINKS:9to5Mac: 9to5mac.com/guides/ios-14MacRumors: macrumors.com/roundup/ios-14MORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
How Apple Can Save WWDC 2020 (Coronavirus / COVID-19) Vector 2020-03-11 | SPONSOR: Watch thousands of documentaries for free for 31 days AND get a free Nebula account by signing up at http://curiositystream.com/vector and using the promo code ‘vector’!GDC, the game developer’s conference, is canceled. Facebook’s F8 conference is canceled. Geneva Auto Show, canceled. South-by-south west, canceled. Several U.S. states have declared emergencies. Italy is on lockdown. Santa Clara County, Silicon Valley, has effectively issued a short-term ban on events.Now, Apple doesn’t typically pre-announce anything. Not products. Not events. But, that Apple will hold a worldwide developers conference — WWDC — the first week of June each year, every year, was one of the safest bets in tech today. Until today.So, if COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, prevents Apple’s from holding it’s annual macOS, iOS, tvOS, watchOS, and now iPadOS, event, what could the company possibly do instead?SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/vectorshow?sub_confirmation=1LINKSMORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
How Much Will iPhone 12 Cost? Vector 2020-03-09 | SPONSOR: Go to brilliant.org/vector and sign up for FREE. First 200 people also get 20% off the annual Premium subscription!Rumor has it, Apple will be releasing not three new iPhones like last year, not even four new iPhones, but a whopping 5 new iPhones in 2020. Sure, it’s nothing compared to the 879 new phones Samsung will likely release this year, but for Apple, it’s a lot. Like… a lot a lot.So, why?LINKS:MORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
iPhone #BatteryGate: Explained Vector 2020-03-04 | SPONSOR: Go to brilliant.org/vector and sign up for FREE. First 200 people also get 20% off the annual Premium subscription!Apple has tentatively agreed to settle the iPhone BatteryGate class-action lawsuit in the U.S. to the tune of $500 million dollars. This follows a €25 million fine last month. So, how did this all go so wrong for Apple… and why?LINKS:MORE:Shutdowns: imore.com/apple-and-ios-1021-address-unexpected-shutdowns-iphone-6-iphone-6sSlowdowns: imore.com/iphone-slowVector BatteryGate Podcast: imore.com/iphoneslow-what-analysts-and-experts-have-sayApple Settlement: theverge.com/2020/3/2/21161271/apple-settlement-500-million-throttling-batterygate-class-action-lawsuitMerch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
How the iPhone 12 Will Go 5G Vector 2020-03-03 | To end your day smarter every day, go to brilliant.org/vector and sign up for free. First 200 people will also get 20% off the annual Premium subscription.Late last year, after a bunch of petulant pundit hot takes about how the iPhone 11 would be doomed, so very doomed because it didn’t have 5G, I did my best to calmly, rationally explain why those first-generation modems were too hot and power hungry, the networks so few and far between, and the capacity nowhere nearly at mainstream iPhone scale yet.And… the iPhone 11 somehow managed to not only survive without a lick of 5G, but thrive. As in a best-selling. So, yeah, told you so, whatever.But now, this year, the next-generation modems are slightly better, the networks are slightly bigger, and even though 5G is still a mess, rumor has it Apple will be going all-in come the fall.But what does that really mean?LINKS:MORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
The Mac on ARM Vector 2020-02-28 | SPONSOR: Watch thousands of documentaries for free for 31 days AND get a free Nebula account by signing up at http://curiositystream.com/vector and using the promo code ‘vector’!Speculation about Apple transitioning some or all of its Mac computer lineup from Intel to Arm is running hot and heavy again following an off-hand rumor by supply chain exfiltrator extraordinaire, Kuo Ming-Chi earlier this week.I’ve already done a whole video on how Steve Jobs’ famous keynote announcing the previous PowerPC to Intel transition could be replayed almost note by note for an Intel to ARM transition. Hit subscribe to see all of it. So, now I want to touch on what happens next: The transition itself.SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/vectorshow?sub_confirmation=1LINKSThe MacBook ARM: youtube.com/watch?v=VObg5BiXx6IMORE: Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
The iPhone Flip Vector 2020-02-27 | SPONSOR: Watch thousands of documentaries for free for 31 days AND get a free Nebula account by signing up at http://curiositystream.com/vector and using the promo code ‘vector’!The Samsung Galaxy Flip is the original iPhone of foldables. That’s what some people have been saying and… ah… I mean I get it. Well, first, no, it totally isn’t. But I get it. I get the allure of of flipping phones. I’ve done umpteen videos about them. Hit subscribe and you can see all of them. They’re new. They're fun. They’re different. At least so far, because there are only a few of them out right now. In a few years, I expect there won’t just be many but generations of many, so they won’t be so new or so different anymore, but they’ll still be fun, and they’ll still be welcome by people who want a big screen that isn’t so big in their pocket or bag.That’s what happened before, right? Back in the days of feature phones or dumb phones or whatever you want to call them, both candy bar and flip phones were super common. There was nothing new or novel about either, you just weighed the trade-offs and got the one you wanted. Smartphones obliterated that for a while. Turning candy bars into slabs and flips into memories, at least for a while.Now, during that period, the iPhone was the paradigm shift. The moment when smartphones went from the early adopters of Treo and BlackBerry and Windows Phone, to the mainstream acceptance of, yeah, iPhone. And yeah, sure, the iPhone was still limited in so many ways, but all the ingredients were finally there. So much so, even if you didn’t upgrade the next year, you still got the App Store and everything else that defined the modern smartphone for the next few years.And the Galaxy Flip just isn’t any of that. Not yet. It’s closer akin to the Treo 680 or BlackBerry Curve or whatever you want to call the refinement of the early adoption device. When the huge honking antennas went away and we were pretty much at peak PDA pager phone.That took years, so it’s incredibly impressive Samsung got from the Fold to the Flip in just months. But even the Flip, as improved as it is, an early adopter device. And, I’m going to say again what I said before — no one should be buying them just yet. No one who doesn’t have money to burn or is making content to earn.No one who plans on buying and keeping one single phone for the next 3-5 years and need it to last that long and well. If that’s you, you should still stay far, far away.But the concept itself is still super intriguing to me. The iPhone of flip phones. To get to that, to be that — the iPhone Flip — what exactly would it take?SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/vectorshow?sub_confirmation=1LINKSMr. Mobile's Samsung Galaxy Flip Review: youtube.com/watch?v=rxf5WIBSYT0Mr. Mobile's Moto RAZR Review: youtube.com/watch?v=zDYp1DK3chYMORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
How Apple Can Save the HomePod in 2020 Vector 2020-02-25 | SPONSOR: Watch thousands of documentaries for free for 31 days AND get a free Nebula account by signing up at http://curiositystream.com/vector and using the promo code ‘vector’!Seven years ago or so, when Apple first started working on the HomePod, they just wanted to make a great sounding speaker that you could drop anywhere in a room and that would sound great no matter where you dropped it or where you were standing to listen to it.They were investing heavily into building up their audio engineering team and delving deeply into the concepts around computational audio. Hardware and software tightly integrated together. Apple’s forte. So what could possibly go wrong?Well, in the time it took Apple to bring the HomePod to market, the market had changed. Amazon had shipped the Echo with Alexa, Google had begun replicating them, and, it turns out, Apple had brought a premium speaker to a commodity assistant market.There have been a couple of software updates since, but nothing that set fire to the HomePod like the early, heady days of the iPhone, iPad, Watch, probably even Apple TV.So, what can Apple do now? How can the HomePod be fixed?SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/vectorshow?sub_confirmation=1LINKSMORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
iPhone CarKeys Are Coming! Vector 2020-02-22 | Go to http://brilliant.org/vector and get 20% off your annual premium subscription!Earlier this month, 9to5Mac found code in the iOS 13.4 beta for a CarKey API, or application programming interface. CarKey seems to be a system that will allow your iPhone or Apple Watch to lock, unlock, even start your car… if your car has NFC and the manufacturer partners with Apple to make it all just work.And… it sounds great. Terrific even. But it also still sounds so limited compared to the Apple Watch future I’ve been dreaming about for over half a decade.Why? Let's get into it!LINKS:9to5Mac: 9to5mac.com/2020/02/05/new-carkey-feature-in-ios-13-4-beta-brings-built-in-support-for-unlocking-driving-and-sharing-nfc-car-keysMacRumors: macrumors.com/2020/02/19/carkey-feature-digital-keys-messages-appMORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
Why Apple is DOOMED. Finally. Again*. Vector 2020-02-19 | Go to http://brilliant.org/vector and get 20% off your annual premium subscription!* Earlier this week, Apple released and investor update on quarterly guidance for Q2, 2020. In other words, the revenue and other financial projections they’d given last quarter to set expectations for this quarter.Apple is getting out ahead here, one of the first first major American companies to do so. They won’t be the last.The reason for the update was COVID-19, commonly referred to as the Coronavirus, and — in addition to its terrible impact on communities and people in China — on Apple’s production and retail operations therein.I have to say it that way because, unfortunately, because this isn’t a gotcha moment for hot takes on how Apple and big tech have put themselves at risk by becoming overly dependent on China. Just like aliens invading South Bay wouldn’t be a gotcha moment for hot takes on how overly dependent many of those companies are on Silicon Valley.We can cover the industry and still be human.Now, while Apple said they will no longer meet the previously projected guidance, and that iPhone supply shortages will temporarily affect revenues worldwide, and that store closures would affect retail demand in China, Apple did not provide any new numbers.So, to help understand what’s going on and where it’s all going, I’ve got one of the best financial analysts on the planet on the line. Above Avalon’s Neil Cybart.LINKS:Apple update: apple.com/newsroom/2020/02/investor-update-on-quarterly-guidanceNeil Cybart on Twitter: twitter.com/neilcybartAbove Avalon: aboveavalon.comCybart on Apple guidance: aboveavalon.com/dailypremiumupdate/2020/2/18/apple-removes-2q20-guidance-due-to-coronavirusMORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
What iPhone 12 Should STEAL from Galaxy S20 Vector 2020-02-18 | Go to http://brilliant.org/vector and get 20% off their annual Premium subscription!Samsung has just announced the new Galaxy S20 Ultra and it's got a few features I'd just love Apple to steal for the iPhone 12.LINKS:Vyyyper's list: youtube.com/watch?v=g-SGCbESxcUMORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
Where is the iPhone Flip? Vector 2020-02-15 | SPONSOR: Watch thousands of documentaries for free for 31 days AND get a free Nebula account by signing up at http://curiositystream.com/vector and using the promo code ‘vector’!A year ago, I made a video about how foldable devices were the future. Or at least a big part of it.After all, the history of human technology was the history of foldables. From books to wallets, we humans just love to fold everything, including our clothes and our food.I even mocked up folding iPhone concepts in Photoshop that look a lot like what the Modern Moto Razr and just-announced Samsung Flip turned out to look like.And, now, because those phones are coming out, people are wondering out loud — Where is Apple's iPhone Flip?So, where is it?SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/vectorshow?sub_confirmation=1LINKSApple Foldabes: youtube.com/watch?v=WMBzeV2FtD0MORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
Swift Playgrounds for Mac is Here! Vector 2020-02-13 | I unabashedly love Apple’s education initiatives. It’s a type of accessibility. Of making technology more available and approachable to more and more people. And, yeah, sure, Apple will sell you an iPad for 300 bucks or an iPhone for 700 or a MacBook for 1100, or whatever, but Apple also makes tons of educational content available for free to people and schools, and training through curriculum and at Apple Retail Stores, all for everyone and all for free. As in, you don’t have to spend a dime on it. It’s what I mean when I talk about the value of something being fundamentally different from the cost. It’s something that I think gets lost in the vast majority of coverage. And it’s why I’m incredibly grateful you all help me make videos like these to try and do something about it.SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/vectorshow?sub_confirmation=1LINKSSwift Playgrounds: apple.com/swift/playgroundsMORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
Future of Apple Watch — watchOS 7 Wishlist Vector 2020-02-12 | SPONSOR: Watch thousands of documentaries for free for 31 days AND get a free Nebula account by signing up at http://curiositystream.com/vector and using the promo code ‘vector’!I’ve done a bunch of videos now saying why I think the Apple Watch is the most important device Apple has ever made, the most important consumer electronics device ever made, and basically the gadget of the last damn decade. Because it saves lives by design.A lot of the credit for that goes to watchOS — the software that drives the watch hardware. It’s what’s given us those life saving features like heart rate notifications, fall detection, and the ECG app.And, while the current watchOS 6 bits are, of course, the best ones yet, there’s still a lot more I’d live to see with watchOS 7.SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/vectorshow?sub_confirmation=1LINKSMORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
Galaxy S20 vs. iPhone — From the Android Expert! Vector 2020-02-11 | SPONSOR: Watch thousands of documentaries for free for 31 days AND get a free Nebula account by signing up at http://curiositystream.com/vector and using the promo code ‘vector’!Samsung has just announced its new flagship phone for this spring — or phones, rather — the Galaxy S20, S20+, and the all new, all ultra premium, Galaxy S20 ultra.And, to talk all about them, I’ve got one of the smartest people in the industry on the line, managing editor of Android Central on the line, Daniel Bader.SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/vectorshow?sub_confirmation=1LINKSDaniel Bader: twitter.com/journeydanGalaxy S20 Hands-On: youtube.com/watch?v=bN2u9JE5HBA&feature=youtu.beGalaxy S20 on Android Central: androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s20-previewMORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
Why the iPhone Killed BlackBerry Vector 2020-02-06 | The first 500 people to use this link will get 2 free months of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/vector21 https://skl.sh/vector21BlackBerry, the real Canadian atoms and bits BlackBerry, died years ago. This week, the Chinese bits and American atoms that briefly reanimated it finally gave up the ghost as well. As a Canadian, I was heartbroken then and still am now. Instead of a wake, instead of pouring one out, though, I want to take this opportunity to look back at what happened to the once industry leader, the titan, and more importantly — why. Apple found unprecedented mainstream success with the iPod. 1000 songs in our pockets was just the beginning. But Steve Jobs never made the mistake of confusing Apple’s products for its business. And he knew the iPod was just a product. The iPod was the smash hit of its time, to be sure, but time is relentless. Something was coming for it. Something that was more than just a product. A convergence. The phone combined with the mobile internet and, yes, with the MP3 player. An existential threat.So, Jobs turned Apple towards the iPhone. And, at that moment, that very moment, BlackBerry was ended. We just didn’t know it yet.SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/vectorshow?sub_confirmation=1LINKSMORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
Over-Ear AirPods Studio Pro Rumor Analysis Vector 2020-02-05 | The first 500 people to use this link will get 2 free months of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/vector21 https://skl.sh/vector21In 2016 we got the truly wireless EarPods-like AirPods. In 2017… make that 2018… we got the room-filling HomePod. In 2019, 2nd generation AirPods and, right at the end of the year, the in-ear AirPods Pro. Now, rumor has it, we may just be getting truly wireless over-the-ear headphones from Apple. StudioPods or AirPods Studio Pro, or whatever Apple ends up calling them..So, could they be… and why?SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/vectorshow?sub_confirmation=1LINKSMORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
Apple March Event 2020 Preview: iPhone 9, iPad Pro, AirTags, Watch, and more! Vector 2020-02-03 | While you're waiting for Apple's March 2020 event, the first 500 people to use this link will get 2 free months of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/vector21 https://skl.sh/vector21Apple doesn’t always hold March events. But when it does… 2015 brought us ResearchKit, the 12-inch MacBook, and the launch of the Apple Watch. 2016 was CareKit, the iPhone SE and 9.7-inch iPad Pro 2018 was an updated entry-level iPad, Everyone Can Code, and a series Education-centric announcements. 2019 was Apple News+, Apple Card, Apple Arcade, and Apple TV+, with new iPads Air and mini, and AirPods 2 moved into separate announcements to keep it all about the services.This year, given all the concerns and closures in China surrounding the coronavirus, even if Apple originally wanted to hold a March event in 2020, it may not be able to. But, if Apple does and there are no significant delays, if Apple holds either in one big event or a series of smaller releases, just what may Apple have in store for us this spring?SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/vectorshow?sub_confirmation=1LINKSiPhone 9 Rumor Analysis: youtube.com/watch?v=_zconFiRE8MiPad Pro 2020 Rumor Analysis: youtube.com/watch?v=gfiATzMNmlgAirTags Rumor Analysis: youtube.com/watch?v=iRoE2h537RgMORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
iPad Multitasking Fix for iPadOS 14 (iOS 14) Vector 2020-01-31 | Go to http://brilliant.org/vector and get 20% off their annual Premium subscription!Since this week marked the 10 year anniversary of the iPad, it brought up a lot of praise and a lot of criticism from a lot of people, and the multi-window multitasking interactions were chief among them.So, what can be done about them?LINKS:MORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
WRONG About iPhone 11 Vector 2020-01-30 | Go to http://brilliant.org/vector and get 20% off their annual Premium subscription!The iPhone 11 is going to be so boring. So iterative. A real yawner. A let down. You don’t need it. Totally. Completely. Must skip. Facepalm emoji dash thumbnail.That was *not* an uncommon narrative last year when iPhone 11 rumors started making the rounds. Hell, even once it was announced.Now, just four months later, Apple has released its first quarter, 2020 financial results and, well…OK Doomers.LINKS:MORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
iPhone Multi-Cam Recording — FiLMiC DoubleTake is here! Vector 2020-01-28 | Go to http://brilliant.org/vector and get 20% off their annual Premium subscription!Back in September, Apple invited FiLMiC up on the big iPhone 11 event stage to show off something pretty damn incredible: multi-cam video capture.It wasn’t quite ready to ship back then. But it is now.I got to spend an hour or so talking to Filmic and watching their demos, and a couple days shooting with DoubleTake on my own.And here are my first impressions!LINKS:DoubleTake on the App Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/doubletake-by-filmic-pro/id1478041592MORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
Secret History of iPad Vector 2020-01-27 | Go to http://brilliant.org/vector and get 20% off their annual Premium subscription!10-years ago, on January 27, 2010, Steve Jobs announced a third category of device in the middle, something that’s between a laptop and a smartphone.Something that had to be better as browsing, email, photos, video, music, gaming, and eBooks. Something that had to be… the iPad.And this is its history and secret origin.LINKS:Secret History of iPhone: youtube.com/watch?v=CNUO_1iMsJ4MORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
Why You STILL Can’t Watch 4K YouTube on Apple Vector 2020-01-24 | SPONSOR: Watch thousands of documentaries for free for 31 days AND get a free Nebula account by signing up at http://curiositystream.com/vector and using the promo code ‘vector’!It’s 2020 and I still can’t watch 4K YouTube on almost any of my Apple stuff. I can watch 4K almost everything else, from iTunes to Netflix to Disney+ to Vimeo, just not YouTube. And I can watch 4K YouTube on almost everything else, from Roku to Amazon to ChromeCast, just not my Apple stuff.So, why, and more importantly, when’s it all just going to be fixed?SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/vectorshow?sub_confirmation=1LINKSMORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
Did Apple KILL iCloud Backup Encryption for the FBI? Vector 2020-01-22 | SPONSOR: Watch thousands of documentaries for free for 31 days AND get a free Nebula account by signing up at http://curiositystream.com/vector and using the promo code ‘vector’!Reuters detonated a huge controversy in the Apple and security spaces yesterday with this headline — Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained - sources.So, let's dive into it.SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/vectorshow?sub_confirmation=1LINKSReuters: reuters.com/article/us-apple-fbi-icloud-exclusive-idUSKBN1ZK1CTMORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
The Evil Cult of Apple Vector 2020-01-21 | SPONSOR: Watch thousands of documentaries for free for 31 days AND get a free Nebula account by signing up at http://curiositystream.com/vector and using the promo code ‘vector’!Is Apple evil? Yes. Of course. 100%.But in a far more dangerous way than the cliched, cartoonish, contorted new Evil List article in Slate suggests. SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/vectorshow?sub_confirmation=1LINKSApple's biggest danger: China, Russia, and Trump: youtube.com/watch?v=NvyLWIv2TGINew iPhone repair program: youtube.com/watch?v=emIEXHDvF-QMORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
Cinematic Color Grading RAW in Final Cut Pro X Vector 2020-01-20 | SPONSOR: Watch thousands of documentaries for free for 31 days AND get a free Nebula account by signing up at http://curiositystream.com/vector and using the promo code ‘vector’!Late last year, I upgraded the main camera I use for filming these videos to the Canon C200. A cinema camera, which means one built specifically for shooting video. Not a still camera that also shoots video.There were a bunch of reasons for this, which I can get into in another video if you’re interested, but the biggest for me was the ability to run XLR mics straight into the camera instead of having to use intermediary interfaces and recorders, and the ability to get a picture that looks pretty close to an Arri system but for like one tenth the price.At first, I just stuck with my usual workflow. I’m a big believer in first learn walk, then learn fly. So, I recorded standard MP4 to an SD card, color corrected it, and that was pretty much it.But, one of the best things about the C200 is that it can shoot in RAW. Which, just like RAW in photography, captures a ton more information so you not only get a better quality recording, you preserve a ton more options for color correction and grading.So, I talked to a ton of experts, I watched a ton of videos, and got ready to make the switch and start recording RAW to CFast cards. But, a lot of the workflows I’d heard and found involved Adobe Premiere or, even more frequently, DaVinci Resolve and I… I just don’t like either of their interfaces. I use, like and really wanted to stay inside Final Cut Pro X. So, I adapted, I tested, I tweaked, I iterated, and I shared a lot of work in progress on Twitter and Insta, where a lot of you were kind of enough to give me feedback. And also ask a lot of questions about the workflow I was putting together. Questions I couldn’t really answer until I had something I felt was at least a little consistent. Until now.SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/vectorshow?sub_confirmation=1LINKSTyler Stalman: youtube.com/user/tylerstalmanCrimson Engine: youtube.com/watch?v=vLg98fMDF1sColor Grading Central: youtube.com/watch?v=3knEuczkh6cMondoBytes: youtube.com/watch?v=I10EzIxZ8vwThomas Frank: youtube.com/thomasfrankDave Wiskus: youtube.com/heresthebadversionMORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
iPadOS 14 — What Comes Next [Wishlist] Vector 2020-01-17 | Go to http://brilliant.org/vector and get 20% off their annual Premium subscription!This time last year we had new, incredibly powerful iPad Pro hardware, but what we didn’t have was the iOS software to truly unlock all of its potential. iOS 12 had been, in large part, a performance and stability release, and I loved that. Loved it so much I’m going to repeat the need to repeat it every year basically ad nauseam Infinitum until it happens.But, we were missing things. Especially things that would let the iPad be the iPad. I’d been asking for an iPadOS for like 5 years. Something that would keep the iOS underpinnings but let the experience be as unique, the way the watch and TV had been treated basically since launch. And… just when I’d all but given up hope, Apple gave it to us. iPadOS. Along with many of the features many of us had been asking for since Steve Jobs had first sat down with it in that big comfy chair.Most of the features… but not all of them, and not all the way.Just the other day I made a video about the return to focus on reliability and performance enhancements, and a few new features I’d love to see in iOS 14 for the iPhone.Now, I’m going to roll right into the iPad.LINKS:iPadOS wishlist: youtube.com/watch?v=hbxnYCeQdKciOS 14 wishlist: youtube.com/watch?v=MsvADzDJ-RAMORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
iPhone 9 Preview Analysis Vector 2020-01-15 | Go to http://brilliant.org/vector and get 20% off their annual Premium subscription!Recently, there have been a few more spoilers around Apple’s next less expensive iPhone. What’s previously been referred to as the iPhone SE 2 or, more recently, the iPhone 9.And… even though I’ve already done a whole video explaining what I think it’ll be and why, there still seems to be some confusion out there around both of those things.So, I’m going to try again… but different. Instead of rehashing the rumors, I’m going to go through what I think the actual announcements will be. And, hopefully, that’ll cut down on the expectational debt and make things just a little clearer.MORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
iOS 14 Major Changes for the Future of iPhone [Wishlist] Vector 2020-01-14 | Go to http://brilliant.org/vector and get 20% off their annual Premium subscription!This time last year, we were coming off one of the biggest performance and stability releases in Apple’s history with iOS 12. It was so stable and performant, the betas felt better than some previous shipping versions.But, hardware like the iPhone XS and especially the iPad Pro made it clear Apple needed to amp up the functionally and fill in many of the still-missing features.Enter iOS 13 and its offshoot, iPadOS 13, which brought a ton of exactly that functionality and those feature fills. But it came at the price of stability, resulting in a beta worse than some internal builds and a release that wasn’t even a fully baked beta.So, rather than do my usual wish list for iOS 14, I’m going to do exactly what I’ve asked Apple to do — make iOS 12 the new normal. Split focus between paying down the technical debt and adding a restrained amount of new features.That means I’m going to be just as restrained in my pull list, and request only those new features and functions that I think will make a real difference this year… but without too much disruption.And I’m going to start with the iPhone.LINKS:iOS 13 Wishlist: youtube.com/watch?v=cZdS5j_hYiAFixing iOS bugs: youtube.com/watch?v=tJADpbmp48YMORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
FBI vs. Apple — The Privacy Fight Vector 2020-01-11 | SPONSOR: Watch thousands of documentaries for free for 31 days AND get a free Nebula account by signing up at http://curiositystream.com/vector and using the promo code ‘vector’!Law enforcement agencies across the globe make requests for data from Apple and other tech companies all the time. So “all the time”, there are processes in place to handle them. They are… routine.But, every once in awhile, specific cases still show up in the papers. They’re the most sensational, horrible, heart-breaking, flag-waving cases, and the papers lap them up, few questions asked, and the people who then read the stories get all riled up.Which is, I think, is the entire point of getting those stories into the papers to begin with.And we're starting to see it again now.Apple already fought the FBI over encryption and back doors once, a few years ago. The FBI folded. But are they gearing up to go after encryption again?SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/vectorshow?sub_confirmation=1LINKSRight to remain private: youtube.com/watch?v=X7AAbtGFl2sMORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
Future of iPhone Cameras Vector 2020-01-10 | SPONSOR: Watch thousands of documentaries for free for 31 days AND get a free Nebula account by signing up at http://curiositystream.com/vector and using the promo code ‘vector’!Last year, I asked for three main things when it came to iPhone 11 photography: An ultra-wide camera, a Night Mode, and Portrait Video. And, yeah, to fix the weird skin tones and textures in Smart HDR.We didn’t get Portrait Video but 3 out of 4 wasn’t just not bad, it was enough to convince all the doomsayers, boreds now, and must-skippers out there that the iPhone 11 and its cameras were far closer to must have.You know, something anyone watching this channel had known long before they were even announced. But time and expectations are relentless, and while it sounds like what we’re getting this year with the iPhone 12 will be the time-of-flight sensor and augmented reality camera — basically True Depth on the back — I’ve been hearing about and looking forward to seeing for a few years now, there are still lots of other things Apple could do to improve and round out iPhone photographer, even if it’s in years to come.SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/vectorshow?sub_confirmation=1LINKSMKBHD: youtube.com/watch?v=Jp8bBZHDULAOnePlus Concept One: youtube.com/watch?v=Nywzq1Bi6sESamsung Galaxy S10 Lite: youtube.com/watch?v=EUFnOekNddEMORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
Samsung Galaxy vs. Apple iPhone (Early 2020) Vector 2020-01-07 | SPONSOR: Watch thousands of documentaries for free for 31 days AND get a free Nebula account by signing up at http://curiositystream.com/vector and using the promo code ‘vector’!We’re not even a week into 2020 and Samsung has not announced a couple of new phones already, but an event to announce even more new phones.And… its worth taking a look at, both from a Samsung and an Apple point of view.SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/vectorshow?sub_confirmation=1LINKSMORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
Whats REALLY Wrong with Apple HomeKit in 2020 Vector 2020-01-06 | SPONSOR: Watch thousands of documentaries for free for 31 days AND get a free Nebula account by signing up at http://curiositystream.com/vector and using the promo code ‘vector’!CES — formerly known as the consumer electronics show — is kicking off this week in Las Vegas. On display and behind closed doors will be everything every manufacturer and store thinks we’re going to want to buy come the big holiday shopping season at the end of the year.iMore, Windows Central, Android Central, Cord Cutters, MrMobile — all my colleagues are there covering it right now, so keep it locked to all their links-in-the-description for the best, worst, and just plain weirdest of the show. Last year, I did a while video on what I thought was going to be the coolest new HomeKit… kit of the year. But, some of the stuff I was most looking forward to still seems MIA. So, rather than rinse and repeat that this year, especially in light of some recent announcements, I figured I should step back and take a bigger, more pictured look at where HomeKit is and where I think it needs to be in 2020.SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/vectorshow?sub_confirmation=1LINKSWhy Apple should make their own Home devices: youtube.com/watch?v=EE3KtkVM7mMMORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
iPhone 12, Apple Watch 6, mini-LED Pro — Everything Apple for 2020 Vector 2020-01-03 | SPONSOR: Get 2 months of unlimited access to thousands of SkillShare classes for free! Just go to https://skl.sh/vector202019 is over. Everything that would ship did ship. And now it’s time to let the past die. Kill it if you have to. It's the only way for all of us to get what comes next.Wait, no, that sounds so nihilistic. And I’m, like, so totally optimistic about what this year could bring. So, let’s go over it all.SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/vectorshow?sub_confirmation=1LINKSiPad Pro (2020): youtube.com/watch?v=gfiATzMNmlgiPhone SE 2: youtube.com/watch?v=0rQFMKFkGgIiPhone 12: youtube.com/watch?v=aVXRrOXDvxIPotential new Macs: youtube.com/watch?v=AEx_9FFNJ9IPotential new iOS devices: youtube.com/watch?v=JuQTUgnLTmAMORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
Future of iPhone: Apples Next Ten Years Vector 2020-01-02 | SPONSOR: Get 2 months of unlimited access to thousands of SkillShare classes for free! Just go to https://skl.sh/vector20When Steve Jobs announced the original iPhone in 2007, the first big leap forward, it was made possible by the confluence of several rapidly emerging technologies — capacitive multitouch, ubiquitous mobile data networks, and miniaturized computing.All of these technologies existed prior to the iPhone but they’d never been brought together before in anything as polished or approachable as the iPhone.Evolution followed revolution, and over the course of the last decade we got high density displays, Siri, LTE and Lightning, custom 64-bit silicon and Touch ID, extensibility and continuity, Apple Watch and AirPods, computational photography and audio, inductive charging and shortcuts.When Tim Cook announced the iPhone X in 2017, the second big leap forward, it packaged together new technologies like bendable OLED displays, depth and Face ID-sensing cameras, and neural engine blocks, but it also jettisoned the fundamental interactive element of the previous decade, the Home button, and replaced it with a new, more direct, gesture navigation system. Extreme dynamic range and spatial audio and WiFi 6 and ultra-wide-band followed, but looking back is never as exhilarating as looking forward. And that’s what I really want to talk about today. Not what what was, but what will be. Not this year but for the next 10 years to come. Sure, we have iPhone 12 coming up, and 5G, but beyond that, we have an even greater confluence of technologies, rapidly emerging, that when taken together that could make for an even bigger third leap forward. With iPhone XX.No… seriously.SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/vectorshow?sub_confirmation=1LINKSThe future of AirPods: youtube.com/watch?v=FrCpL7nvIYUThe future of Foldables: youtube.com/watch?v=WMBzeV2FtD0The future of authentication: youtube.com/watch?v=iMVCbRrZgbEMORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
iPad Pro (2020) Rumor Analysis Vector 2019-12-30 | SPONSOR: Get 2 months of unlimited access to thousands of SkillShare classes for free! Just go to https://skl.sh/vector20Back in October of 2018, Apple introduced a totally new, totally redesigned iPad Pro. It deleted a lot of the bezels, making the 12.9-inch model smaller and letting the 10.5-inch model expand to 11-inches. They lost the headphone jack, which sucked, but also swapped out Lightning for USB-C, which was terrific. And they topped it all off with the monstrous A12X processor, which pretty much made any machine with an Intel Core M just break down and cry.But, that was then, this is now. Apple went all of 2019 without an iPad Pro update. So, what does that leave — and what does that mean — for 2020?SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/vectorshow?sub_confirmation=1LINKSComing soon in the blog postMORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
Apple TV+ vs. Disney+ Review: One Season Later (No Spoilers) Vector 2019-12-27 | SPONSOR: Go to dashlane.com/vector to get a FREE 30-day trial of Dashlane Premium and use code “vector” to save 10%!Both Apple and Disney announced new streaming video services this year and they couldn’t have been more different. Apple promised a few old favorites, like Peanuts and Oprah, but mostly all-new originals with huge names like Jennifer Aniston and Jason Mamoa attached, budgets the would take us into the future and, through alternate timelines, the moon again, and with some astronomical, aspirations attached, because there was absolutely no catalog content to fall back on.Disney was all about the franchises, including new Star Wars and Marvel shows, and returns to High School musicals, but also less-expected originals like Imagineers and Jeff Goldblum, and with a back catalog that conservatively includes, when you add in Disney proper, Pixar, Muppets, Fox, and National Geographic, about 85% of all of our childhoods.Now, both of them have launched and are just finishing up the first 8-episode seasons of their first originals and, no spoilers, but it’s enough to figure out where they are and where they’re likely going.SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/vectorshow?sub_confirmation=1LINKSMORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
iPhone Fold, Pro mini, iBook, iPad Studio, HomeBar, TV Stick: Where Are Apples Missing Devices? Vector 2019-12-26 | SPONSOR: Go to dashlane.com/vector to get a FREE 30-day trial of Dashlane Premium and use code “vector” to save 10%!Over the last 18-months we’ve gotten new iPads Pro, new iPhones Pro, and new Apple Watches with always-on displays. By any metric, this is Apple’s best lineup of product ever. But, as slam dunk as some of these products are — they’re still not all the products. Even now, at the end of the decade, there are still some pretty big gaps across the iPhone, iPad, iPod — yeah, I said it — HomePod, Apple Watch, and Apple TV lineups. So, since I covered the missing Macs in one of last week’s videos, I’m going to strap on my destiny prognostication engine, Escaflowne style, and cover all the missing iOS and iOS-offshoot devices in this video.SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/vectorshow?sub_confirmation=1LINKSFoldable Apple Devices: youtube.com/watch?v=WMBzeV2FtD0Missing Macs: youtube.com/watch?v=AEx_9FFNJ9IMissing HomePods: youtube.com/watch?v=FgCEWYDvnp8MORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
Apple Watch 5 vs. Apple Watch 3 — Which Should You Buy? Vector 2019-12-24 | SPONSOR: Go to dashlane.com/vector to get a FREE 30-day trial of Dashlane Premium and use code “vector” to save 10%!The Apple Watch is different. There’s no Air version or Pro version. No mini and no Max. Not really. You don’t spec one based on storage size or memory size, number of cameras or cores. There are simply two display sizes, small and large, and a variety of different materials, from aluminum to ceramic, steel to titanium. And, if an Apple Watch Series 5 is just too much for you, there’s an Apple Watch Series 3 to get you started.So, you choose your size, you choose your material, and then you’re off and pairing with your bands. Right? Well, yeah, but there’s still a lot to unpack even in those simple sounding choices. So, whether you’re still waiting to pick up your first or next Apple Watch, or you’ve just gotten a new one and you’re wondering if you should exchange it for a different model, let’s just break it all down.SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/vectorshow?sub_confirmation=1LINKSApple Watch 5 Review: youtube.com/watch?v=OvKYSLOOlQcApple Watch 5 One Month Later: youtube.com/watch?v=StzLSbnARRQApple Watch 3 in 2019: youtube.com/watch?v=Mtq8eeAx-8sMORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
16-inch MacBook Pro Review: One Month Later Vector 2019-12-23 | Get 2 months of unlimited access to thousands of SkillShare classes for free! Just go to https://skl.sh/vector19I’ve been using the 16-inch MacBook Pro since Apple announced them roughly one month ago this week. In that time, I’ve also significantly updated how I make these videos. Not only have I re-arranged that wall behind me so I have more room to store all the gear I’ve gone back to, but I’ve upgraded the lighting as well, so it’s more balanced and flexible. I switched from the Panasonic GH-5 to the Canon C200 a while ago and I’ve recently started shooting in c-long, which provides slightly more dynamic range but requires color grading to go from flat to phat. Even flirting with RAW lite, which has all the dynamic range but requires far more in terms of resources to process. That’s where the 16-inch MacBook Pro comes in. Yeah, not the new Mac Pro. I looked. I longed. I FOMO YOLO’d. But, in the cold hard light of workloads and budgets, I ended up sticking with the 16-inch MacBook Pro. Why?SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/vectorshow?sub_confirmation=1LINKSComing soon in the blog postMORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
Apple Watch 5 Review: Three Months Later Vector 2019-12-21 | Get 2 months of unlimited access to thousands of SkillShare classes for free! Just go to https://skl.sh/vector19I’ve been using the Apple Watch Series 5 since just after Apple introduced it back in September of this year. In that time, I’ve used it awake and asleep, at home and while traveling, for movie tickets and boarding passes, to track physical activity and hydration, to control my home and stay in touch with the people I love, and to demonstrate its safety features probably more often than I should.And, I’ve come to a few conclusions in that time. I know, I know — conclusions are supposed to come at the end of a re-review, and not at the beginning, but just give this to me this one time.It took Apple 5 years to nail the original iPhone concept. It would have been 4, but the new antenna system was better enough to push it to 5 for me.I likewise, it took Apple 5 years to nail the original Watch concept. It also would have been 4, but the always-on display was, again, pivotal enough to push it for me.In my Apple Watch Series 5 review, I said that the addition of always-on took it from being the best smartwatch in the world to being the best damn watch period. And, three months later, I stand by that. Absolutely. 100 percent.But, it’s also something more: Not just the best watch of the year, but the best gadget of the decade. Wait. I can feel your fingers just slamming into those comments. So, just wait.I know some of you will argue the iPad, and that’s a really close second for me. But it’s more of an escalation when it comes to ultra-personal computing, not a revelation. Same for the iPhone 4 or 4s. Others will argue Alexa or Tesla, but those are still limited and problematic in as many ways as they’re miraculous. Still others, maybe AirPods, but I think those really have their most important decade ahead of them.The Apple Watch was not only born smack dab in the middle of this decade, but constantly iterated and improved over the last five years with better performance, connectivity, edge-to-edgier display, and now… an always-on display. All of which are important. But more importantly. Most importantly. It does something no other piece of personal computing technology has done before, specifically, purposefully — it saves lives.PCs, phones, tablets, all of them can and are used to save lives, of course, every day. But the Apple Watch was designed to save lives. It’s a main area of focus, a primary function, an industry-leading technology-as-health-empowerment. Not just heart-rate monitoring. Not just fall detection. Not just all the research projects. Not just ECG or International SOS. Not any one feature but all of them. All… by… design. Which, to me, makes it stand out above and beyond, even by and from the company that gave us the iPhone.And that’s why the Apple Watch, from inception to current culminating in Series 5, is the gadget of the decade, and the most important device Apple has ever made.But… that doesn’t mean there aren’t still aspects left for me to complain about. The opposite, in fact. Because that’s what’ll lead Apple Watch to get even better in the next decade.SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/vectorshow?sub_confirmation=1LINKSApple Watch 5 Review: youtube.com/watch?v=OvKYSLOOlQcApple Watch 5 One Month Later: youtube.com/watch?v=StzLSbnARRQApple Watch 3 in 2019: youtube.com/watch?v=Mtq8eeAx-8sMORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
xMac, 14 MacBook Pro, 16 MacBook Air, iMac XDR: Where Are Apples Missing Macs? Vector 2019-12-18 | Get 2 months of unlimited access to thousands of SkillShare classes for free! Just go to https://skl.sh/vector19Apple’s really been bringing the fire over the last couple of years. A lot of products that had fallen off the radar, or simply fallen off, have been brought back. Some with swagger. Some, with a vengeance.We got a new big iPhone with Max, and updated MacBook Air, Mac mini, iPad Air, iPad mini — basically, all the airs and minis — and, most recently, a new MacBook Pro, Mac Pro, and Pro Display. Yeah, all the Pros too.But, big and badass as some of these products are — they’re not all the products. Even now, at the end of the decade, there are still some gaps in Apple’s lineup. Some holes. Some products just plain missing in action.So, since I’m me, I figure I’m going to list them all out all video like and let you know which, if any, I think we might actually have a chance of seeing in the next year or few. Starting with the Mac.SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/vectorshow?sub_confirmation=1LINKSMacBook ARM: youtube.com/watch?v=VObg5BiXx6IMultitouch Macs: youtube.com/watch?v=aOjxy5lejx8MORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
10 Years of Apple in 10 Minutes Vector 2019-12-16 | The decade in Apple, including new products from the iPad to Apple Watch, AirPods to HomePod, iPad Pro to iPhone Pro, 2013 Mac Pro to 2019 Mac Pro, controversies surrounding antennas, bends, slowdowns, butterfly switches, China, achievements in accessibility, educations, environment, and privacy, the rise of services from iCloud to Apple Music, Arcade, and TV+, from Steve Jobs to Jon Ive to Tim Cook, always with Phil Schiller and Eddy Cue, and the continued evolution of iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and now iPadOS.This is Apple from 2010 to 2019... in as close to just 10 minutes as I could edit it. MORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchie
Tech YouTube Rewind: Best of 2019 Vector 2019-12-11 | TheMrMobile: youtube.com/watch?v=25bSlY8JkEAVypLive: youtube.com/vyyyperliveMKBHD: youtube.com/watch?v=jdlGvS1y_LsJames Rath: youtube.com/watch?v=XZ6NIzvQLowFront Page Tech: youtube.com/watch?v=-nnqA8hBNjUUnbox Therapy: youtube.com/watch?v=mGD1RBhtJNgUrAvgConsumer: youtube.com/watch?v=dFIUX2WzpYMCrimson Engine: youtube.com/watch?v=Ng9ws8AdovUThe Wall Street Journal: youtube.com/watch?v=3vf4socDmCgMatti Hoopaja: youtube.com/watch?v=6irorkXCLywTLD Today: youtube.com/watch?v=EWkBw_ihO5kJon Rettinger: youtube.com/watch?v=Nz2ZeBB5USUGerald Undone: youtube.com/watch?v=ptJuI1XovaUSimone Giertz: youtube.com/watch?v=jKv_N0IDS2APollymatter: youtube.com/polymatterMORE:Merch: standard.tv/vectorGear: kit.com/reneritchieWeb: http://www.imore.com/vectorPodcast: http://applepodcasts.com/vectorTwitter: twitter.com/reneritchieInstagram: instagram.com/reneritchieThis post may contain affiliate links. See Mobile Nations' disclosure policy for more details: mobilenations.com/external-links
