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- [Kyle] Apple's coming
in hot this September,

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debuting its latest slate of
smartphones and smart watches.

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And if there's one thing
to say about the tech giant

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it's that it's able to take the news

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they're going toward a
standardized charging cable

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and make it seem like the next big thing

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in smartphone technology.

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Talking from the spaceship at
the end of one infinity loop,

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Apple execs, like Tim Cook,

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promised us features
that will improve lives.

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But in reality, we're looking
at some minor innovations

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to Apple's tried and
true design philosophy.

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Starting with the iPhone 15,

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we still have the regular, the 15 Plus,

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the Pro, and the Pro Max.

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All these now features
slightly bigger screen

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thanks to shrunken bezels,

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and they now all sport the
dynamic island first found

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on the more expensive
iPhone 14 Pro models.

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The iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max,

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both powered by the A17 bionic chip,

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are now housed in a titanium body,

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which is a nice touch
for that premium feel.

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Though we'll have to see if
it actually matters at all

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for both survivability and weight.

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The more expensive iPhones
are also getting access

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to a new periscope camera
that should be able

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to offer better zoom functionality

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without as much digital noise.

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Not to mention there's
not a little action button

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in place of the mute toggle

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for quickly accessing different functions,

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whether that's a camera or another app.

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There's new colors and finishes,

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but all that ignores the
big elephant in the room.

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You know, the one shaped

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like a giant USB-C charging port.

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Apple's phones as well as the AirPods Pro

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have ditched lightning

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and will now all support
the standard charging port.

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Apple only mentioned that the Pro

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will receive USB-3 speeds

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though users can now sap power

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between their devices if they so choose.

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We'll have to run tests to see how well

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Apple charging performs
compared to the competition

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now that everybody's on
the same playing field.

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And if you were thinking

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that's not a lot of major changes,

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just wait until you see

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the Apple Watch Series Nine and Ultra Two.

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Based on what Apple is saying,

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there's very little that's different

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between last year's slate and this one.

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Apple's promising the
new watch is 30% faster

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and that it now runs
Siri on the watch itself

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instead of on the cloud.

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The voice assistant should be better

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at reading people's voices,

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but speaking is believing,

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and we'll wanna test it out for ourselves.

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Beyond that, there's only minor
changes here from last year.

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Apple devoted a whole promotional video

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to a new gesture control called Double Tap

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that's supposed to answer calls

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or check notifications by pressing

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on the forefinger to thumb.

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The Ultra Two remains the big $800

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sports person's dream watch,

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but the only major addition

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is a surprisingly bright 3,000 knits

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plus the ability to darken
down to just one knit.

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We'll see what happens with hands-on time,

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but it's hard not to walk away

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from Apple's latest watch news

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without wondering why should
anybody buy the Series Nine

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if they have any watch
from the past few years?

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While most of the rumors leading up

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to Apple's Wonderlust event proved true,

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the supposed price increases
mostly didn't come to fruition.

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The Apple Watch and Apple Watch Ultra

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are the same price as
last year's editions,

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and the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro

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are also maintaining their starting values

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at 799 and 999 U.S. dollars, respectively.

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The only version that's going up in price

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is the iPhone 15 Pro Max,

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which will start for $100
more at 1,199 U.S. dollars.

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All in all, Apple's
trying to make a statement

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with its iPhone Pro and Pro Max models

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more than anything else.

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The move to a titanium body,

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a new periscope camera,

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and an action button are
all interesting features,

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but the move to USB-C is
probably the most dramatic change

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for Apple's environment

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since it first came out
with the lightning cable.

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We'll have to see if this really means

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a big C change for the company,

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allowing us to finally use all

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our extra Android cables to finally power

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our iPhones and our AirPods.

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(soft music)