
Upgrade 580: Iconic Plateau
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Sep 9, 2025 This podcast features lively discussions about the latest Apple announcements, including the new iPhone 17 and AirPods Pro 3, showcasing exciting design innovations and performance enhancements. The hosts also reflect on their successful fundraising efforts for St. Jude, raising over $4 million for childhood cancer awareness. With humor, they analyze new technology trends in smartphones and wearables, while celebrating the importance of features like health monitoring and improved battery life in enhancing user experiences.
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Wording Changes Outcome Perception
- The hosts' draft game shows how small wording differences in presentations change scoring significantly.
- Myke and Jason emphasize transcript-searching and precise phrasing matter for interpreting announcements.
Tetraprism Zoom Is Sensor Cropping
- The iPhone Pro's tetraprism/48MP sensor enables effective higher zoom by cropping the center, creating an 8x optical-equivalent mode.
- Jason and Myke note Apple presents this as increased zoom even though it's sensor-crop shenanigans.
Sensor Plateau Rearranges Phone Internals
- Apple made the front sensor a centralized "plateau" housing cameras and brains to free the rest of the body for screen and battery.
- Myke and Jason call this a major design shift that enables ultra‑thin phones and new selfie features.
