I hope that marques does a super well done deep dive into the carbon neutral aspect of Apple. Would love to have some interviews with experts and learn exactly what they are doing. Like he said, there HAS to be some kind of credit they are getting to cut it down .

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There's a reason why Samsung has stuck with a 3x as their 'regular' telephoto lens, it's just a really useful focal length to start with that also happens to kick in just as the cropping from the main sensor falls apart giving you decent zoom up to 5x. 5x gets you closer with digital zoom, but you just don't need those deeper digital zooms very often unless it's for a snapshot. And going up from 15x to 25x is rarely going to be the make-or-break in that regard.

Repair tech here: back glass damage used to be so much because the back glass was fused to the enclosure and required what is a called a “rear system repair” where basically the old phone’s display and rear camera unit are put into the body of a brand new phone. So it was $549 because other than the rear camera and display, you were basically getting a new phone

The biggest difference from the 14 pro that I notice is something I thought would matter very little. The curved edges. Obviously not a reason to upgrade alone but that paired with the lighter weight feels great

Can confirm, the 15 Pro Max is great for my kid’s soccer games. Got some great shots last weekend. Didn’t need to bring my Sony mirrorless.

In regards to the back glass repair costs, I believe on the iPhone 14 the $549 replacement cost for damaged back glass Apple replaces the whole phone for that cost. With the $199 repair cost for the iPhone 15 I believe they are just replacing the rear glass.

Hey Siri, the problem with the longer focal length cameras on many phones is that they also have a smaller sensor--so that to some degree you get a narrower field of view rather than a larger image; which means there's not nearly as much advantage as it sounds like.

"Hey Alexa," I'm proud to say the past few months of having the 14PM I was rocking no case and screen protector, but when I saw how much it was for the glass repair, I immediately went and put my case back on.

The amount of work you guys have put in this podcast is crazy. Are there directors cueing the talk time and all?

Could the camera zoom quality improve over time thanks to software optimizations?

I defiantly think iPhone should have 4 cameras next and have all the option and not have a choosing one or the other.

I love how Marques is disturbed by putting Alexa in everything. It’s a leaf blower… why? 😂

I’m hoping to see a case that incorporeal spaces for spare microSD cards while you shoot 4k 60fps with the SD card adapter.

I’ve been using my 15 Pro Max nearly nonstop since 7am today (it is now 4pm) and I am at 75% battery. I haven’t watched as many videos as I normally do in a day but I have had music on all day on top if my normal work stuff.

For anyone wondering..yes it's impossible for an apple watch individually to truly be carbon neutral. What Apple is saying is they've offset the expected carbon usage of the device with their own sustainability projects like planting trees etc.

Hey Alexa: I believe they are referring to the manufacturing process and the shipment from production to the Apple store when they refer to carbon natural.

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I think the battery issue is iOS 17 because even with 92% capacity on my 13 PM I’d get great battery life on iOS 16 but no longer, it’s not trash but it’s very disappointing.

Went on my first trip with the new iPhone and definitely need USB C to A adapters between airports and cars. I literally choose a rental car based on if it have USB c or not 🤣 Prior I always used lighting to USB A.