657: Ears Are Weird

Accidental Tech Podcast

• Marco 0️⃣ → 1️⃣
• 🗣️ It’s St. Jude time again! 🗣️
  • Podcastathon 2025: Friday, noon → midnight EDT
• Stephen Hackett said the foldable will be the “iPhone Ultra”
• μm is a “micron”
• The iPhone Air battery pack does have a USB-C port after all
• iPhone 17 Pro requires a new adapter to charge at full speed
  • Apple 40W Dynamic Power Adapter
  • Anker Nano 45W charger
• A19 vs. A19 Pro
• A19 Pro benchmarks
• The N1 is in every new iPhone
• The whole of the iPhone Air is in the camera plateau
  • Large image
• Casey’s memory problems corner
  • ATP #655 (Overcast timestamp link)
• The mmWave antenna window is back
  • Background
• Logo placement on Apple’s cases
  • Clear Case with MagSafe
  • TechWoven Case with MagSafe
• Some funny renders from iPhone case makers
• Theories about the iPhone 17 Pro colors
  • Every masterpiece has its cheap copy
  • Luke Skywalker
  • University of Virginia
  • Denver Broncos
  • Auburn University
    • 2021 impactful boosters
• iPhone Air
  • Will it bend?
    • Joz (& Ternus) with an incredible [lack of] flex
  • 17 was a last-second decision? (via Sam Henri Gold)
  • Max Tech’s discoveries
    • The Air does not have stereo speakers
    • The Dynamic Island is lower than on other phones
    • The USB-C port is not vertically centered
      • Image
    • No Cinematic Mode video, including the selfie camera
    • The new selfie camera is actually a 24MP sensor
  • No LiDAR scanner
  • Air & 17 non-Pro are limited to USB 2
    • USB 2.0
• Every new iPhone screen has the same specifications, save size/resolution
  • Apple iPhone comparison page
• iPhones 17 can now toggle screen flickering off
  • Pulse-width modulation
  • 9to5Mac’s coverage
  • PWM sensitive subreddit
• Apple Watch
  • Satellite data requires a cellular plan
  • Jason & Greg Pierce agree
  • Is “24-hour” battery claim because of a change in measurement?
  • Underscore’s observations about the Ultra
    • Apple Watch battery
• AirPods
  • Ear shapes (via Tirial)
  • About that “2×” noise reduction
    • AirPods product page
  • The new AirPods Pro case is not smaller
  • “New generation of Ultra Wideband technology” is the U2 chip
  • Live translation is on-device (not in ☁️)
  • Live translation is blocked for EU users with EU Apple Accounts
    • Apple feature availability
• Safari on iOS 26’s compact toolbar
• Tahoe Toolbars (via Zhenyi Tan) * Frosting download link * Frosting test page
• Post-show: John’s red dot
• Members-only ATP Overtime: Alterego and “thought to text” translation
  • How artificial intelligence gave a paralyzed woman her voice back
    • A high-performance neuroprosthesis for speech decoding and avatar control
  • Meet the Little Brain Region that Helps You Say What’s on Your Mind
    • Speech sequencing in the human precentral gyrus
  • Scientists develop interface that “reads” thoughts from speech-impaired patients
  • Alterego

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