Let’s Talk Apple — Ep. 71 (July 2019)


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The show starts with a little followup from previous stories before moving on to one notable number, one legal story, and a handful of Apple HR stories. The four main stories for July are Apple’s updates to the Mac hardware line, Apple’s acquisition of Intel’s smartphone modem business, some Siri privacy issues, and Apple’s Q3 2019 earnings call. The show finishes with a quick rundown of some quick stories that made the news in July 2019.

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Followup

Notable Numbers

  • 🇺🇸 Apple is top of the list for corporate solar energy use in the US — www.imore.com/…

Legal Latest

  • 🇺🇸 The US DOJ has announced an anti-trust investigation into tech companies, but did not explicitly name Apple — www.justice.gov/… & www.loopinsight.com/…
    • Possibly related: the FTC are reportedly investigating Apple’s deal with Amazon late last year to remove unauthorised resellers of Apple products from Amazon’s stores — www.theverge.com/…

Apple HR & Acquisition News

Main Stories

  1. Mac Lineup Refreshed — www.imore.com/…, arstechnica.com/… & tidbits.com/…
    • Updated MacBook Air with TrueTone display and price dropped to $1099.
      • Note that the SSD was changed to have a faster write-speed but a slower read speed than the previous one (unlikely to be noticeable by regular users) — www.imore.com/…
    • So-called Macbook Pro ‘Escape’ upgrade to include a touch bar, Touch ID, and a Coffee Lake CPU (price left un-changed at $1299).
    • 12" so-called MacBook Adorable retired.
    • SSD prices reduced across the entire Mac lineup — 9to5mac.com/…
  2. Apple will Aquire the majority of Intel’s smartphone modem business, including 2,200 Intel employees, for about $1Bn. The deal is expected to close in Q4 of 2019 — www.imore.com/…, arstechnica.com/… & tidbits.com/…
  3. Siri & Privacy
  4. Apple’s Q3 2019 Earnings Call — www.apple.com/…

Quick Stories

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