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I'm Rene Ritchie and This... Is My New Channel!

Yeah, new channel. Let me explain: I’m fascinated by Apple. I’ve been covering the company since the launch of the original iPhone, and they’ve come to touch just so many aspects of our culture, our relationships, our lives. They’ve become the lens through which many of us experience the rest of consumer tech as well, from Google to Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Twitter, and more. I also love the news. I have a Sorkin-esque romantic ideal about how facts righteously presented can inform and empower us. I spent the first 10 years of my career in product marketing, learning how tech companies position their products and problems from the inside. I spent the last 10 in tech media, learning how those products and problems affect all of us. Now I want to spend the next 10 years right here with you. Talking not just about Apple, glorified or vilified, but about all the tech that affects all of our lives. And not just about the news, about what’s happening and when, but diving deep into the analysis behind it, the how and the why. Most importantly, I want to start a new conversation with you about what’s real and what’s not, what’s fact and what’s not, what’s serious and meant to help and educate us and what’s just sensationalism, desperate to manipulate and exploit us. It starts here with this brand new channel and a brand new… mostly daily analysis show, because that’s just what I do. But I have a few other, really exciting projects coming up that I can’t wait to tell you about as well. And here’s where you come in. I’m starting fresh. Starting over. Building everything all back up. And I need your help to do it. So, hit subscribe and set that bell gizmo to always, it’s the only way YouTube will actually tell you when each and every new episode goes live, share this new channel with everyone you know so we can get this all going again fast, and then drop a comment below letting me know just exactly what YOU want to see next as we take this all live.

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iPhone 11 Review: 6 Months Later

The iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro were really well-reviewed when they first came out, especially the cameras, battery life, and the lower price on the base model 11. There were some criticisms though. Namely, the lack of faster charging options and accessories, USB-C, and just how buggy iOS 13 was at launch. But, times change. Hardware gets put through its paces. Software gets updated. New competition comes out. Expectations change. And so do circumstances, especially right now when many of us are stuck at home and depending on our phones in very different ways than we’d planned to. It makes the whole question of what to buy and when to buy it just alternate reality different than it was at launch. So, I’m going to deep dive into all of that, right now. This… is the iPhone 11: 6 Months Later. SPONSOR: CuriosityStream Get a free month of both CuriosityStream and Nebula (my streaming platform) by going to https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie and using the code "reneritchie" when you sign up! SUBSCRIBE: YouTube SPECIAL THANKS: Patreon Patreon supporters help make these videos possible. Get access to exclusive Discord, previews, and the opportunity to see your name in the credits! LINKS: Rene Ritchie on Twitter: "If you’ve been using an iPhone 11 or iPhone 11 Pro for a while now, how’s it holding up for you? How’s the camera been working out? How’s the performance and battery life? What do you love and what do you hate? How has it helped or hindered you during work from home?" / Twitter iPhone 11 Review - YouTube iPhone 11 Pro Review - YouTube REFERENCES: The iPhone 11 Pro Max Is So Good, It's Allowed To Be Boring - YouTube iPhone 11, 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max Review: A Game of Cameras | WSJ - YouTube iPhone 11 is BEAUTIFUL! - YouTube iPhone 11 Review: Too Easy! - YouTube iPhone 11 Pro Review | Painfully Honest Tech - YouTube iPhone 11 review: the phone most people should buy - YouTube iPad Pro 2020 — The Dots of LiDAR - YouTube iJustine(@ijustine) Official | TikTok MORE: Nebula Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie Instagram: https://instagram.com/reneritchie Web

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iPhone SE vs. iPhone 9 — and Why?

Last Thursday, Zack Hall from 9to5Mac reported that the long-rumored and widely anticipated next-generation entry-level iPhone would be called the iPhone SE, would come in red, white, and black, with up to 256 GB of storage, and most importantly, the launch was imminent, as soon as last Friday. Jon Prosser of Front Page Tech, meanwhile, previously reported that the iPhone 9 would tentatively be announced on or around April 15 and ship on April 22. (His use of the iPhone 9 name there was just a placeholder.) So, what’s going on… and why? SPONSOR: Brilliant Go to brilliant.org/reneritchie and sign up for free. The first 200 of you who go to this link will get 20% your annual Brilliant subscription. SUBSCRIBE: YouTube SPECIAL THANKS: Patreon Patreon supporters help make these videos possible. Get access to exclusive Discord, previews, and the opportunity to see your name in the credits! REFERENCES: Exclusive: iPhone 9 launch imminent, 2020 'iPhone SE' in red, white, and black with up to 256GB - 9to5Mac iPhone 9 (2020) - I CAN'T BELIEVE Apple is doing this! EXCLUSIVE LEAKS! - YouTube MORE: Nebula Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie Instagram: https://instagram.com/reneritchie Web

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iPhone 12: The Secret Weapon

Over the last week or so, a diagram has been making its way across the pillars of the social cross — twitter, Insta, blogs, YouTube. It’s purportedly from that internal December iOS 14 build, the one that everyone and their Animal Crossing pals now seemingly have access to. And it shows the new iPad Pro LiDAR Scanner — that’s LIght Detection and Ranging — but in fully Digivolved iPhone 12 Pro form. That’s lead to a ton of people telling all of us, over and over again, just exactly what it is. But… I’m way more interested in WHY it is. SPONSOR: Brilliant Go to brilliant.org/reneritchie and sign up for free. The first 200 of you who go to this link will get 20% your annual Brilliant subscription. SUBSCRIBE: YouTube SPECIAL THANKS: Patreon Patreon supporters help make these videos possible. Get access to exclusive Discord, previews, and the opportunity to see your name in the credits! REFERENCES: Cook Says Apple Is Focusing on Autonomous Car Systems - YouTube Exclusive: Why Apple CEO Tim Cook Prefers Augmented Reality Over Virtual Reality - ABC News MORE: Nebula Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie Instagram: https://instagram.com/reneritchie Web

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New iPhone 12 Home Screen...

Yesterday, I talked about an iPhone 12 diagram supposedly ripped from a leaked internal iOS 14 build. Well, there were also a couple other diagrams leaked as well, one of which shows a new iPhone Home screen. Or, at least that’s how many people ran with it. What it really showed was a Rorschach test for whatever it is you secretly wish the iPhone Home screen, or Springboard, would look like. So… SPONSOR: Brilliant Go to brilliant.org/reneritchie and sign up for free. The first 200 of you who go to this link will get 20% your annual Brilliant subscription. SUBSCRIBE: YouTube SPECIAL THANKS: Patreon Patreon supporters help make these videos possible. Get access to exclusive Discord, previews, and the opportunity to see your name in the credits! MORE: Nebula Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie Instagram: https://instagram.com/reneritchie Web

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MacBook Air (2020) Review: One Month Later

Ian Cutress of AnandTech joins me to talk MacBook Air thermals! The new MacBook Air, an update the the 2018 redesign, got pretty good reviews when it came out a month ago. People liked the new keyboard, the new chipsets, and the lower price. But, there were a few criticisms as well. Basically, the still low-res webcam, some concerns about thermal throttling on the faster CPUs, and the battery life. Since then, I’ve had time to pound on the Magic keys, compare the web cam to pretty much everything else I have, really dig into the thermals, and there’s even been a macOS Catalina supplemental update. So, what if any difference does a month make? SPONSOR: Brilliant Go to brilliant.org/reneritchie and sign up for free. The first 200 of you who go to this link will get 20% your annual Brilliant subscription. SUBSCRIBE: YouTube SPECIAL THANKS: Patreon Patreon supporters help make these videos possible. Get access to exclusive Discord, previews, and the opportunity to see your name in the credits! LINKS: 𝐷𝑟. 𝐼𝑎𝑛 𝐶𝑢𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 (@IanCutress) / Twitter AnandTech | Articles by Dr. Ian Cutress REFERENCES: Engadget Austin Evans Jonathan Morrison Max Tech The Verge Wall Street Journal MORE: Nebula Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie Instagram: https://instagram.com/reneritchie Web

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iPhone 9 SE but... AirTags!

New iPhones are cool. The iPhone 9 SE is cool, the upcoming iPhone 12: Cool. But sometimes it’s what comes with new iPhones that ends up being really cool. Like the iPhone 7 and AirPods. And… I think it’s about to happen again. With AirTags. SPONSOR: CuriosityStream Get a free month of both CuriosityStream and Nebula (my streaming platform) by going to https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie and using the code "reneritchie" when you sign up! SUBSCRIBE: YouTube SPECIAL THANKS: Patreon Patreon supporters help make these videos possible. Get access to exclusive Discord, previews, and the opportunity to see your name in the credits! REFERENCES: Behind the scenes of iOS and Mac Security - YouTube MORE: Nebula Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie Instagram: https://instagram.com/reneritchie Web

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The New iPhone SE is HERE!

The new iPhone SE is here. That’s right. Not iPhone 9. Just iPhone SE, the second generation. New and improved for 2020. It’s replacing the iPhone 8 in Apple’s lineup, though not completely the iPhone 8 Plus yet. And I’m not just going to tell you what it is. I’m going to tell you why it is and, most importantly, who it’s for. Even and especially if that’s not you or… even me. SPONSOR: Skillshare The first 1000 of you who go to http://skl.sh/reneritchie will get 2 months of Skillshare Premium for free! SUBSCRIBE: YouTube SPECIAL THANKS: Patreon Patreon supporters help make these videos possible. Get access to exclusive Discord, previews, and the opportunity to see your name in the credits! MORE: Nebula Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie Instagram: https://instagram.com/reneritchie Web

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iPhone SE vs iPhone XR vs iPhone 11 — FIGHT!

Apple’s got a brand new iPhone SE and it starts at just $399. That’s way less than any of the current flagships, including the iPhone 11 at $699, and even the previous generation iPhone XR at $599. But, as anyone who watches this channel knows, price isn’t the same as value. So, if you really do need to buy a new iPhone right now, now, now, which new iPhone will be the best value for YOU? SPONSOR: Skillshare The first 1000 of you who go to http://skl.sh/reneritchie will get 2 months of Skillshare Premium for free! SUBSCRIBE: YouTube SPECIAL THANKS: Patreon Patreon supporters help make these videos possible. Get access to exclusive Discord, previews, and the opportunity to see your name in the credits! MORE: Nebula Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie Instagram: https://instagram.com/reneritchie Web

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iPhone SE vs. iPhone 12 (Feat. Brian Tong — FULL)

For early access to future episodes of this podcast, join https://www.patreon.com/reneritchie or sign up for https://watchnebula.com/reneritchie Brian Tong and I talk about leaving big media jobs and going indie, how to make a living as a YouTuber, the iPhone SE launch and how we got our videos done as fast as possible, the iPhone SE vs. iPhone 12 and… comic books! SUBSCRIBE: YouTube SPECIAL THANKS: Patreon Patreon supporters help make these videos possible. Get access to exclusive Discord, previews, and the opportunity to see your name in the credits! REFERENCES: Brian Tong - YouTube Brian Tong (@briantong) / Twitter MORE: Nebula Twitter: https://twitter.com/reneritchie Instagram: https://instagram.com/reneritchie Web

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