This week on Cult of Mac’s podcast: The rumored “iPhone 17 Air” supposedly will delete major features to become Apple’s thinnest smartphone ever — and sell at a premium price. We debate the pros and cons of such a scenario. Plus, Apple reportedly plans to make AirTags even better … and might be reconsidering making an actual TV set.
It’s a rumor-packed podcast!
Also on The CultCast:
- We discuss the possibility of Apple selling SSD upgrades for Mac mini.
- Apple slipped a surprise feature into the M4 MacBook Pro.
- Image Playground produces some truly ridiculous images. See a sampling below. Is this the best Apple Intelligence can do?
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This week’s top Apple news
On the show this week: Your host Erfon Elijah (@erfon), Cult of Mac managing editor Lewis Wallace (@lewiswallace) and Cult of Mac writer D. Griffin Jones (@dgriffinjones).
Here are the headlines we’re talking about on this week’s show:
- iPhone 17 Air could be Apple’s slimmest iPhone ever
- AirTag 2 reportedly launching in mid-2025 with better range
- Surprise! M4 MacBook Pro includes quantum dot display
- Why Apple should start selling Mac mini SSD storage upgrades
- Hands-on with Image Playground, Visual Intelligence and ChatGPT in iOS 18.2
Ridiculous AI images produced by Apple’s Image Playground
Image: Cult of Mac
