This week on Cult of Mac’s podcast: With Apple’s big Worldwide Developers Conference hurtling at us like an AI-powered hype train, we once again put our professional reputations on the line. That’s right, it’s time to make our WWDC24 predictions.
We’ve got a special wild-card question this time around. And you can play along, if you’ve got the nerve!
Also on The CultCast:
- iPhone 16 Pro could bring some crazy new display tech.
- Marvel Studios’ new Vision Pro app is the kind of content Apple’s headset needs. The “I’m a Mac” guy’s latest PC ad is the kind of marketing the world can do without.
- Invidia’s stock price overtakes $AAPL as Wall Street goes gaga for AI.
- We discuss the latest iPhone 16 rumors as well as some last-minute iOS 18 leaks.
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The CultCast live stream: WWDC24 predictions & iPhone rumors
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:
Marvel’s What If…? shows off the promise of spatial gaming
- Marvel Studios’ new What If…? An Immersive Story is a free app for Apple’s Vision Pro headset that combines interactivity with storytelling in a brand-new way.
iOS 18 leaks:
- Expect a Settings revamp, Control Center tweaks in iOS 18, iPadOS 18 and macOS 15
- iMessage could let you animate words in texts in iOS 18
‘I’m a Mac’ actor returns with lamest PC ad yet
- In a new Qualcomm ad, which promotes the company’s Snapdragon X Elite chips, former “I’m a Mac” guy Justin Long works on his MacBook at a kitchen table. Notifications keep popping up all around his head. He swats them away with irritation. Then he types in a Google search: “Where can I find a Snapdragon-powered PC?” Yeah, right.
- Watch the ad on YouTube
Fight over blood oxygen feature cuts into Apple Watch sales
- Apple Watch shipments dropped almost 20% year over year in the first quarter of 2024. Market analysts blame some of the decline on Apple being temporarily forced to halt sales due to a patent dispute over the watch’s blood-oxygenation measurement feature.
iPhone 16 Pro’s display could sport seriously small bezels
- The iPhone 16 Pro could sport the world’s slimmest bezels on a smartphone. Its borders apparently will measure a scant 1.2 mm, with the iPhone 16 Pro Max boasting even slimmer bezels at just 1.15 mm.
Apple’s market cap passes $3 trillion … but so does Nvidia’s
- Apple, which spent years as the world’s most valuable publicly traded company, is now in third place.
Our WWDC24 predictions
You can see our daring votes on Griffin’s WWDC24 predictions page. Plus, you can submit your own predictions here.
