Apple should not solder storage chips to the motherboard because there is no technical requirement to do so.

“With that said, for storage, there is no technical reason that it needs to be soldered.”

USB-C is objectively a better connector than Lightning, despite Lightning's superior physical design.

“I have said this for a long time, USBC feels like a downgrade from lightning. That's fair. That's fair. USB obviously no no beyond that but just the the usability of the port and the jack lightning feels significantly better. That's fair. I can understand buying all these like premium lightning comp”

Users should prioritize spending more money on high-quality displays because they are used extensively and have a long lifespan.

“My belief, and no one agrees with me anymore, is that it's just true. It's just no one agrees with me is that you should overpay for displays because you spend so much of your life looking at them and they last forever.”

Andrew considers the iPhone 17's increase to 256GB of base storage to be the best feature of the new base model.

“First nonpro Apple device to get a Pro moniker feature. I thought about that for a long time before I said in the video. I couldn't think of any other example. I think it is promotion.”

Marques finds the iPhone 17's addition of promotion to be a long-awaited and welcome upgrade for the base model.

“Every other phone I test all year round is higher refresh rate. And the only 60 Hz phone every year is the iPhone. And every year I'm like, gosh, this feels just worse. And I can finally daily and be happy with a smooth experience on a base iPhone because of promotion. So I'm very happy about promot”

David believes the new horizontal selfie camera feature is a highly intuitive and valuable improvement.

“Every couple years there's just one little like quality of life improvement that is very small but actually changes the way that people use their phone a lot. And I think this is one of those moments.”

The A18 Pro chip in the MacBook Neo is sufficient for most users' needs.

“I have a hard time imagining that for most people this will be underpowered in any meaningful way.”

Apple has been slow to prioritize the smart home but is now working behind the scenes on a more serious and solid ecosystem.

“I do think they are focusing on it a lot more. I mean we've heard rumors that they have pushed I think when the Apple car project sort of wound down a lot of people were moved over to the home. I think there's a a view that the home is now an area that Apple could be doing more in.”