Taking sensors like LiDAR out of vehicles negatively impacts consumer safety.

“I hate that we're taking more safety measures out of cars.”

Manufacturers should design devices to be easily repairable and avoid using proprietary batteries that become unusable once they expire.

“it's again like AAA in the EP and po series you run off AAA batteries classic vintage yeah technology it's going to be around I think for for many many years whereas as soon as you put it customade cell like you have in your phones eventually that will dry out and M you have to rely on you know an e”

The new proprietary charger for the Pixel Watch is a disappointing choice from an e-waste perspective.

“This is the third proprietary charger in four watches. So, that's not ideal from an e-waste perspective.”

Wireless earbuds represent a failed product category because they are glued together with batteries that make them disposable.

“the airpods are the worst example but most earbuds out there you know airpod type earbuds have glued together products with an integrated battery that only lasts for a year and a half and then the product is disposable this is not good for the environment it's not good for our pocketbooks”

Companies like Apple should dedicate resources to evaluate product repairability before releasing them to the market.

“but most importantly I think it would help if a company's like apple had people dedicated to evaluating their products before releasing them and assisting them with making them more repairable before they even put them out in the first place”

The iPhone 18 Pro is not a drastically better camera than the previous model, so only people with phones three years or older should consider upgrading.

“I don't think just anybody should run out. It's not a drastically better camera. It's not um you know for for any reason that you would be like well my old phone is kind of on its last legs like yeah it's probably time and you will enjoy a lot of things about this one.”

Apple is using influencers to market iPhones because the annual hardware upgrades offer little value to current users.

“They know there is no real reason to go from a 17 Pro to an 18 Pro. So what do you do? You call in the influencers.”

Apple is pricing its newer devices in a luxury category which will likely lengthen the upgrade cycle for most consumers.

“To my mind, the challenge is since we're talking really like luxury product pricing now, with the iPhone two, you're well above $2,000. It's justifying that, because to my mind, it's just going to extend the period of time that people are just going to go between upgrades.”

Kevin Paffrath believes the new iPhone 15 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 do not offer enough meaningful upgrades to justify him purchasing them as replacements for his existing devices.

“for me I hate to say it I can't see going to the 15 as an upgrade from the 14.”

Alex Kantrowitz believes that Apple's focus on incrementally thinner phone designs is a sign of a lack of innovation.

“it really feels like the fifth blade on your razor, right? It really feels like, all right, we'll do seven blades now. And and here's the thing. So, so I think this is, yes, it's a big question about like what's going on.”

Wired headphones are superior to wireless options for taking professional calls in noisy environments because they offer a more stable connection.

“you're dealing with Bluetooth connections you're dealing with other you know factors it's just another thing for your to manage and deal with instead of just plugging in the wired headphone which is always going to be the most Rock Solid connection”

The Eneby speakers provide better audio quality when connected via an aux cable rather than through Bluetooth.

“I do think these both of these speakers sound way better with an aux cable”