- All right, so Apple's Wonderlust event happened.
It was pretty interesting.
Honestly, not that much stuff actually got announced.
I mean, we knew it was gonna be iPhone, Apple Watch, USB-C,
not that much other stuff.
But it was more the stuff in between the lines
that was kind of interesting
and some other random stuff
that I don't think a lot of people are talking about.
So let's talk about it.
Now, first of all, I gotta say,
it was a complete surprise to me
when one of the first things that they did
was quote my MacBook Air review.
So you know, like, the beginning of the keynotes
they usually do
where they sort of recap a bunch of stuff
that's previously happened?
One of the things they did was talk about the MacBook Air,
and this happened.
- And Marques Brownlee said, "The 15-inch MacBook Air
is going to instantly rocket to the top of the lineup
to become the most popular 15-inch laptop."
We love the new MacBook Air and the entire Mac lineup.
- And that was pretty cool.
I gotta say, they didn't tell me they were gonna do that.
They didn't ask. They didn't pay for it.
They just kind of did it.
So shout-out to Tim.
I guess in this case, it's totally fine.
I guess there's just an element of pride knowing
that, like, it's come a long way since the beginning.
I remember like 6, 7, 8 years ago
when there was zero YouTubers at any of these events,
and then there was one
and then there were three or four
and then there were 12 or 13
and just now we're all just a part of the media,
independent creators doing our thing.
So I feel like it's kind of a cool moment
to see that come full circle.
But anyway, after that,
they just got right into the announcements,
the flagship of which being the new iPhone.
So I made an entire separate video on the iPhones,
my first hands-on and impressions of all the little details
and my first thoughts of everything.
So I'll link that below the Like button
if you wanna check it out if you're interested.
But I'll just do a brief summary here for you.
So the iPhone 15 gets the A16 Bionic chip
from last year's iPhone Pro.
It gets the Dynamic Island, of course, from the Pro as well.
Some new colors and a slightly updated design
with little better curve radiuses, radii,
a slightly nicer feel in the hand,
and a satin soft-touch back and a slow USB-C port.
Same starting price and screen sizes as last year,
799 for the iPhone 15
and 899 for the iPhone 15 Plus.
So then the iPhone 15 Pro gets
a new three-nanometer A17 Pro chip.
There's these new brushed lighter titanium rails
to replace the stainless steel,
a faster USB-C port,
a customizable action button on the side
to replace the mute switch,
a new set of cameras,
and just the 15 Pro Max gets a new 5x telephoto camera.
And the prices are kind of sneaky.
So it's still 999 for the 15 Pro
but the Pro Max now starts at 1,199
because it's also starting at 256 gigs.
There's a lot more details
and interesting stuff about the iPhone
in that hands-on video,
so you know where to find that.
But then there's the other stuff of this event.
Also, I thought it would be cool to shoot here
since this is part
of where they shot some scenes in the keynote,
but now I'm realizing that it's a real place.
There's like chainsaws in the background.
So sorry about the noise.
Anyway, we've got Apple Watch stuff, right?
So Series 9 and Ultra 2.
And one of the most interesting things
about these new watches
is that visually, just looking at them,
there's almost no way to actually tell
that you're looking at the new watch.
It's very unlike Apple.
So I think there's a new pink color with the Series 9,
but other than that, it looks identical to the Series 8
and the Ultra 2 looks identical to the Ultra.
But instead, under the hood, there's a big process update
to this new S9 system on a chip,
which is more powerful and more efficient,
and that's allowing them to push the watches
to a higher max brightness
while keeping the same quoted battery life.
So the Series 9 is gonna get
up to 2,000 nits max brightness now
and the Ultra 2 is up to 3,000 nits,
which is actually now, it's the brightest display ever
on any Apple product.
And they've also moved all Siri requests on the watch now
to stay on device
instead of always having to do a round trip to the internet,
which I think could help,
'cause there's a lot of instances of Siri
where you, like, ask it, "What's the time in Cupertino?"
And it goes, "Hold on a second.
Wait for it. I'm thinking about it.
I don't know yet,"
and it's just frustrating and it doesn't work.
So that should be faster and more efficient.
It doesn't mean Siri's gonna be good.
It just means it'll be bad but faster.
But then there's also a new Ultra Wideband chip
that can talk to the iPhones
to make Find My iPhone way more precise
and actually point out a direction
to help you find your phone
instead of just playing a sound.
I think that's gonna be super useful for a lot of people.
But the most sneaky, interesting update here to the watch
is this new double tap gesture.
So, so, okay, you've got the new watch on
and, basically, it's always able to detect
if you do this double tap
of your thumb and your index finger together.
And so I got to try it a bunch of times at the event
with a demo watch in the hands-on area.
It actually seemed very accurate.
Like, you basically, you raise it to wake,
give it a split second,
and then double tap to press the primary button
of whatever app you're in
that's on your screen at the moment.
So it can accept or reject an incoming phone call
or stop a timer
or scroll through the Smart Stack of widgets
on the watch face.
And yeah, it was working really well for me very quickly.
This would clearly be super helpful if my other hand is busy
or I'm holding something
or I just wanna quickly do something.
Ordinarily, honestly, I would be trying to do that
with my nose.
So this is much better.
Now, the reason I say this is sneaky
is because I don't know if you remember,
just a few weeks ago or months ago,
this is the same gesture used to select things
while you're wearing Apple Vision Pro.
In the VR headset, selecting things is like this.
And so now on the watch, selecting things is like that.
Now, some of you have already pointed out on Twitter
this isn't exactly new completely.
If you've ever dug through the accessibility settings
on the Apple Watch before,
you've probably found by a slightly different name
basically the exact same feature
and you've been able to double tap
and do all kinds of other things.
Now, why isn't this new double tap
to select primary stuff feature
coming to other Apple watches,
you might be asking.
Apple says that basically this new S9 chip is much faster
at processing all the info from all those sensors
and so you'll be able to do it more readily.
And so that's why it's only coming
to the new S9-powered Apple watches.
It's convenient.
But let's talk about AirPods real quick
because this might actually be the ultimate sneaky update.
So the fact is these barely even got mentioned
during the keynote, right?
Like, they just casually dropped
that there would be a new USB-C case for the AirPods Pro 2
in, like, one fleeting slide
and that was basically it.
So you could be led to believe
that there's just nothing new with the AirPods themselves
and they're exactly the same.
But you'd be wrong.
So basically, for all intents and purposes,
AirPods Pro 2 with the wireless charging Lightning case
and AirPods Pro 2 with the wireless charging USB-C case
are the same product with a different port
unless you have Apple Vision Pro,
in which case, the USB-C version will be capable
of doing lossless audio with low latency
with this new codec
that Apple has created just for this purpose,
this awesome immersive experience.
So if you don't have Apple Vision Pro,
then they're basically the same product
with two different ports,
but there is actually new hardware and new architecture
to make this feature possible with the new USB-C version.
I don't think they wanna talk about that too much
to not make people who just bought them last week
feel too bad about it,
but they're actually different headphones.
So that's a sneaky update right there
from Apple behind the scenes
on one of their most popular products.
But that's a good transition
just to get to the last seemingly big pillar
of this announcement,
which was carbon neutrality and the environment.
So Apple couldn't stop talking about the environment
throughout this keynote,
including one huge overly self-congratulatory,
like, 10-minute skit
in the middle of the keynote video
with Tim Cook and Apple employees talking to Mother Nature
about how much progress they've made
with their products environmentally.
I just basically want to dig more into this later.
I would say I'm not an expert on this,
so there's no way that I can fully appreciate now
and fully understand now everything that was said.
There's a lot of specific language used.
Some of it is very clear,
like just straight up not using any leather anymore
in any Apple products,
using recycled materials instead of new virgin materials,
things like that,
having more sustainable energy sources.
But then there's other things that they,
I mean, there was a lot.
There was a lot going on
and some of it is not quite as simple.
But they have clearly made a lot of progress and change
and they eventually landed on this moment
where they were like, "The Apple Watch is the first
fully carbon neutral product
that Apple's actually shipping,"
on their way to ideally being fully carbon neutral
as a company by 2030.
And so there's a lot of progress
that they still need to make.
And as much as we've talked
about how much Apple still needs to do,
I kind of feel like I can't get mad at this.
Like, you know what it feels like,
you ever see those like YouTube videos
where a YouTuber on the street, they'll be micd up
and they'll, like, give a homeless person
a hundred bucks or something
and half the comments are like, "Oh, come on,
you clearly didn't have to do it on camera.
Like, if you really cared,
then you would do it not on camera."
And that's probably all mostly true,
but also, that person in need
still did just get a hundred bucks.
So it's like some net positive was still done.
And this kind of feels the same way to me.
Like, okay, Apple is actually doing a bunch of stuff
to use recycled materials
and to make less of an impact on the environment
and then they're doing a big song and dance about it
so everyone can see it,
so that everyone sees it.
And so you'd say, "Okay, if they really cared,
they would do a whole bunch more stuff."
And that's still true,
but I can't get mad at the improvements
that they are actually making.
Hopefully that makes sense.
Either way, like I said, I'm not an expert.
I wanna dig more into this.
I wanna talk to some people
who actually are experts on it who can help me out
and maybe that's a future topic for another video.
But that's just my thoughts and reactions
from the Wonderlust event of 2023.
Let me know what your thoughts are below.
There's a lot to talk about
and a lot of random, sneaky stuff
and the comments section is always open to talk about it.
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