This week's AppleInsider Podcast covers the iPhone Duo, which is arriving for a select group of buyers this week. One of the hosts successfully ordered an iPhone Duo, while the other did not, a split the hosts joke makes listening enjoyable only through the left channel. The podcast also draws a comparison to Mr Micawber's philosophy, linking the iPhone Duo's successful launch to happiness and its pre-order delay to 2027 to misery.
Attention around the iPhone Duo pre-orders has overshadowed the fact that the HomeView has also been delayed. Delivery dates are not as dramatically pushed back as the iPhone Duo's, but the slip is real. The hosts think the HomeView is shaping up as a hit, and they wonder how many buyers are treating it as an experiment while they judge its usefulness.
The show also turns to AI, noting that some people find AI more useful than others. Greg Joswiak recently had a name for those enthusiasts, the AI 'lunatic fringe,' a label they do not appreciate. The hosts argue that the HomeView is not a divisive device, though finding its place in the Apple ecosystem comes easily to one host and not yet to the other.
The episode's show notes list further topics, including Apple's $1,499 iPhone Duo repair cost, Joswiak's comments on Siri AI being for everyday use, and rumors of a HomeView follow-up with a robot arm expected in 2027.
Source: AppleInsider · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing