658: Your First Mistake Phone

• Marco’s AppleCare “Express” Replacement

• 🗣️ It’s St. Jude (stjude.org/atp) time again! 🗣️

• The Marco Offset (themarcooffset.com)

• Podcastathon 2025 (youtube.com/watch?v=HQ1aq-NHDdg)

• Follow-up:

• Auburn (auburn.edu)’s colors are UVA (virginia.edu)’s colors (via Tony Scida (bsky.app/profile/notanthony.com/post/3lyzxofry…))

• You don’t need (9to5mac.com/2025/09/13/iphone-17-pro-fast-char…) the trick new Apple charger (apple.com/shop/product/MGKN4AM/A/40w-dynamic-p…) to charge an iPhone 17 at full speed

• iPhone Air

• Why people are buying the iPhone Air / 15” MacBook Air

• Bending the iPhone Air

• Apple (via Tom’s Guide (tomsguide.com/phones/iphones/apples-iphone-dur…))

• Direct video link (cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/i7MhA4jr3vUTqeQFcY6m…)

• JerryRigEverything (youtube.com/watch?v=sQ56ve39l2I&t=6m35s) (timestamp link to 6m35s)

• Same video, different timestamp (youtube.com/watch?v=sQ56ve39l2I&t=7m37s) (7m37s)

• Battery life

• Mr. Whose the Boss (youtube.com/watch?v=9CggZxyWl-g)

• The Tech Chap (youtube.com/watch?v=uQHID_kjVSM)

• Tom’s Guide (tomsguide.com/phones/iphones/iphone-air-review…)

• Speaker (via Steve Troughton-Smith (mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/1152315564687…))

• Thermals

• MaxTech (youtube.com/watch?v=HoCYhVWfAWo&pp=0gcJCes…)

• iFixIt Teardown (youtube.com/watch?v=woya8vjeFpo)

• Thickness

• Visual comparison of thickness (reddit.com/r/iphone/comments/1nj33fr/i_made_an…) (via Ludwig Schubert (mastodon.cloud/@ludwigschubert/115218167080197…))

• Thin iPhone future? (via Ian (toot.io/@ian/115233972990143788))

• iPhone 17 Pro

• Teardowns

• REWA Technology (youtube.com/watch?v=ZBwEjKosM0E)

• All the screws (cdn.atp.fm/images/20250920-iphone-17-pro-screw…)

• 17 vs. 16 (cdn.atp.fm/images/20250920-iphone-17-pro-frame…)

• 17 Pro internals (cdn.atp.fm/images/20250920-iphone-17-pro-inter…)

• Vapor chamber (cdn.atp.fm/images/20250920-iphone-17-pro-vapor…)

• Logic boards (cdn.atp.fm/images/20250920-iphone-17-pro-logic…)

• Vapor chambers explained (youtube.com/watch?v=qAZ-q3KmDHM)

• Max Tech (youtube.com/watch?v=32X9cyQrE0o)

• Scratches on the back? (bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-19/chinese…)

• More images from MacRumors (macrumors.com/2025/09/19/iphone-17-pro-iphone-…)

• And from Watson (mastodon.social/@Coach/115233857481941178)

• JerryRigEverything (youtube.com/watch?v=KrOBzFwVzwA)

• iPhone sales

• The Information (theinformation.com/articles/apple-rushes-boost…) (MacRumors summary (macrumors.com/2025/09/19/apple-increases-iphon…))

• iPhone setup advice

• Casey’s tale of woe (see also Upgrade #582: First Chance to Make One Impression (relay.fm/upgrade/582))

• First impressions: iPhone 17 Pro

• Scratchability (theverge.com/news/782393/apple-iphone-17-serie…)

• Telephoto camera

• iPhone 16 Pro 5× vs. iPhone 17 Pro 8× (cdn.atp.fm/images/20250921-iphone-telephoto-17…)

• Post-show:

• HP M553 (amazon.com/dp/B00UL4RQ3O?tag=marcoorg-20)

• HP M554 (amazon.com/dp/B08HJS5VX8?tag=marcoorg-20)

• Members-only (atp.fm/join) ATP Overtime: Anthropic’s $1.5B book piracy settlement

• The Verge: Settlement announced (theverge.com/anthropic/773087/anthropic-to-pay…), 5 September

• Previously, on ATP #656 (atp.fm/656): Anthropic asked for $1.5B/yr from Apple (bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-03/apple-p…)

• The Verge: Settlement paused (theverge.com/news/775230/anthropic-piracy-clas…), 9 September

• Ars Technica (arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/judge-anth…), 9 September

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