Subtitle: October Experience Draft

Jason and Myke have spent the last few days using the iPhone Duo, and they're ready to report back. And, oh yeah, there's also a new iPad mini and a draft of Apple's forthcoming announcements this week!

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iPhone Duo: 24 hours in the Splash Zone – Six Colors

iPhone Duo review: Apple’s folding phone is a messy, expensive good time | The Verge

iPhone Duo review (emotional) - The Verge - YouTube

Magnetic Wallet with Stand for iPhone Duo | Belkin

iPhone Duo: A Photographer's Review - Tyler Stalman - YouTube

Daring Fireball: The iPhone Duo

Fineliner (Marco's Upcoming App)

Some iPhone Duo displays are cracking, seemingly all in the same way - 9to5Mac

iFixit iPhone Duo Teardown Points to Possible Cause of Screen Cracks - MacRumors

iPhone Duo Teardown: The Most Repairable Foldable Has a Huge Screen Problem - iFixit

Apple’s Foldable iPhone Duo Draws Early Complaints of the Screen Cracking - Bloomberg

Apple gives iPad mini its biggest update ever - Apple

Is the beloved iPad mini the best iPad? – Six Colors

The October 2026 Experience Draft Scorecard

Just as we're busy pondering the HomeView and preparing for the iPhone Duo launch, word arrives of another Apple event on the horizon! Plus, Apple and Meta bond over local AI.

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A $299 Apple TV: Is that all there is? – Six Colors

Apple TV Price History — Glenn Fleishman

Apple Expected to Release New Products on Next Four Fridays - MacRumors

Meta Releases Muse Spark Open, an Over 800 Billion Parameter Model That Can Run Locally on Multiple M5 Ultra Mac Studios - MacStories

Daring Fireball: Strange Times Make for Strange Bedfellows

The best feature of Apple’s HomeView might be its simplicity | The Verge

Apple’s HomeView has an app problem | The Verge

Home Assistant Green

HomeView versus Recipe Blog SEO – Six Colors

Apple’s HomeView is just the latest threat to online recipe writers | The Verge

Widgets | Apple Developer Documentation

Apple HomeView With Robotic Arm; New Mac, iPad Mini Nov. 6 Release; iPhone Duo - Bloomberg

Fun! With! Preorders! – Six Colors

Apple iPhone Duo Shipping Dates Stretch Into 2027 After Preorder Surge - Bloomberg

Apple Retail Staff Told to Warn Against iPhone Duo Walk-In Purchases - MacRumors

We break down Apple's big home announcements, including the new HomeView, a collection of smart home products, a new HomePod Mini, and the new (and surprisingly expensive) Apple TV 4K.

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The Trend Forecast - 99% Invisible

Pattern Recognition (novel) - Wikipedia

Apple, The King’s Trust launch initiative to empower young creatives - Apple

Apple’s Tim Cook reveals one of his major new projects: ‘You want to give part of yourself’ | The Independent

Apple sets Q4 2026 earnings release for November 2 - 9to5Mac

Meet Apple HomeView, a new way to enjoy entertainment and manage the home - Apple

Apple HomeView - Apple

Welcome Apple HomeView: Designed for life at home. - YouTube

First look at Apple’s HomeView, its first smart display for the home | The Verge

The Apple HomeView Is Like a Giant Apple Watch for the Home | WIRED

Introducing Apple Home Collection, a new lineup of smart home accessories - Apple

New Home Collection banner offers Apple-influenced accessories – Six Colors

Apple unveils the new Apple TV 4K, supercharged by Siri AI - Apple

Siri AI coming to older Apple TV 4K models, here’s what’s compatible - 9to5Mac

Apple announces the next generation of HomePod mini - Apple

New HomePod mini 2 offers Siri AI–but not yet – Six Colors

'Make Yourself at Home' – helloapple – Instagram

Designed in California - Relay

Let's Mod an iPod (Livestream) - Designed in California - YouTube

Six Color Embroidery – hello apple – Instagram

Apple Logo Standards 1987 | PDF | Scribd

Together in Memphis, Myke and Jason discuss John Ternus prodding Apple to move faster, Apple's regret about giving apps Full Disk Access, and the impending release of Apple's long-rumored home hub product.

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Relay for St. Jude Podcastathon 2026 - YouTube

‘Shop Different’ by Ron Johnson with Zander Nethercutt | Book Review - WSJ

Apple News Link for Jason's Book Review

What Is Ternus’ Strategy for Apple? Running Faster and Leaner - Bloomberg

Updates to Full Disk Access in macOS - Latest News - Apple Developer

Apple Announces Plan to Impose New Full Disk Access Controls on Mac Developers - MacStories

Meta’s New Muse AI Agent Read My Private Messages. I Never Asked It To

Daring Fireball: Apple Is Going to Further Tighten the Screws on Full Disk Access on MacOS, in Response to Agentic AI Apps Running Amok

Designed in California - Relay

Designed in California - YouTube

Apple II Smoke Timestamp – Relay for St. Jude Podcastathon 2026 - YouTube

Apple's slow move toward a fitness band makes us wonder if the company has lost its ability to execute quickly. Also, it's time for a MacBook Neo check-in, and Myke questions Jason's Apple Watch use.

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Relay for St. Jude Podcastathon 2026 - YouTube

One week with Apple Watch Series 12 (and just getting started) – Six Colors

Here’s what’s really going on with GM’s CarPlay strategy (or lack thereof) - 9to5Mac

Apple Developing New Fitness Tracker Aimed at Rivaling Whoop - Bloomberg

Meta’s VR Glasses Are Exactly What the Apple Vision Pro Should Have Been - Bloomberg

Imagining the next MacBook Neo – Six Colors

The new products are here! Jason reviews the M6 Mac mini, and then Jason and Myke both talk about their hands-on experiences with the iPhone 18 Pro and Apple Watch series 12. This is apparently just the beginning of a busy season!

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Relay for St. Jude Podcastathon 2026 - YouTube

CarPlay on GM cars: Not dead yet? – Six Colors

General Motors hates your iPhone – Six Colors

GM revamps 2027 Silverado and Sierra infotainment system – Yahoo News

The Boox Palma 3 gets stylus support and a sleek redesign | The Verge

Boox’s tiny Picco e-reader is now available. | The Verge

Xteink X4 Pro Pocket eReader

M6 Mac mini review: Tiny, pricey, and powerful – Six Colors

M5 Ultra Mac Studio Review: The Dream Mac for Local AI Agents - MacStories

A new Mac mini: I want to believe – Six Colors

Daring Fireball: The iPhones 18 Pro

Widow’s Bay triumphs as most decorated freshman comedy in Emmy history - Apple

HBO's Casey Bloys On Emmys, 'Last Of Us, 'Heated Rivalry', 'BLL', More

Ternus Shows off the Duo – Instagram

Daring Fireball: Hollywood Wants the Duo

In select countries, iCloud+ now includes Apple TV and Apple Arcade at no extra charge - 9to5Mac

Upcoming Apple Products: What to Expect in Late 2026 and Early 2027 - Bloomberg

Apple’s Home AI Hub Details; Apple Fitness+ Layoffs and iPhone Duo Apple Pencil - Bloomberg

Everything new in iOS 27.2 beta 1 so far - 9to5Mac

iOS 27.2 introduces Apple Health app overhaul, here’s what’s new - 9to5Mac

Build for iPhone Duo with new resources - Latest News - Apple Developer

Subtitle: iPhone Duo Is the Marshmallow

The 27 OS releases have dropped. Jason has a review of macOS Golden Gate and Myke acts as the ambassador for Siri AI. And we've also got more reactions to just what makes the iPhone Duo so interesting.

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🎗🤠 Relay for St. Jude

Apple Still Has 8 More Products to Announce Later This Year - MacRumors

Apple’s iPhone Duo Will Make Foldable Phones the New Normal; Apple Store Revamp - Bloomberg

Shop Different – HarperCollins

Design for iPhone Duo - Tech Talks - Videos - Apple Developer

Introducing the new iPhone Duo - YouTube

John Ternus enters, with folding phones and AI watches – Six Colors

How Apple Fixed the Foldable Crease: iPhone Duo Interview with John Ternus & Joz! - YouTube

New Apple CEO John Ternus says the company is “in his blood” – and what that means for the future - YouTube

Stanford marshmallow experiment - Wikipedia

macOS 27 Golden Gate Review: Bridging the Tahoe gap – Six Colors

David Smith's iPhone 17 Stats

We break down Apple's September 9 event, including the foldable iPhone Duo, the non-foldable iPhone 18 Pro, the surprising new Apple Watches that double as AI wearables, and the event debut of John Ternus as Apple's CEO. And who won the draft?!

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The Upgrade September 2026 Event Draft Scorecard

Designed in California - Relay

Designed in California - YouTube

Designed in California – Instagram

Subtitle: I Want Tim Cook to Have a Pool Party

It's time for another Apple event draft! But before we predict what Apple will introduce next week, we need to send off the Tim Cook Era and discuss a somewhat surprising announcement of new chips and new Macs!

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Designed in California - Relay

🎗🤠 Relay for St. Jude

Read Tim Cook's full memo to Apple employees on his last day as CEO - 9to5Mac

Pikachu Visits Apple Park, Meets Tim Cook and John Ternus - MacRumors

Apple’s Phil Schiller Steps Down from Running App Store and Product Events - Bloomberg

Apple unveils M6, M5 Ultra chips and updates its desktop Macs – Six Colors

Draft Scorecards

The EU gives up and settles with Apple, John Ternus's new home strategy starts to come into focus, and people at Apple just love the folding iPhone.

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Thermapen Thermometers

Combustion Inc

PopSockets

Cortex #182: Reporting on the World’s Most Secretive Tech Company, with Mark Gurman - Relay

Schlage Sense Pro UWB smart lock review: What price beauty? – Six Colors

Apple announces changes for apps in the European Union - Apple

Changes for apps in the European Union - Support - Apple Developer

EU Welcomes Apple's App Store Changes, Epic Slams 'Junk Fees' - MacRumors

Apple Settles With E.U., U.S. App Store Fees, ATT Rules in Germany – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

Mark Gurman on the AirPods with a Camera

Apple's Home Hub Will Have a Widget Gallery With iPhone Widget Support - MacRumors

HomePad code suggests it'll act like a giant Apple Watch - 9to5Mac

Apple’s Foldable iPhone Details; Retail Store Changes for New Home Products - Bloomberg

Apple Cuts Jobs in Siri, Vision Pro Immersive Video and Gaming Teams - Bloomberg

iPhone 18 Pro Max Rumored to Get Exclusive Camera Upgrade - MacRumors

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Twelve – The Enthusiast

New Mexico Tea Company

Assam Breakfast | Organic – New Mexico Tea Company

'Ted Lasso' Season 4 Enters The Pitch With Record Premiere Audience

Eddy Cue said the thing we wanted to hear on future Ted Lasso seasons - 9to5Mac

Apple TV just added a bunch of classic movies to stream for free - 9to5Mac

Apple TV Could Gain Major Warner Bros. Titles via Acquisition - MacRumors

Apple Hires American Airlines’ Nate Gatten as Government Affairs Chief - Bloomberg

Trump Administration Opposes Any Plan by Apple to Use Chinese Memory Chips, Lutnick Says - WSJ

Apple trains its own AI model for China market with Alibaba's support, sources say | Reuters

Apple trained its own AI model for China with help from Alibaba | The Verge

Apple and Epic argue over how much Apple should get from purchases made outside the App Store | The Verge

Epic responds to Apple’s bid for settlement talks in App Store case - 9to5Mac

Supreme Court to Hear Apple Appeal Over Contempt Ruling - Bloomberg

macOS Tahoe 26.7 is Full of References to Unreleased Apple Products - MacRumors

Apple's Camera-Equipped AirPods Confirmed: See Them in Action - MacRumors

Tim Cook: Apple will ‘double down on secrecy on products’ | The Verge

Cortex - Relay

Apple’s Glass-Centric 20th-Anniversary iPhone Remains on Track for 2027 - Bloomberg

Leaker: All-Glass 2027 iPhone Still on Track Despite Cancellation Rumors - MacRumors

Exclusive | Apple in Talks to Pay Publishers to Improve AI-Powered Siri - WSJ

Report: Apple seeks publisher deals to give Siri AI better access to current events - 9to5Mac

Apple Now Stockpiling More Components Amid Rising Prices - MacRumors

iOS Version History Chart – Thinky Bits

Everything New in iOS 27 Beta 5 - MacRumors

Here’s what’s new with iOS and macOS 27 beta 6 - 9to5Mac

Golden Gate Beta 6 Turns Stoplights into Liquid Glass - 512 Pixels

Daring Fireball: Nature Is Healing: MacOS 27 Golden Gate Beta 6 Adds Redesigned Traffic Light Window Controls

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StrawPoll

Timery: Time Tracker

Where I Have Been –The Enthusiast

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