658: Your First Mistake Phone

Marco’s AppleCare “Express” Replacement
🗣️ It’s St. Jude time again! 🗣️

The Marco Offset
Podcastathon 2025

Follow-up:

Auburn’s colors are UVA’s colors (via Tony Scida)
You don’t need the trick new Apple charger 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)

Direct video link

JerryRigEverything (timestamp link to 6m35s)

Same video, different timestamp (7m37s)

Battery life

Mr. Whose the Boss
The Tech Chap
Tom’s Guide

Speaker (via Steve Troughton-Smith)
Thermals

MaxTech

iFixIt Teardown
Thickness

Visual comparison of thickness (via Ludwig Schubert)
Thin iPhone future? (via Ian)

iPhone 17 Pro

Teardowns

REWA Technology

All the screws
17 vs. 16
17 Pro internals
Vapor chamber
Logic boards

Vapor chambers explained
Max Tech

Scratches on the back?

More images from MacRumors
And from Watson
JerryRigEverything

iPhone sales

The Information (MacRumors summary)

iPhone setup advice

Casey’s tale of woe (see also Upgrade #582: First Chance to Make One Impression)

First impressions: iPhone 17 Pro

Scratchability
Telephoto camera

iPhone 16 Pro 5× vs. iPhone 17 Pro 8×

Post-show:

HP M553
HP M554

Members-only ATP Overtime: Anthropic’s $1.5B book piracy settlement

The Verge: Settlement announced, 5 September
Previously, on ATP #656: Anthropic asked for $1.5B/yr from Apple
The Verge: Settlement paused, 9 September
Ars Technica, 9 September

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658: Your First Mistake Phone

September 25, 2025
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iPhone Air vs. iPhone 17 Pro in our daily lives… if Casey's transfer ever finishes.

• Marco’s AppleCare “Express” Replacement

• 🗣️ It’s St. Jude time again! 🗣️

• The Marco Offset

• Podcastathon 2025

• Follow-up:

• Auburn’s colors are UVA’s colors (via Tony Scida)

• You don’t need the trick new Apple charger 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)

• Direct video link

• JerryRigEverything (timestamp link to 6m35s)

• Same video, different timestamp (7m37s)

• Battery life

• Mr. Whose the Boss

• The Tech Chap

• Tom’s Guide

• Speaker (via Steve Troughton-Smith)

• Thermals

• MaxTech

• iFixIt Teardown

• Thickness

• Visual comparison of thickness (via Ludwig Schubert)

• Thin iPhone future? (via Ian)

• iPhone 17 Pro

• Teardowns

• REWA Technology

• All the screws

• 17 vs. 16

• 17 Pro internals

• Vapor chamber

• Logic boards

• Vapor chambers explained

• Max Tech

• Scratches on the back?

• More images from MacRumors

• And from Watson

• JerryRigEverything

• iPhone sales

• The Information (MacRumors summary)

• iPhone setup advice

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

• First impressions: iPhone 17 Pro

• Scratchability

• Telephoto camera

• iPhone 16 Pro 5× vs. iPhone 17 Pro 8×

• Post-show:

• HP M553

• HP M554

• Members-only ATP Overtime: Anthropic’s $1.5B book piracy settlement

• The Verge: Settlement announced, 5 September

• Previously, on ATP #656: Anthropic asked for $1.5B/yr from Apple

• The Verge: Settlement paused, 9 September

• Ars Technica, 9 September

• DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online.

• 1Password: More than a password manager.

• SKIMS: Comfortable underwear, socks, t-shirts, leggings & more. In the after-purchase survey, make sure to say you came from “podcast”, then ATP!

Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

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