Maccast 2016.05.25 - Interview with Rene Ritchie

Opening

Really excited to have Eero as anew sponsor
If you have a traditional wi-fi router in your home you know all to well it’s deficiencies
- Like haveing to constantly reset it
- Having wi-fi dead zones
- Trying to use range extenders just adds to the compexity and gives you another failure point
Eero is a wi-fi system that is designed to take away those hassles
They built a simple and elegant box, each unit about the size of an Apple TV, that replaces your existing wi-fi router.
And because it’s a “system” multiple Eero’s can be used together to create a “mesh” network that can blanket all areas of your house with fast reliable wi-fi coverage
And set up couldn’t be easier
- They sent me a set to try out.
- Plug in, connect to your ISP modem via Ethernet, and use the Andorid or iOS app to set things up.
- The step by step plug in other Eero’s to cover all areas of your house. A siungle Erro can ciover up to 1000 sq ft.
- I had my house set up and covered in about 10 minutes.
Once your set up it’s a self maintaining system
- Software updates are installed automaically overnight. Great for security and performance updates
- You can easily enable a Guset network and send share the guest login via email
Great tech support and a 30-day money back guarantee
Visit eero.com/maccast to checkout the product and when you purchase select overnight shipping and the enter the code MACCAST to make it free!

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iPhone - After iPhone
iPhone 7
- Is the camera system the big feature Tim eluded to in his Kramer interview?
- Storage options 16/64/256
- Smart Connector?
- Wireless Charging
- No Headphone connector
- What’s your take on the future of iPhone in general?
- Switch to OLED.
- iPhone SE, more popular than Apple expected?
- Move back to all glass design?
China and India
- iPhone 3% marketshare loss in China (Gartner)
- India 30% sourcing norm to sell products
- Denied exemption based on products being “cutting-edge technology”
iPad & iPad Pro
- Is there a “next step”?
- Your take on the Post PC era?
Macs
- Similarly what happens to our “trucks” as Steve called them?
- Macbook line
  - OLED Touchbar rumor
  - Desktops/Mac Pro
- Longer upgrade cycles.
- TouchID for Mac?
Apple Watch - Apple Watch Review on Year Later
- What’s your take on Apple Pay?

New retail stores
- Genius Groves?
Apple’s future
- Siri and voice control. Is Apple falling behind (Google Home, Amazon Echo)? Will Apple do it’s own hardware device?
- Security and Encryption. The hired back Jon Callas, Silent Circle, Blackphone, and PGP
Services (TV, iCloud, Music, etc.)
- Live TV service?
VR, Augmented Reality, AI
- Is this something for Apple to pursue?
Apple Car - Can a car drive the future of Apple culture and technology?
Anything else?