Prepare for the ‘Awe Dropping’ iPhone occasion [CultCast #714]

This week, invitations are out for the “awe dropping” iPhone occasion! Additionally: Contact ID and bumper instances making a comeback prefer it’s 2013, how one can mix emojis, the primary ergonomic dual-ultra-widescreen setup, Twitter versus Mastodon and Leander’s evaluate of PowerBeats Professional 2!

The CultCast episode 714: Prepare for the ‘Awe Dropping’ iPhone occasion

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This week’s tales:

On the present this week: Your host, Cult of Mac writer/EIC Leander Kahney (@lkahney), Cult of Mac managing editor Lewis Wallace (@lewiswallace) and Cult of Mac author/video producer D. Griffin Jones (@dgriffinjones).

Listed below are the headlines we’re speaking about on this week’s present:

This week’s featured setup

Featured in our roundup of the greatest dual-monitor setups, a MacBook Professional drives two stacked, ultra-wide, curved shows which can be mounted — and even fastidiously angled — for the very best ergonomics, ensuing no eye or neck pressure.

Below Assessment: Beats PowerBeats Professional 2

Leander opinions the brand new Beats PowerBeats Professional 2, which he obtained low cost due to a Finest Purchase open field deal. On the whole, Leander thinks the sports activities earbuds sound nice and keep put for train, however have a significant disadvantage.

The earbuds provide a really safe match (due to the ear hoops), provide nice thumping sound and fairly good energetic noise cancelling, however the built-in coronary heart price monitor perform is ruined due to a Bluetooth limitation — you’ll be able to’t stream music whereas utilizing the HRM on one other machine, like a motorcycle laptop or health club tools. This will likely show to be an enormous downside with the upcoming AirPods Professional 3.

Listener query of the week

Nameless asks: “When are the remainder of you previous fuddy-duddy’s going to maneuver off of X and transfer to Mastodon?”

And the reply is: Perhaps quickly. We’re taking a better have a look at Mastodon as a result of it’s well mannered, collegial and constructive.

That’s all of the CultCast we now have for you all this week.

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