Apple Talk Podcast

Updated: 6 months ago

In Short

Apple Talk is a podcast that focuses on in-depth industry analysis and critique of Apple and related companies. Every week Michael Gartenberg, Serenity Caldwell, Rene Ritchie, and guests dive deep into the latest news, biggest trends, and most important issues at the intersection of culture and personal technology.

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Apple Talk 21: Artificially Intelligent, with Carolina Milanesi

16 January 2017 By Rene Ritchie Artificial Intelligence is the new, trendy marketing term but how intelligent are our devices and assistants? Gartenberg, Caldwell, Ritchie, and special guest Carolina Milanesi discuss Alexa, Siri, Google, Facebook, and more!

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Apple Talk 20: Painting the target, with Chuq Von Rospach

07 January 2017 1 By Rene Ritchie Special guest Chuq Von Rospach joins Gartenberg, Caldwell, and Ritchie to discuss Apple’s 2016 report card, including shipping, Mac desktops, and exceeding expectations.

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Apple Talk 18: Death of the smartwatch, with Daniel Bader

12 December 2016 5 By Rene Ritchie Apple Talk focuses on in-depth industry analysis and critique of Apple and related companies.

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Apple Talk 17: State of the Mobile

28 November 2016 By Rene Ritchie As 2016 comes to a close, Michael Gartenberg and Rene Ritchie discuss the state of Mobile across Microsoft and Google and their highest profile vendors, and Apple.

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Apple Talk 14: Missing Macs

30 September 2016 8 By Rene Ritchie Where are all the Mac updates? Apple's new MacBook has been updated in 2016, but the new MacBook Pros are nowhere to be found, and the Mac mini and Mac Pro haven't seen updates in years...

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Apple Talk 13: Smile time

23 September 2016 5 By Rene Ritchie Apple Talk focuses on in-depth industry analysis and critique of Apple and related companies.

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iMore show 524: iPhone 7 event wrap-up

12 September 2016 6 By Rene Ritchie Apple's September 2016 event is over and we talk Mario on iPhone, Pokemon on Apple Watch, iPhone 7, Apple Watch Series 2, and what Daniel, Lory, Mikah, and Rene ordered and why! Listen along!

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Apple Talk 12: The media is the iPhone message

09 September 2016 3 By Rene Ritchie iPhone 7 removed the headphone jack and added a two lens camera system, but how well did they sell them on the event stage? Gartenberg, Caldwell, and Ritchie explore the spin!

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Apple Talk 11: iPhone upgrade pressure

26 August 2016 10 By Rene Ritchie Are modern iPhones, iPads, and Macs 'good enough' that the mainstream — and perhaps even early-adopters — no longer feel the need to update? Gartenberg thinks they might be, Ritchie thinks there's lots more to come, and Caldwell... no spoilers, listen along!

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Apple Talk 10: The iPad story

11 August 2016 17 By Rene Ritchie What's the iPad story? Gartenberg, Caldwell, and Ritchie discuss the narratives Apple has — and hasn't — used to not only sell iPads, but sell the idea of iPads.

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Apple Talk 09: Unpacking Pokemon Go

15 July 2016 5 By Rene Ritchie With the success of Pokémon Go, the enormity of the mobile market has been made shockingly clear. Confluence of technologies? Nostalgia and brand power? Thirst for distraction? Gartenberg, Caldwell, and Ritchie discuss what lessons can be learned and what'll come next.

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Apple Talk 08: The next iPhone, with Neil Cybart

01 July 2016 2 By Rene Ritchie Apple's job is to make better iPhones so more people buy them faster. How does a tick, tock, tock design cycle, and removing the headphone jack fit into that? Gartenberg, Caldwell, Ritchie, and special guest Neil Cybart discuss.