The beginning and end of the iPad
Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge
People seem to like Apple’s new iPad Pro, with its better screen and impressive design. People also seem to really hate Apple’s new ad in which the company crushes centuries of creative tools because, in the future, there is only iPad. And after all the iPad stuff this week, people are still asking the same question: what is the point of the iPad?
On this episode of The Vergecast, we talk about the week in Apple news: the iPad Pro, the iPad Air, the Pencil Pro, the Magic Keyboard, the new apps, and much more. We also wonder if any of this changes anything about what the iPad is, how it works, and where it’s headed — or if the answers will only come at WWDC next month. Then we talk about that ad everyone’s mad about and why it seems like Apple has lost the benefit of the doubt with customers. (Apple issued an apology right after we finished recording — but that doesn’t change much.)
After that, we talk streaming. Because it’s earnings season, and we’re learning a lot about how things are going at Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, and the rest of the services. Turns out, streaming is expensive? We talk about why the services are bundling, why it seems nobody can keep up with Netflix, and more.
Finally, we do a lightning round, which mostly turns into the Nilay Patel Victory Tour. We talk about the turmoil at Microsoft, the arguments about buttons and links that are taking over in Epic v. Apple, and the latest on what’s happening with that Foxconn site in Wisconsin.
If you want to know more about everything we discuss in this episode, here are some links to get you started, beginning with Apple:
Apple iPad event: all the news from Apple’s ‘Let Loose’ reveal
The 7 biggest announcements from Apple’s iPad event
Here’s how the latest iPad Pro compares to the new iPad Air (and prior models)
Apple adds a 13-inch iPad Air to the mix
The iPad Air is now heavier than the iPad Pro
Apple announces new iPad Pros with OLED displays and thinnest design ever
Apple announces its M4 chip
Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro M4: bigger trackpad and a function row
Hands-on with the new iPad Pro: yeah, it’s really thin
You can upgrade the iPad Pro’s processor now, too
The new Apple Pencil Pro is harder to lose and better to draw with
Apple puts more ‘Pro’ in Final Cut and Logic Pro for the iPad
People sure are pressed about Apple’s crushing iPad commercial
On the state of the streaming wars:
A Disney, Hulu, and Max streaming bundle is on the way
The streaming business will look ‘very different’ in the next couple of years
Max nears 100 million subscribers globally
Max price hike incoming
Disney’s streaming business gets closer to becoming profitable
ESPN is coming to the Disney Plus app
Sony is now in play to buy Paramount
The Office is getting a Peacock spinoff about local newspapers
And in the lightning round:
Alex Cranz’s pick: Inside Microsoft’s Xbox turmoil
Nilay Patel’s pick: Epic v. Apple judge seems displeased over style restrictions on iOS buttons
Nilay’s other pick: President Joe Biden to announce AI data center at failed Foxconn site in Wisconsin
Josh Dzieza’s Foxconn story from 2020: The 8th wonder of the world
Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge
People seem to like Apple’s new iPad Pro, with its better screen and impressive design. People also seem to really hate Apple’s new ad in which the company crushes centuries of creative tools because, in the future, there is only iPad. And after all the iPad stuff this week, people are still asking the same question: what is the point of the iPad?
On this episode of The Vergecast, we talk about the week in Apple news: the iPad Pro, the iPad Air, the Pencil Pro, the Magic Keyboard, the new apps, and much more. We also wonder if any of this changes anything about what the iPad is, how it works, and where it’s headed — or if the answers will only come at WWDC next month. Then we talk about that ad everyone’s mad about and why it seems like Apple has lost the benefit of the doubt with customers. (Apple issued an apology right after we finished recording — but that doesn’t change much.)
After that, we talk streaming. Because it’s earnings season, and we’re learning a lot about how things are going at Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, and the rest of the services. Turns out, streaming is expensive? We talk about why the services are bundling, why it seems nobody can keep up with Netflix, and more.
Finally, we do a lightning round, which mostly turns into the Nilay Patel Victory Tour. We talk about the turmoil at Microsoft, the arguments about buttons and links that are taking over in Epic v. Apple, and the latest on what’s happening with that Foxconn site in Wisconsin.
If you want to know more about everything we discuss in this episode, here are some links to get you started, beginning with Apple:
Apple iPad event: all the news from Apple’s ‘Let Loose’ reveal
The 7 biggest announcements from Apple’s iPad event
Here’s how the latest iPad Pro compares to the new iPad Air (and prior models)
Apple adds a 13-inch iPad Air to the mix
The iPad Air is now heavier than the iPad Pro
Apple announces new iPad Pros with OLED displays and thinnest design ever
Apple announces its M4 chip
Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro M4: bigger trackpad and a function row
Hands-on with the new iPad Pro: yeah, it’s really thin
You can upgrade the iPad Pro’s processor now, too
The new Apple Pencil Pro is harder to lose and better to draw with
Apple puts more ‘Pro’ in Final Cut and Logic Pro for the iPad
People sure are pressed about Apple’s crushing iPad commercial
On the state of the streaming wars:
A Disney, Hulu, and Max streaming bundle is on the way
The streaming business will look ‘very different’ in the next couple of years
Max nears 100 million subscribers globally
Max price hike incoming
Disney’s streaming business gets closer to becoming profitable
ESPN is coming to the Disney Plus app
Sony is now in play to buy Paramount
The Office is getting a Peacock spinoff about local newspapers
And in the lightning round:
Alex Cranz’s pick: Inside Microsoft’s Xbox turmoil
Nilay Patel’s pick: Epic v. Apple judge seems displeased over style restrictions on iOS buttons
Nilay’s other pick: President Joe Biden to announce AI data center at failed Foxconn site in Wisconsin
Josh Dzieza’s Foxconn story from 2020: The 8th wonder of the world