😃 Super light
🫡 Very comfy
🔊 Solid sound with support for spatial audio and Dolby Atmos
🔋 32 hours with ANC on
🍎 Fast-switching with Apple devices
💰 $349 ($200 less than AirPods Max 2)
📅 Comes out on 9/24
@raywong.bsky.socialRay Wong
@raywong.bsky.social
Senior Editor, Consumer Tech @gizmodo.com 📧[email protected] • Prevs: Deputy Tech Editor @ Inverse • Founding Editor @ Input • Senior Tech Correspondent @ Mashable | My ❤️: 📸🎮📝👨🏻💻
@raywong.bsky.social@raywong.bsky.socialI got to briefly try out the new @beatsbydre 360 over-ear wireless headphones. These appear to be very good for workouts This isn't a full review (that's coming soon), but here are the main points: 🧩 Interchangeable ear cushions and headbands 🌈 Six Performance Knit and 2 UltraPlus colors
@raywong.bsky.socialTIL Porsche sells a stroller wagon for $2,000
@raywong.bsky.socialWhich black iPhone was your favorite? Left to right: iPhone 3GS iPhone 4 iPhone 7 (Jet Black) iPhone 14 (Space Black) iPhone 18 Pro
@raywong.bsky.social🖤 Black color is awesome. Burgundy grew on me
💰 Worth the $100 extra this year
Cons:
🫠 Same easily bruisable aluminum
🤡 New manual camera settings can't be controlled with Camera Control key
(Amazing 📸 by @adri_or_adriano!)
Cont'd
@raywong.bsky.social⚡️ A20 chip is a beast. Crushes every phone on single-core and multi-core 🧊 Excellent thermals with no overheating thanks to larger vapor chamber 🔋 Ridiculously long battery life for both 🏝️ 25% smaller Dynamic Island Cont'd
@raywong.bsky.socialfter a week of testing, my in-depth iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max review is now up on @gizmodo! Pros: 📷 Versatile triple 48MP cameras ✨ Variable aperture really works (f/1.48, f/1.8, f/2.8, f/4.0) and is best manually, not in auto mode 🌙 Low-light and night photos have more dynamic range Cont'd
@raywong.bsky.socialAnd here's a video of me telling Tim how he "broke" my iPhone with his retweet when I met him a month later at the Brooklyn Academy of Music for the launch of the new iPad Pros and Retina MacBook Air
@raywong.bsky.socialI had never experienced anything like it and have never experienced anything like it since It was INSANE! Thanks for everything Tim! You're a good, decent man and you did things your way. Not Steve Jobs' way, but your way. Apple is better because of your leadership.
@raywong.bsky.social8 years ago, @tim_cook RT'd my iPhone XS and XS Max review with a simple 👀 emoji (was that his shortest tweet ever?!) The RTs and reply notifications were nonstop and caused my iPhone to become unusable and battery to deplete in minutes.
@raywong.bsky.socialNo pricing yet. For ref, the GR IV has $1,500 MSRP
@raywong.bsky.socialRicoh is developing a GR IVx point and shoot! • Comes out this winter • Same 26-megapixel BSI CMOS APS-C sensor as GR IV • 26.1mm lens (40mm full-frame equivalent) with f/2.8 with 8 elements in 6 groups • 5-axis stabilization • Built-in 2-stop ND filter • Wi-Fi 5
@raywong.bsky.socialHow mad is everyone that GTA VI runs at 30 fps? Me, I don’t care as long as the game plays well and looks good Frame rates beyond 30 have never mattered to me so long as the game isn’t unplayable GTA VI looks incredible and I have no doubt Rockstar will not drop the ball on it
@raywong.bsky.socialDolly Parton, Tim Curry, Yayoi Kusama, and now... Peter Cullen I can't this week
@raywong.bsky.socialGoogle Fitbit Air Special Edition Pokémon Sleep comes on 9/15 for $129.99. Preorder today Sleep Blue band with sleeping Pikachu Connects to Pokémon Sleep app for Android and iOS Uses sleep score to "multiply" "Drowsy Power" to attract more Pokémon to appear near your Snorlax