Are Apple's Announcements Enough For You To Upgrade?

what is or should I say when is glow time and is Apple intelligence a game Cher a few of the questions ahead of Apple's much anticipated iPhone 16 unveiling earlier today in copertino The Verge writer Emma Roth was there firsthand and for the Tim Cook show and she joins us now Emma thanks so much to you what was the headline today that they unveiled well definitely the iPhone 16 that was the big headliner and it comes with a lot of new features and also some more features to come down the line of those features what did we not know about what one really blew you away yeah so kind of the flagship feature was a new capture button that's coming to both the base iPhone 16 and the iPhone 16 pro and pro Max so you'll be able to use this touch sensitive button to capture photos and videos as well as adjust some settings I thought that was my absolute headline they call it the camera control button in which you can just click a side button you can get prices on items dog breeds you can get locations phone numbers addresses websites at the touch of a button that was big how different is the camera why two lenses as opposed to three um the iPhone 16 uh like the standard one typically has like a less powerful camera setup than the iPhone 16 Pro of course and they do have like a more of a stacked look this time compared to the previous generation on the base model and um but the iPhone 16 pro and pro Max they do have upgraded a 48 megapixel um tele sorry not telephoto an ultra wide lens as well as a fusion sensor and a five time zoom on the telephoto lens and that's coming to both models for the first time yes some of the zoom images they showed in particular I think it was a grasshopper or a frog really actually blew my mind that you could take that with the phone so that should be a major difference what was the reference to Glow time was it something about colors or maybe I missed that um I I would say it's because of the more AI enhanced Siri that's coming to the iPhone 16 so when you activate this new Siri it'll highlight like the edges of your phone kind of like it's glowing when you talk to it and that truly was the feature that so many were waiting for what will Siri be able to do for those to get the 16 um so it'll be able to do things like use um it'll be able to look at your screen basically and see what you're seeing and it'll be able to help you and assist you based on um what's on your screen and your questions so let's say if you want it to help you write an email it'll use kind of the context of what's on your screen to help you with that very cool I think another feature they referenced was you can actually ask Siri to help find a picture many people have tens of thousands of photos and you can just give it some context and Siri will go into your photo library and pick out a particular photo or two that sounds like it matches your description that is another big feature Apple intelligence we learned a lot about it when they first made the announcement what is the big Advantage for people to upgrade when it comes to Apple intelligence oh um I would say it's definitely more of like a prodict productivity tool um it'll definitely give you more ways to like help you with writing emails summarizing things finding photos so if you need that extra capability I would say it's um it's worth trying out and it's also coming to um like iOS 18 in general so I think I believe it is available to some uh iPhone 15 models as well it'll be available 920 in store and available for pre-order on Friday bottom line is this Emma would you upgrade did it give you enough incentive to say all right I'm ditching whatever model I have that is a compelling reason I would say I would say if you're somebody who really loves taking pictures and is really interested in that capability like visual intelligence to take pictures of something and then get information about it I would say that it is worth upgrading for that however I think some of the other things um like some of the other upgrades weren't so major so if you can live without some of the like the visual intelligence stuff like that I would say stick with your current phone but otherwise it seems like a nice upgrate if this were the presidential debate and I was a moderator I'd be pressing back on you I didn't hear a yes would this give you reason to to upgrade cuz I'll just be frank I thought the camera was interesting the battery life at least floated didn't give any details they said the longest battery life of any iPhone that's big to me probably the biggest thing but I don't think the Apple intelligence was enough for me to feel compelled to upgrade how about you I I I guess I would have to say neutral on that um but yeah the it it definitely is like really dependent on if you want those AI capabilities if you want um like all that kind of extra stuff thrown in but they yeah yeah it is it is not bad I I hear your hesitation there look I have Chad gbt the app on my phone I use it often and that to me feels like enough as far as AI goes and analysts are really split on whether or not AI will lead to a super cycle or a golden cycle as wed bush is calling it all right I want to ask you quickly about they started out with the watch not with the phone what was the news there yeah so some there was some big news with the Watch series 10 um they're making they had a the biggest and the thinnest well the biggest display and the thinnest profile yet for their smart watches and it'll also come with like a big new capability that'll allow it to detect signs of sleep apnea yeah they really leaned into Health as they have for several uh Big Apple events they also leaned into Health on the airpods what was the news on the new airpod yeah so the airpods pro to are going to be available as overthe counter hearing aid starting later this year which is really interesting and they're also rolling out some hearing features like uh hearing test and new hearing protection features but specifically only for the airpods pro two and I'll tell you the only thing that would make me get new airpods is giving me some way that these will not be lost because airpods are lost if you go to the MTA Station here in Grand Central 100 a day and we all do them they've got to find a better way to track the airpods case that will get me to buy a new one so let's spin forward a little bit we usually get Big Apple news at the worldwide developer conference what news is still out there yeah so next month there are rumors that Apple could possibly take the wraps off of a Mac Mini or an iPad mini but this is still all unofficial so we're going to have to wait a few more weeks to find out uh what happens okay so everybody keep your eye on the verge for all the latest on this iPhone 16 and follow Emma Roth at Emma M Roth 08 on X thanks so much for joining us from copertino appreciate that yeah thanks for having me