96: ‘The Edition Edition’ With Ben ‘Bengate’ Thompson

Hosted byJohn Gruber

Special guest Ben Thompson joins the show for an Apple Watch discussion: what it’ll cost, what it’ll do, how it will be sold, and more. Other topics include “Bend-gate”, Apple’s growing prowess in mobile chip design, and Derek Jeter.

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Links:

• Apple Spotlight: A Brief History of iPhonegates
• Derek Jeter’s 2001 “flip play”
• AnandTech benchmarks show year-old iPhone 5S is still a top-five phone