I’ve been using my Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses for at least two years now. I initially bought them mostly for taking behind-the-scenes footage of me taking photos on my iPhone, so I could create Instagram reels and all that. I eventually ended up using Meta AI a lot too, and I have kept using it […] The post Creeps Ruined Smart Glasses for the Rest of Us first appeared on Volatile Inputs .
The question comes up constantly, especially with the impending increase of iPhone prices. Should I buy the iPhone 17 Pro now or wait? I figured it was worth making a video actually answering it. The post Should You Buy the iPhone 17 Pro Now? first appeared on Volatile Inputs .
Yesterday I wrote about how the Galaxy Z Fold 8 sold me on the foldable iPhone’s form factor. This is the part where I explain why I’m still not buying one. Every year for the past twelve years or so, the reason I buy a new iPhone is the camera. The iPhone 18 Pro is […] The post I’m Still Buying the iPhone 18 Pro Over the Foldable first appeared on Volatile Inputs .
Back in April I wrote that Apple’s foldable iPhone had an aspect ratio that made no sense to me. Wider and shorter when closed, and I couldn’t work out what that would mean for typing, or Maps, or the things I actually do on a phone every day. Now the Samsung Galaxy Fold 8 is here. I’ve […] The post The Galaxy Z Fold 8 Changed My Mind About the Foldable iPhone first appeared on Volatile Inputs .
I pre-ordered the Clicks Power Keyboard, which should tell you how much I wanted a physical keyboard back on my iPhone. I pre-ordered mine on the 4th of January, and I got it delivered on the 24th of July. It was a long wait, and I’m still not sure it was worth it. The Wait When I […] The post Clicks Power Keyboard Review: Great Keyboard Idea, Bad Battery Decision first appeared on Volatile Inputs…
Ryan Christoffel writing for 9to5Mac on why the iPhone Ultra sounds truly deserving of the ‘Ultra’ name: I totally disagree. With the M-series Ultra chips, the Apple Watch Ultra, and even CarPlay Ultra, a product having the ‘Ultra’ moniker means, at least in my mind, that these are the “best of the best”. If we are saying […] The post Is the iPhone Ultra Really Deserving of the Ultra Name? first…
I purchased a Stream Deck recently and I have been trying to set it up so it can assist me in being productive. It’s been about 3 weeks and I am getting more utility out of it compared to the TourBox controller that I returned. Safari is my browser of choice, mostly because it syncs to my […] The post Safari Profiles Are Great. Switching Between Them Isn’t. first appeared on Volatile Inputs .
M.G. Siegler, writing on Spyglass: While Apple still didn’t raise iPhone prices alongside this move, it’s clearly another lever to pull getting ahead of that inevitable increase in a few weeks. Now a $100 or $200 price increase on the iPhone 18 Pro – perhaps soon to start at $1,299? – will look far less daunting […] The post Apple Upgrade Changes the iPhone Pricing Conversation first appeared on…
Stephen Hackett created a digital calendar that highlights important dates across Apple’s history — hardware, software, services, retail — and he describes it as “…a digital calendar highlighting important dates across Apple’s hardware, software, services, and retail stores. It is updated monthly with new dates and information.” I picked it up last week as it was […] The post Stephen Hackett’s…
Joe Rossignol has a post on MacRumors about Apple raising prices in Japan. He writes: Apple attributed the Mac and iPad price increases last month to the ongoing memory chip shortage, which has driven up chip prices. In this case, however, the increases are likely due to the Japanese yen’s depreciation against the U.S. dollar over the […] The post Apple Is Raising Prices on Everything but the…