Foldable iPhone Rumors, Meta’s Don Quixote Smartglasses

Bryan and Jeff check out the latest iPhone 18 rumors and talk about whether or not a foldable model makes sense. They also look at Meta’s new smartglasses, their quixotic pursuit of hardware relevance, and the potential privacy issues.

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Sources referenced in this episode:

• iPhone 18 Pro: Six new features are coming this fall
• iPhone 18 Pro Launching Later This Year With These 10 New Features
• Meta announces new smart glasses starting at $299, as Zuckerberg keeps pushing wearables
• Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones
• Neosynthesis special deal
• Linea Sketch
• Bryan’s book Accidental Intelligence
• Bryan’s short story King Liam, First of His Name
• Mason Truman on Threads

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