The Constant Geekery Podcast

By: Constant Geekery
  • Summary

  • Tech news, discussion and banter with a healthy dose of dry British humour.

    © 2024 Constant Geekery
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Episodes
  • S5 E2: Apple's Ecosystem and Hasty Upgrade Cycle... and Silent Discos
    Nov 19 2024

    In this episode we discuss: Apple's hasty and expensive upgrade cycle, the fluid ecosystem, and of course, silent discos.

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    CHAPTERS
    0:00:00 Erin's Joke & Intro Banter
    0:05:22 Episode 1 Recap
    0:06:50 New M4 Macs
    0:07:30 How Apple's meetings go
    0:08:49 Mac mini's removable SSD Card
    0:12:14 MKBHD Drama
    0:19:21 Dayv's mistake on the Mac mini video
    0:23:11 Apple's Pricing Strategy
    0:25:55 Dayv's Smart Ring
    0:26:52 The insane power of the M chip
    0:28:41 Getting a new phone isn't the same anymore
    0:33:26 The Apple ecosystem
    0:37:31 Lack of reasons to upgrade MacBooks
    0:41:14 Erin's habit of dropping her phone
    0:42:31 iPhone pricing
    0:46:11 The iPhone upgrade cycle
    0:49:16 Apple Care discussion
    0:51:25 The Apple Watch's lifespan
    0:55:27 Dayv's story about eating paint and glue
    0:59:22 Outro

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • S5 E1: New Macs, Wearable Tech & Vegan Hotdogs 🤢
    Oct 29 2024

    In this episode we discuss: the world of health tech worn ON and IN your skin and some news about new Apple Macs... oh, and eat something truly awful.

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    CHAPTERS
    0:00:00 Erin's Joke & Intro Banter
    0:02:28 Apple News
    0:11:14 Erin loves the old MBP Touch Bar
    0:14:31 Erin's bland wallpaper
    0:18:27 M4 MacBook Pro
    0:20:10 Apple Intelligence
    0:22:16 Wearable health tech
    0:29:08 Dayv's Apple Watch crash experience
    0:35:09 Smart Rings
    0:38:47 Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGMs)
    0:47:08 Abbott Lingo - CGM for consumers
    1:05:17 Outro
    1:07:07 Vegan Wieners

    #podcast #applepodcasts #health

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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • S4 E1 - Apple A17 Pro: what does it tell us about M3?
    Sep 13 2023

    In this episode we share our thoughts on Apple's Wanderlust event, including the new Apple Watch Series 9, Apple Watch Ultra 2, iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro. What does the new A17 Pro tell us about the forthcoming M3 chip? Is Apple's re-designed GPU actually faster? And there's some good news for Apple customers in the UK!

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    CHAPTERS
    0:00:00 Pete's Joke & Intro Banter
    0:04:17 Podcast Update
    0:05:59 Wonderlust Event
    0:07:15 Apple Watch saved my life
    0:11:25 Mac (lack of) updates
    0:12:46 Vision Pro updates
    0:17:38 Apple Watch Series 9
    0:22:28 Erin lost her phone in the fridge
    0:24:32 Finger tapping gesture
    0:27:12 Watch Series 9 screen brightness
    0:29:22 Apple's environmental credentials (soldered-on SSDs)
    0:37:37 Apple Watch Ultra 2
    0:38:25 iPhone 15
    0:46:45 Erin Explains: USB-C
    0:51:42 iPhone 15 Pro
    0:58:32 A17 Pro chip - what it tells us about M3
    1:03:52 A17 Pro GPU - Apple redesigned shaders - ray tracing
    1:08:12 iPhone 15 Pro camera
    1:15:58 UK Prices - good news!
    1:18:17 Conclusions

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    1 hr and 22 mins

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