Justin is the founder of Tech Between the Lines. He covers Apple strategy and the broader tech landscape with 15+ years of enterprise IT experience, the perspective that comes from actually deploying the products everyone else just reviews.
Apple's Broadcom press release is about manufacturing jobs. The SEC filing underneath reveals an AI server chip and an RF filter Apple still can't build.
Apple cut off the restore path on eight legacy iPhones and iPads by unsigning old baseband firmware. The same mechanism still sits under every current iPhone.
iOS 27 Beta 3 shows Siri AI working differently depending on your beta build, your watch, and your country. That's not a rollout bug. It's what a two-year, $250 million overdue promise looks like when it finally ships.
Apple raised prices on the Mac, iPad, Apple TV, and Vision Pro this week and left the iPhone untouched. That split isn't mercy. It's a preview of which product gets the bad news first, and which one gets to wait until launch season makes it easier to swallow.
Tim Cook calls Apple price increases unavoidable, but the Mac mini already got pricier months earlier, revealing how the iPhone 18 cycle will absorb the hit.
A five day Disneyland and Legoland trip put the Oura Ring 5's comfort and battery claims to the test. The hardware delivered. The new software features are a mixed bag so far.