WEBVTT 00:00.031 --> 00:25.026 [SPEAKER_00]: a factual data creation facility production. 00:25.006 --> 00:32.519 [SPEAKER_00]: I incorrectly stated that the incoming iPhone 17 would be using a BIND-A-19 Pro chip as its CPU. 00:32.539 --> 00:36.666 [SPEAKER_00]: I meant to say a BIND-A-18 Pro chip. 00:37.708 --> 00:43.318 [SPEAKER_00]: I corrected myself later in the report, but I want to avoid confusion, so let's get started. 00:46.083 --> 00:53.174 [SPEAKER_00]: According to Bloomberg's Mark German, a new base model iPad and new iPad air should be coming out real soon now. 00:54.396 --> 00:59.785 [SPEAKER_00]: Instead of using new to describe these iPads, updated would have been a more appropriate term. 01:01.047 --> 01:06.235 [SPEAKER_00]: According to Apple's favorite leaker, the base model iPad will be getting an A18 chip. 01:06.215 --> 01:09.502 [SPEAKER_00]: which is an upgrade from the current model's A16 chip. 01:10.323 --> 01:14.752 [SPEAKER_00]: But for normal iPad usage, this probably won't be apparent to the user. 01:15.734 --> 01:21.846 [SPEAKER_00]: However, the 18th Pro chip is capable of running Apple Intelligence, while the A16 couldn't. 01:22.948 --> 01:24.672 [SPEAKER_00]: Other than that, they'll be no upgrades. 01:26.014 --> 01:27.818 [SPEAKER_00]: Not even a laminated display. 01:29.367 --> 01:34.316 [SPEAKER_00]: The iPad Air will be getting the M4 chip, which is a slight bump up from the current M3 chip. 01:35.158 --> 01:47.460 [SPEAKER_00]: Though there were rumors that the Air would get Face ID and Pro Motion, which is Apple Speak for a higher display refresh rate, German doesn't expect these features to make it into this new model iPad Air. 01:48.588 --> 01:49.550 [SPEAKER_00]: Not yet, anyway. 01:50.232 --> 01:54.603 [SPEAKER_00]: I can say that once the air gets sees features, I will no longer buy iPad Pros. 01:55.525 --> 01:56.768 [SPEAKER_00]: I guess that's the point here. 01:56.788 --> 02:02.682 [SPEAKER_00]: There's good chance that both of these models will get Apple's N1 networking chip though. 02:05.193 --> 02:10.458 [SPEAKER_00]: Again from Mark German, he's doubling down on his predicted future of Apple Fitness Plus. 02:11.379 --> 02:17.745 [SPEAKER_00]: Late last year he stated that Apple Fitness Plus was underperforming, which had prompted Apple to take another look at the service. 02:18.566 --> 02:30.458 [SPEAKER_00]: The result is that the giant food company has scaled back expectations for Fitness Plus staying a separate description service that would have seen Fitness Plus infused with 02:30.438 --> 02:34.805 [SPEAKER_00]: Last week, Irman said he believes Apple Fitness plus is under review by Cooper Tino. 02:34.825 --> 02:40.553 [SPEAKER_00]: He thinks that Apple will roll Apple fitness plus into the rumored health plus subscription service. 02:41.915 --> 02:47.704 [SPEAKER_00]: Make sense, but that will also cut a current revenue stream, even if it isn't a very large one. 02:47.684 --> 02:52.210 [SPEAKER_00]: I've used Apple Fitness Plus in the past, but switched over to Peloton. 02:52.891 --> 02:58.018 [SPEAKER_00]: Besides a dearth of workout metrics, Apple Fitness lacks good instructors. 02:58.780 --> 03:00.622 [SPEAKER_00]: That was a main reason I moved on from it. 03:01.684 --> 03:06.811 [SPEAKER_00]: Instructors they have are, how can I put this two California if you know what I mean? 03:06.851 --> 03:14.181 [SPEAKER_00]: One look at Apple Fitness Plus currently will prove that Apple has lost interest in this particular service. 03:14.887 --> 03:21.378 [SPEAKER_00]: The same old instructors are still there, no new ones have been added, and the classes are the same tired workouts. 03:22.280 --> 03:26.447 [SPEAKER_00]: Few classes are added, maybe one new class per week if we're lucky. 03:26.487 --> 03:31.215 [SPEAKER_00]: Perhaps Apple should buy Peloton which I fear is also a dying platform. 03:32.317 --> 03:39.730 [SPEAKER_00]: Peloton's hardware sales have stalled, and the company has just laid off 11% of its work for us last week. 03:39.710 --> 03:47.081 [SPEAKER_00]: Even with those layoffs, stockchairs of Peloton drop 25 percent, I'd say the company is right for the picking. 03:47.141 --> 04:00.621 [SPEAKER_00]: Peloton display monitors run on Android, but Apple could easily replace him at users' expense, of course, with updated displays at run on iOS, just saying, 04:03.487 --> 04:05.849 [SPEAKER_00]: We'll wrap this up with some podcast news. 04:06.850 --> 04:12.275 [SPEAKER_00]: Avertisers currently spend $2.43 billion per year on ads for podcasts. 04:13.396 --> 04:21.282 [SPEAKER_00]: Despite a lower than expected return on investments, podcasts have been getting overloaded with ads, and listeners are taking note. 04:22.243 --> 04:26.447 [SPEAKER_00]: The frustration level of listeners has gotten so high, many are checking out. 04:27.568 --> 04:33.493 [SPEAKER_00]: This for me report from podcast.ripp. 04:33.473 --> 04:42.283 [SPEAKER_00]: According to the report, AdLoads in podcasts have gone from 7.9% of runtime to 10.9% of runtime. 04:43.084 --> 04:44.265 [SPEAKER_00]: That's an increase of 39%. 04:44.926 --> 04:52.034 [SPEAKER_00]: This has caused an average of 30 listeners out of 100 to stop listening to podcasts because of ads. 04:53.015 --> 04:57.000 [SPEAKER_00]: Hmm, maybe that explains my decrease in audience numbers. 04:57.115 --> 04:57.796 [SPEAKER_00]: No. 04:58.457 --> 04:59.078 [SPEAKER_00]: No. 04:59.098 --> 05:18.162 [SPEAKER_00]: The genres that were the worst offenders of overloading ads were, true crime with a 17% adload, followed by comedy with a 12% adload, and news podcasts average a 10% adload, bringing up the rear was business podcasts having a 9% load. 05:19.205 --> 05:22.872 [SPEAKER_00]: The article points out that 10% is the acceptable threshold. 05:23.994 --> 05:26.599 [SPEAKER_00]: The sweet spot is 2-3 ads per episodes. 05:27.882 --> 05:32.491 [SPEAKER_00]: If you think this podcast has too many ads inserted into it, please let me know. 05:32.551 --> 05:41.027 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm considering going over to the value for a value method of monetization, and this could give me the needed final push in that direction. 05:43.555 --> 05:45.988 [SPEAKER_00]: Well that'll do it for this overflow episode. 05:46.933 --> 05:50.794 [SPEAKER_00]: You can contact me at ofntpodcast at gmail.com. 05:51.820 --> 05:54.193 [SPEAKER_00]: I hope you, tune in Sunday for episode 308. 05:55.279 --> 05:56.063 [SPEAKER_00]: Take care.