The Mystery Behind the iPhone 12's Refresh Rate: A Detailed Analysis

By Rene Ritchie

As we delved deeper into the world of smartphones, one question kept popping up during the iPhone 12 event: why did Apple not include a 120Hz refresh rate on its new device? The answer, according to Rene Ritchie, is quite interesting. Firstly, let's take a look at what happened when they removed the charging block and headphones from the box.

They Removed the Charging Block and Headphones, Then Decided to Raise the Price

In this video, Rene Ritchie starts off by explaining how Apple removed the charging block and headphones from the iPhone 12 box. This might seem like a minor detail, but it sets the tone for the rest of the discussion. And then, as we would expect, they decided to raise the price $30 while still maintaining the starting memory at 64 gigabytes. What gives? Rene asks, pointing out that this is quite an increase.

The Reason Behind the Price Hike

So, what's behind this price hike? According to Rene Ritchie, it seems like a simple decision to raise prices and reduce some of the features or items included in the box. And if you look at the list, you'll see that there are indeed several things that have been removed from the iPhone 12 box. However, the cost of these items must be substantial.

My Guess is That There's Not Enough Capacity for LTPO OLED Panels

Rene Ritchie then explains his theory about why Apple decided not to include a 120Hz refresh rate on its new device. According to him, it's due to the availability of certain panels called LTPO OLED panels. These panels are used by Samsung in their Note 20 series and allow for adaptive refresh rates similar to what Apple has been doing with its iPad Pro.

The Technology Behind LTPO OLED Panels

So, how do these panels work? Rene Ritchie explains that they use variable refresh rates to go from 60 Hz to 1 Hz. This allows them to be used in various applications such as scrolling or Apple Pencil usage on the iPad Pro. The panels also allow for adaptive refresh rates, which means they can adjust their refresh rate based on the content being displayed.

The Problem with LTPO OLED Panels

Now, Rene Ritchie explains that there's a problem with these panels. They're not yet available in sufficient quantities to be used by Apple in its devices. According to him, this is why we won't see a 120Hz refresh rate on our new iPhones. The lack of availability means that Apple has to make trade-offs.

The Trade-Offs of Not Having 120Hz Refresh Rate

So, what are the consequences of not having a 120Hz refresh rate? Rene Ritchie explains that it's a choice between two options: either they switch down to lower resolution or use scalers of questionable quality. The former would mean sacrificing some of the display's resolution, while the latter would compromise on image quality.

The Color Management Problem

Rene Ritchie also points out another issue with not having 120Hz refresh rate - the color management problem. When the refresh rate changes, the white point can change, which affects the overall viewing experience. He believes that this is a deal-breaker for Apple.

When Will We See 120Hz Refresh Rate on iPhones?

So, when will we see 120Hz refresh rate on our new iPhones? According to Rene Ritchie, it's likely that we'll see this feature next year once Apple gets its hands on the required panels. He believes that Apple is choosing quality over quantity, and that they want to get it right instead of rushing to include a feature that's not yet available.

The Conclusion

In conclusion, Rene Ritchie has shed some light on why Apple decided not to include a 120Hz refresh rate in its new iPhone. It seems like a combination of factors including the availability of LTPO OLED panels and the trade-offs that come with them. We'll just have to wait for next year's iPhones to see if our wishes are finally granted.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- They removed the chargingblock and the headphones,then decided they neededto raise the price $30and still have the startingmemory at 64 gigabytes.What gives?And I'll actually pointout they raised it by $130.I'm Rene Ritchie.And you had questionsabout the iPhone 12 event.You wanted answers, you wanted the truthand I'm here to handle that for you.And as always members overat patrion.com/reneritchiehave Q&A priority.That's just how it works.But if your question didn't get answeredand you have more questions or follow upjust hit the subscribe button and bell,so that you can be notifiedwhen new videos go liveand I'll hang with youfor the first hour or so.And we can chat. Cool?Let's do this.No 120 refresh rate, why?Why 5G instead of 120 Hertz?Why Dolby Vision instead of 120 Hertz?I didn't ask for Dolby Vision?Why can every other phone justdo this and not the iPhone?Why just, why?RedLetterMedia style, why.My guess is that simply because,there is not enough capacitynot enough yield yetfor LTPO OLED panels.Those are the ones thatSamsung is using in the note 20and they allow adaptive refreshsimilar to what Apple has donefor years with the iPad Pro.When Apple got oxide into the LCD displaysfor the iPad is when they were ableto do adaptive refresh there.And what they've been usingfor a couple of yearsnow on the Apple Watch.And again, that's becausethose displays went into LTPOand they use the variable refresh thereto go from 60 to one forthe always-on display.On the iPad pro they useit to go from 60 to 120for things like scrollingand Apple pencil.And also to go down to 48Hertz or 24 Hertz to do thingslike show 24 frames per second moviesor to conserve battery power.And that's really what Apple wants to do.They don't wanna have 120 Hertz,they wanna have adaptive refresh rateso they can drive it ateverything from 24 to 120.And based on the panels thatApple is believed to be usingwhich are similar to the Galaxy S20not the note 20 panels,that's just not possible yet.And if you can't do the adaptive partyou have to make a bunch of trade-offswhich is how other companies are doing it.Either they switcheddown to lower resolutionand they have scalersof questionable quality,or their color managementgoes out the windowand you can literally seethe white point changingas the refresh rate changes.And I think that's probablyjust a deal breaker for Apple.So again, my guess is we'll get thisas soon as Apple gets those panels,which is probably next year.And they just decided to do it rightinstead of doing it right now.\"Why no 8K video recording on the iPhone?Who cares about Dolby Vision,give us 8K other phones aregiving us 8K, why isn't Apple.\"This is actually super interestingbecause I would really like 8K,only because, not a lot ofpeople can display 8K yet,but when you're editingvideo, you can punch in to 4K.You can pan and scan around in post.So it just gives you a lotmore options in editing.But Apple is stickingwith 12 megapixel sensors.They haven't gone to these huge,48 or 108 megapixel sensors.So they're limited to those 16 megapixels.And I think you need atleast 33 or more for 8K.So Apple is sticking tothe quality of the 4Kinstead of the quantity of the 8K.And they're doing DolbyVision for the similar reason.And I remember a few years agowhen I went to WWDC,Bob Borchers who just went back to Appleyou saw him in the home pod mini segmentof the event earlier this week.He was Adobe back thenand I got to go therewhen they were introducing Dolby Vision.And they gave us this demowith \"The Last Jedi, Star Wars\" trailer.Where they showed it to us in 4Kand then they showedit to us in 1080P HDR,high dynamic range using Dolby Visionand the Dolby Vision the HDR versionjust blew the 4K version out the waterbecause after you get to a certain pointthe pixel density doesn't matter as much.It just becomes waste.And the quality of the imagebecomes more important than the quantity.And the high dynamic rangeis what is improving there.So that's just the abilityto show deeper blacksand keep maintain highlightsas the whites get brighterand have that real deep redand sort of lush greenthat just makes the entire image better.And it's why we all want Dolby Visionon Netflix and Disney plus,and with all the Star Warsand all the Marvel moviesand everything like that.And Apple emphasizing Dolby Visionas much as I want 8K and as much as yes,(speaking in foreign language)I think it's gonna take a whilebefore Apple gets into bigger sensorsespecially considering thetrade-offs you then makewith the size of the pixelsand technologies likepixel-binning and all that.So it's a nice to have, butif I was given the choiceI would definitely wantHDR over 8K at this point.\"Why didn't Apple put Touch IDinto the iPhone power buttonlike they did the new iPad Air?Don't they realize face ID isa huge pain with masks on.\"And I think this is wherewhat's usually a huge strength for Applebecame a bit of a weakness.And that's always the case.Our biggest strengths arealways our biggest weaknessesand that is they work onthese phones years out.And it might seemif you listen to leaksand things like thatthat these decisions are allbeing made at the last minutebut that's not at all true.They're hearing echoesof decisions that weremade a long time ago.Very, very few things are decided late onin a product cycle.So when they're releasingthis year's phone,they're already workingon next year's phoneand the phone after that.And I think if they had their druthersif they were more agile in their processif they weren't as tightlyintegrated in a waythey would been able to spin around fasterand do something likeadding Touch ID as well.But currently the rumors saythat Touch ID is coming back next year.That that was the sort ofplanned reintroduction period.And so far, the rumors have said,it'll be in-display Touch ID,not power button Touch ID.And Apple has patents on anacoustic version of that.Not the optical kind yousee in some Android phones,but the acoustical kind,which I think is similar to whatQualcomm has done on Samsung phones,that sort of technology.So I would have really liked itbecause we do live in a worldthat's been radically changedover the last few months.Kenneth Perry on Patreon asked,\"Any idea what the backof the iPhone 12 phones are made of?\"And MehNitesh2, on Twitter asks,if ceramic glass is also on the rearof either the pro or non-pro models.And no, the ceramic glassis only on the front.What Apple is calling Ceramic Shield.Is basically ceramic impregnated glass.So it's scientifically not glassbut it's a hybrid compound.And that is on the front.On the back is the sameglass as last year.Which I believe is still strongerthan any other Gorilla Glass type productchemically hardened,ion exchange style glasson the market yet.Apple works with Corning.They're literally on the floor at Corningworking on this stuffand they get access to uniqueor custom and early versionsof all the stuff thatCorning is working on.So it's not Ceramic Shield,but it's among the bestin class that you can get.Maybe even the best in classthat you can get on the back still.GAdams_Spink on Twitter asks,\"Ceramic Shield, will it meanan end to glass screen protectors?\"And no alas, because one of the things,one of the trade-offs thatyou get with these glassthese composite hybrid chemicalion exchange glass products,is that they can be optimizedfor shatter resistanceor scratch resistancebut they don't seem to be able to do both.And some years, it goes back and forthbetween one or the other.But for the last few years,it seems like Apple and Corningboth have really been focusingon shatter resistance.And you're getting a lot ofprotection from Ceramic Shieldin terms of that.And also the new design,the loss of the curves,just the flattening,the great flattening of the phonereally improves the strengthwhen it comes to shatter resistancebut I don't believe there's any changein scratch resistance.So if you were using aglass screen protectorfor that previously, you'regonna wanna keep on doing that.If you're worried about scratchesyou're absolutely gonnawanna keep on doing that.And Thomas Frank.Hey, Thomas Frank of YouTube productivityand #gearfame on Twitter says,\"I only caught a bit of the launch video,but which phones will have IBIS?Which ones should I belooking at as a camera guy?\"And so if you're not familiarwith camera terminologyIBIS is in body image stabilization.In cameras, you can have stabilizationin the body of the camera andalso stabilization in the lensand then also you can haveelectronic image stabilization as well.And so all of the iPhone 12s have OIS,which is optical image stabilization.And that just means ifthe sensor is being shakenif it's shook, the lensis sort of floatingand will compensate asbest as it can for that.And Apple just keeps ramping upthe response rate on the lens,but it's still a two component systemand it's a little bit more complex.So what the iPhone 12 Pro Max is doing,is bringing that stabilizationinto the sensor itself.So only the sensor now isfloating instead of the lens.It's a much simpler processand it should be much morestable even than the previous OISand also result in betterquality photos and video.So if you are a camera personyou're definitely gonna wanna gowith the iPhone 12 Pro Max.Joshua Karp on Patreon asks,\"Trying to decide betweenthe Pro and the Pro Max.What exactly are the camera differences?\"And Kyle Giglio also on Patreon asks,\"How big of a difference do you projectbetween the Pro and the Max cameras?\"And Tim Gjenvick on Patreonasks, \"Any other differences?\"So you're gonna have thestandard basic differenceswhich is just biggerscreen and bigger battery.And the differences in the camera is that,there is a bigger sensor,physically bigger sensoron the wide angle onthe I phone 12 pro max.And that just means you'll be ableto bring in more light andget better, better photographsespecially better low light photographs.The telephoto camera hasgone from a fact of 52I believe 52 millimeter to 65 millimeter.So it's just a different type of lens.The aperture is not quite as good,so it doesn't let in as much light,but it'll give you atotally different lookand an extra 0.5 of zoom.So instead of going from,zero in the wide angleit'll go to 2.5 now in thetelephoto instead of just two.And then there's the stabilizationthe sensor-based stabilizationthat I already just mentioned.I've done a whole videoexplaining the differencesbetween the various iPhone 12 models.So I'll link to that inthe description as well.Cgxos on Twitter,\"Should we upgrade from 11 Proif we use the camera a lot.\"And I always sort of cringewhen 90% of the videostalk about upgrading yearover year because I feel like,if you have enoughmoney, you just do that.If you care about always havingthe best, you just do that.If you are on an annual upgradeprogram, you just do that.And if not, you probably keep your phonefor two, three, four years.But I realized tech Twitteris a very specific audience.So a few years ago when therewere still iPhone lineupsI think it was probablythe iPhone 10 S launch.I was at the Fifth Avenue Apple Store,and I was just talking to people in lineand asking them why they were upgrading.And one of the people there saidthat the iPhone was their primary camerathat they just used it for everything.It was how they took photosof their newborn children.And they could never go backin time and get better photos.So they always wanted to make surethey could take the bestphotos of their kids possible.And so they always made surethey had the latest iPhonewith the best camera possible.So if that's your situationif the iPhone is your primary cameraand photography videographyis really important to youand you have the finances to do it.And the camera seems like it'lloffer you more capabilitieslike the iPhone 12 ProMax is doing this year,then absolutely do it.But if none of those things are true,then again, I don't think most peopleever need to upgrade year over year.Warwick on Patreon wants toknow about the differencesbetween the regular and the pro.And this year, there doesn't seem to bethat many differences, justsome colors and the camera.And is there anything else?Apple has essentially madethe regulars into almost pros,and so the difference with thepros really is the materials.You have the stainless steelinstead of the aluminumyou have the different finishesand then you have theextra telephoto camerathe LiDAR scanner,and on the Max, you just have the enhancedphotographic capabilities in general.So you really have tospecifically want those things.Otherwise, the non-Pro almost Pro I think,is just as good a value,probably a better valuefor most people at this point.@ChrisPirillo on Twittericon Trailblazer, original streamer.\"When is Apple gonna stop focusingon a dozen variants and insteadon a single spectacularsoftware experience again?\"And Chris is super salty that ever sincewe went to more than onescreen size on the iPhonehe feels that the interfaceand user experiencehas just plummeted on the iPhone.And I think that's really, really fair.Back when there was onepixel perfect screen solutionthrough the original iPhonesand into the iPhone 5, 5speople were literallydesigning by the pixeland there was only one phoneto sort of manage to focus on every year.So everyone on the human interface teamwas carrying that phone,and complaining about anylittle defect they saw.But even back thenthere were just all sortsof bugs and weirdness.I think that some of thisis rose colored glassesand you can make a list a mile long,about problems that existedwith just the one screen size.But obviously that's magnified nowthat we have so manydifferent screen sizes,because everything fromsize classes to auto layoutit just introduces much more opportunityfor those things to go wrong.And scale is always the enemy of quality.It's much harder to domany many things much more broadlythan it is to do one thing.So I think those days have just passedand it's only tech nerds like us.It's the 1% that reallydeeply care about that.And if any company wants to be successfulthey eventually haveto look beyond the 1%,they have to address themass market and their needs,not their needs, but theirpriorities are really different.@reekeanu, whoa, on Twitter asks,\"Any chances the iPhone12 mini, may have less RAMthan the iPhone 12 andan underclocked CPU?\"My guess is it won't have less RAM.I don't know about the CPU.We'll have to wait and see.But this is one of those thingswhere I wouldn't worry about it.And again, it goes backto the nerd cultureversus mainstream culture is that,we want everything with zero compromisesand that's just not howdesign, development,production, implementationany of this works.There are always trade-offs.If you want something smallerthere's less room to put things inside it.If you have a smaller batteryit's less able to absorb to handlespikes in CPU demand for example.It's why Apple no longer makes phonesas small as the original SE or 5sModern processors like A14would just hit it too hardand it would brown out andthe phone would shut off.So Apple is gonna do,my guess, my expectationis that Apple will do what they usually doand that is make surethat everything is workingin an integrated way.And the CPU is demandingexactly what the battery can supply.And at that requires slight changesin base or peak frequency they'll do that.I don't expect any of thatbut I wouldn't be surprised by it.And I really don't think it matters.It's more of a implementation detailand something thatnerds get anxious about,I think often for no reason.@deerspider on Twitter,\"They remove the chargingblock and the headphones.Then decided they neededto raise the price $30and still have the starting memoryat 64 gigabytes, what gives?\"And I'll actually point outthey raised it by $130, not $30.And @Zaigum, \"What's yourview on USB-C being includedbut not the charging block.We all have charging blocks for USB-A.Is it really an environmental reason,or just a way for us to spend moreon a USB-C compatible charging block?\"So the iPhone 10R was $800 andthen the iPhone 11 was $700.And now the iPhone 12is going back up to $800on Verizon and AT&Tbut $830 if you just buy it outrightor on any other carrier.And the iPhone mini is slotting inbeneath it at $700.But again, $730 if you'renot on Verizon and AT&T.And that's a considerableprice hike especially in 2020,when I feel like just as a worldwe are less able to absorb.A lot of people arereally hurting right nowand phones general, theprice of almost every phonehas shot up this year.Mostly due to, higher quality displaysmore expensive displays, but also 5G.And what Qualcomm ischarging for processorson the Android side, but alsojust 5G modems in general.A lot of them buy $100.And so I get that,the iPhone, the regular iPhonehas gone from a lower density LCD,much less expensive display,to a much higher density OLED,much more expensive display.And from a relativelyinexpensive LTE radioto a much more expensive 5G radio,especially in the US where theyhave millimeter wave radios.If you look at Google'spricing for the Pixel,the Pixel 4a (5G),god, so many numbers and letters.That's $100 more just if youget the millimeter wave versionon top of the extra charge for 5G.And Apple is holding theprice on the pro modelsthose are still $1,000 and $1,100but they are just not willing or able,I guess to eat that much additional coston the regular models and on the mini.So I'm really conflicted on thisbecause I think in oneway, it's really greatthat they have increasedthe quality so muchof the regular modelsthat they are as goodas the pro models wereprobably just two years ago.Certainly as the iPhone 10,maybe as the iPhone 10S.Probably actually between the iPhone 10Sand the iPhone 11 pro.It's remarkable how good that display is,and it's not the same processorand the same 5G millimeter wavein the US and 5G in the rest of the world.But 2020 man, it is just so hard.And the removing theplug and the headphonesI think it's just, again, 2020.It's the worst possible timing for that,because it adds one more burden to people.And even if it's not a financial burdenit's a cognitive burden becausethey have to worry about it.And I know like tech geeks areall, USB-C this, USB-C that,and they would make fun,I would make fun of Applefor including a USB-A to lightningcable in previous iPhonesbecause the Mac books havehad USB-C going on five years.But the truth is mostpeople don't have Macs.It's still a majority PC marketand a majority older PC marketthat have USB-A type connectors.And Apple has onlysupplied USB-C for one yearand only on the Pro models.The iPhone 11 Pro is the first oneto have a USB-C the lightening cable.And USB-C charging brick in the box.So doing this, changing the cableand taking out the charging brick,not only do you have,maybe you have one fromyour Nintendo Switchor from an Android tablet,maybe you have one from another device,but if not a lot of peopleare gonna be without a charging brickor at least one that doesn'twork or requires an adapter.But they probably have to just go outand get another charging brick.So I really wish Apple would have puta little bit more moneywhere their mouth is herein terms of the environment.Like for sure, removethem from the packagingfor people who don't need thembut just have a little check box.And I'm saying this ordershaven't gone live yet.So we don't know exactlywhat they're gonna doand maybe they can still do this.Maybe they will still do this,but have a little checkbox thatsays, I need a power brick.And then that gets shipped as well.And then people who don'tneed it, don't get it.We save all of that e-waste,all of that extra shippingbut the people who really do need itcan get it and get a high quality one.They're not sort of running outto the corner store inthe middle of the nightgetting the cheap discount versionthat may not be anywhere nearlyas safe as one that they getfrom a reputable brandlike Apple or Anker.So on the pricing,I still have to thinkabout it a little bit more,but on the power cablethere's still a couple ofdays until it pre-orders,but I really hope Apple handles this well.I don't expect itbut I really hope they handle it better.ARYMANBHattac2 and this is an all cap.So I'm guessing I have to shout it.\"What is the plasticy thingon the side of the iPhones?\"And that's in referenceto a small round rectangleon the bottom sideof the US version of the iPhone 12,and that's for millimeter wave.Millimeter wave requires more RF,more radio-frequency transparency.Previous versions had tohave RF transparency windowsI think on four out of thesix sides of the phone.And so you had like the screenand you had the back glassand then you'd have these various cutouts.It's probably gotten a little bit betterbut you still have to have more open areasfor reception with the high bandsthan you do for LTE or themid or low bands of 5G.So millimeter wave on the iPhone in the USmeans they just have tohave that extra cutoutto let the signals go in and out.@LangfordGuy, \"Why millimeterwave only for the US models?\"And that's just a realityof the current 5G market.As nascent as the millimeterwave high band 5G deploymentsare in the US,they're still way aheadof most other countries.For two reasons, one is,some countries like Canadahaven't even auctioned off the spectrumfor millimeter wave yet,that's been pushed out to next year.But other countries have goodenough low band and mid bandthat they don't seem to feel the needor the hurry to push out high bandanywhere as quickly as Verizon and AT&Tare doing in the US.Where the the low and midbands are far more constrained.And I think ideally midband will be so goodthat a lot of places simplywon't roll out 5G mmWaveor they'll do it in veryspecific implementationslike the cliched stadiums do now.But just for most of the worldit's gonna be an FR1 frequency range one,low and mid-band world for 5G.And China remains to be seen of course,but for now, there's noreason to do it anywhereother than the US.MaxyJprime on Twitter says,\"Since the Canadian iPhone 12swon't have millimeter wave,if I buy one from the USwill it work in Canadaand also down the roadwhen Canada supports millimeter wave?\"5G doesn't roam yet.It's like the early days of LTE,if you get a 5G and youput a US 5G SIM card in itthen you go to Europe,it won't work at all.You'd have to get a Europeanspecific 5G SIM cardput that in.And then it'll work probably most places,because Apple is supportingjust the widest possible amountof 5G bands that theycan on the iPhone 12.So you should be able tojust get a local SIM cardwherever you are, put that inand work with whatever 5Gis available in that area if any.Millimeter wave being the exception thoughbecause it's US only for now.So if you get a US iPhoneto have millimeter wavein any other country,first I think you'll bewaiting a long, long time.And second it's uncertain whetherit'll even work in that country,because the bands are so different.Never buy based on whatmight happen in the futureonly ever buy based on what you have now.So you'll have better LTE.You'll have 5G where it's available.And in a couple of yearsyou can reassess and there'llbe much better deploymentmuch better network equipment,and much better 5G modemsin whatever you buy in a few years.And as for 5G in generaland all the different varieties of that.I've done a whole explain on that,so I'll link to it in the description.And JullianSibi asks on Twitteralso about the $30 discountfrom AT&T/Verizon onthe iPhone 12, 12 mini.And is that misleadingto advertise the pricewith those discounts?I think it's just unbecoming.I think John Gruberused the word unseemly.And I think a companyespecially a company like Applewould do better to justadvertise the pricemost people are going to get.And then note that you canget an even lower pricethrough Verizon or AT&T,just for clarity, simplicityto avoid mistakes.And just to avoid peoplehaving a negative feeling about Apple,just put the sticker price on thereand then make them feel goodabout getting the discountnot bad about not getting it.Darius Dunlap on Patreonasks about differences betweenthe A14 on the iPhone 12especially iPhone 12 Pro Max.And what we know about the iPad processor.I'm guessing iPad Air processor.\"And what do you think thatportends for Apple Silicon Macspresumably coming next month?\"As far as we know they'reidentical processors right now.The A14 Bionic is in both the iPad Airand all the iPhone 12s.And I did a whole explainer videoa deep dive on the A14,where I addressed this.So I'll link to that in the descriptionbut basically Apple wants to be efficient.So they make a chip that they can scalefrom the iPhone 12 mini,all the way up to the iPad Air.And, you know, maybe the iPhone,especially the iPhone proshit the image signal processorway more frequently, wayharder than the iPad Air does.And maybe the iPad Airbecause it has a muchbigger thermal envelopecan run high-intensity graphicsapplications for longer.They can sustain performancefor longer than an iPhonebut the chip really is builtto scale between those devices.And in terms of Apple Silicon Macs.I think we're seeing thisgeneration of Apple Silicon IP,like all the different compute enginesand all the different blocks,accelerators, or controllers all of that.And I think that's what we'llsee in Apple Silicon Macsbut I would be surprised if wedidn't see dedicated blocks.They've already talked abouthypervisor accelerationand just think about anythingthat you'd want accelerated on a Macthat would be differentthan an iPhone or iPad.And I think that's thesort of chip sets we'll seeespecially in the earlygenerations of Apple Silicon Macs.Donald Hawk on Patreonasks, I'm really concernedabout putting these MagSafemagnets in my pocketclose to my cards.I think for credit cards, foranything that's really robustthat's meant to last, it'll be fine.I mean we've got magnetsand a bunch of other thingson our products these days.I think for flimsierimplementations, like hotel card keysif we're still using those these dayswhen we get back to using those,I would be more concerned.But for daily use,especially since Appleis making a wallet casewhere presumably, Imean they've gotta knowthat people are gonna putcredit cards in there.I don't think it will be a problemfor any of those sorts of items.And silverjohnlongs asks,\"American bacon or Canadian bacon?\"And American bacon,Canadian bacon is like ham.It's fine, but it just, itdoesn't have that crispydeeply satisfying bacony bacon tastethe way good old fashionedAmerican sliced bacon does.And if you have any morequestions about bacon or otherwiseor just wanna chat in generalcheck out our members only discord,where we talk about sure bacon, coffee,but also iPads, watches, iPhones,Apple Silicon, gear, workflows,and more basically 24/7.And you can find it atpatrion.com/reneritchie.And I set that up right after I quitmy big media job back in March,right before 2020 happened.And I started this new indie channelbecause I needed a way,I needed a community tomake these videos better.And this is great.It's so great because there'sa whole preview sectionwhere it can share ideasand outlines for videosbefore they even get shot.And sometimes early versions of the videosbefore they go live.Longer versions of interviewswhen I have them available.Like 45 minutes withiJustine and Walt Mossbergand the full cut of my AppleiPhone 12 event reactions.And there are even ways to get your namein the description of everyvideo, even in the credits.So to be more involved in this communityand 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