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2020 October Rickies

jbiatek4th June 2025 at 1:12pm

Host	Pick	Score
Federico	Regular	"The new iPhones will carry a new design inspired by the iPad Pro/iPhone 4"	1
	"Flat sides"
Myke	Regular	"Apple announces 4 phones, but in only 3 sizes"	1
Stephen	Regular	"ProMotion does not come to new iPhones"	1
Federico	Regular	"One of the new iPhones will not have the USB charger in the box"	1
Myke	Regular	"Apple gives another extended free period of TV+ with new product purchases, even if you already had a trial"	0
	The pick went through a little more revision after round 2 ended. Apple extended the existing free period for TV+, which does not count Myke notes that, since this extension was announced via press release before the event, a differently-worded pick may have been ambiguous based on the rules at the time, so an explicit rule about the scoring window is added.
Stephen	Regular	"The iPhone Pro will come in at least 1 new color"	1

Host	Pick	Score
Federico	Risky	"One of the new iPhones with LIDAR has a new portrait feature thanks to new sensors"	2
Myke	Risky	"The new iPhone will have a Touch ID sensor"	-1
Stephen	Risky	"The iPhone Pro moves to USB-C"	-1
	Stephen was very sure of this pick.

Host	Pick	Score
Federico	Flexie	"Apple launches a new HD tier for Apple Music"	0
	This feature did come eventually, in 2021.
Federico	Flexie	"Apple launches an AR navigation mode for Apple Maps"	0
	A year too early, this was a feature in iOS 15.
Federico	Flexie	"Apple launches a new AirPods app for iPhone, similar to Watch app"	0
	Instead of an app, Apple made a section in Settings at the next WWDC.
Federico	Flexie	"iOS 14.2's Shazam recognition is demoed"	0
Federico	Flexie	"Apple introduces a new proximity-based software feature for iPhone based on the U1 chip"	1
Myke	Flexie	"Updated Apple TV"	0
	Finally happened on April 20, 2021.
Myke	Flexie	"No new Macs announced"	1
Myke	Flexie	"New HomePod model"	1
Myke	Flexie	"Apple TV+ trailers are shown"	0
Myke	Flexie	"Over-ear AirPods are offered with multiple material options"	0
Stephen	Flexie	"Joz presents a new product"	1
Stephen	Flexie	"An AR demo is shown"	1
Stephen	Flexie	"Big Sur gets a release date"	0
	This pick was just one event too early.
Stephen	Flexie	"iPad Air preorder date announced"	0
	Orders began on October 16th, with no advanced notice. Unfortunately, the picks had already been graded by then.
Stephen	Flexie	"At least some of the new iPhones have 5G"	1

Federico donates $100 to the Forrest Spence Fund, after some international transaction issues.