2022 March Rickies

9th April 2024 at 6:52pm

▶️ Episodes

🥇 Regular Picks

Host	Pick	Score
Federico	Regular	"A new iPad Air is introduced with a better system-on-a-chip and 5G support"	1
Myke	Regular	"Apple introduces a new Mac mini with an updated design"	0
	Myke insists, and Federico seems to agree, that even a change in the ports on the back is "an updated design". Stephen seems less convinced, but that's a matter for grading. It's agreed that it has to be the Mac itself and not, say, an accessory or power cord.
Stephen	Regular	"Larger, more powerful iMac is introduced"	0
	Not only was this wrong, the larger iMac disappeared entirely from the Mac lineup.
Federico	Regular	"New iPhone case colors and/or watch band colors are introduced at or after the event"	1
Myke	Regular	"Apple's classical music service is unveiled"	0
Stephen	Regular	"A new iPhone SE with 5G support is announced"	1

⚠️ Risky Picks

Host	Pick	Score
Federico	Risky	"A new base model Mac mini is introduced with the M2 chip..."	-1
	"... The new Mini is at least 30% smaller than the current one. It's thicker, but narrower, making it more similar to an Apple TV or Intel NUC." In other words, closer to a cubic shape, but not necessarily a cube. Although Federico loves cubes, so that would be great. The base model would get updated the next year, but it's the same shape.
Myke	Risky	"The new iPhone SE has a design influenced by the iPhone mini, it does not feature Face ID, it has a Touch ID power button"	-1
Stephen	Risky	"Apple announces an update to AirPods Max, that support wireless lossless playback, to take full advantage of Apple's new classical music service"	-1
	Working with Apple Classical is part of the pick, meaning that if Classical is not introduced it will be incorrect. This was edited to be any AirPods, but then Stephen went back to the more passionate original pick. Not a reuse of the infamous DAC pick, but in a similar vein.

🏆 Scores

Federico: 1
Stephen: 0
Myke: -1

💪 Flexie Picks

Host	Pick	Score
Myke	Flexie	"Tim Cook mentions the war in Ukraine"	0
Myke	Flexie	"No iMac Pro or bigger iMac"	1
Myke	Flexie	"John Ternus is wearing a black T-shirt"	0
Myke	Flexie	"Apple unveils the first Mac powered by an M2 chip"	0
	Apple waited until WWDC to announce the M2 MacBook Air.
Myke	Flexie	"No Mac gets 5G"	1
Federico	Flexie	"No preview of an AR headset"	1
Federico	Flexie	"macOS 12.3 does not come out within 48 hours of the event"	1
	This will have to be judged by announced release, since episode recording is a day after the event.
Federico	Flexie	"Universal Control is demoed again"	0
Federico	Flexie	"The new Mac mini comes in more colors than silver and grey"	0
	Was originally "in multiple colors".
Federico	Flexie	"Apple releases new AirPods colors"	0
Federico	Flexie	"Craig is wearing a blue shirt"	0
Stephen	Flexie	"A new color of iPhone 13 (family) is announced"	1
Stephen	Flexie	"The Intel Mac mini is removed from sale"	0
Stephen	Flexie	"We do not see Joz during this event"	1
Stephen	Flexie	"A revised 13" MBP drops the Touch Bar but does not add MagSafe"	0
Stephen	Flexie	"iOS 15.4 and/or macOS 12.3 get a release date"	0
	They did get a window but not an actual date.
Stephen	Flexie	"No preview of an Apple Silicon Mac Pro"	1

💸 Flexie Scores

Stephen: 50.0% (3/6)
Myke: 40.0% (2/5)
Federico: 33.3% (2/6)

Federico donates $100 to UNICEF to support Ukraine, and Stephen becomes Attorney General Flexie. With this power, he suggests that all the hosts donate, with Myke donating a flat £100.

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