2022 September Rickies

9th April 2024 at 6:52pm

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🥇 Regular Picks

Host	Pick	Score
Federico	Regular	"At least one of the next 'Pro' iPhones will have an always-on display"	1
Myke	Regular	"At least one iPhone will have the notch removed, replaced by a cut-out(s) for the camera and sensors, free-floating from the border"	1
	Or, as Stephen so poetically put it, "AKA an island of black glass in an ocean of pixels." Little did he know that Apple would actually call it "the Dynamic Island".
Stephen	Regular	"Apple shows off at least one iOS 16 feature that we haven't seen before"	1
Federico	Regular	"There won't be a mini iPhone in the iPhone 14 family"	1
	Federico basically steals one of Myke's ongoing annual picks, which is allowed by the rules. 😭
Myke	Regular	"At least one iPhone gets an upgraded main camera"	1
Stephen	Regular	"The Apple Watch SE, announced in 2020, moves down in price with no feature changes"	0
	Not graded: Series 7 or SE 2 takes the middle price point where the SE is now

⚠️ Risky Picks

Host	Pick	Score
Federico	Risky	"The iPhone 14 Pro Camera app introduces some kind of 3D capturing functionality"	-1
Myke	Risky	"AirPods Max 2 can be folded to store more compactly"	-1
	Myke doesn't seem to have much confidence in this risky pick, but his other choices were shot down as insufficiently risky in negotiations.
Stephen	Risky	"iOS gets split-view support for multitasking to use 2 apps at once (reuse)"	-1
	Was originally "The Lightning port on the iPhone 14 Pro is upgraded to at least USB 3.0", but it turns out this has been rumored. This prompts a rule change. Stephen thought of a few options which became Flexies, but ultimately opts to reuse Federico's Risky pick from the last game, word for word (a legal choice under the Bill). Federico, oddly, argues for this being correct, with the Dynamic Island allowing multiple app use. But the others agree that, while funny, that isn't it.

🏆 Scores

Federico: 1
Myke: 1
Stephen: 0

In an almost exact duplicate of the previous coin flip at WWDC earlier that year, Federico calls heads and defeats Myke for the win.

💪 Flexie Picks

Host	Pick	Score
Stephen	Flexie	"The keynote is a pre-recorded video"	1
Stephen	Flexie	"The iPhone 14 entry's price is the same or higher than the 13 mini's price of $699"	1
Stephen	Flexie	"The iPhone 14 Pro comes in a total of five colors"	0
Stephen	Flexie	"Apple mentions at least 1 feature "coming later""	1
Stephen	Flexie	"Apple shows off at least one new MagSafe accessory"	0
Stephen	Flexie	"The A16 is built on a 3 nanometer process"	0
	Very very close: it was 4 nm.
Stephen	Flexie	"The new high-end Apple Watch is named the "Apple Watch Pro""	0
Stephen	Flexie	"The iPhone 14 Pro switches to titanium for the side rails"	0
	This was going to be a Risky pick, but rumors were found before the show.
Stephen	Flexie	"Center Stage comes to the iPhone"	0
	This was tossed out as a possible replacement Risky pick for this game after Stephen's original got invalidated, but ultimately landed as a Flexie.
Stephen	Flexie	"Lightning is updated to be faster than USB 2.0"	0
	This was Stephen's original risky pick, but it turns out it's in the rumor mill.
Myke	Flexie	"A new iPhone Pro colour is Purple"	1
Myke	Flexie	"Astrophotography feature"	0
	No verb necessary, Myke decides.
Myke	Flexie	"Satellite communication features for iPhone and/or Apple Watch"	1
Myke	Flexie	"Apple gives a new name to the A15 chip found in the non-Pro iPhones"	0
	For example, instead of A15 Bionic, the A15 Trionic, just to make it sound newer.
Myke	Flexie	"New Apple Watch is a 'Series 8' Watch"	0
	"It may 'technically' be an Edition, but no new name (like Pro or Max)" As mentioned in the Upgrade Draft earlier in the week, but not chosen there. This was deemed insufficiently Risky, and so was demoted to a Flexie.
Myke	Flexie	"At least one iPhone model does not have a shipping date of September 16"	1
Myke	Flexie	"Someone is wearing the new Apple Watch while riding a skateboard"	0
	A reference to the "Apple Watch Extreme" rumors. Maybe Tony Hawk?
Myke	Flexie	"We do not see John Ternus"	1
Myke	Flexie	"No trailers for Apple TV+ content"	1
Myke	Flexie	"Tim Cook says "good morning""	1
Federico	Flexie	"On the always-on Lock Screen for iPhone 14 Pro, you see notifications in Count mode"	0
Federico	Flexie	"Faster MagSafe charging in at least one of the new iPhones"	0
Federico	Flexie	"iOS 16 is released on Monday, September 12"	1
Federico	Flexie	"At least one new watchOS feature or app is introduced alongside the new Apple Watch"	1
Federico	Flexie	"Ted Lasso Season 3 trailer"	0
	Federico goes against Myke's earlier pick.
Federico	Flexie	"There will be a system filter for "always-on display" in Focus"	0
	Deemed incorrect because it wasn't mentioned and there was no way to find out at the time of grading. This was in fact the correct decision, as it was not present in iOS 16 originally. The feature did eventually arrive in iOS 16.4, so this pick was just a bit early.
Federico	Flexie	"You will be able to control which data types show on the always-on lock screen"	0
	Similar to the privacy controls that the always-on Apple Watch has for complications This could have been a feature at the time, but there was no way to know at the time of grading. With the OS now released, we know that it was not present after all.
Federico	Flexie	"The new big non-pro iPhone 14 is called the iPhone 14 Plus"	1
	As it turns out, this is actually a rumor floating around (which is fine for the Flexies).
Federico	Flexie	"Bands for the new Apple Watch "Pro" are not backward compatible with other Apple Watches"	0
	It does appear to be compatible at the time of grading.
Federico	Flexie	"We do not see AirPods Max 2"	1
	Another counter-pick to one of Myke's picks, this time his Risky Pick.
Federico	Flexie	"Apple introduces new Fitness+ workouts"	1
	Announced in a press release.
Federico	Flexie	"Tony Hawk will make an appearance at the event"	0
	This was originally a near-exact copy of one of Stephen's earlier Flexies, and refers to Myke's earlier skateboarding pick.

After Stephen storms in with 10 Flexies, the other hosts add more as well to make it a high-stakes game all around. It's bad strategy but good for bragging and good for charity, so this publication approves heartily.

💸 Flexie Scores

Myke: 60.0% (6/10)
Federico: 41.7% (5/12)
Stephen: 30.0% (3/10)

Stephen donates $175 to St. Jude, of course. Kindly, Myke had him do it through Rickipedia's own sub-campaign.

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