2023 Annual Rickies

jbiatek 9th April 2024 at 6:52pm

▶️ Episodes

🥇 Regular Picks

Host	Pick	Score
Myke	Regular	"Apple releases a larger MacBook Air"	1
	Just before the grading of this pick, hummonizing with Stephen's bell met an inglorious end, as it seemed to stop working and also Myke was kind of done with it.
Federico	Regular	"Apple releases a new Mac mini"	1
	Ungraded: Probably the same design but with an M2 chip. More Thunderbolt ports would be nice.
Stephen	Regular	"WWDC 2023 follows the same format as WWDC 2022, with a small number of people invited in person"	1
	No convention center, no ticket lottery, just like in 2022.
Myke	Regular	"An iPhone gets USB-C"	1
	Seems inevitable but it might be a bit ahead of its time. Ungraded: might just be the Pro phones, to advertise the improved transfer speeds.
Federico	Regular	"There will not be an iPhone 15 mini"	1
	😭
Stephen	Regular	"No Intel Macs are left on sale (as new) at the end of 2023"	1
	"Does not include the refurbished or educational stores." Or, in other words, the Intel Mac Minis and Mac Pro are not sold as new anymore (and of course they don't introduce a new Intel Mac).

⚠️ Risky Picks

Host	Pick	Score
Myke	Risky	"Apple shows off their headset in March, they announce developer tools at WWDC, then show it off again at an event in September. It ships to customers in October"	-1
Federico	Risky	"Apple will release its biggest iPad ever with a display of at least 16 inches..."	-1
	"... It won't be OLED, it'll have the front-facing camera on the landscape side, and two USB-C ports at least. It'll be called iPad Studio."
Stephen	Risky	"Apple releases an iPad Pro with a screen between 15.0 and 15.9999 inches which replaces the 11-inch model"	-1
	Was originally just "15 inch" but a specific range was requested after Federico's pick was read.

🏆 Scores

Myke: 1
Stephen: 1
Federico: 1

It's yet another three way tie, which leads to some rule changes later, but the coin shuns Federico and favors Myke, as usual.

💪 Flexie Picks

Host	Pick	Score
Myke	Flexie	"There is no iPad bigger than 12.9 inches"	1
Myke	Flexie	"An iPhone gets a periscope camera"	1
Myke	Flexie	"Apple's headset has widgets that look similar to iOS"	0
Myke	Flexie	"Apple releases an iMac with a larger screen"	0
Myke	Flexie	"AirPods Max 2 feature a foldable design, and come with a new case that fully encloses them"	0
Myke	Flexie	"The iPad mini gets updated, featuring either a mini LED or OLED screen"	0
Myke	Flexie	"Apple will release a new monitor"	0
	Myke wanted an additional pick to match the 7 of the other hosts, so this was thrown in after the others had gone.
Stephen	Flexie	"The iPad mini will be updated"	0
Stephen	Flexie	"Apple Music Classical ships"	1
	Was originally written "Apple Music Classic", but Myke pointed out that it isn't called "classic music".
Stephen	Flexie	"Twitter will file for bankruptcy"	0
	The first ever completely non-Apple related pick!
Stephen	Flexie	"The iPhone 15 and 15 Pro use the same generation system-on-a-chip"	0
	They could be different chips with different branding, but not, say, an A16 and an A15.
Stephen	Flexie	"Apple sells an "iPhone 15 Ultra""	0
Stephen	Flexie	"The Apple Silicon Mac Pro allows third-party GPUs to be used"	0
	If this ever does happen, Federico promises to buy a Mac Pro.
Stephen	Flexie	"The Mac Mini is updated to include more than one system-on-a-chip option"	1
	e.g. M2 and M2 Pro.
Federico	Flexie	"There will be new ways to invoke Siri by voice instead of saying "Hey Siri""	1
Federico	Flexie	"Apple will revive the HomePod line with new devices"	0
	New deviceS, plural. Must be at least 2 and must be new products, not product refreshes like a new HomePod mini. The plurality aspect ended up making the difference, after a reminder about it from the live chat.
Federico	Flexie	"Second-generation AirPods Max will ship during the year"	0
	Was originally "AirPods Max 2" specifically.
Federico	Flexie	"There is no second generation Apple Watch Ultra this year"	0
Federico	Flexie	"Apple brings new actions to Shortcuts to control windows on iPadOS"	0
Federico	Flexie	"Apple releases new developer APIs for Stage Manager"	0
	At the time of picking there were not any developer APIs for Stage Manager on either macOS or iPadOS, so anything will be "new".
Federico	Flexie	"At least one Twitter app update will be rejected from the App Store"	1
	X's troubles getting the app renamed were counted as fulfilling this pick.

💸 Flexie Scores

Stephen: 28.6% (2/7)
Federico: 28.6% (2/7)
Myke: 28.6% (2/7)

It's another 3 way tie, and we can't blame overly risky Risky Picks for this one. This time Stephen rises to the top and Myke falls to the bottom, and donates $125 to Stax Music Academy.

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