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2025 Annual Rickies

jbiatek 8th January 2025 at 1:58pm

Host	Pick	Score
Federico	Regular	"A new "iPhone SE" is introduced with a new design"
	Or something in its place, the name doesn't have to be "SE". Ungraded, Stephen thinks this may be the first pick to come true in 2025.
Myke	Regular	"Apple introduces its own LLM to power Siri"
	It does not have to ship in 2025, though.
Stephen	Regular	"Apple ships the Apple Watch Ultra 3"
Federico	Regular	"A new AirTag is introduced with better tracking capabilities"
Myke	Regular	"Apple introduces the thinnest iPhone ever"
Stephen	Regular	"The M1 MacBook Air is not for sale at the end of 2025"
	Wal-Mart selling the M1 counted for it still being "on sale" moments before this, so one would assume they must stop selling it in 2025.
Myke	Regular	"Mac Studio is updated with a new chip"
	The first ever bonus pick, thanks to a pick coming true after it was graded false. Before the hosts remembered that bonus picks were a thing now, this was a Flexie.

Host	Pick	Score
Federico	Risky	"Apple announces a new standalone "Siri app" based on a new LLM that will..."
	"Be multilingual and support multiple languages at the same time." "Support multiple modalities – e.g. text input, voice input, or image attachments in the same conversation." "Display content from third-party apps inline based on a new developer framework." If the overall pick about a "Siri app" is wrong, all the details will be counted as wrong as well. But that won't be a problem because Federico thinks that this approach is "so obvious".
Myke	Risky	"Apple introduces a new smart home product that features a screen..."
	"It will be in the HomePod line of products." "It will feature eye or hand tracking as a way to control the interface without needing to touch the screen." "And it will feature support for third party apps to run on the device." Apps may not necessarily come from a dedicated App Store, it may be more like CarPlay or some form of mirroring. Just widgets or Live Activities will not count, there has to be UI that you interact with.
Stephen	Risky	"Apple replaces the "Plus" iPhone with an all new model..."
	"It's the thinnest iPhone ever, but is made of titanium to remain strong." "It has no Camera Control and/or Action Button." "It does not offer an always-on display."

Host	Pick	Score
Myke	Flexie	""HomePod Touch" is the name of the smart device"
Myke	Flexie	"The Mac Pro does not get updated"
Myke	Flexie	"No new Vision hardware announced"
Myke	Flexie	"AirPods Pro get hardware changes to support new health features"
Myke	Flexie	"Another person on the Apple leadership page changes their title in 2025"
	The leadership page at the time of recording.
Myke	Flexie	"There will be only three Apple events in 2025"
	They must be listed on Apple's events page to count.
Stephen	Flexie	"A second-generation Vision Pro is rumored to feature an M4 but doesn't launch in 2025"
	A rumor existing isn't very gradable, so a more concrete provision about when it (doesn't) launch was added.
Stephen	Flexie	"The Mac Pro is updated to use an M4 system on a chip, but is otherwise unchanged from the M2 model"
Stephen	Flexie	"macOS 16 includes a controversial change"
Stephen	Flexie	"iOS 19 brings agreements with new LLM partners beyond OpenAI"
Stephen	Flexie	"Apple services see a price increase in the US"
Federico	Flexie	"The new iPhone SE is called iPhone 16e"
Federico	Flexie	"The HomePod mini is updated"
	Something as small as a color change counts as an update.
Federico	Flexie	"Apple does something with Pixelmator beyond keeping it on the App Store or updating its privacy policy"
	Taking it off of the app store counts.
Federico	Flexie	"Apple showcases building Shortcuts with natural language"
Federico	Flexie	"Apple Music gets natural language playlist creation"