Apple Raises Prices on Everything!
Marques, Andrew, and David start things off talking about Apple raising prices for a bunch of products by...a lot. Then they talk about the rumored Samsung foldable that's coming before discussing a bunch of smaller stories like WhatsApp getting usernames and Sony discontinuing physical discs. We wrap it all up with trivia of course. Enjoy!
Chapters:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:58 - Did they even test this?
00:04:59 - Apple price hikes
00:30:47 - Shopify (Sponsored)
00:31:52 - Samsung teases foldable
00:38:45 - Polestar Drops out of US
00:41:17 - WhatsApp launches Usernames
00:44:36 - Playstation ending physical disc production
00:51:12 - dbrand companion Cube
00:54:31 - Ferrari Luce already sold out in China
00:57:14 - Framer (Sponsored)
00:58:27 - Quince (Sponsored)
00:59:46 - Confusing AI Startups
01:13:22 - Trivia Answers
Links:
Bloomberg - Apple to skip high-end M6 chips: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-25/apple-to-skip-high-end-m6-mac-chips-to-launch-m7-pro-m7-max-m7-ultra-instead
Verge - Polestar to leave the U.S: https://www.theverge.com/transportation/957033/polestar-banned-us-sales-china-software
WhatsApp launches usernames: https://blog.whatsapp.com/its-time-to-reserve-your-whatsapp-username
Verge - Playstation ending physical discs: https://www.theverge.com/games/960160/sony-playstation-disc-production-ending
DBrand companion cube statement - https://www.reddit.com/r/dbrand/comments/1uivg8m/rip_companion_cube/
The Completionist - Buying every Nintendo Wii U game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujHUMG0Uovs
Video game history foundation: https://gamehistory.org/
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Chapters:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:58 - Did they even test this?
00:04:59 - Apple price hikes
00:30:47 - Shopify (Sponsored)
00:31:52 - Samsung teases foldable
00:38:45 - Polestar Drops out of US
00:41:17 - WhatsApp launches Usernames
00:44:36 - Playstation ending physical disc production
00:51:12 - dbrand companion Cube
00:54:31 - Ferrari Luce already sold out in China
00:57:14 - Framer (Sponsored)
00:58:27 - Quince (Sponsored)
00:59:46 - Confusing AI Startups
01:13:22 - Trivia Answers
Links:
Bloomberg - Apple to skip high-end M6 chips: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-25/apple-to-skip-high-end-m6-mac-chips-to-launch-m7-pro-m7-max-m7-ultra-instead
Verge - Polestar to leave the U.S: https://www.theverge.com/transportation/957033/polestar-banned-us-sales-china-software
WhatsApp launches usernames: https://blog.whatsapp.com/its-time-to-reserve-your-whatsapp-username
Verge - Playstation ending physical discs: https://www.theverge.com/games/960160/sony-playstation-disc-production-ending
DBrand companion cube statement - https://www.reddit.com/r/dbrand/comments/1uivg8m/rip_companion_cube/
The Completionist - Buying every Nintendo Wii U game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujHUMG0Uovs
Video game history foundation: https://gamehistory.org/
This episode brought to you by:
Framer: https://www.framer.com/wave
Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/wave
Quince: https://www.quince.com/wave
Follow us on socials:
Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd
Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli
David: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel
Adam: https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17
Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin
Rufus: https://www.instagram.com/rmullhaupt/
Waveform Threads: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast
Waveform Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/waveformpodcast/?hl=en
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Join the Discord:
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Intro/Outro music by 20syl:
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Waveform is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
