This week Benjamin and Zac talk iPhone XR reviews, the upcoming fix for 'beautygate', the newly rumored iPad mini 5 and AirPower expectations, the iPad Pro and Mac updates expected at next week's Apple event, the latest AirPlay 2 HomeKit speaker, Safari and Dark Mode on the web, and much more.

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Hosts:

• Benjamin Mayo
• Zac Hall

Topics:

• First iPhone XR reviews hit YouTube ahead of pre-orders
• iPhone XR reviews: the best of iPhone XS with a couple compromises, beats Max battery life
• Apple will release its own clear case for iPhone XR
• Kuo predicts new iPad mini 5, AirPower launch in late 2018 or early 2019, more
• Apple registers three new desktop Macs in Eurasian database ahead of October 30 event
• HomeKit Weekly: Libratone Zipp retroactively brings AirPlay 2 to a Bluetooth & Wi-Fi speaker
• New Safari beta allows websites to adapt their theme to complement macOS Mojave in Dark Mode

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