SJ Special Report: Apple degrades iPhone performance because of chemically depleted batteries?

Published: Dec. 22, 2017, 8:03 a.m.

We should have known that something would come up after saying last episode was our final one for the year ... wouldn't you know it, Apple gets itself into a scandal just ahead of the holiday weekend (plus a couple of other, way smaller things of note) so Mike and Chas reconvene one last time for ... eh, let's call it the Happy Holiday Special. It's a short episode at a little over 18 minutes wherein your co-pilots note the actual shipping of the iMac Pro, explain how the "Apple degrades old iPhone batteries" story has been woefully mishandled by both Apple and the media generally, Mike gets unsurprisingly bleeped a few times (ON CHRISTMAS NO LESS!) but gets a game released pretty much exclusively for his benefit, and he and Charles make some bold predictions regarding "Project Marzipan" before wishing a Merry Xmas to all, and to all a good night. We'll return January 8th, cadets, so please have a great break and stay tuned!