2025

Annual Rickies 2025

Myke Risk Taker Score: 1 point
Flexing: 60%

Stephen Annual Chairman
Generous Donor Score: 1 point
Flexing: 40%

Federico Prince Flexy
Charity Chooser Score: 0 points
Flexing: 60%

The Rickies

Round 1
Apple ships the Apple Watch Ultra 3+1
Round 2
The M1 MacBook Air is not for sale at the end of 20250
Risky Pick
Apple replaces the “Plus” iPhone with an all new model:0
- 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

Round 1
Apple introduces its own LLM to power Siri0
Round 2
Apple introduces the thinnest iPhone ever+1
Bonus round 3🔮
The Mac Studio is updated with a new chip+1
Risky Pick
Apple introduces a new smart home product that features a screen.-1
- 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

Round 1
A new “iPhone SE” is introduced with a new design+1
Potentially a new name?
Round 2
A new AirTag is introduced with better tracking capabilities0
Risky Pick
Apple announces a new standalone “Siri app” based on a new LLM that will:-1
- 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
“This is so obvious”

A second-generation Vision Pro is rumored to feature an M4 but doesn’t launched in 2025👎
The Mac Pro is updated to use an M4 system on a chip, but is otherwise unchanged from the M2 model.👎
macOS 16 includes a controversial change💪
iOS 19 brings agreements with new AI partners👎
Apple services see a price increase in the US💪

The new iPhone SE is called iPhone 16e💪
The HomePod mini is updated 👎
Apple does something with Pixelmator beyond keeping it on the App Store or updating its privacy policy💪
Apple showcases building shortcuts with natural language 👎
Apple Music gets natural language playlist creation 💪