David is bored with his iPhone. Over the last few months, he has been testing every other phone he could get his hands on, from the Pixel to the Razr to the Unihertz Titan. And at the end of it all... David bought another iPhone. The Verge's Allison Johnson joins the show to recount some of her own phone-testing experiences, to litigate the quality of foldable and flippable phones, to debate Android vs. iOS, and ultimately to help David decide whether he actually bought the right phone. After all that, David answers a question on the Vergecast Hotline (call 866-VERGE11 or email vergecast@theverge.com!) about whether AI can help us figure out how to use our devices better. Or maybe just use them for us. Devices are too complicated.
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00:00 Intro
02:10 Allison Johnson joins
03:27 Why I bought iPhone
04:30 Switching phones sucks
10:15 Flip vs fold debate
15:20 Spam calls
16:59 Gemini beats Siri
19:15 AI task automation
22:40 Android AI nudges
24:59 Authentication pain
25:56 Password Autofill Friction
28:03 Escaping iMessage Lock In
29:48 Android Notification Superiority
32:49 Why iOS Apps Win
38:07 Google vs Apple Dev Tools
39:56 Settling on iPhone Again
42:09 Hotline Mac Skills vs AI
44:40 Ten Minute Software Habit
46:52 AI as Your Manual
49:15 Tiny AI Built Utilities
52:30 Bixby Was Right
53:47 Final thoughts
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