Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast Live at SXSW 2026: Can They Convince Marques to Shoot 24fps?
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Mar 17, 2026 Live show highlights include Rivian R2 pricing and impressions plus speculation on R3 and EV market strategy. Rumors about Apple foldables, touchscreen MacBooks, and MacBook naming stir debate. Discussions cover local AI, privacy risks, Gemini on phones, and AI content vs human craft. Audience trivia, autonomous vehicles, quirky CES finds, and a frame-rate debate for tech videos keep things lively.
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Apple Foldable Likely Passport Style This Year
- Strong rumors shifted from a clamshell fold to a passport-style Apple foldable likely launching this year as a top-tier iPhone.
- The likely differentiators to watch are iPad-like UI when open, crease quality, and where it sits in the iPhone lineup.
Avoid Blurring Mac And iPad Functionality
- Expect Apple to avoid cannibalizing iPad sales by keeping Apple Pencil exclusive to iPad and limiting Mac touch integration.
- Marques argues Apple will preserve iPad differentiation rather than make Mac fully Apple Pencil compatible.
Local LLMs Are No Longer Niche
- Local LLMs and on-device AI have become common; team members download local models for plane trips and experimentation.
- The hosts note this shift from niche 'vibe coding' to mainstream usage across creators.