{"id":"1794008061810-tech-segment","slug":"iphone-duo-preorder-regret","title":"iPhone Duo Preorder Regret","summary":"The listed specs match Anker's advertised products: the 737 is a 24,000mAh/140W power bank with a smart display, and the Anker Prime is a 27,650mAh/250W power bank with app control. The ₦190,000 is the seller's asking price.\n\nElon Musk did write a space-shooter game called Blastar in 1984 at age 12, and it was sold for about $500. The Apple eye-tracking suitableness is opinion.\n\nThis is engagement bait; no credible sponsor, company, or contest terms show that a real free giveaway of flagship phones, gaming laptops, Vision Pro headsets, robots etc. exists. A joke/personal reaction to midterm results; no factual claim to check.\n\nMusk did tell shareholders in 2023 that Cybertruck might sell “250,000 to 500,000 units a year.” The 13,800 figure is missing key context: it appears to be U.S.-only and not full-year global sales, and no independent sales report is provided.","publishedAt":"2026-11-06T23:34:21.810Z","channel":{"id":"tech","name":"Oncast Tech","language":"en"},"show":"Tech Tonight","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: The listed specs match Anker's advertised products: the 737 is a 24,000mAh/140W power bank with a smart display, and the Anker Prime is a 27,650mAh/250W power bank with app control. The ₦190,000 is the seller's asking price.\nSource: Anker product listings NAMES: Anker = consumer charging/accessory brand; ₦ = Nigerian naira. (https://x.com/samsino_/status/2117275857311973704)\n\nTRUE: Elon Musk did write a space-shooter game called Blastar in 1984 at age 12, and it was sold for about $500. The Apple eye-tracking suitableness is opinion.\nSource: Ashlee Vance biography “Elon Musk” NAMES: Blastar = the 1984 space-shooter game Musk wrote. (https://x.com/RDWareEsqu1re/status/2117206185967559088)\n\nMISLEADING: This is engagement bait; no credible sponsor, company, or contest terms show that a real free giveaway of flagship phones, gaming laptops, Vision Pro headsets, robots etc. exists. A joke/personal reaction to midterm results; no factual claim to check.\nSource: No credible sponsor identified. POST bsky:at://did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mznt3obnyc2m: NOCLAIM No source needed NAMES: midterms = U.S (https://x.com/Julianan8vv/status/2117460522379735332)\n\nMISLEADING: Musk did tell shareholders in 2023 that Cybertruck might sell “250,000 to 500,000 units a year.” The 13,800 figure is missing key context: it appears to be U.S.-only and not full-year global sales, and no independent sales report is provided.\nSource: 2023 Tesla shareholder meeting; no independent source for the 2026 number. (https://bsky.app/profile/meidastouch.com/post/3mznrvlzslk22)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"The listed specs match Anker's advertised products: the 737 is a 24,000mAh/140W power bank with a smart display, and the Anker Prime is a 27,650mAh/250W power bank with app control. The ₦190,000 is the seller's asking price.","sourceName":"Anker product listings NAMES: Anker = consumer charging/accessory brand; ₦ = Nigerian naira.","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/samsino_/status/2117275857311973704","claim":"Anker 737 Power Bank - 24,000mAh with 140W Output ⚡ Smart Digital Display screen 🤖 Compatible with android & iPhone, Vision Pro, Samsung, MacBook, Dell, AirPods, and more. 🔖₦190,000 Anker Prime Power Bank ⚡ 27,650mAh capacity with 250W max output. - Smart App Control - http","author":"Samson, Tech & Gadgets🔌 (@samsino_)"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Elon Musk did write a space-shooter game called Blastar in 1984 at age 12, and it was sold for about $500. The Apple eye-tracking suitableness is opinion.","sourceName":"Ashlee Vance biography “Elon Musk” NAMES: Blastar = the 1984 space-shooter game Musk wrote.","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/RDWareEsqu1re/status/2117206185967559088","claim":"Yes — absolutely. Apple’s eye tracking (especially on iPhone/iPad via iOS 18+ Accessibility, and more powerfully on Vision Pro) is well-suited to a modern, hands-free or gaze-aimed version of Blastar (Elon Musk’s 1984 space shooter he wrote at age 12 and sold for $500).0 What htt","author":"Roger Douglas Ware (@RDWareEsqu1re)"},{"verdict":"MISLEADING","summary":"This is engagement bait; no credible sponsor, company, or contest terms show that a real free giveaway of flagship phones, gaming laptops, Vision Pro headsets, robots etc. exists. A joke/personal reaction to midterm results; no factual claim to check.","sourceName":"No credible sponsor identified. POST bsky:at://did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mznt3obnyc2m: NOCLAIM No source needed NAMES: midterms = U.S","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/Julianan8vv/status/2117460522379735332","claim":"You can get ONE of these gadgets for free. 📱 Latest flagship smartphone 💻 Powerful gaming laptop 🥽 Apple Vision Pro ⌚ Advanced AI smartwatch 🤖 Personal humanoid robot What are you choosing?","author":"Juliana (@Julianan8vv)"},{"verdict":"MISLEADING","summary":"Musk did tell shareholders in 2023 that Cybertruck might sell “250,000 to 500,000 units a year.” The 13,800 figure is missing key context: it appears to be U.S.-only and not full-year global sales, and no independent sales report is provided.","sourceName":"2023 Tesla shareholder meeting; no independent source for the 2026 number.","sourceUrl":"https://bsky.app/profile/meidastouch.com/post/3mznrvlzslk22","claim":"Musk told shareholders in 2023 the Cybertruck might sell “250,000 to 500,000 units a year.” In 2026, Tesla sold 13,800 units in the U.S.","author":"MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/samsino_/status/2117275857311973704","name":"Anker product listings NAMES: Anker = consumer charging/accessory brand; ₦ = Nigerian naira.","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Samson, Tech & Gadgets🔌 (@samsino_)"},{"url":"https://x.com/RDWareEsqu1re/status/2117206185967559088","name":"Ashlee Vance biography “Elon Musk” NAMES: Blastar = the 1984 space-shooter game Musk wrote.","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Roger Douglas Ware (@RDWareEsqu1re)"},{"url":"https://x.com/Julianan8vv/status/2117460522379735332","name":"No credible sponsor identified. POST bsky:at://did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mznt3obnyc2m: NOCLAIM No source needed NAMES: midterms = U.S","kind":"x","verdict":"MISLEADING","author":"Juliana (@Julianan8vv)"},{"url":"https://bsky.app/profile/meidastouch.com/post/3mznrvlzslk22","name":"2023 Tesla shareholder meeting; no independent source for the 2026 number.","kind":"bluesky","verdict":"MISLEADING","author":"MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1794008061810-tech-segment-iphone-duo-preorder-regret","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/tech","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1794008061810-tech-segment-iphone-duo-preorder-regret","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1794008061810-tech-segment-iphone-duo-preorder-regret and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Matilda","text":"Apple's foldable iPhone has been out a week, and people are already cancelling preorders."},{"host":"Chris","text":"That was fast. What did Apple do now?"},{"host":"Matilda","text":"It's not a scandal, it's the iPhone Duo review. Marques Brownlee liked the display, hinge, battery."},{"host":"Chris","text":"So the hardware is good. Why cancel?"},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Because the apps are a mess. Spotify, Discord, X, Google Maps aren't optimized."},{"host":"Chris","text":"That's a week-one software problem. Apple will fix it."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"At two thousand dollars, it shouldn't ship with a list of apps that don't fit the screen."},{"host":"Chris","text":"The first iPhone shipped without copy-paste. Early adopters know the deal."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"That's not the same. The first iPhone changed phones. This is heavier, no Face ID, average camera."},{"host":"Chris","text":"But the display and hinge are apparently excellent. You're ignoring the good parts."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"I'm not ignoring them. I'm asking who pays two thousand dollars to beta test Apple's foldable experiment."},{"host":"Chris","text":"That poster, Justin Duke, also says he sold his Vision Pro and got all his money back."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"The internet has no chill. But he's asking \"Did I cook myself?\" That's the real question."},{"host":"Chris","text":"But the display, hinge, and battery are getting real praise. The hardware is not the problem."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Some early buyers report cracked inner screens, hinge popping, screen flickering."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Those are anecdotes. Every first wave has defects."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"At two thousand dollars, \"every first wave has defects\" is not a defense."},{"host":"Chris","text":"So your advice is wait for the second generation. Fine. Then you'll complain when Apple doesn't innovate."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"No, my take is Apple should finish the software before taking preorders. That's not anti-innovation."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Alright, I'll give you the apps. But people cancelling now will regret it when Apple fixes everything in six weeks."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Bloomberg's Mark Gurman called the reviews brutal, but predicted app optimization should get sorted in weeks."},{"host":"Chris","text":"So even Gurman thinks it's temporary!"},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Sure, if you believe the apps will all update. But the missing Face ID and weight won't change."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Those are tradeoffs, not dealbreakers. You want Face ID? Buy an iPhone 18 Pro Max."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"You sound like an Apple ad."},{"host":"Chris","text":"I'm an engineer. I like hardware. Sue me."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"I'm not cancelling my preorder—oh wait, I never made one."},{"host":"Chris","text":"There it is."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Speaking of people cancelling things: Pieter Levels posted on X about a blocklist of over ten thousand accounts."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Ten thousand? That's a big list."},{"host":"Chris","text":"He posted about Dillon Mulroy, quote, \"He's doing God's work.\" Mulroy said \"the list works.\""},{"host":"Matilda","text":"So what's the list supposed to do?"},{"host":"Chris","text":"Levels says he's publishing names of accounts he calls AI reply spammers—bots leaving garbage under popular posts."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"A public blocklist of ten thousand accounts. What could go wrong?"},{"host":"Chris","text":"Spam, as he sees it, is drowning the platform. An indie developer took a swing."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"But how does he decide who's a bot? Half these accounts might be real people with bad grammar."},{"host":"Chris","text":"He's been tracking patterns for months. No one else is cleaning it up."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"That doesn't make a vigilante list accurate. False positives ruin real users."},{"host":"Chris","text":"False positives are a problem with every spam filter. You don't throw out the whole idea."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"You do if the list becomes a weapon. People will block everyone they disagree with."},{"host":"Chris","text":"That's not what this is. It's a list of accounts he says are AI-generated reply spam."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"And you trust one guy's judgment on ten thousand accounts?"},{"host":"Chris","text":"I trust him more than the platform doing nothing. I'd rather see the list than not."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"As long as nobody gets added for saying \"great post.\""},{"host":"Chris","text":"That's the bar. Say \"great post\" and you're cooked."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"I'd still like to see the method before anyone treats it as gospel."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Fair. But the energy is right: people are sick of bot replies."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"And Roger Douglas Ware posted on X that Apple's eye tracking would be perfect for a hands-free Blastar."},{"host":"Chris","text":"So we're reviving a 1984 space shooter with modern eye tracking? I'm in."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"He says the iPhone and Vision Pro eye tracking make a gaze-aimed version possible."},{"host":"Chris","text":"I want to see Musk play it. He might still have the high score."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Ware says the game sold for about five hundred dollars when he was twelve. Not a bad first coding job."},{"host":"Chris","text":"No argument. You build a game at twelve, you can call yourself a founder."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Alright, that's the lightest story we've had all hour."}]}