This week Benjamin and Zac discuss the entertaining ‘AirPods for Christmas’ meme, the mystery about AirPower and Apple’s missing update, Apple’s rare revenue guidance change and iPhone upgrade growth challenges, and much more.

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Hosts:

• Benjamin Mayo
• Zac Hall

Topics:

• ‘AirPods for Christmas’: Apple’s truly-wireless earbuds became a hilarious social media meme
• AirPower officially misses 2018 deadline, Apple silent on its status
• AAPL issues rare revision to earnings guidance, lowering expectations due to ‘fewer iPhone upgrades’ & China struggles
• Trump economic advisor says China may have stolen Apple technology
• Trump responds to AAPL revenue drop over China iPhone sales, claims stock up ‘hundreds of percent’ since taking office

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