By John Moltz
August 29, 2025 2:00 PM PT
This Week in Apple: Oops, all wrenches

The Moltz Family Road Trip 2025 (motto: “Oh, god, how many more days do we have?!”) checks in to talk about the little surprises that could appear at Apple’s September event, Eddy Cue’s eyes being bigger than Tim Cook’s wallet, and ongoing complaints about Tahoe—the operating system, not the lake, which we hear is lovely.
Also on the bill
Apple announced its 2025 iPhone event for September 9th, as expected, plugging it with the title “Awe Dropping” which is just another sign of the company’s lack of attention to detail of late.
It’s “Jaw Dropping”, Apple. What an embarrassing typo. Just ridiculous. How do you drop awe? It makes no sense.
Of course there will be new phones, this we know, but there could also be some surprise announcements, one of which will be a huge boon for bondage fetishists.
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