New Pride wallpapers, $599 Mac mini goes away, Apple earnings call tidbits

Benjamin and Chance give their opinions on the new Pride wallpaper and watch band lineup for 2026, as well as talk about a new watch face supposedly coming with watchOS 27. Also, in our seemingly-recurring segment on Mac desktop supply constraints, Apple stopped selling the $599 Mac mini altogether this week. Also, the company shares some curious tidbits about its future strategy in its first quarterly earnings call to feature incoming CEO John Ternus. 

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Links

• iOS 26.5’s new Pride wallpaper revealed, plus Apple Watch face
• Apple unveils Pride Edition Sport Loop for Apple Watch, order today
• iOS 26.5 adds beautiful wallpapers for your iPhone, here’s what’s new
• Here’s the next Apple Watch face coming in watchOS 26.5 and how to customize it
• How Will John Ternus Run Apple as CEO? With More Investments, Fewer Buybacks - Bloomberg
• Apple discontinues base Mac mini, now starts at $799 with 512GB storage
• Apple's most powerful Mac Studio loses its last remaining RAM upgrade option
• John Ternus joins Apple’s Q2 2026 earnings call, touts ‘incredible roadmap ahead’
• Apple says iPhone 17 lineup is officially the ‘most popular’ in its history
• Tim Cook says iPhone 17 demand is 'off the charts', but supply constraints impacted sales
• Apple’s R&D spending hits new record as AI investment ramps up
• Apple considers Intel and Samsung to diversify chip manufacturing away from TSMC
• iOS 27 will let you choose between Gemini, Claude, and more for AI features: report