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what's going on Brian Chong here and welcome to the Apple bite for everything good and bad inside the world of Apple and we can't start this show without talking about the Galaxy s8 Samsung's direct rival to Apple's iPhone that s8 is the best-looking phone right now especially that infinity screen it's gorgeous good lord with the booty side with that fingerprint sensor right next to the camera lens for smudge ville city and that might be one of the dumbest design decisions we've seen in a long long time now the Bigsby assistant is still half-baked it wasn't even fully functional when we tried it and it won't be able to grab the same kind of answers that you're used to asking Google shoot Syria is even better than Bixby at this point now you can dive even deeper with us on our Apple byte extra crunchy audio podcast but as for the s8 it looks amazing but sometimes looks aren't everything that's what my mama told me - now the iPad 9.7 this is available to pick up at stores and an iFixit teardown reveals it's basically exactly what we expected an original iPad air with an a 9 chip it's still the best value nine point seven inch tablet on the market I've said that from the start but this is Tim Cook's philosophy in action use the leftovers from the supply chain to offer a product at a lower price for more profits see it's not about having the best product possible remember those days but the best product at multiple price points you know what it just made me sad Apple to read that out loud but look at yourself in the mirror Apple will have an iPad Mini a nine point seven inch iPad and iPad pro nine point seven inch a rumored ten point five inch iPad pro and an iPad pro twelve point nine inch for a product category that continues to the client year after year after year you know what that's a bad apple all right iOS 9.3 was officially released this week and I like to wait a few days after Apple's track record of bugs the past few updates but it looks like the coast is clear now 10.30 pods and the new Apple file system that's optimized for devices with flash solid-state storage and it's a more secure system and if you haven't noticed iOS 10.3 should be snappier many animations have been tweaked or shortened or you just turn them off like I did in the settings a long time ago TV OS gets an update the 10.2 with better scrolling with the remote and when you rent a movie on any of your Apple devices it will finally show up on all of them and watch OS 3.2 theater mode is here for the movies the sound turns off and the screen stays off until you tap it twice to turn it on plus an update to Siri allows it to work with apps for starting workouts sending messages booking rides and more and I works yes I work it gets a few key updates as well you can now use touch ID to unlock password-protected pages number and key no documents you know what keynote is the only app I use of those three so yes my name is Brian and I use I works alright keynote also gets a cool new feature where you can actually embed keynote presentations into blogs and websites with the new update so that's very nice and by the time you see this Apple WWDC 2017 Lottery has ended and that means if you didn't register for the lottery there is no way you'll be getting in your odds are pretty much like one in a million so you're telling me there's a chance yeah no there's really not now five thousand people were selected for the conference that runs from June the 5th to the ninth for the lovely price of $15.99 that's one thousand five hundred and ninety nine dollars but we know updates across the board for software and new hardware always shows up at WWDC alright according to MV LM Apple has been declared the most intimate brand in a survey of six thousand customers the firm measure the overall positive feelings consumers had for each brand based on six factors first one fulfillment exceeding expectations and superior service okay say that's fair identity reflecting an aspirational image not so much enhancement becoming better smarter and more capable that's true ritual ingraining a brand into daily actions yeah I do that nostalgia focusing on memories of the past that bring good feelings I definitely do that and indulgence trading a close relationship centered around moments of pampering okay Apple you got me Apple took the top spot Disney was second Amazon third harley-davidson was fourth and Netflix was fifth but no word if Apple will be next starting a new clothing line because you know they're the most intimate brand with this this or this slide to unlock alright let's talk about that music video from last week because nothing tops the feedback after we Adam no we're just drop a music video on you all so let's be honest most of you we're feeling it but not all of you were rodrigo Montini says i will not lose my time with seeing it anymore see you bro glowing eagle rights this is so stupid but it's stuck in my head what have you done to me Brian Tom and Melvin Joseph comments I think Brian is a senior editor or something like that so sorry for seen it employees and staff battle Oh terrible ha ha alright that's gonna do it for this week's show you can email us at the Apple bite at cnet.com or tweet me at Brian tone thanks so much for watching and we'll catch y'all next time for another bite of the Apple perks of the job