Rene Ritchie
Rene Ritchie is one of the most respected Apple analysts in the business, reaching a combined audience of over 40 million readers a month. His YouTube channel, Vector, has over 90 thousand subscribers and 14 million views and his podcasts, including Debug, have been downloaded over 20 million times. He also regularly co-hosts MacBreak Weekly for the TWiT network and co-hosted CES Live! and Talk Mobile. Based in Montreal, Rene is a former director of product marketing, web developer, and graphic designer. He's authored several books and appeared on numerous television and radio segments to discuss Apple and the technology industry. When not working, he likes to cook, grapple, and spend time with his friends and family.
Latest articles by Rene Ritchie
Why Google is immune to Apple's Privacy Protections
By Rene Ritchie published
Is Google finally coming to terms with our right to privacy and to choose for ourselves? Nope. Hard nope.
iPhone 13 clickbait is SO BAD this year
By Rene Ritchie last updated
Swear to jobs, if I see one more piece of iPhone 13 clickbait that’s not actually about the iPhone 13…
Apple TV 4K review: Come for the 4K, stay for the HDR
By Rene Ritchie last updated
Apple TV 4K brings A10X-powered ultra high-definition and eye-popping high-dynamic range to iTunes and your living room.
Apple Watch Series 5 Review: Now the world's best watch. Period.
By Rene Ritchie last updated
Apple's worst kept secret — Virtual and Augmented Reality
By Rene Ritchie published
There's an aluminum curtain that drops on every Apple investor call, TV interview, event, briefing — everything. Every single time…. Except one…
iPad Pro (2020) review: The ultimate 2-in-1 for everyone
By Rene Ritchie last updated
iPad Pro. Now with ultra-wide angle. And lasers.
iPhone XR Review: Almost all the best for way, way less
By Rene Ritchie last updated
If you want a next-as-in-X-generation iPhone but you don't want to pay a thousand or more bucks for it, you want an XR.
MacBook vs. MacBook Air vs. MacBook Pro: Which Apple laptop should you get?
By Rene Ritchie last updated
Should you get the MacBook, MacBook Air, or MacBook Pro? Here's how to decide!
Back up your photos — before it's too late
By Rene Ritchie last updated
How do you back up all the photos on your phone, tablet, and computer and keep your memories of life, love, kids, travel, and adventure safe? Like this!
Going digital: How to turn your music, movie, and book atoms into bits!
By Rene Ritchie last updated
How do you replace all your old physical media — your music, newspapers and magazines, books and comics, movies and TV shows, with shiny, new, space-saving bits? More easily than you might think!
If Apple has a March 2021 Event, here's what I'd love to see...
By Rene Ritchie published
You know the drill. Logo. Speed ramp. Drone shot. Apple Park. Transition. Steady Cam. Rapid zoom. Tim Cook. Good Morning! And then… what exactly?
iOS 12 Review: What's now for what's next
By Rene Ritchie last updated
iOS 12 is a bridge built on shoring up the foundations of the past — including performance — and preparing us for the future of push and augmented interface.
Former head of iPod, Tony Fadell, talks about his early days at Apple, his feelings about Scott Forstall, and the future
By Rene Ritchie last updated
2021 Macs — Here come the redesigns!
By Rene Ritchie published
No more Touch Bar, the return of MagSafe, and the end of dongle life? New iMacs with an all-new, bezel thin and no chin design, and new Mac Pros with both M1… and M1 inside?
The M1X 16-inch MacBook Pro will be mine!
By Rene Ritchie published
The M-Series Mac I’m most looking forward to this year is the 16-inch MacBook Pro. Here's why.
Apple in 2021: Welcome to Season 2 of the Event Show!
By Rene Ritchie published
Welcome to Season 2 of the Apple Event show. This year's episodes — spoiler alert! — feature everything from M1X Macs to A15 iPhones, A14X iPads to maybe, just maybe... AirTags. At last.
AirPods Max — Explained!
By Rene Ritchie published
Are the AirPods Max for you? The answer turns out to be remarkably simple!
iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro Tricks: 17 ways to do more, faster!
By Bryan M Wolfe, Rene Ritchie last updated
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