Joanna Stern returns to the show. Topics include the iPhone XR (and the argument that it might be the best phone in Apple’s current lineup), Apple’s new Smart Battery Cases, Apple Watch, and, of course, the new MacBook Air.

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Links:

• New York Magazine in 2016: “Is ‘Friends’ Still the Most Popular Show on TV?”.
• Last Month: “Netflix Will Keep ‘Friends’ Through Next Year in a $100 Million Agreement”.
• Joanna’s iPhone XR review.
• Joanna’s MacBook Air review — from a hot air balloon.
• “Apple Watch Series 4 Fall Detection Tested by a Hollywood Stunt Double” .