Vergecast: the specs and ports announced at Apple’s ‘Peek Performance’ event

Every Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast, The Vergecast, where Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel discusses the week in tech news with the reporters and editors covering the biggest stories.

This week on The Vergecast, Nilay, along with Verge managing editor Alex Cranz and deputy editor Dan Seifert, discusses all the announcements from Apple’s Peek Performance event this week — including an updated iPhone SE with 5G, the new Mac Studio desktop computer, an iPad Air with an M1 processor, and the 27-inch 5K Studio Display monitor.

Keep listening for an explainer on the state of 5G in phones like the iPhone SE, a rundown of specs (and ports) in the Mac Studio, and of course, some wild theories about the future of computers.

Further reading:

• The 7 biggest announcements from Apple’s Peek Performance event
• Apple iPhone SE gains 5G, A15 processor, and a higher $429 price tag
• The 5G iPhone SE will be for carriers, not customers
• 5G’s false start is over and the iPhone SE proves it
• The iPhone 13 and 13 Pro each get green finishes
• The iPhone SE’s $30 price bump looks like a pure 5G tax
• Give me a bigger iPhone SE
• Apple announces updated iPad Air with M1 processor and 5G
• How the M1-powered iPad Air compares to other iPad models
• Apple announces new flagship M1 Ultra desktop processor for its most powerful computers
• Apple’s new M1 Ultra aims to beat Nvidia’s RTX 3090
• The redesigned MacBook Air might have an M1, not an M2
• Apple’s Mac Studio is a new desktop for creative professionals
• Apple explains why the M1 Ultra-equipped Mac Studio is two pounds heavier
• A fully specced-out Mac Studio will cost $8,000
• Apple’s new strategy is to give — not tell — users what they want
• Screw it, the rectangles are back
• The Mac Studio’s ports are a step back in all the right ways
• The 27-inch iMac has been discontinued
• Apple announces 27-inch 5K Studio Display for $1,599
• Apple’s Studio Display actually comes with a stand
• Here’s why Apple put a powerful iPhone chip in its new Studio Display
• Apple’s Studio Display should work with Windows — including the webcam
• The future of makeup is lipstick you can print
• The Steam Deck now runs Windows
• Hands-on with Alienware’s new, curved QD-OLED gaming monitor
• Nothing can’t stop smartphone leaks