iPhones in Space — It Almost Didn’t Happen! + iPhone Ultra BIG Price Leaks (CultCast #744)

April 10
59 mins

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This week: iPhones are officially in SPACE! 🚀… but it almost didn’t happen. We break down the wild story of how the iPhone barely made it onto a NASA mission and the insane approval process behind it. 

Plus: Apple’s cooking up something just as shocking—a folding “iPhone Ultra” that WILL cost over $2,000. 

Plus plus: Apple’s long-term iPhone strategy and the strange struggles of the iPhone Air. From Cupertino… to the Moon 🌕—this one’s a ride.

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Stories

Apple's Three-Year Plan to 'Reinvent' the iPhone is Underway

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/08/apple-three-year-plan-to-reinvent-iphone/


iPhone Ultra's Price Range Revealed

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/08/iphone-ultra-price-range-revealed/


Apple is Reportedly Facing a 'Massive Dilemma' With the MacBook Neo

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/07/macbook-neo-massive-dilemma/


Leaker: Apple Will Release iPhone Air 2 No Matter How Badly It May Sell

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/08/iphone-air-2-to-launch-no-matter-what/


Apple Had to Heavily Discount the iPhone Air to Sell It

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/09/iphone-air-needed-discount-to-sell/


How NASA approved the iPhone 17 Pro Max for the Artemis II space mission

https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/04/04/how-nasa-approved-the-iphone-17-pro-max-for-the-artemis-ii-space-mission


iPhone's iconic space photos

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/55187293546/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/55187189317/in/photostream/



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