IFA 2026 Report, iPhone Duo Hands-on and TV Spying?

So we're going to talk about IFA next.

So for those who don't know, IFA has been going a very, very long time.

It takes place in Berlin every year, end of August, beginning of September.

And it's one of those trade shows that's actually open to the public, which makes it quite unique.

So you get a few press days before the main opening of the show to the public.

And it runs, I believe, for three or four days once the public doors open.

I didn't go this year.

In fact, I haven't been since COVID lockdown, which is quite a long time now for not going out to E for sure.

But somehow I feel like I never miss anything.

But two of the guys on the podcast have been out.

Ed's been out in the past and I know that the white goods absolutely fascinate you.

I loved it.

I mean, the

stuff that I'm supposed to look at, no interest at all.

But my word, the white goods.

And I remember there was the lady we're talking to on the T-fal stand who was being paid 300 euros an hour to make cookies because essentially they'd waited until the last possible minute to book stand people.

And she was normally used as a multilingual specialist in selling things like yachts and jets and And they had no choice but to book her to operate kitchenware.

And she was having the time of her life and being paid a fortune to do it.

And I have nothing but respect for that.

It was brilliant.

Yeah, it's a special kind of show.

I mean, it's got huge white good area.

There are tech products there.

There's some TV stuff, there's some projector stuff.

There used to be quite a bit of hi-fi audio, but that isn't the case anymore because obviously we've now got the high-end show that's kind of taken that.

So we're going to talk about IFA next.

So for those who don't know, IFA has been going a very, very long time.

It takes place in Berlin every year, end of August, beginning of September.

And it's one of those trade shows that's actually open to the public, which makes it quite unique.

So you get a few press days before the main opening of the show to the public.

And it runs, I believe, for three or four days once the public doors open.

I didn't go this year.

In fact, I haven't been since COVID lockdown, which is quite a long time now for not going out to E for sure.

But somehow I feel like I never miss anything.

But two of the guys on the podcast have been out.

Ed's been out in the past and I know that the white goods absolutely fascinate you.

I loved it.

I mean, the

stuff that I'm supposed to look at, no interest at all.

But my word, the white goods.

And I remember there was the lady we're talking to on the T-fal stand who was being paid 300 euros an hour to make cookies because essentially they'd waited until the last possible minute to book stand people.

And she was normally used as a multilingual specialist in selling things like yachts and jets and And they had no choice but to book her to operate kitchenware.

And she was having the time of her life and being paid a fortune to do it.

And I have nothing but respect for that.

It was brilliant.

Yeah, it's a special kind of show.

I mean, it's got huge white good area.

There are tech products there.

There's some TV stuff, there's some projector stuff.

There used to be quite a bit of hi-fi audio, but that isn't the case anymore because obviously we've now got the high-end show that's kind of taken that.