Apple Park in Cupertino, California Posted on 04/20/2021 11:16:18 AM PDT by Swordmaker
Apple CEO Tim Cook and a team of Apple executives will host the company’s Apple’s “Spring Loaded” special event today, Tuesday, April 20th, at 10am PDT / 1pm EDT.Apple Park in Cupertino, California
The event will be held on the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California.
You can watch the event live right here:
MacDailyNews will offer live notes during Apple’s event on this page. We’ll see you here just before 10am PDT/ 1pm EDT!
Live notes from Apple’s “Spring Loaded” special event in reverse chronological order:
• End of event.
• Cook thanks viewers for watching the “Spring Loaded” event.
• Cook recaps today’s announcements
• AAPL: $133.16, -$1.68 (-1.25%) @ 1:59PM EDT
• iPad Pro commercial being played
• Order April 30th, available in 2H May
• 12.9-inch iPad Pro: starts at $1099
• 11-inch iPad Pro starts at $799
• iPad Pro is built to Apple’s high standard for environmental renewability
• iPad Pro promotional video being played
• HDR-10, HLG, and Dolby Vision support
• HDR content is more true-to-life ever
• Heidi Delgado: iPad Pro 12.9-inch’s display is Mini-LED (over 10,000 LEDs that deliver XDR brightness) (vs. 72 LEDs in previous gen. iPad Pro).
• iPad Pro 12.9-inch gets Liquid Retina XDR Display with Pro Display XDR performance
• New iPad Pro gets all-new ultra-wide camera designed just for iPad: CenterStage (as you move around, the camera automatically pans and zooms to include other people)
• Portrait selfies on from TrueDepth camera system
• New version of Apple’s Clips uses the LiDar scanner for amazing effects
• iPad Pro gets a Pro camera system
• mWave 5G supported in the U.S.
• iPad Pro gets 5G cellular connectivity
• Attach external diplays, external storage
• USB-C port/ Thunderbolt (USB-4 support): 4X more bandwidth
• Up to 2X faster storage, up to 2TB internal storage
• All-day battery life
• New iPad Pro is the fastest device of its kind
• Four speakers, ProMotion display
• M1 8-cor GPU delivers over 40% faster graphics vs. previous generation iPad Pro
• 50% performance jump over previous generation iPad Pro
• 8-core M1 CPU
• Apple unveils the M1 iPad Pro
• M1 video shows Mission Impossible-esque break-in to Apple Park by Tim Cook to place the M1 chip into iPad Pro
• Order on April 30th, available in second half of May
• Starts at $1299 in four colors, $1499 in seven colors
• iMac i built to Apple’s high standard for environmental renewability
• iMac promotional video bening played
• New Magic Trackpad to match the new iMac
• Touch ID on new Magic Keyboard works with Fast User Switching
• New Magic Keyboard with new keys and Touch ID
• iMac connectivity: Up to 4 USB-C and 2 Thunderbolt) supports up to 6K display, new power connector, Ethernet plugs right into the power brick
• Runs iPhone and iPad apps natively
• 3X faster machine learning
• Up to 2X faster than previous iMac models
• Up to 85% faster CPU than 21.5-inch iMac model
• iMac starts almost instantly, apps spring to life with immediacy
• Best sound system ever in a Mac
• iMac speakers: Incredible bass response with high performance tweeter – 6 speaker system with spatial audio (Dolby Atmos)
• Best mic system ever in a Mac
• Studio quality 3-microphone array (beam-forming)
• Best camera ever in a Mac
• New iMac now has a 1080p FaceTime Camera with a larger sensor, uses Apple’s M1 ISP (over a trillion operations per second)
• Camera, mics, and speakers taken to a whole new level
• 24-inch display: 4.5K Retina TrueTone display
• Two very small fans included in thin new iMac (case volume reduced by over 50% from previous model)
• Apple” Old Intel processor was “power hungry”
• All-new iMac design, thanks to Apple’s M1
• Aluminum enclosure
• It comes in colors (seven color options in all)
• Apple unveils the M1 iMac
• John Ternus: Apple Silicon native apps continue to be released
• M1 Macs now represent to majority of Mac sales
• Apple’s Mac business has never been stronger
• Cook: M1 delivers incredible, breakthrough performance
• Cook: Now let’s talk about the Mac
• $179 for 32GB, $199 for 64GB, order on April 30th, available in 2H May
• Completely redesigned Siri Remote with brand new Click Pad, jog control, power button controls your TV’s power
• Much more accurate color; results can be dramatic
• New color balance feature, Apple TV 4K will work with your iPhone to calibrate your TV displays
• HDR in high framerate (great for action, sports, etc.)
• Apple TV 4K now built with Apple’s A12 Bionic
• Cindy Lin: Apple TV 4K
• Ted Lasso returns this July
• Cook plays Apple TV+ trailer: Sneak peek at the next season of the incredibly popular Apple TV+ series Ted Lasso
• Cook: Let’s talk about Apple TV
• AirTag available to order this Friday, available April 30th: $29 each or $99 for four-pack
• Privacy is built-in
• Every can participate without sharing location
• Precision Finding: Any iPhone with a U1 chip works with AirTag
• AirTag has accessories, keychains, tags
• Apple introduces AirTag
• Carolyn Wolfman-Estrada: “Find My” service is available on over 1 billion devices worldwide
• iPhone 12 now comes in purple for spring – available April 30th
• iPhone 12 is the most popular smartphone in the world
• Apple Podcasts subscriptions allow user to unlock new content, ad-free, and more – launches next month
• Apple Podcasts app is newly designed today
• Apple Card family will allow kids over 13 to use Apple Card
• Today, Apple Card will allow spouses and partners to share and merge credit lines and build credit equally
• Apple Card is the most successful credit card launch ever
• Cook: Apple’s goal is to remove more than 1 million tons of carbon from the atmosphere each year
• Cook: Apple will be 100% carbon neutral by 2023
• Apple CEO Tim Cook begins event
• Pre-event music an danimation begins
• AAPL: $133.32, -$1.52 (-1.13%) @ 12:45PM EDT
• AAPL: $133.37, -$1.47 (-1.09%) @ 12:12PM EDT
• Awaiting start of the event
Apple can KMA.
I’d be happy if they could bring back the Jobs-era reliability. I’ve got all sorts of chronic bad bugs in my iPhone 12 and iPad Air gen 3.
A tablet with the M1 chip is bonkers. I own the 3rdGEN iPad Pro with the A12x bionic chip and I have never once ever thought I needed something more powerful. It’s as fast today as it was the day I unwrapped it.
If you want on or off the Apple/Mac/iOS Ping List, Freepmail me.
All the tech companies are on board with the Left Progressive clap trap... some more than others. Pick your poison if you want to use computers, cellular phones, etc. Apple at least doesn't invade your privacy and sell your private data to third parties for all their other douch baggery.
Uighur slave/forced labor and Foxconn.
Yep, I most certainly will pick my poison, it just won’t be with an overpriced POS company that can KMA and will never see a dime of my money and never has.
Even though I don't do video or movies, I've been looking for an excuse to update my iPad Pro... now I have one. Those 1000 NITS will make it much easier to see my screen outside.
[snip] The Mac also faces fresh competition from Alphabet’s Chromebooks, which outpaced MacBooks in full-year shipments for the first time in 2020, according to IDC. The expansion of its services ecosystem could also encounter fierce resistance from streaming media giants like Spotify and Netflix. [/snip]
https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/04/20/better-buy-apple-vs-ibm/
Hilarious... Chromebooks take market share from Wintel, not from Apple. OTOH, AppleTV doesn’t have competitive content vs other large subscription services, but even small growth in that area is better than no growth, perhaps a lot better, because it can potentially go on for quite a while.
AAPL down $2 after show and tell
FoxConn is not hiring very many Uighurs... The vast majority of Uighurs are not technically trained to the level that would be of use to FoxConn. You hear about Foxconn and Uighurs because tying them to APPLE makes for headlines! Did you know that Foxconn HIRES all of its workers?
Did you know that Apple is only one of about 750+ Consumer Electronic makers who contract with Foxconn to make its products? Apparently not.
Included in those 750 or more CE companies are:
I bet your phone and computer makers of choice are on there.
The POS company which will KickYA is expected to do $3,200,000,000,000 in business this year, so your pocket change will not be missed by anyone.
Whatever, Apple user.
I see. It's OK if your computer maker and phone maker does business with "slave" users in China, but not when it's Apple. I get it. You just don't like Apple because it's Apple... and they are just as Leftist and Progressive as your phone maker and computer maker, except Apple doesn't sell your privacy to all of the others. Right?
The US Festival was a better idea. But Apple lost both its Steves.
Nothing about the new MacChicken sandwich?
I have one M1 Mac Minis and this thing rocks!!!
Super fast and you can’t make it heat up.
I had a really good year this year, so I traded up my 2012 i5 Mac mini that I had modified a bit (16 GB Ram, 2 TB SDD) and opted for the 2TB M1 Mac mini.
Both systems have 16TB of external storage, so I have more than enough for Time Machine, and archived movies, music, photos etc.
To say the M1 is fast, is truly an understatement. Unless software makes some HUGE advances, I really can’t see a need to update in the foreseeable future.
IMHO, get all the mass storage as your budget will allow, as this remains fixed; however you can add external SDD’s or cheap SDDs to archive whatever you want.
But, my personal suggestion is opt for the 16GB internal memory over the 8GB; as that will be the only bottleneck you cannot compensate for later on.
I guess Apple is making public ATTEMPTS to block FaceBook, Google and Twitter from illegally tracking you; and this MUST lead to attacks against Apple
Because ..... conservatives ...?
Logic and reason don’t seem to work with people who have decided to hate Apple. In my experience (30 years R&D in Computer Industry), people who hate Apple the most, don’t even know how to turn one on.
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