Apple announced that October Event will take place on October 13th. All rumors suggest this conference will focus on iPhone 12 and AirTags. There is very slim chance that we will see new ARM Macs.
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Google has announced the next-gen flagship smartphone. And here is the spec:
Phone will be available from October 10th for $699.
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Amazon has launched its game streaming service. It's powered by Nvidia's GPUs and runs on Windows, which should developers easily port games. Right now, it supports over 100 games.
The launch date is still unknown, but service will be available on PC, Mac, Fire TV. The iPhone and iPad will get support via web apps. An Android version planned for after launch. The official pricing is also unknown, but early access price is set at $5.99/month.
Amazon also announced special controller that will cost $49.99 during the early access.
Multiple developers, including Epic Games, Spotify and Basecamp, have formed the Coalition for App Fairness intended to coordinate efforts to fight against Apple's monopolistic behaviors on the AppStore.
The source code of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 has leaked online.
It shouldn't be a big issue for Microsoft as Windows XP is no longer supported, but system itself might still have couple of surprises, as secret macOS theme has been discovered.
Apple held an online event and introduced couple of new things:
Apple Watch Series 6
Apple Watch SE
This is another service from Apple. This one, as name suggests, focuses on fitnes and exercising. It integrates with Apple Watch, and offers guided workouts. Apple Fitness+ will be available for the iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV for $10/ month, or $80/ year.
Apple combined all it services into bundles and called it Apple One:
Entry level iPad finally got upgrade:
iPad Air
Also iPad Air got an update, and on paper it came much closer to a Pro version:
During an online event, Sony finally revealed that the next-gen console will arrive on November 12 in North America, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea. For the rest of the world it will be available from November 19th.
The PlayStation 5 will cost $499.99 for the standard version and $399.99 for the PS5 Digital Edition.
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Microsoft has officially confirmed Xbox Series S. It's a simplified version of the Xbox Series X. Here are the highlights:
It's a good choice for people who want new Xbox, but doesn't care about 8K and optical disc. The only downside is really small storage. 512GB is really small, especially when games can take more than 200GB of storage. Hopefully, soon Microsoft will release another version with 1TB of storage.
Regarding Xbox Series X, it will also launch on November 10th for $499. The preorders will start on September 22.
Apple has announced an event that will be held on September 15th. Similar to WWDC, this event also will be digital only. According to rumors this event will focus on new iPad Air, Apple Watch Series 6. New iPhones will be announced in October or even later.
In August, Epic sued Apple, couple weeks later Apple is suing Epic, asking for damages over the breach of developer contract. In the press release they called Epic the "modern corporate Robin Hood" 😂
Apple has every legal right to do so, but I think the PR damages will cost Apple more than potential settlement with Epic.
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