November Apple Event

Apple announced their November event, which will focus on ARM based Macs. According to latest rumors, we should see a new MacBook Air as well as 13 and 16 inch MacBook Pros. Although ARM powered MacBook Air is no brainer, the release of the Pro models would be a bold move from Apple. It would mean that first generation of new processors is  (at least) as powerful as current generation of Intel ones.

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Apple Event

Apple held their second fall event. And this is what has been announced:

iPhone 12 mini:

• 5.4-inch OLED display (2340 x 1080 px)
• A14 Bionic Chip
• 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB of Storage
• 5G support
• Dual 12MP rear camera system:
  • Ultra Wide: ƒ/2.4 aperture and 120° field of view
  • Wide: ƒ/1.6 aperture
• Black, white, red, blue, and green
• Starting at $699

6.1-inch iPhone 12:

• 6.1-inch OLED display (2532 x 1170 px)
• A14 Bionic Chip
• 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB of Storage
• 5G support
• Dual 12MP rear camera system:
  • Ultra Wide: ƒ/2.4 aperture and 120° field of view
  • Wide: ƒ/1.6 aperture
• Black, white, red, blue, and green
• Starting at $799

iPhone 12 Pro:

• 6.1-inch OLED display (2532 x 1170 px)
• A14 Bionic Chip
• 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB of Storage
• 5G support
• Tripple 12MP rear camera system:
  • Ultra Wide: ƒ/2.4 aperture and 120° field of view
  • Wide: ƒ/1.6 aperture
  • Telephoto: ƒ/2.0 aperture
• Gold, silver, graphite, and blue
• Starting at $999

iPhone 12 Pro Max:

• 6.7-inch OLED display (2778 x 1284 px)
• A14 Bionic Chip
• 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB of Storage
• 5G support
• Tripple 12MP rear camera system:
  • Ultra Wide: ƒ/2.4 aperture and 120° field of view
  • Wide: ƒ/1.6 aperture
  • Telephoto: ƒ/2.2 aperture
• Gold, silver, graphite, and blue
• Starting at $1,099

HomePod mini

Apple also announced a small version of HomePod, called HomePod mini.

It will be available in 2 colors, white and space gray, for $99.

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Apple October Event

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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Amazon Luna

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.

Epic Games vs Apple continued

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.

Windows XP source code leaked

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.

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Apple Event

Apple held an online event and introduced couple of new things:

Apple Watch Series 6

• It is evolution of Series 5,
• New S6 chip and U1 chip,
• New sensor containing Blood Oxygen Sensor With ECG,
• Available from $399 on this Friday.

Apple Watch SE

• Comes in 40mm & 44mm of size,
• Retina display (without always on feature),
• S5 chip,
• Second-generation optical heart sensor (without ECG),
• Available from $279 on this Friday.

Apple Fitnes+

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 One

Apple combined all it services into bundles and called it Apple One:

• Individual ($14.95/ month) - Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and 50GB iCloud storage,
• Family ($19.95 / month, shared with six family members) - ‌Apple Music‌, ‌Apple TV‌+, ‌Apple Arcade‌, and 200GB ‌iCloud‌ storage,
• Premier ($29.95 / month, shared with six family members) - ‌Apple Music‌, ‌Apple TV‌+, ‌Apple Arcade‌, 2TB ‌iCloud‌ storage, Apple News+, and Apple Fitness+.

iPad 8th Gen

Entry level iPad finally got upgrade:

• 10.2-inch Retina display,
• Apple's A12 Bionic chip,
• Supports the first-generation Apple Pencil,
• Support Smart Keyboard
• Starts from $329.

iPad Air

Also iPad Air got an update, and on paper it came much closer to a Pro version:

• 10.9-Inch Retina display,
• Apple's A14 Bionic chip,
• Touch ID built into the power button,
• 12-megapixel rear camera,
• Supports the second-generation Apple Pencil,
• Support Magic Keyboard,
• USB-C connector,
• Starts from $599.

PlayStation 5 launch date and pricing

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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