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by Michal Tynior
Weekly Digest - 2021.42

Weekly Digest - 2020.40
Pixel 5
Google has announced the next-gen flagship smartphone. And here is the spec:
- 6-inch (2340 x 1080) OLED display,
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G CPU,
- 8GB of RAM,
- 128GB of storage,
- Hole-punch 8 Mpix selfie camera,
- Dual rear camera: 12.2 Mpix (main) and 16 Mpix (wide),
- 5G capabilities,
- 4080 mAh battery.
Phone will be available from October 10th for $699.
Dope links
- Encapsulating SwiftUI view styles
- Apple’s use of Swift and SwiftUI in iOS 14
- StoreKit Testing Improvements in iOS 14
- Local unit tests with Xcode
Image credits: Google

Weekly Digest - 2020.11
iOS 14, iPadOS 14, watchOS 7 details leaked
Couple of details leaked about upcoming operating systems and new Apple's products:
iOS
- Over-ear headphones with AirPods feature are coming,
- iPhone SE 2 will have TouchID,
- AirTag might have removable battery,
- Home screen will get list view for the apps,
- New augmented reality app will display detail information about real objects,
- 3rd-party apps will be able to integrate their wallpapers with the system
- HomeKit will be able to change the color temperature of lights throughout a day.
iPadOS
- Smart keyboards with trackpads are in the works,
- iPad Pro might have triple camera system,
- Extended support for mouse pointers,
- New OCR system capable to detect text written with Apple Pencil
- Sharing watch faces with friends & family,
- Watch face with tachymeter,
- Watch face with country flags,
- Photo watch face could be made not only out of single photos, but entire albums as well,
- Parental controls,
- Sleep tracking app,
- Blood oxygen tracking,
- WatchOS apps will be no longer be based on extensions.
New MacBooks
According to Ming-Chi Ku, couple of new MacBooks will be released in upcoming months:
- 14- inch MacBook Pro and MacBook Air with Scissor Keyboards will come in second quarter,
- MacBooks with ARM processor will come in late 2020 or early 2021.
Google Pixel 4a
New details regarding upcoming budget phone have surfaced:
- 5.8-inch (2340 x 1080) display,
- Snapdragon 730 CPU,
- 4GB or 6GB of RAM,
- Hole-punch selfie camera,
- Single 12-megapixel rear camera,
- Fingerprint sensor on the back,
- 3.5mm headphone jack,
- support for dual-sim in 6GB model,
- 3080mAh battery,
- Phone will be available in April starting at $399.
Coronavirus vs conferences #3
This week another conferences have been affected by coronavirus:
- E3 2020 joined has been cancelled,
- Microsoft's Build 2020 has been converted to online-only event,
- WDDC 2020 will be an online experience.
Dope Links
- Drawing In SwiftUI – A Comprehensive Guide
- Integrating MapKit with SwiftUI
- Avoiding massive SwiftUI views
- How to create Activity Ring in SwiftUI
- Class-only Protocols: class or AnyObject
- Google's Swift Style Guide
- Getting started with Vue & Apollo GraphQL
- Here is what Cloudflare Workers do
- is it canceled yet?
- Re-imagining the Windows Experience
Image credits: the Hacker 34

Weekly digest - 2019.42
Pixel 4
Google announced, or I should say remembered us, the Pixel 4 and 4XL. Here is the spec:
- 5.7-inch display (FHD+ resolution) in Pixel 4,
- 6.3-inch display (QHD+ resolution) in Pixel 4XL,
- 90Hz screen's refresh rate,
- Snapdragon 855 CPU,
- 6GB of RAM,
- 64GB or 128GB of storage,
- 12.2-megapixel rear camera,
- 6-megapixel telephoto rear camera,
- 2800mAh battery in Pixel 4 and 3700mAh in 4XL,
- Face unlock and motion sense radar.
Both versions are available in "Just Black", "Clearly White" and "Oh so Orange" colors. Pixel 4 and 4 XL start at $799 and $899 respectively.
This year Google decided to focus on face and motion recognition. They removed fingerprint reader to equivalent of FaceID called "Face unlock". What's even more interesting, Google added Motion Sense radar that can detect movement around the phone. For example, when sensors detect reaching hand, they can increase the brightness of always-on display, or silence the alarm clock. Also, user can also control the music using gestures.
iPhone SE2
Ming-Chi Kuo shared some new details regarding new iPhone SE:
- planned to be released in Q1 2020,
- pricing starting at $399,
- form factor similar to iPhone 8,
- A13 CPU (same as iPhone 11)
- 3GB of RAM,
- 64GB and 128GB of storage,
- Space Gray, Silver and Red color options.
For the first time, we have some information about the design, and the iPhone 8 size became very controversial topic. Although I like the size of iPhone 8, I'm wondering why would Apple release a new phone, with the same size, when they still selling iPhone 8?
Interesting links
- iPhone 11, iPadOS and iOS 13 for PWAs and web development
- The Ultimate Guide to In-App Purchase in iOS Application Development: Part 1
- Visual Studio for Nintendo Switch? - FUZE4 Nintendo Switch is an amazing coding app
- Pixel 4 vs. iPhone 11 Pro: A first look at camera photo samples
- Microsoft Flight Simulator In-Depth Preview
- Photorealistic storm in Unreal Engine 4
Image credits: Google