[Apple press conference] Conclusion: iMac is opening a new horizon. Can iPad Air 2 be thinner?

[Apple press conference] Conclusion: iMac is opening a new horizon. Can iPad Air 2 be thinner?

Apple held a new product release in the autumn of October 17 in the Town Hall at Infinite Loop park headquarters in cubitino, California at on January 1, 2014, Beijing time. At this time, the debate on the iPhone 6 & 6 Plus and Apple Watch released last month has not been dispelled, and a new round of products are on the road. According to the Convention, apple's release in October will be updated with the iPad product line. This time, two new Mac products will come together.

Different situations for iPad Gemini

After a long period of time, Apple first stressed that the iPad Air 2 became thinner, only 6.1mm. It is 7mm thinner than the "spoiler" and 7.5 thinner than the iPad Air. It is called the "shortest tablet in the world" by Apple ". The "thin and thin" iPad Air weighs 2 to 437 GB, the screen size is still 9.7 inch, the resolution is 2048*1536, and the screen is fully fit, the background rate is reduced by 56%.

Configuration: iPad Air 2 uses a 64-bit A8X processor, which is 40% faster than A7. The CPU performance is 12 times higher than that of the first-generation iPad, and the GPU performance is 180 times higher, iPad Air 2 comes pre-installed with the latest iOS 8.1 system.

The iPad Air 2 is equipped with a brand new iSight camera with a pixel improvement of 8 million and an f/2.4 aperture. It also supports Burst shot high-speed continuous shooting and delayed photography. Although the body became thinner, the camera of iPad Air 2 was not prominent. In addition, the front camera is also improved, f/2.2 large aperture, FaceTime HD camera, the incoming light rate increased by 81%, making iPad self-timer and chat FaceTime more powerful. However, the iPad Air 2 still has a battery life of about 10 hours.

Just like spoiler, iPad Air 2 has added the local gold, and the Home key is undoubtedly added with Touch ID, supporting Apple Pay. The sound key design is also moving closer to iPhone 6. However, unlike iPhone 6, because there is no NFC chip, iPad Air 2 only supports in-app shopping, rather than in-store shopping.

As for the iPad mini 3, there was only one sentence at the press conference. In addition to Touch ID, the local gold payment has been added, and other aspects have not changed. For configuration, see:

In terms of price, the price of iPad Air 2 Wi-Fi is: 16g RMB 3588 yuan, 64G 4288 yuan, 128G 4988 yuan; iPad Air 2 with cellular mobile data is currently only priced at $16G, 64G and 128G, respectively, at $629, $729 and $829.

IPad mini 3 Wi-Fi version 2888 yuan 16G) starting from sale, 64G and 128G versions are priced at 3588 yuan and 4288 yuan respectively. 16 GB of mobile data with cellular data is USD 529, 64 GB is USD 629, and 128 GB is USD 729.

Both iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 will be scheduled for delivery next week on April 25, October 17, us time. In addition, the good news is that both iPad mini 2 and iPad Air have been reduced, and the previous generation of iPad Air and iPad mini 2 have been reduced by 100 US dollars respectively: iPad mini 2 starting from 299 US dollars, the first-generation iPad mini is available for sale at $249.

Mac Final Update

Before hardware was released, Apple officially announced iOS 8.1. The new version of the system mainly solves bugs in previous versions based on user feedback. In addition, the Camera Roll function was added and Apple Pay, the iCloud Image Library has also been improved and will be available for users to download next Monday.

Then Apple officially released OS X Yosemite, which has the following features:

The new version of Safari is six times faster than other browsers using JavaScript, and the battery life has increased by two hours.

You can use Markup to sign the email.

You can directly use MailDrop to change attachments. Up to 5 GB attachments can be uploaded and the attachments are encrypted.

ICloud drive supports seamless cross-platform file synchronization, including Windows devices

Continuity enables better seamless connections between Apple devices

Without Wi-Fi, you can use AirPlay to connect to Apple TV.

Apple now provides users with free download of OS X Yosemite official version and new iWork version.

Next let's take a look at the features of the new version of Retina 5 K iMac:

• The screen resolution is as high as 5210x2880 pixels, 67% pixels more than 4 K, and the thickness of the fuselage edge is only 5mm.
• The screen material is Oxide TFT, reducing energy consumption by 30%.
• The 3.5 GHz intel i5 processor can be upgraded to a 4 GHz intel i7 processor.
• AMD Radeon R9 display chip.
• 1 TB Fusion Drive.

For prices, the iMac version 3.5 With a 27 inch GHz intel i5 processor costs $2499.

The last is the unupdated Mac mini. The starting price of the new Mac mini version is $499. The following are related parameters:

4th-generation Intel core processor.

Intel Iris graphics chip.

Has two Thunderbolt interfaces.

Use PCle-based flash memory.

Supports 802.11ac Wi-Fi.

It is reasonable to say that the release of four new products at a time can make viewers laugh, but according to feedback from social networks and my personal perception, only the iPad Air 2 and Retina 5 K iMac computers, iPad mini 3 and Mac mini have limited sincerity. In addition, the conflict between iPhone 6 Plus and iPad mini has also begun. Obviously, there are doubts about the future of iPad mini. In addition, the Mac family has finally been updated. Can it be regarded as a proof of the computer industry's recovery?

I guess that the next round of Apple product updates will be MacBook Air and MacBook Pro.

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