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After the Spring Festival holiday, various mobile phone manufacturers are busy releasing new machines, and Apple is no exception.
It is reported that Apple has decided to hold a spring conference on March 8, and the form is still an online conference without a live audience.
Referring to the time of the spring conference in previous years, this revelation is still quite reliable.
So what new products will Apple bring us?
iPhone SE 3
The protagonist of this spring conference is, of course, the high-profile iPhone SE 3.
Rumor has it that Apple has started mass production of a new generation of cheap iPhones.
Its biggest highlight is that it is equipped with the same "residual version" A15 processor of the iPhone 13, which supports 5G networks, and the performance does not need to be repeated.
It is expected to start at $399 (about 2,500 yuan), in line with the previous generation.
Unsurprisingly, the iPhone SE 3 will be the cheapest 5G iPhone, and Android friends are trembling.
Of course, how can an apple with precise knife techniques not cut a knife?
In terms of appearance, the iPhone SE 3 and the current model are roughly the same shape, still the mold of the iPhone 8, that is, the 4.7-inch LCD screen, retaining touch ID, and rear single camera.
This shape, placed in 2022 today is slightly retro, Cook once again explained to us, what is called "stock buster".
However, for the sake of battery life, some analysts believe that the iPhone SE 3 will use a new mold.
Throw away the ancestral big black edge and Touch ID, replace it with "extremely advanced" bangs and Face ID, and the rear is still a single camera, similar to the design of the iPhone XR.
If the iPhone SE 3 is really long like this, the starting price is also $399, it is estimated that it will sell out again, and apple shipments will return to the first place this year.
iPad Air5
Also unveiled at the spring launch was the new iPad Air 5.
According to reports, it is also equipped with an A15 processor, supports 5G networks, upgrades the 4-LED True Tone flash, and is equipped with a 12-megapixel front camera, and video calls support portraits in the middle.
This configuration, no matter how you look at it, is a regular upgrade.
In terms of appearance, the iPad Air 5 and the cash model are also basically the same.
With a 10.9-inch full-screen design, the fingerprint key is integrated on the power button, and there are deep space gray, silver, green, rose gold and sky blue to choose from.
As for the price, there is news that the iPad Air 5 will not increase in price, and the starting price of the National Bank of China is 4799 yuan.
New iMac Pro
Industry insider Mark Gurman believes that Apple will launch a Mac equipped with M1 chip in the first half of 2022.
And this device is likely to be the iMac Pro that has been discontinued for two years.
According to reports, the new iMac Pro has M1 Pro and M1 Max chips to choose from, will have 16GB, 32GB and 64GB RAM options, and up to 8TB SSD storage.
In terms of appearance, it adopts the same full-screen design as the new iMac, equipped with a 27-inch Mini LED display.
It can bring richer color performance, higher contrast and brightness, while supporting ProMotion refresh rates up to 120Hz, and the screen quality is full.
Of course, as a product with the name "Pro", the price of the iMac Pro is destined to be inaccessible, and the estimated starting price is 2499 yuan (about 15800 yuan).
As a non-professional user, Moonbird can only say: Disturbed...
One more thing?
If the above products are squeezed toothpaste.
That apple's operating system developed specifically for VR/AR devices , reality OS , is Wang Fried.
Recently, some developers have dug out the relevant code of the new operating system of reality OS in the upload logs and open source code of Apple's App Store.
I wonder if Cook will plant some Easter eggs for us at the spring conference?
As we all know, in Apple's product system, each important smart device will have a separate operating system, such as iOS, watchOS and so on.
Therefore, the emergence of reality OS means that Apple will create a software ecosystem that belongs to Apple Glass.
However, it is different from two-dimensional flat devices such as mobile phones and tablets.
AR/VR is operated in three dimensions through eye tracking, gestures or controllers, so reality OS will have new interaction logic and system icons.
That is to say, reality OS will not be modified based on iOS, but a newly developed operating system, which will also become Apple's sixth operating system.
The system has a dedicated App Store where developers can build AR/VR apps, opening the door to new worlds for users.
Some foreign media refer to it as an "all-encompassing 3D digital environment" designed for games, media consumption content and social networking.
And in order to improve the sense of immersion, in terms of interaction methods and UI, Apple will develop a new set of programs for the characteristics of the headset, and the moonbird is still very much looking forward to it.
Software optimization should be in place, and hardware performance should not be delayed.
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that Apple's AR/VR headset will use two M1 chips that can provide Mac-level computing power and support ar/VR mode seamless experience.
I have to say that Apple Selicon's high energy efficiency ratio is willful, and wearing two chips on the head does not have to worry about heat.
But then again, reality OS and AR heads show a high probability that they will not appear at the spring conference, and at most they will only be hidden in the picture of the conference in the form of Easter eggs.
For Apple, the most suitable time to release is still WWWDC 2022 in June, or as a One more thing at the fall conference at the end of the year.
However, it is basically certain that AR is a key node in Apple's future development and a "ferry ticket" to the next generation of mobile devices.
Perhaps, why should your next iPhone be an iPhone?
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