At 2:00 a.m. today, Apple's spring conference was held as scheduled, but it was full of dry goods in just 1 hour!
Apple released a total of 5 new products at this spring conference, including: The Green iPhone 13/13 Pro Series, the new iPhone SE (third generation), the iPad Air5, as well as the Mac Studio console and the 27-inch Studio Display display.
The new color scheme of the iPhone 13 series appears, the new color scheme is named: Cangling Green, and the iPhone 13/13 mini and iPhone 13 Pro/Pro Max both provide new color matching options.
Judging from the renderings of the official website and the conference, the new Cangling green of the iPhone 13 is similar to the dark night green of the previous iPhone 11 Pro series, as to whether it is the same, it may be necessary to compare it after the release of the real machine.
The new color matching iPhone 13 series will open for pre-order on the evening of March 11 and will be officially released on April 30. The price is the same as the price of other colors in the current iPhone 13 series.
Next is the iPhone SE (the third generation) that everyone pays attention to, which continues the design of the previous generation in appearance, 4.7-inch LCD screen, retaining the physical Home button, supporting Touch ID unlocking, rear 12 million single cameras and so on. The highlight is that the processor has been upgraded to an A15 chip, which supports 5G networks; the battery life and waterproofing are better, and the 256G version has been added.
In terms of price, the new iPhone SE (third generation) 64G of the Bank of China version starts at 3499 yuan, which is also opened for pre-order on March 11 and officially released on March 18! After the release, Apple's official website has officially removed the iPhone SE2.
Then there is the iPad Air5, compared to the previous generation is mainly a hardware upgrade, iPad Air joined the same M1 chip as the iPad Pro, increased support for 5G network, the front camera was also upgraded to 1200W ultra-wide angle, support for character centering and so on.
The new iPad Air adds a brand new purple and a blue similar to the iPhone 13 Pro's Far Peak Blue! In terms of price, the WiFi version of the new iPad Air of the Bank of China starts at 4399 yuan, and the 5G cellular version starts at 5499 yuan; it is also opened for pre-order on March 11 and officially sold on March 18!
The final addition was the Mac Studio and the 27-inch Studio Display display combination.
Prior to this, Apple officially announced the last chip of the M1 series they developed - M1 Ultra.
According to the official introduction, the new M1 Ultra chip is the ultimate member of the M1 camp. It integrates two M1 Max dies, a 20-core CPU, a 64-core graphics processor, and a 32-core neural network engine; up to 128GB of unified memory, up to 800GB/s memory bandwidth, and up to 22 trillion operations per second.
In terms of performance, M1 Ultra has increased by 7 times compared with the current M1 chip, and the processing performance, memory channels, GPU rendering speed, decoding ability, power consumption performance (specific can be viewed on Apple's official website), etc., can almost press the current new PC chip directly on the ground and rub.
Apple calls it "the most powerful chip ever in a personal computer," and whether that's the case depends on the audiophiles' reviews.
Next is the protagonist of this conference , the "Mac Studio" host. Chinese is called "Dream Engine".
Mac Studio's fuselage is small and exquisite, a bit like the thickened version of the Mac mini, and the thickness is only 9.5 centimeters, which can be said to be a small body, a lot of power, it seems that Mac Studio is going to redefine the desktop host.
Although the sparrow is small and complete, the Mac Studio has a total of 12 high-performance ports on the front and back of the body.
According to Apple's official introduction, mac studio can be connected to up to 4 Pro Display XDR monitors and a 4K TV for a wider field of view.
In terms of price, Mac Studio has two chip configurations to choose from, M1 Max and M1 Ultra, as shown in the figure below.
To complement mac Studio, Apple also released a new Studio Display display with a stunning 27-inch 5K Retina display, studio-grade three-microphone array, and a six-speaker system that supports spatial audio. The display has the same A13 bionic chip built into the iPhone 11, giving the Studio Display innovative features like character centering, spatial audio, and "Hey Siri."
In addition, the Studio Display display is equipped with three USB-C ports and a Thunderbolt 4 interface, making it easy for you to connect to the Internet and external hard drives, keyboards, mice and devices such as Mac, Mac notebook, iPhone, etc., and even power or charge these peripherals.
Of course, the price is not cheap, the starting price of the National Bank version of the Studio Display display is 11499 yuan, and orders are accepted at 9 a.m. on March 10, and the release date is expected to be fixed.