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| Apple event: 'greenest ever' MacBook Air and new iPad Pro announced – as it happened | |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| What was announced | |
| New MacBook Air | |
| The MacBook Air sees its first significant update since 2015, adding a 13.3in Retina Display with thinner bezels all round, as well as a thinner and lighter body made from 100% recycled aluminium. | |
| The new laptop has Apple’s Touch ID fingerprint scanner, Force Touch trackpad, new keyboard from the MacBook Pro and two Thunderbolt 3 ports for power and connectivity. It ships with an eight-generation dual-core Intel Core i5 processor and is Apple’s new entry-level laptop. | |
| New Mac Mini | |
| Apple’s smallest desktop was updated for the first time since 2014. It has 4 and 6-core eighth-generation Intel processors, up to 64GB of RAM and four Thunderbolt 3 ports bringing it up to parity with Apple’s other laptops and iMacs. | |
| New iPad Pros | |
| The iPad Pro has seen its most significant update since 2015, with a new all-screen display. | |
| The new 11in version fits a larger screen in the same sized body as the previous 10.5in iPad Pro, while the 12.9in version has shrunk in size around the same screen dimensions. | |
| Both tablets have Apple’s Face ID face recognition system, USB-C ports instead of Lightning ports and support a new Apple Pencil stylus and folio keyboard accessory. | |
| Both tablets have Apple’s new A12X Bionic chip, which the company says is up to 90% faster than the last version, and faster than 92% of mobile PCs sold in the last year. | |
| That’s it! Cook runs down the updates, and says goodbye. But first: “We’ve always believed deeply in the power of creativity to change things … what better way to celebrate that creativity, than with an amazing musical performance.” | |
| No U2 here: Cook introduces Lana Del Ray to do a couple of piano numbers. Because Apple are prudes, she’s banned from naming her new album, “Norman Fucking Rockwell”, onstage. | |
| And finally, Apple has confirmed it’s shipping iOS 12.1 today, introducing pre-announced features including group Facetime, dual SIM support with eSIMs, and more emoji. | And finally, Apple has confirmed it’s shipping iOS 12.1 today, introducing pre-announced features including group Facetime, dual SIM support with eSIMs, and more emoji. |
| Price: The 11 inch iPad pro starts at $799 for 64GB of space, with the 12.9 inch model starting at $999 for the same storage. | Price: The 11 inch iPad pro starts at $799 for 64GB of space, with the 12.9 inch model starting at $999 for the same storage. |
| The current 10.5 inch Pro also sees a price cut to $649. | The current 10.5 inch Pro also sees a price cut to $649. |
| John ends the session with video number seven, another advert for the iPad Pro. | John ends the session with video number seven, another advert for the iPad Pro. |
| Sian, who is in charge of developer relations, comes on stage to show some of the apps that developers are making. | Sian, who is in charge of developer relations, comes on stage to show some of the apps that developers are making. |
| AutoCAD is bringing its desktop class rendering engine to the iPad; DJay Pro can now mix up to five times the video clips; and there’s an Assassins Creed mobile game that’s running at 120fps. | AutoCAD is bringing its desktop class rendering engine to the iPad; DJay Pro can now mix up to five times the video clips; and there’s an Assassins Creed mobile game that’s running at 120fps. |
| We get more detail from 2K Games, as Greg Thomas comes up and announces NBA 2K Mobile for the iPad Pro. It’s a basketball game. | We get more detail from 2K Games, as Greg Thomas comes up and announces NBA 2K Mobile for the iPad Pro. It’s a basketball game. |
| And Adobe’s Jamie Myrold re-announces the iPad version of Photoshop, and shows an augmented reality design tool, Project Arrow. | And Adobe’s Jamie Myrold re-announces the iPad version of Photoshop, and shows an augmented reality design tool, Project Arrow. |
| Now we get the standard bit where Apple pretends that people use Augmented Reality. The iPad is good for Augmented Reality, apparently. | Now we get the standard bit where Apple pretends that people use Augmented Reality. The iPad is good for Augmented Reality, apparently. |
| There’s also a new Apple Pencil, which connects to the side of the iPad Pro with a magnet, charges wirelessly from it, and pairs automatically. It’s also got a button, of sorts – tapping twice on the side of the pencil changes modes. | There’s also a new Apple Pencil, which connects to the side of the iPad Pro with a magnet, charges wirelessly from it, and pairs automatically. It’s also got a button, of sorts – tapping twice on the side of the pencil changes modes. |
| Get ready to buy new cables: the new iPad Pros have USB-C replacing the lightning connector. That makes it more capable as a computer – and even lets it charge an iPhone – but no-one likes having to replace all their plugs if they just use it as a charging cable. | Get ready to buy new cables: the new iPad Pros have USB-C replacing the lightning connector. That makes it more capable as a computer – and even lets it charge an iPhone – but no-one likes having to replace all their plugs if they just use it as a charging cable. |
| It can handle up to 1TB in storage capacity, apparently. | It can handle up to 1TB in storage capacity, apparently. |
| The new iPad Pros have a new chip at their heart: the A12X Bionic, a tablet-class bump to the iPhone XS’s A12. It’s got 10bn transistors. That sounds like a lot of transistors! | The new iPad Pros have a new chip at their heart: the A12X Bionic, a tablet-class bump to the iPhone XS’s A12. It’s got 10bn transistors. That sounds like a lot of transistors! |
| “These iPad Pros are faster than 92% of all portable PCs sold in the last 12 months,” John says. That’s an impressive claim. | “These iPad Pros are faster than 92% of all portable PCs sold in the last 12 months,” John says. That’s an impressive claim. |
| The graphics performance has doubled compared to the last generation – apparently delivering “Xbox One S-class graphics performance”, matching Microsoft’s console. | The graphics performance has doubled compared to the last generation – apparently delivering “Xbox One S-class graphics performance”, matching Microsoft’s console. |
| Of course, with no home button, the new iPad Pro has FaceID, replacing TouchID. Unlike on the iPhone, it works in portrait and landscape mode, though, which is nice. | Of course, with no home button, the new iPad Pro has FaceID, replacing TouchID. Unlike on the iPhone, it works in portrait and landscape mode, though, which is nice. |
| The new iPad Pro | The new iPad Pro |
| The hard edges make it look a bit like the first-generation iPad, which is a nice call back, but everything else is different. | The hard edges make it look a bit like the first-generation iPad, which is a nice call back, but everything else is different. |
| The screen, as with the iPhone XR, is now branded as the “liquid retina” display. But on the smaller model, the 10.5in screen is now 11in, thanks to the loss of the home button. | The screen, as with the iPhone XR, is now branded as the “liquid retina” display. But on the smaller model, the 10.5in screen is now 11in, thanks to the loss of the home button. |
| On the larger iPad Pro, the 12.9in screen stays the same, with the device itself shrinking. | On the larger iPad Pro, the 12.9in screen stays the same, with the device itself shrinking. |
| The new iPad Pro! It’s got hard edges, no home button, thin bezels all around, and still features a camera nubbin making it hard to place on a flat surface. | The new iPad Pro! It’s got hard edges, no home button, thin bezels all around, and still features a camera nubbin making it hard to place on a flat surface. |
| Tim introduces John, from the iPad division. | Tim introduces John, from the iPad division. |
| The iPad Pro is first up. “Today we’re announcing an all-new iPad Pro, and it’s going to push what you can do on [an] iPad or on any computer even further.” | The iPad Pro is first up. “Today we’re announcing an all-new iPad Pro, and it’s going to push what you can do on [an] iPad or on any computer even further.” |
| Cue video six, showing the new iPad Pro. | Cue video six, showing the new iPad Pro. |
| Right, back to the expensive stuff: iPads. | Right, back to the expensive stuff: iPads. |
| “A magical piece of glass that transforms instantly to whatever you want it to be,” Cook says. “But you might not know that we’ve sold more iPads in the last year than the entire notebook line-up of all of the biggest notebook manufacturers,” he adds. “This makes iPad the most popular computer in the world.” I… guess? | “A magical piece of glass that transforms instantly to whatever you want it to be,” Cook says. “But you might not know that we’ve sold more iPads in the last year than the entire notebook line-up of all of the biggest notebook manufacturers,” he adds. “This makes iPad the most popular computer in the world.” I… guess? |
| Apple holds classes and talks in its stores, and has nice looking shops in cool places, we learn from Ahrendts. There’s another 60 classes that the company is launching today, she says, like a video creation class and a kids photography lesson. | Apple holds classes and talks in its stores, and has nice looking shops in cool places, we learn from Ahrendts. There’s another 60 classes that the company is launching today, she says, like a video creation class and a kids photography lesson. |
| They also run on 100% renewable energy, which I think we knew before, but is good. Back to Tim. | They also run on 100% renewable energy, which I think we knew before, but is good. Back to Tim. |