FEATURE: 09.16.21 - A certain writer has been seemingly thrust into the limelight thanks to an article published last month on MacPrices. The article — a commentary on how Apple must "'flip' the script" (so to speak) on folding smartphones — was my take on what the Cupertino, California-based company needs to do in order to innovate should it ever decide to release an iPhone that folds. To my surprise, and sheer delight, the story was picked up as part of a news roundup on LinkedIn with regard to Samsung's latest product launch (a.k.a., the "Galaxy Unpacked" event). In addition ...
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Apple today introduced their next generation iPhone, the iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro/Max, and iPhone 13 mini. While featuring a designs, and sizes, as iPhone 12 models, the iPhone 13 models have several new updated features. For the iPhone 13 and 13 mini: - Durable ceramic front display shield - Super Retina XDR OLED display. 28% brighter, 800 nits brightness with a 1200 nits peak - 20% smaller notch for the front camera system - 5 new colors: pink, blue, midnight, starlight, product red - Bigger battery with up to 2.5 more hours - A15 Bionic 6-core CPU at 5nm, ...
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Apple today introduced their next-generation Watch: The Apple Watch Series 7. The new 7 Series features an improved larger display with 20% more area than the Series 6 Watches, 1.7mm borders, and a case & display softer more rounder corners giving the Watch display a wrap around effect. The display is also 70% brighter indoors and can display 50% more text than Series 6 Watches. New software allows for a full keyboard and redesigned/enlarged buttons. Other new features include: - New watches faces - Improved durability, better crystal, IP6X certification, WR50 water resistance - 18 hour battery life - 33% ...
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Apple today released an updated 10" iPad featuring an A13 Bionic processor capable of 20% faster performance. Apple also updated the new iPad with a 12MP ultra wide camera with Center Stage and True Tone display. The new 2021 10.2" iPad features the same basic design as before, will run iPadOS 15, and starts at $329 ($299 for Education). It's available for order today and will shipping next week. Apple also unveiled an all-new, completely redesigned iPad mini. The new mini features an edge-to-edge 8.3" liquid metal display with True Tone and updated internal components to bring it up to ...
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FEATURE: 09.13.21 - The next iPhone is expected to be announced by Apple at a virtual event on Tuesday but one model in particular that won't be released until sometime in 2022 is already garnering a lot of attention (and we're not referring to the "iPhone 14"). The iPhone SE — a budget friendly model of the iPhone geared towards cost conscious consumers — is about to get a significant upgrade under the hood (so to speak). Originally introduced in 2016 and updated in 2020, the next version of Apple's cheap and compact smartphone is expected to feature the same ...
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FEATURE: 08.31.21 - Rumors of the MacBook being resurrected gave this writer the feeling of… déjà vu. Earlier in the month — in a feature story in this column about the return of an ultraportable laptop to Apple's portfolio of Macs — I cited a report from iDrop News which suggested that the MacBook (12-inch) might be making a comeback. As the thinnest and lightest Mac notebook computer to-date, its discontinuation in 2019 left a void (yet another) in the Cupertino, California-based company's product lineup. In today's edition of Retro Reading, a series here in my column where we ...
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COMMENTARY: 08.29.21 - Let's face it… one can only reinvent the phone so many times before a company must ponder "wear" (pun intended) to go next, innovation-wise. The smartphone — a product category which continues to be "a cash cow" (so to speak) for Apple, Inc. — has been a smash hit with consumers ever since the iPhone made its debut back in 2007, going from selling a measly 1.39 million units in its first year to a mind boggling 216.76 million units sold worldwide a decade later. Despite sales of smartphones taking a hit globally in 2020, iPhones, a ...
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COMMENTARY: 08.18.21 - The next chapter in mobile innovation is unfolding and sadly, the iPhone isn't the device that's involved. Samsung's new Galaxy Z Fold3 5G and Galaxy Z Flip3 5G — part of the company's "Galaxy Z" series of folding smartphones — were unveiled to the masses during the company's "Galaxy Unpacked" event which was held virtually online on August 11, 2021. Both devices are foldable, of course, but what sets the pair apart is that the Fold is the company's flagship device which is a smartphone that folds open to become a tablet, while the Flip is like ...
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