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When Apple saw enough of the press conference in early September? There is still another event waiting for you right away!
is so mysterious, it seems to be hinting that everyone "there is another press conference to make a big debut!" According to the leak, Apple is expected to bring seven products in October, including iPad 10, iPad Pro 2022, new MacBook Pro 14/16, Mac Mini, Mac Pro and the new Apple TV.
However, there are two statements about Apple's trend in October. One leak pointed out that Apple's product updates in October were relatively small, so it will not hold a press conference but will be directly announced in the form of a press release and website update; but on the other hand, there are also reports that Apple will hold a new product launch conference in October to update its existing product line.
Although there are different ways to release new products, it is almost certain that Apple will update existing products in October, and will involve multiple product lines such as tablets and notebooks, and there are also many revelations in the relevant configuration. Today, I will strike while the iron is hot and take you to learn about it in advance.
Let’s first look at the entry-level iPad that students love most. According to the current leak information, will launch a new iPad tenth-generation product in October. This new product will receive a great upgrade. Many new features were previously only available on high-end iPads.
mobile phone has undergone drastic upgrades in terms of appearance. It is expected that the iPad 10 will abandon the existing round border design and replace it with the right-angle border solution consistent with the iPad Air. The body's measurements will be lighter and thinner than the current iPad, but the screen size has not changed, and it is still 10.5 inches, which is upgraded compared to the current iPad 9's 10.2 inches.
judging from the leaked pictures, it has indeed become much more high-end, but don’t be too happy too early, it will still not adopt a full-screen design and retain the Home button, so the side power button fingerprint unlocking function similar to iPad Air is about to lose. By the way, it should be the last physical button iPad product.
In terms of specific configuration, iPad 10 will not use the M-series chip that is consistent with iPad Air, but will continue to use the A-series chip. It is very likely that the Apple A14 chip that is consistent with iPad Air 4 is equipped with 4GB of running memory at the same time, which also means that it can support 5G networks. However, the pre-end scheduling function introduced on iPad OS 16 is expected to be slim this time.
However, according to the leaked picture, its rear lens has been changed to a cylindrical rectangular structure, and it has also begun to protrude... Obsessive-compulsive disorder patients are going crazy again.
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In other aspects, iPad 10 will also use a USB-C interface, cancel the 3.5mm headphone jack, and may support the second generation of Apple Pencil.
In general, the upgrades and changes of i, iPad 10 are indeed quite big. Apple may also increase the product price, but considering the entry-level positioning here, the price is probably not much higher. Students and friends who pursue cost-effectiveness can hold their coins.
Speaking of which, it has been more than 500 days since the release of the previous generation of iPad Pro. By October this year, this product will finally usher in a new wave.
According to the leak, iPad Pro 2022 will still have two versions: 12.9-inch and 11-inch version. The 12.9-inch version will be equipped with a miniLED material screen, while the 11-inch version is an LCD screen. The appearance design of the two is not much different from previous generations.
So the M2 chip that everyone is most concerned about is estimated to be stable in iPad Pro 2022, so the speed and performance of will be greatly improved.Compared with the previous generation of
, the CPU performance of M2 has been improved by 18% and the GPU performance has been improved by 35%. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the strongest mobile processor at present.
However, the performance improvement will also bring about power consumption and heat dissipation problems. There was news earlier that Apple M2 MacBook Pro is poor in heat dissipation, and the temperature can reach up to 108℃ when fully loaded.
And the iPad has neither a fan nor a heat dissipation channel. Whether it can conquer this M2 depends on how the designer trains it.
Of course, these upgrades are just appetizers. The real good thing is that iPad Pro 2022 is expected to use "wireless charging + reverse charging" this time.
Some time ago, there was a rumor that Apple is testing the feasibility of the glass back cover of the iPad Pro, and it is expected to be preparing for wireless charging.
At the same time, according to the supply chain information, the three-pin smart connector on the body will be upgraded to four-pin, and will be added to two, located at the edges of the top and bottom respectively. If you change from three-pin to four-pin, the original transmission bandwidth will be widened.
is based on a newly upgraded smart connector, so the new iPad Pro will be expected to support MagSafe charging mode. The smart connector on the back cover will not only quickly charge the iPad, but can also enable reverse wireless charging for iPhone and AirPods.
At the same time, due to the upgrade of the smart connector, Apple should also bring a brand new instant keyboard, providing a more flexible interactive form, and providing storage space for Apple Pencil. However, unlike Type-C, the four-pin smart connector needs to be more closed. At present, it must be used with official accessories.
Due to the upgrade of the smart connector, Apple should also bring a brand new instant keyboard. Not only is the interactive form richer, but Apple Pencil also has storage space.
In general, the new iPad 2022 will have stronger hardware performance than its previous generation, but this productivity is still too overwhelming... And if you really want to be equipped with a glass back cover, fragility and scratches will become a new headache.
In addition to the tablet product line, new products are also indispensable in PC. From the timeline, Apple updated its 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro products in October last year, equipped with self-developed Apple M1 Max and M1 Pro chips.
At the 2022 Apple WWDC conference, Apple launched the new M2 chip and released the MacBook and MacBook Air equipped with M2 chips. According to the progress, Apple is likely to launch the new generation of MacBook Pro 14/16 in October this year.
According to current news, there is no obvious change in appearance of the new product. The appearance color scheme of is still in deep space gray and silver. After all, was just redesigned last year, mainly for configuration upgrades.
The standard version will be equipped with the M2 Pro chip, while the top version is the M2 Max chip. These two chips will still adopt a more advanced 5nm process, and provide more CPU and GPU cores compared to M1 Pro/Max, bringing stronger performance.
However, there are also reports that its release time may be delayed due to supply chain disruptions or other factors.
In general, in addition to using M2 series chips, the new generation of MacBook Pro has fewer upgrade points, which is a regular update.
Since joining the ranks of M1 chip in 2020, Apple has not updated its Mac mini. Now, according to the leak, Apple is finally going to update its Mac Mini in October.
So since the desktop processor M2 has to be transferred to iPad Pro, then Macs that already belong to the desktop will naturally not be absent.
As early as April this year, after Studio Display was released, developers found a support file for a new Mac mini in the built-in firmware, guessing that this is a Mac mini that uses M2.
However, Apple only released MacBook Pro and Air equipped with M2 on the later WWDC, and did not mention the Mac mini, so it has been delayed for half a year. We are finally going to wait for this Mac mini equipped with M2?
Chapter 3 Mac Pro has not been updated since 2019, and has only two months left since Apple's two-year agreement to migrate ARM, so it's time for Mac Pro to come.
As early as the press conference of M1 Ultra, Apple's vice president of hardware engineering John Ternus also mentioned the Mac Pro.
There are rumors that Mac Pro will use the M2 Ultra chip, the first upgraded version of the M1 Ultra launched in Mac Studio, and the more powerful M2 Extreme chip. With up to 20 core CPUs and 64 core GPUs, the M2 Ultra will be even more powerful.
In other words, M2 Extreme will be Apple's most powerful chip to date. At the same time, Mac Pro is also the last Apple computer on sale that only uses Intel Intel processors. After replacing it with M2 Ultra/Extreme, Apple will completely complete the transformation to self-developed chips.
Finally, Apple last updated Apple TV in April 2021, and now it is time to update. It was reported that a new model with A14 chip and 4GB of memory is under development and is likely to be launched before the end of 2022.
and analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has also repeatedly stated this year that Apple is planning to lower the price when Apple TV is updated, but this news remains to be confirmed.
In the news about Apple's upcoming new product launch in October, we can see that Apple has roughly sorted out its product line. The biggest change is the iPad 10. The appearance design, hardware configuration and functions are expected to be upgraded. Other products are basically iterative upgrades in core configurations. So are there any products you are looking forward to? Welcome to discuss in the comment section!
