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Apple has announced their latest iteration of the iPad (entry level model) and the iPad Pro lineup with the new M2 processor. The event, held on the 18th of October as a recorded session displayed the key features of the iPads with the most significant being the base model iPad which has now received an upgrade. iPad 2022 This model of the base model iPad ditches the almost 12 year old home button and display layout and goes for a cleaner display only design found on the iPad Air . The chassis, which now comes with flatter sides and a TouchID fingerprint sensor on the top has also abandoned the lightning port in favor of USB C and it also comes with a set of pogo style connectors for accessories including a keyboard with trackpad.  Internally, the iPad comes either as a Wifi only (Wifi6) and a 5G cellular model and is offered with 64 or 256GB of storage. The processor has also been upgraded to the Apple A14 which is the same found on the iPhone 12 series and last year's iPad Air. L...

Its that time of year when the whole world goes crazy for iPhones. This year , Apple has once again released their successor to last year's iPhone 13 lineup with the announcement of the new iPhone 14 series which now includes substantial differences which will separate the Pro lineup from the regular iPhone lineup. Here is everything Apple launched a few hours ago. iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus Out with the iPhone "mini" and in with the plus. Apple has officially killed off the iPhone mini lineup which in its place now sits the regular iPhone 14. But the missing gap has now been replaced by Apple's large - iPhone 14 Plus.  The devices - apart from battery and display changes are virtually identical. At first glance, the device continues last year's iPhone design layout and so you still get the notch and camera layout as well as everything else including the IP68 dust and water resistance as well as the glass sandwich design. Powering the device like last year is Ap...

Apple has announced their latest custom silicon powered MacBook Pro's. The refresh, which basically ends the last of the intel MacBook devices from Apple's existing lineup also consists of improved M1 processors dubbed the Apple M1 Pro and Apple M1 Max Apple M1 Pro and M1 Max The two new processors are basically an evolution of the already successful ARM based M1 Soc, the processors, which still use the base M1 architecture, offers 70% more CPU power thanks to a 10 core design with 8 high performance cores and 2 efficiency cores, while the GPU Core count is basically where the M1 Pro and M1 Max blows the year-old SOC out of the water as the M1 Pro offers 1x more graphic power (16 cores) over the M1 while the M1 Max consists of 4X the performance (32 Cores) while the Pro has a total of 32GB RAM support while the Max has support for 64GB. Of course the MacPro still holds on to its Intel internals, but Apple will surely update that to a variant of the M1 in the future, and it won...

Apple has announced their latest devices for 2021 in their September launch event named - California Streaming. The event, limited to an online presence featured the following announcements: Apple's iPhone's and new iPads are available for pre order and will ship on the 24th of September with iOS/iPadOS 15. iPhone 13 and 13 Mini. The iPhone 13 series is Apple's bread and butter smartphone as this is basically the entry Level model for those who don't want pro features or don't fancy pony up a thousand bucks for a smartphone that basically does 90% of the work. Like last year, Apple has kept the "mini" alive by announcing the iPhone 13 mini alongside the standard iPhone 13 model. At first glance, the handsets look similar to last year's offering with the exception of the rear camera placement which is diagonal instead of the standard vertical placement. The notch has also been reduced by 20 percent allowing more of the new (6.1" 2532x1170 and 5.4...