Apple’s first 2021 event, “Spring Loaded,” is set to take place on Tuesday, April 20th at at 10:00 a.m. PDT / 1:00 p.m. EDT, the company announced this morning. What new products will be unveiled?
Mark Gurman for Bloomberg News:
Apple plans to unveil a new iPad Pro line as early as this month, Bloomberg News reported recently. The company has also been working on several other products, including an accessory dubbed AirTags for tracking physical devices and new iMac desktops.
The new iPad Pros will come in the same 11-inch and 12.9 inch screen sizes as the current models, but will add processors on par with the latest Mac chips, a new MiniLED screen on the larger model, updated cameras, and potentially an upgraded connector for faster syncing of data and compatibility with additional external monitors and storage drives.
At the event, Apple is also likely to announce the release date of iOS 14.5, an upcoming software update that will introduce new privacy protections for ad tracking across apps and websites.
MacDailyNews Take: Expect AirTags (finally) and, of course, our fingers are crossed for the first Apple Silicon iMacs and new Apple TV hardware!
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I like how the “spring” icon incorporates the original rainbow Apple logo with equivalent colors (as a gradient) in the correct order.
Based on the event icon, it would seem that the Apple Pencil 3 will be announced at this event . . . I enjoyed the Apple Pencil 2 when I first used it. But then I put it back in the original box for a month, and when I tried to use it again it was bricked (lithium battery drained) . . . hopefully the new Apple Pencil will come with a “warning” sticker: “Hey dumbass, if you don’t leave this connected to your iPad, the battery will drain, and you will be out $129”
This would probably be covered under Apple’s standard one-year warranty. Sounds like this was a lemon to begin with.
Word is that Apple is forcing Discord to block all NSFW content on the iOS discord app. ANdroid uneffected. Is this real?
Apple’s car is powered by a giant wind-up spring.
What?! No iPhone colored socks?? Skunked again.
I see “iee” in the icon. What can it possibly mean?
For me, anyway, Apple Air Tags have about the same ontological status as the Easter Bunny. I’m not a believer.