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What to Expect From Apple in 2021: New Apple Silicon Macs, iPhone 13, AirTags and More
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Looking forward to seeing the more powerful Apple Silicon laptops and desktops in 2021. 
120hz iPhone at last
Hope iOS 15 brings spilt screen multitasking on iPhone. If it does then I will find it hard to consider any other android device for this use case
Touch ID in the display seems likely as well
Hope iOS 15 brings spilt screen multitasking on iPhone. If it does then I will find it hard to consider any other android device for this use case
Touch ID in the display seems likely as well
The number drop is something they need to do. They also should standardize their model naming conventions. The iPhone 19 Plus Pro Max S!!
Way out on the dream limb here and I'm not a gamer (spelling), how about an M1 variant with somewhat less general CPU cores than the predicted M1X but all the M1X GPU cores and put it in an AppleTV form factor for a gaming console? You could use CPU core binned M1Xs. It would probably run games quite well as well as run TVOS programs.
Sounds like an excellent idea. They should collaborate with the gaming companies to make PC style games compatible to Apple TV that will compete heavily with a PS5 and Series X with ease. I can’t image Fortnite on a M1X hitting over 100fps in 4K.
Will 2021 be the year internet people update their color palette out of 30 years ago and discover there are more hues than in the 1992 Klein bicycle catalog?
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if there's no new 5.5" or larger LCD screen iPhone at 401 ppi— I'm not buying any of their stuff
I am a software developer that works for a company that writes tools for the insurance industry. Our development group moved to MacBook pros about four years ago. It's very difficult for us to move to the M1 chip. Hopefully Apple will continue supporting and making Intel-based notebooks. Otherwise it's back to Linux or Windows for a lot of developers.
Switch to a different computer manufacturer and find happiness?
I doubt airtags are coming at the point to be honest, I reckon if they exist then they're an internal tool only
I doubt it, they didn't skip iOS 13, why would they skip iPhone 13?
I think Apple will just focus on the service side with ATV+ and less on providing the hardware.
Please Apple let the Apple Silicon Macs keep coming early, don't wait until the end of 2021 to introduce another one.
Looking for the same, tho IMO it should start at 3k and then allow you to configure upward. Especially if they are going to keep the ARM Mac mini as limited as it currently is.
absolutely! I’m finding Apple’s product fragmentation under Cook to be reverting to Scully era. Not just naming schemes but too many of the same lines with ”Pro“ being mostly an excuse to add a wanted feature onto the higher end models and charging more. I’d also love to see a dedicated display line as Apple had in the 2000’s - most don’t need a $6000 display but a nice solid display. I miss the 30” and 23“ CCFL LCD‘s. It wouldn’t be a big cost issue for Apple to use an iMac LED panel in a display chassis and sell them. unlike some I’m loving my LG 5K UltraFine displays - have 3 with my Mac Pro’s - but I wouldn’t mind a nicely designed Apple display along with a midtower Mac Pro. There’s definitely a lot of people who don’t need or want an iMac Pro as they have external displays and need an upgradeable system.
a guy can dream... meanwhile, cut back on the product fragmentation and simplify and streamline products.
I agree with your observation to a point In the comparison to the Scully era. The difference is that the company is thriving right now even with all of the product fragmentation. Under Scully, Apple almost went belly up. I wonder why the different successes now as opposed to the mid to late 90s. Similar fragmentation, different results it would seem.
I'll be ordering the 14" MBP the day it launches. Been waiting since 2018 to replace my 2015 15" MBP that died (logic board).
It was replaced by the 2018 Matebook X Pro which is an awesome Windows laptop, but I'm missing macOS and the tight integration with my iPhone. The rest of the family is all Apple, so it's going to be nice to get back onto a MacBook.
It was replaced by the 2018 Matebook X Pro which is an awesome Windows laptop, but I'm missing macOS and the tight integration with my iPhone. The rest of the family is all Apple, so it's going to be nice to get back onto a MacBook.
No. I thought that too. But I looked it up the other day.
MiniLED is using lots of white LEDs to backlight an LCD panel. Probably on the scale if 1 LED lighting up 4 pixels (12 RGB subpixels)
MicroLED is using actual RGB subpixel LEDs to directly create colored light.
I would venture that before we see MicroLED laptop screens we will see 1:1 MiniLED backlights as that will still be cheaper. MicroLED is going to be too expensive at that size for a while.
Well Apple had a huge market share in laptops with the Powerbooks.
Back then the same chips could be used in laptops and desktops because they didn’t use a lot of power or get too hot.