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Apple Event

This article is a short review of the important points of the Apple event on 20/04/21. In short there were three major announcements along with some smaller and briefer ones.

First of all AirTags by Apple, the Near Field Communication (NFC) tags, which you can put on to something or attach to something so that if that thing is lost you can find it with the help of the Find My App on the iPhone. It is much more well thought out than the regular tiles and even has a user replaceable battery. The battery lasts for about a year. The price of these tags is $29 for one piece and there is a pack of four priced at $99 which is equivalent to INR 3,910 and INR 10,900 respectively in India.

The next thing that this event unfolded to us was the iMac getting an enormous refresh with it being more efficient with Apple’s own M1 chip increasing its performance a lot. It is also a piece of brilliant engineering as it is only 11mm making it just slightly thicker than a normal smart phone. It was announced that it will be available in 7 different colours. Its Indian price will be Rs 1,19,900 including accessories such as the keyboard with a touch id sensor and their own mice all in 7 different colours with 4 ports, two being thunderbolt ports, and its Ethernet port is connected to the charger.

The next refresh was of the iPad pro 2021 getting a micro led 120Hz refresh rate screen which means it can show better blacks and dim each individual pixel according to its need. It has the M1 chip which is the same chip as in the iMac and this means more improved performance to make it even more ahead of the tablet race. Its Indian price will be around Rs71,900.

Lastly some small announcements like the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini getting a new purple colour refresh along with its own purple colour MagSafe case.

These were the important highlights of the 20/04/21 Apple event.

Footnote:
AirTag by Apple enable users, through the Find My app on their iPhone, iPod touch or iPad, to locate lost or stolen items. They are round discs and have the same features of ultra-wideband tech as in Apple's iPhone 12 and other recent devices.

Ethernet is a system to connect multiple computer systems to form a local area network (LAN) with code of behaviour.

MagSafe is a built-in magnetic technology from Apple of iPhone 12 models for easy attachment and faster wireless charging.
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