Finally! Apple's long-awaited presentation, the last in this year, is finally over. Kupertinovtsy pleased us a lot of new products and upgrades. Let's see what it was.
Sales data
As usual, the presentation began with the latest company news. He came on stage Tim Cook and said that in the first weekend, the company sold 9 million iPhone - this is the most successful launch ever.
Then Cook spoke about the successes of the App Store. According to the CEO, is available in the App Store over a million different applications. The developers have earned more than 13 billion. Doll. on applications.
I do not forget Tim boast successes iTunes Radio service. Just a couple of months to use it for more than 20 million people, they have been listened to more than a billion songs.
OS X Mavericks: today free
Then it was the turn OS X Mavericks. Craig Federighi again spoke about the new chips desktop operating system. In addition to the already known features, kupertinovtsy stressed that OS X Mavericks perfectly optimized to work with integrated graphics - tasks are performed 1.8 times faster than before. Mac owners with built-in video memory can be satisfied.
Among other things, the Mavericks have available for download today for free.
MacBook Pro Retina: the old "Proshka" sank into oblivion
Once on the scene there was Phil Schiller, and told about the MacBook Pro update. Old "Proshka" sunk into oblivion, is now in the line of laptops from Apple has only 2 models: MacBook Air and MacBook Pro with Retina-screen TV.
So, the new MacBook Pro is thinner and lighter than steel, steel up to 9 hours without recharging. 13-inch model comes with a 2 GHz CPU Core i7, 8 GB of memory, and 256 GB SSD. Price - $ 1299 (!). Features 15-inch model: Core i7 2.3 GHz, 16 GB of the RAM, 512 GB hard drive. Price - $ 1999.
New Mac Pro
Schiller did not forget to talk about the professional computers Mac Pro. In addition to listing the incredible opportunities and filling of supercomputers, was declared the price - $ 3,000 - and the start of sales - December this year.
Updates iLife and iWork
Quite expectedly received updates iLife and iWork applications.
All applications have a new design for iOS and Mac, and a host of new features and improvements. Thus, the iPhoto for iPad is now able to create fotoknizhki, just like in versions for Mac, iMovie iMovie Theater received function which allows you to share videos on iCloud, and GarageBand now supports editing of tracks multiple users over iCloud.
Applications iWork package also got a new design in the style of iOS 7 and now have a unified design versions for iOS, Mac and the web. iLife and iWork packages are now free to all buyers of new devices on iOS and Mac. A good move in competition with Microsoft, how to think?
iPad... Air
Main nails tonight, is, of course, tablet computers from Apple.
Tim Cook in detail told about the iPad success since 2010: the company sold 170 million "tablets", is really cool, huh?
"Great» iPad expectedly become lighter and thinner than its predecessor, received a 64-bit processor is the A7, both the iPhone 5s, and will be commercially available in 2 colors: slate & silver and space gray. Major update, it seems to me, for the name - now the "big» iPad officially called "air» - iPad Air. The price of the new iPad will be the usual $ 500 for a younger model and above.
Sales - November in the countries of "first world", the list of which Russia, alas, is not included.
iPad mini 2: finally Retina
Finally got the iPad mini Retina screen! Now an 8-inch screen we see the same picture as on the big iPad. In addition, iPad mini 2 received A7 processor, which means that it is now just as powerful as the iPad Air and iPhone 5s. The price of the new mini will be $ 400, which is $ 70 more than before. On sale it will appear as an older model - in November. At the same time, "old men» iPad 2 and iPad mini are in the cage, except that the last "Minicom" will be $ 100 cheaper.
New Smat Cover and Smart Case
Finally, Apple introduced the new covers. First Embodiment - Smart Sover popular, and the second, Smart Case, iPad closes whole body, including the rear portion. Both versions are also available in the colors (RED) for 39 and 79 dollars for a standard and a "new" model, respectively.
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That is so saturated turned today's event. Updates and announcements it was really a lot - in my opinion, it was the most vigorous keynote from Apple this year. Stay MacRadar, we describe in detail in the near future, all the new products.
What do you think about the updates tonight?
Update:Video recording events already available on the website Apple.