The CultCast CultCast #360 - Our More in the Making hardware reactions!
Nov 2, 2018
01:08:56
This week: Apple’s More in the Making hardware keynote was an action-packed ride stuffed with one hardware update after another! We’ll tell you what we like (and what we don’t) about Apple’s newest product updates. Plus: Apple quietly offers a big screw you to 2018 MacBook Pro owners… prepare for a rant.
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On the show this week
Everything you need to know about Apple’s Q4 2018 earnings call
USB-C for iPad Pro: Everything you need to know
All the ways the 2018 iPad Pro blows away its predecessors
iPad Pro
- Super sexy new design.
- Already sold out for 1-2 weeks!
- Thinner, and even smaller. 12.9” now the size of a sheet of paper.
- No headphone jack...
- Big performance increases, big price increases. Start price is now about 20% higher.
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- 11-inch models start at $799 (Wi-Fi) and $949 (Wi-Fi + Cellular), while 12.9-inch models start at $999
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- iPad Pro comes with Apple's next-generation Neural Engine for advanced machine learning
- This is the first gadget besides iPhone that will include FaceID.
- Powered by the new A12X Bionic chip
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- A12X Bionic has eight cores (four performance cores and four efficiency cores) and per Apple provide up to 35 percent faster single-core performance.
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- Seven-core GPU to deliver up to twice the graphics performance. They say it’s now as powerful as an Xbox One S console.
- USB-C connector is replacing the Lightning connector,
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- Allows iPad to charge your iphone
- What can connect to the iPad? USB Hubs? Hard Drives? Printers? Even Apple said they weren’t sure when The
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