Apple
Setting things up for what is certainly to be an exciting next few months in the world of CPUs and SoCs, Apple this morning has announced their next-generation M-series chip, the M4. Introduced just over six months after the M3 and the associated 2023 Apple MacBook family, the M4 is going to start its life on a very different track, launching alongside Apple’s newest iPad Pro tablets. With their newest chip, Apple is promising class-leading performance and power efficiency once again, with a particular focus on machine learning/AI performance. The launch of the M4 comes as Apple’s compute product lines have become a bit bifurcated. On the Mac side of matters, all of the current-generation MacBooks are based on the M3 family of chips. On...
The Apple Watch Series 2 Review: Building Towards Maturity
Back in the first half of 2015 Apple released the first version of the Apple Watch. The Apple Watch was a long-rumored product, often referred to as the iWatch...
126 by Brandon Chester on 12/20/2016Apple Announces 4th Generation MacBook Pro Family: Thinner, Lighter, with Thunderbolt 3 & “Touch Bar”
Much ink has been spilt over the last year on the subject of the MacBook Pro. In short, Apple hasn’t given its professional laptop lineup a real overhaul in...
285 by Ryan Smith on 10/27/2016LG Introduces New UltraFine 4K and 5K Monitors
Today LG and Apple made a joint product announcement of sorts. Apple announced their new MacBook Pro, which uses four Thunderbolt 3 ports for IO. During the launch event...
47 by Brandon Chester on 10/27/2016Apple "Hello Again" 2016 Event Live Blog
We're here ready to go for another set of Apple Announcements!
110 by Ryan Smith & Ian Cutress on 10/27/2016The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus Review: Iterating on a Flagship
The iPhone 6 was a runaway success by any measure. The A8 SoC may have been built on a temperamental 20SoC process – something that dogged all other...
378 by Joshua Ho & Brandon Chester on 10/10/2016The AnandTech Podcast, Episode 38: Smartphones Anonymous (iPhone)
With the launch of the iPhone today, Josh, Matt and I got together to record some of our thoughts on the launch of the latest Apple devices, as well...
37 by Ian Cutress on 9/16/2016The iOS 10 Review: Refining the iOS Experience Both Over & Under the Hood
The momentum of the mobile space has changed in the past year. As the market for high end smartphones approaches saturation, the focus on the software side has moved...
114 by Brandon Chester on 9/13/2016Hands On With the Apple Watch Series 2
For better or worse, Apple is pushing on with their smartwatch endeavors in the form of the Apple Watch Series 2. For the most part I would say that...
31 by Joshua Ho on 9/8/2016Apple Adjusts iOS Device Storage Tiers and Prices
Today Apple made a number of announcements, including the year's major update to the iPhone in the form of the iPhone 7, and the second generation Apple Watch, known...
45 by Brandon Chester on 9/7/2016Hands On with the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus
As the iPhone 6’s design turned 2 years old the iPhone 7 was launched to continue the two year cadence for their smartphone designs. As you might expect from...
91 by Joshua Ho on 9/7/2016Apple Announces Apple Watch Series 2
In addition to announcing the new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus today, Apple introduced Apple Watch Series 2. Like all first-generation products, the original Apple Watch had some...
15 by Matt Humrick on 9/7/2016Apple Announces iPhone 7 & iPhone 7 Plus: A10 Fusion SoC, New Camera, Wide Color Gamut, Preorders Start Sept. 9th
Today at Apple’s annual iPhone event held in San Francisco’s Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, the company announced their next generation of iPhones: the iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7...
97 by Ryan Smith on 9/7/2016Apple Announces Q3 FY 2016 Results: App Store Up, Hardware Down
Today Apple announced their third quarter results for their fiscal year 2016. Much like last quarter, Apple has struggled to maintain the sales pace of the iPhone 6s, compared...
56 by Brett Howse on 7/26/2016Razer Announces Mechanical Switch Keyboard For The Apple iPad Pro
When Apple announced the iPad Pro, they also announced a new accessory which was meant to be paired with the large form factor tablet in the Smart Keyboard. To...
16 by Brett Howse on 7/14/2016A First Look At Apple's macOS Sierra
As with past years, Apple's WWDC 2016 keynote showcased the upcoming updates to Apple's operating systems and developer tools. It's hard to believe that iOS is now on its...
81 by Brandon Chester on 7/13/2016Apple Opens The macOS Sierra Public Beta
macOS Sierra was announced at this year's WWDC, and by this point it's now on its second beta release for developers. Today Apple is making a beta version of...
15 by Brandon Chester on 7/7/2016Apple Announces macOS Sierra: Siri, Better iOS Convergence, New Metal Features, & More
With Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) in full swing, as part of the company’s annual festivities they have unveiled the next version of their venerable Macintosh operating system...
32 by Ryan Smith on 6/14/2016Apple Announces WatchOS 3
While Apple Watch and watchOS 1 was a solid first step towards seriously addressing the smartwatch market, it was obvious to me that it was still in need of...
20 by Joshua Ho on 6/13/2016Apple Announces iOS 10: Continued Refinement
As we get to iOS 10, there are a number of new features that Apple has added to iOS. While not a total redesign on the order of iOS...
15 by Joshua Ho on 6/13/2016