Apple March 8 Event Highlights: iPhone SE 2022 Launched At Rs 43,900 Along With Green Variant of iPhone 13 Series, New iPad Air And More

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Tim Cook is back on the stage, giving us a round-up of all the products announced at the event tonight. We got the new iPhone SE, new iPad Air with M1 chip, another M1 chipset variant with more power in tow, and the all-new Mac Studio and Mac Studio Display.

Apple hints that the new M1 chip will be coming to the MacBook Pro as well, but that’s for another day.

Mac Studio prices start from $1999 (Rs 1,53,200 approx) for the base model, going up to $3,999 for the highest variant. Mac Studio Display starts from $1,599 (Rs 1,22,900 approx)

Mac Studio prices start from $1999 (Rs 1,53,200 approx) for the base model, going up to $3,999 for the highest variant. Mac Studio Display starts from $1,599 (Rs 1,22,900 approx)

All the details shared by Apple on the Mac Studio Display which can be used as an external display with MacBook Pro, Mac Mini and the Mac Studio.

Mac Studio Display accompanies the Mac Studio in the new lineup and Apple has equipped the screen with A13 chip that offers audio improvement, and has a 12MP ultra-wide camera on the front with centrestage.

Here are all the details about the new Mac Studio

Apple has made a powerhouse of a chipset with the M1 Ultra and on the Mac Studio you get 90 percent faster CPU performance, 80 percent faster GPU performance compared to the Mac Pro with the existing hardware.

Apple is now walking us through the design precision of the Mac Studio, which has been built using aluminium layer from recycled materials. It has a slew of connectivity ports. It has four thunderbolt ports, 10gb ethernet ports, 2 USB A port, HDMI port and headphone jack for wired music.

Apple is bringing the Ultra performance of the new M1 chipset to the Mac Studio which is targeted at creative professionals, and who desire all this power under the hood for best results.

It can support up to 128GB RAM, has the 32-core neural engine for faster and effective machine learning and lots more to explore. This is just crazy engineering from Apple. Just look at these numbers, and you’ll know why.

Apple claims to have redesigned the M1 Max chip to push more power out of the M1 Ultra, with a huge upgrade on the number of transistors and bandwidth speed compared to the M1. It has 32 neural cores, and media engine. Apple says all this performance is delivered with 100W less power consumed to other chipsets in the market.

Apple is bringing another chip to its M1 family, called the M1 Ultra, upgrading on the M1 Max silicone.

Apple iPhone SE 2022 will be available in 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB models in midnight, starlight, and (PRODUCT)RED starting at Rs 43,900 in India.

Tim Cook is here talking about the Macs and it seems they have a new product lined up.

The new iPad Air prices start from $599 (Rs 45,900 approx) and comes in 64GB and 256GB models, with both Wi-Fi and Cellular variants.

Apple’s decision to use M1 chipset on the new iPad Air means you get a new 12-megapixel ultra-wide camera with support for Centrestage that has become highly popular among the iPhone users. iPad Air also gets 5G support.

Apple says the performance sees 60 percent bump, putting it on par with the iPad Pro, MacBook Air M1 and the MacBook Pro M1. That’s a lot of power under the hood.

Now that iPhone SE is out of the way, Apple is now going to share details about the new iPad lineup, which includes the iPad Air that now gets the M1 chipset as the rumours had suggested.