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iPhone 12 vs iPhone 12 Pro camera: Fast, fluid, and fun!
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Since Apple just made OLED standard across the lineup, the role of biggest differentiator between the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro is now being played by... the camera system.
High Dynamic Rage
Why Apple is putting Dolby Vision cameras on the iPhone 12
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My hope that, by putting Dolby Vision cameras into hundreds of thousands of hands, Apple will make HDR just work. For all of us.
iPhone event please now
Rene Ritchie: This is the iPhone event 2020 needs right now
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OK, let's try this again, shall we?
Best for you
Which iPad is right for you? Here's our advice
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Picking your next iPad. Apple used to do grids but I prefer flows. You start at the beginning and you stop where it makes sense.
Super Silicon
Apple A14 Bionic Explained — From iPad Air to iPhone 12
Apple's brand new A14 Bionic system-on-a-chip was announced along with the new iPad Air... but we all know it'll be coming with the new iPhone 12 as well. Here's everything you need to know about it.
Like iPad but iMac
Apple Silicon iMac — Imagining the ultimate all-in-one
I you think Apple Silicon is just about giving us MacBooks that are more like iPads, well, then you, my friend, are 100%, completely, out-of-your-mind-palace wrong. It’s also about giving us iMacs that are more like iPads.
Preview
What Rene Ritchie thinks will happen at Apple's September 15 event
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The website is live. The YouTube stream is prepped. The invitations, virtual as they may be, have gone out. That's right. This is not a drill. This is. Finally. For really real. Apple's September Event has been set. For tomorrow. Yeah.
No easy answers
Rene Ritchie: How Apple can fix the App Store
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What can Apple do to address regulator concerns and developer discontent? More to the point, what should Apple do? Add side-loading and alternate app stores? Cut their 30% take and offer alternate payment options?
Itty Bitty Box
Rene Ritchie: How Mac mini could be more like Apple TV
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Just how much mightier, how much mini-er, could Apple Silicon really make the Mac mini?
Deep Thoughts
Rene Ritchie: How Apple can change the water resistance game
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Would Apple go the extreme and make the iPhone 12 as swim-proof as the Apple Watch? Well, no, because nobody is really that interested in swimming with their iPhones. But...
Faster but better
Rene Ritchie: What Apple *could* do with Apple silicon on the MacBook Pro
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I’m beyond super excited about the potential for a new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro — running Apple Silicon, with mini LED, Face ID, USB4, 5G, WiFI6, and much, much more. Here's why!
Expect it when you see it
Rene Ritchie: What does Apple's iPhone 12 delay really mean?
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“Last year we started selling new iPhones in late September. This year, we project supply to be available a few weeks later." — Luca Maestri
Big Sur — Bigger Deal
macOS Big Sur review: A breath of fresh pixels
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macOS Big Sur has just gone into Public Beta. So, if you’re considering a test-drive before the general release later this fall, then wow but is this the preview for you!
Hold... hold!
Should you get an iPhone SE now or wait for the iPhone 12 'mini'?
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If you need a new iPhone now, should you get the new iPhone SE right now, or should you try and hold out for the rumored smaller iPhone 12 'mini' coming later this fall?
Smaller on the outside
Imagining an Apple Silicon 12-inch MacBook Air
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I kinda all-shades-of-want the first Apple Silicon Mac to be a new 12-inch MacBook Air. And here's what I want it to be...
Big Mac Moves
Rene Ritchie: Why Apple Silicon is not ARM
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The Mac isn't moving to ARM. It's moving to custom Apple Silicon. And the difference is both subtle and significant.
DELETE EVERYTHING
Rene Ritchie: Why the iPhone might lose its Lightning port
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There are rumors going around — because there are always rumors going around — that Apple is going to kill the Lightning port on the iPhone. Not to replace it with USB-C, no... just kill it to watch all the wires die.
Public Access
Rene Ritchie previews iOS 14 — A better experience to come
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The iOS 14 public beta is just going live now so if you're interested in test-driving Apple's next-generation software for the iPhone, strap yourself in. Because here's everything you really need to know.
Tap that Mac
Rene Ritchie: Making the Apple Silicon Mac ... multitouch
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Will the Apple Silicon Mac also be the multitouch Mac?
But those icons...
Rene Ritchie explains the macOS Big Sur redesign and what it means to us
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macOS Big Sur is getting new silicon powerful as the mountains but also a redesign Apple hopes is as beautiful as the coast. But is it though?
Intel Outside
Rene Ritchie: What Apple Silicon means for the Mac and You
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The Mac's transition from Intel to Apple Silicon will take a year or two — but what does this all mean for you?