Read Apple's new product launch conference in one article: Is it true or fake?

In the early morning of October 19th, Beijing time, Apple's 2021 autumn conference ushered in the second session. The official theme was "Come to bomb the site". How many bomb sites are there? Let's take a look~

HomePod mini is coming

The first product of this conference is the HomePod mini with new colors, which are yellow, blue, and orange. Three new color matching speakers will be on sale in November, priced at 99 US dollars, which is the same price as the original version, and is expected to be priced at 749 yuan by the Bank of China.

AirPods 3 no longer bouncing tickets

Simply put, AirPods 3 can be understood as AirPods Pro without noise reduction.

AirPods 3 uses a new contour design to support spatial audio functions; equipped with the same H1 chip as AirPods 2 and AirPods Pro; supports adaptive equalization, but does not support ANC active noise reduction; introduces a new low-distortion driver, which brings power The bass and crisp treble; a single battery life of 6 hours, charging for 5 minutes, listening to music for 1 hour, with a charging box, a total of 30 hours of battery life, support MagSafe wireless charging; IPX4 waterproof.

AirPods 3 is priced at 1399 yuan.

M1 series chips are really "fried field"

M1 Pro chip released

In the Mac link, Apple was the first to launch a brand-new M1 Pro chip. As Apple's first professional chip designed for Mac, it is undoubtedly one of the focuses of this conference.

The M1 Pro chip uses a redesigned chip structure to expand the SoC architecture and double the memory bandwidth, up to 200GB/s, which is almost 3 times that of the M1. At the same time, its customized module can support up to 32GB of unified memory.

There are two versions of M1 Pro subdivision. Both are 5nm process, the CPU part of M1 Pro has 8 cores or 10 cores (6 or / 8 high-performance cores and 2 high-performance cores), GPU is 14 or 16 cores, 16GB unified memory; the memory bandwidth is the highest It can reach 200GB/s, which is almost three times that of M1.

Not only that, there is a 16-core neural network engine to help it speed up.

In addition, M1 Pro has a leading media processing engine and introduces ProRes acceleration, allowing M1 Pro to play multiple 4K and 8K ProRes video streams while maintaining low power consumption.

M1 Max chip released

The M1 Max chip is Apple’s "strongest chip on the surface of professional notebooks". It has a 16-core neural network engine. The GPU part has a 16-core or 32-core graphics processor. RAM is available in 16 or 32GB versions. The memory bandwidth can reach up to 400GB/ s, twice that of M1 Pro and six times that of last year's M1.

At the same time, M1 Max integrates a total of 57 billion transistors, 70% more than M1 Pro and 3.5 times more than M1. It can be called the largest chip Apple has built so far.

According to Apple's official statement, the CPU performance of M1 Pro and M1 Max is 70% higher than that of M1. The CPU performance of M1 Pro and M1 Max is 3.7 times that of Intel Core i7.

In addition to performance, Apple emphasized that the new two chips achieve low power consumption with high performance.

MacBook Pro joins the "bangs" family

Unsurprisingly, MacBook Pro has joined the most powerful chip M1 Pro / M1 Max on the surface, and the new 14/16-inch MacBook Pro brings a new design and more powerful performance.

Compared with the previous generation, the new MacBook Pro has one less USB-C port, but an additional SD card slot and HDMI port, as well as a magnetic charging port.

Although Apple "returns to its original intention" in terms of interfaces, its internal and external parts are indeed "renewed."

The chip is new, the interface is a higher standard, the screen is replaced with a mini-LED, and it is still a high-resolution screen. Support 120Hz Promotion dynamic refresh.

Not only that, the new MacBook Pro has also made changes to the keyboard design. The entire keyboard groove area has become black, which looks more integrated. The TouchBar on the top has also been cancelled, returning to the original physical buttons.

In addition, the new 14/16-inch MacBook Pro uses Liu Haiping, the frame is only 3.5 mm, the screen-to-body ratio is higher, and the top menu bar moves up and away to wrap around the camera.

The screen of the 2021 MacBook Pro supports ProMotion technology, with a refresh rate of up to 120Hz, and can also automatically reduce static content to extend battery life. At the same time, this product also uses a mini LED display, supports Liquid Retina XDR, has a peak brightness of 1600 nits and a contrast ratio of 1 million:1. The notebook is equipped with a 1080p camera, has a wider aperture lens and a more efficient ISP, which can increase low-light performance by 2 times.

M1 Pro and M1 Max support

The 16-inch model is 2 times faster than the previous MacBook Pro equipped with Core i9, the GPU performance is 2.5 or 4 times faster than before, the SSD reading speed has reached 7.4 GB/s, the battery life in the Lightroom Classic usage scene is doubled, and even more so in the Xcode scene Reached 4 times.

The 14-inch model is only 15.5 mm thick and weighs 3.5 pounds, while the 16-inch model is 16.8 mm thick and weighs 4.7 pounds.

In terms of battery life, the new MacBook Pro also has a breakthrough. The 14-inch model can last up to 17 hours, which is 7 hours longer than the previous generation; the 16-inch version has a battery life of up to 21 hours, which is 10 hours longer than the previous version. This is a Mac The longest battery life of a laptop to date. The charging speed can achieve 50% full charge in 30 minutes.

In terms of price, the 14-inch MacBook Pro starts at 14,999 yuan, and the 16-inch MacBook Pro starts at 18,999 yuan. It is available in silver and space gray.