Apple Event
- iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro
- Mini is a new form factor thank god - lots of pretty colours
- New Ceramic glass
- MagSafe - a whole bunch of new accessories
- Pro video is insane, 10bit Dolby vision HDR
- Also new HomePod mini - intercom is cute - no support for Spotify.
- No headphones or charging cable in the box
- Combo Touch ID / power button from the new iPad Air didn’t make it to the iPhone this year.
Apple simultaneously talked up and downplayed 5g
- Australian pricing:
- iPhone 12 mini A$1199
- iPhone 12 A$1349
- iPhone 12 Pro A$1699
- iPhone 12 Pro Max $1849
- HomePod mini is A$149
Will Australian telcos work with 5G bands?
Facebook is growing up, just in time? *gestures at everything*
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-12/facebook-to-ban-posts-that-deny-holocaust-in-reversal-of-policy
- https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/13/facebook-bans-anti-vax-ads.html
- https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/oct/13/facebook-vaccine-ads-ban
Staying with Facebook, Messenger has been updated with better integration with Instagram, making it harder for the doj to break up the company?
- Looks like Facebook kids - i.e. fugly
- https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/13/messengers-latest-update-brings-new-features-cross-app-communication-with-instagram/
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