It was another press conference where all the revelations hit the target. The only thing that people could not guess was that Apple could keep giving the scale of M1 series chip stack.
At 2:00 a.m. on March 9, Apple's one hour spring new product launch, the Mac occupied 30 minutes. Tonight, Apple brought the green iPhone 13 series, put the A15 into the old iPhone 8 mold to make the third generation iPhone SE, and the M1 iPad Air 2022 is all ready except for the high brush.
The protagonist is sewing two M1 Max, M1 Ultra chips whose size and specification have exploded, and the Mac Studio workstation host designed for the productivity of the studio and the 5K display Studio Display with A13 chips. All products have more environmentally friendly packaging and use more recycled materials. They were launched on March 18 (except Studio Display).
At this time last year, Apple brought the purple version of the iPhone 12 series, and this year it brought the green version of the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro, with the price unchanged (netizen: Oops! Yuanfeng Blue's status is threatened!)
Third generation iPhone SE： Affordable A15
The iPhone SE (2022) has really changed its chip, not its appearance. I would like to call it: iPhone6s Ultra Ti OC Gaming X+。 The flagship performance small steel gun is a model of playing the role of pig eating tiger, which is very suitable for the Volkswagen Phaeton owner of W12.
The core upgrade of the third generation iPhone SE is to replace the youth version A15 (4-core GPU) like the iPhone 13 series and support 5G. Although it is derived from the old mold and screen of the iPhone 8 in 2018, it is possible to have greater battery capacity (thanks to the progress of battery chemistry) and A15, and the third-generation iPhone SE will have better endurance. The only uncertainty is that the press conference said there was an upgrade of super ceramic crystal panel, but the official page said no.
Looking at other specifications of the third-generation iPhone SE, it seems that 2017 has been revisited. IP67 protection, 138.4x67.3x7.3mm, 4g lighter than the previous generation's 144g weight (the lightest 5G flagship is still the 133g iPhone 12 mini). 4.7 inch 1334x750326ppi LCD screen, 1400:1 contrast, maximum brightness 626 nits, Touch ID entity home key.
7 million pixels in front, F2.2。 The rear single main camera has 12 million pixels and F1.8 aperture. It has the latest depth fusion, intelligent HDR 4 and photography style functions, but there is no night view and movie effect mode.
The battery life is marked with 15 hours of video playback and 50 hours of audio, the same as the iPhone 12 mini, slightly better than the A13's second-generation SE's 13 hours of video playback. 20W fast charge, 30 minutes 50% power, support wireless charging, single sim card. Also environmentally friendly packaging, no charging head.
Although the third-generation iPhone SE is the "gatekeeper" of iPhone, its price is actually on the high side. Black, white and red colors are available. The 64GB version costs 3499 yuan, and the 128GB version costs 3899 yuan. The 256GB version, which was not available in the previous generation, costs 4699 yuan.
But the current iPhone 12 mini (the price of an official store in East China) is 3599 yuan for the 64GB version, 3999 yuan for the 128GB version, and 4699 yuan for the 256GB version. The clown is myself. The Android flagship is relieved.
iPad Air 5： Everything, but no high brush
Cook's knife control makes the iPad Air 5 no high brush, no face ID, and the iPad Pro owner a long sigh of relief (no high brush is false).
The appearance of the iPad Air 5 remains unchanged. It is upgraded to M1 (the same model of MacBook Air and iPad Pro), 12 megapixel wide-angle front (with the ancestral character centering function), the USB-C port speed is increased to 10Gbps, new blue, and new 5G versions.
The price remains unchanged, and the gray, pink, purple, blue and white colors are available. The 64GB version costs RMB 4399, and the 256GB version costs RMB 5499. For reference, the price of iPad Pro is from 6199 yuan, the price of iPad Mini is from 3799 yuan, and the price of iPad is from 2499 yuan.
M1 Ultra true protagonist: M1 creates everything!
The real protagonist of the press conference is M1 Ultra. After all, half of the time is about Mac. From the paper, M1 Ultra uses the ultra fusion multi grain architecture design to connect the two M1 Max with the connection density twice that of other existing technologies. So as the name implies, the highest specification of M1 Ultra is twice that of M1 Max and eight times that of M1.
The connection bandwidth of the two M1 Max in the M1 Ultra is an amazing 2.5TB/s, and the number of transistors has set a new record, reaching 114 billion (M1 Max is 57 billion transistors). If there is no accident, the M1 Ultra should still be the TSMC 5nm process.
M1 Ultra has 20 core CPU, including 16 performance cores and 4 energy efficiency cores. However, due to the yield problem, the GPU has 48 cores and 64 cores (the price difference is 7500 yuan). The 32 core neural network engine supports up to 128GB of unified memory, and the memory bandwidth is up to 800GB/s.
M1 Ultra is a performance monster in the coat of energy efficiency ratio. Apple said that it is stronger than the 16 core desktop CPU, and its power consumption is 100W lower, while it is 90% ahead of the i9-12900K under 60W power consumption (this power consumption is not about Wude). Compared with the RTX 3060Ti, the GPU has only 1/3 power consumption, 200W lower, but stronger performance (also the fruit power ratio method).
The M1 Ultra Mac Studio's CPU is 3.8 times faster than the 10 core i9 of the 27 inch iMac with 10 core i9, and 60% faster than the 28 core Xeon Mac Pro; The GPU is 4.5 times stronger than the Radon Pro 5700XT graphics card of the previous iMac, and can simultaneously process 18 8K ProRes 422 video track streams.
Mac Studio： Real productivity
Mac Studio is an enhanced version of Mac mini, with an aluminum alloy body, 19.7x19.7x9.5cm, the M1 Max version weighs 2.7kg, and the M1 Ultra version weighs 3.6kg. The power supply is placed at the bottom, and the double centrifugal fan is used to draw air at the bottom and the rear.
The back provides four Thunderbolt ports, 10G network ports, two USB-A ports HDMI、 Headphone port. There is an SD card slot on the front, two 10Gbps USB-C ports on the front of the M1 Max version, and a Thunderbolt 4 on the front of the M1 Ultra version.
Mac Studio has M1 Max and M1 Ultra chips to choose from. The former has a maximum of 64GB of unified memory, while the latter has a maximum of 128GB of unified memory. The hard disk is upgraded to 7.4GB/s, with a maximum of 8TB. If you happen to have strong financial resources, they can drive 4 Pro Display XDR monitors and 1 4K TV (with a total of 90 million pixels) with a maximum of 48GB video memory.
The Mac Studio of M1 Max version has 24 core and 32 core GPUs (less than 1500 yuan), 32 and 64GB memory (less than 3000 yuan), 512GB, 1TB, 2TB, 4TB and 8TB SSDs (from 1500 yuan to 18000 yuan), and the price ranges from 14999 yuan to 34499 yuan.
The starting price of M1 Ultra Mac Studio is 10500 yuan more expensive than that of M1 Max, with 48 core and 64 core GPUs (7500 yuan less), 64 and 128GB memory (6000 yuan less), and 512GB, 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, 8TB SSDs, ranging from 28499 yuan to 59999 yuan.
In addition, silver black color matching+touch ID and numeric keypad's smart control keyboard is 1399 yuan, and silver black smart control touch board is 1049 yuan; The silver black color of the smart control mouse is 699 yuan.
Studio Display： 27 inch 5K display with A13 chip
Studio Display is a square, narrow sided, full screen design, all aluminum alloy, with a maximum elevation of 30 degrees (- 5 degrees to 25 degrees). 47.8x24.5x16.8cm, 6.3kg. 27 inch 5120x2880218ppi 5K screen, 600nit peak brightness, 10bit (1 billion colors) panel, supporting the original color display, and more anti reflective Nano texture glass panel can be selected.
Studio Display is equipped with a 12 megapixel ultra wide angle camera with a 122 degree viewing angle of F2.4 aperture, which supports the person centering function and has a three microphone array. The 6-speaker system consists of 4 bass+2 treble tweeters, supporting spatial audio and Dolby Panorama sound. The back provides three 10Gbps USB-C ports and one Thunderbolt port, which is responsible for input and can provide 96W power supply.
The most special setting of the Studio Display display is that it is extremely luxurious to integrate the Apple A13 processor, which is responsible for providing functions such as front character centering, spatial audio, etc. It can even wake up with "Hey Siri".
This most intelligent professional display Studio Display is priced at 11499 yuan, and the version with Nano texture nano texture glass is priced at 13499 yuan. The height adjustable bracket (asking for 3000 yuan) and VESA bracket converter (100x100mm, no extra cost) are optional. It is much more user-friendly than the 32 inch 6K resolution Pro Display XDR monitor from 39999 yuan.
Netizens said that the performance of this monitor is better than that of 8gen1... Don't throw the remaining A13 into the monitor, and Nintendo next door will cry.
Looking back, I feel more and more that M1 is of great significance. Apple is indeed "M1 produces everything". You need to have a modular design plan at the beginning, so you can keep copying and pasting M1 like building blocks. Finally, without joking, the press conference finally said that the iMac Pro would be released later. The M1 Ultra Max chip that netizens ridiculed might really be composed of four M1 Max chips.
After the exquisite promotional video, Apple also remembered the statement of epidemic prevention, saying that all staff wore masks. Yes, the epidemic is still raging. Take good care of yourself. See you next time.
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