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New iPads, New iMac Pro, iOS 11 And Other Important Stuff You Missed From The Apple WWDC 2017 Event
The biggest Apple event took place this year in San Jose, California.
No, not the announcement of the new iPhones, but the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2017.
As expected from the event, the mega tech company announced a whole new line-up of iProducts as well as new features for their existing ones.
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In case you couldn't stay up late to watch the keynote, fret not; here are Rojak Daily’s highlights from Monday’s event:
Available as a developer beta starting Tueday, the sequel to last year’s Sierra will include faster performances for Apple's built-in applications such as Safari and Photos. There will also be new upgrades to their video formatting and a new Apple File System thrown in.
1. There's a brand new MacOS - the High Sierra
![Apple Meet the High Sierra](http://astrokentico.s3.amazonaws.com/rojakdaily/media/russell-kua/apple wdcc 2017 event/1.jpg)
2. iOS 11 is introduced
A brand new year, a brand new iOS for your iPhone. Releasing this fall, iOS 11 includes your usual UI redesign and a ton of improvement to apps:![Apple Taking a cue from Apple Music.](http://astrokentico.s3.amazonaws.com/rojakdaily/media/russell-kua/apple wdcc 2017 event/2.jpg)
![Apple Your personal pocket-sized translator.](http://astrokentico.s3.amazonaws.com/rojakdaily/media/russell-kua/apple wdcc 2017 event/3.jpg)
![Apple Send a text, pay a friend.](http://astrokentico.s3.amazonaws.com/rojakdaily/media/russell-kua/apple wdcc 2017 event/4.jpg)
![Apple No more texting and driving.](http://astrokentico.s3.amazonaws.com/rojakdaily/media/russell-kua/apple wdcc 2017 event/5.jpg)
3. There's a brand new insane iMac Pro
![Apple If you have deep enough pockets...](http://astrokentico.s3.amazonaws.com/rojakdaily/media/russell-kua/apple wdcc 2017 event/6.jpg)
With crazy specs as listed above, this iMac is definitely not targeted at average consumers but for graphic artists, photographers, UI designers or professionals in general. Available this December, the new iMac Pro goes for US$4,999 (RM21,296), which is relatively cheaper compared to building a custom Windows PC rig.
Available to order starting Tuesday, the iPad Pro with a new display size of 10.5” aims to cut into the niche market of consumers aiming to replace their laptops with smaller-form tablets. According to Apple, the new iPad Pro is fitted with the powerful A10X Fusion chip with 64‑bit architecture and six cores, making it more powerful than an average PC.
4. Meet the new iPads
![Apple It's time to dump your old iPads.](http://astrokentico.s3.amazonaws.com/rojakdaily/media/russell-kua/apple wdcc 2017 event/7.jpg)
Only weighing a pound or 450g, with trimmed bezels and beautiful graphics (with improved graphics hardware), perhaps what’s most attractive about this new iPad is that it has a 120hz refresh rate. This means animations are now at least two times smoother and faster.
With the rest of its iProducts getting an upgrade, there's no way they'll forget the MacBooks, right? Turns out, Apple has some grand plan for the laptops too. The MacBooks are getting upgraded with the new generation Intel processors called the Kaby Lake. Thanks to the processors and faster solid state drives, the MacBooks are now a little bit more powerful but uses less energy.
5. We get a bump in Macbook specs
![Apple More power for the same price.](http://astrokentico.s3.amazonaws.com/rojakdaily/media/russell-kua/apple wdcc 2017 event/8.jpg)
There’s also a version of the 13-inch MacBook Pro without a Touch Bar that starts at a cheaper US$1,299 (RM5,532).
6. Apple introduces a new member to the family - the HomePod
Evidently butting heads with Amazon Alexa and Google Home, the HomePod is Apple’s latest smart home device. With the ability to control different aspects of your home with voice or OTA commands, it is extremely smart and downright gorgeous.![Apple Come home and say hello.](http://astrokentico.s3.amazonaws.com/rojakdaily/media/russell-kua/apple wdcc 2017 event/9.jpg)
![Apple Instantly responds to your voice.](http://astrokentico.s3.amazonaws.com/rojakdaily/media/russell-kua/apple wdcc 2017 event/10.jpg)
![Apple Same same, but different, but still same.](http://astrokentico.s3.amazonaws.com/rojakdaily/media/russell-kua/apple wdcc 2017 event/11.jpg)
![Apple It's pretty affordable too.](http://astrokentico.s3.amazonaws.com/rojakdaily/media/russell-kua/apple wdcc 2017 event/12.jpg)
Apart from these highlights, we should not also forget other announcements made on Monday night, including the Apple VR, AR, watchOS and also tvOS.
Unfortunately, there aren’t any announcements (or even hints) on the upcoming iPhone. However, we can be sure that with these awesome announcement on software and hardware, we can definitely feel that Apple as a company is gearing up to introduce the iPhone later in this year.
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