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It started with a home product, a new version of the smart speaker: the Homepod Mini. It comes to compete with Amazon and Google in a market where Apple has not distinguished itself. It’s smaller as you’d expect, with touch controls on top like the competition.

A new S5 chip to optimize the 360-degree sound from the small speaker. Buy two for the same room and they will automatically turn into stereo speakers.

Siri’s demos of recognizing multiple voices are just what other companies already have. Most impressive is the connection to the car – if you ask for directions inside the house they can be sent directly to the car that is ready for when you leave the house.

Long time boasting of functions that exist in other brands, but of course those who use the ecosystem of the brand will like them. It comes in white and space gray on sale, at least in the US, starting November 16.

IPHONE 12

Without news, far from the secrets of other times, the four models that were already known to the regulars escape. Now confirmed: “The beginning of a new era”, in the words of Tim Cook, was only the incorporation of 5G, which many Android phones already have and that very few of us will be able to use because the networks are not ready. Anyway, when they are the happy owners of these phones they will be ready.

Four as announced, iPhone 12 and iPhone mini in a smaller size of 5.7 inches, but with a very full screen. And the iPhone Pro and iPhone Pro Max with better and more cameras (3 + 1 instead of 2 + 1), better materials (6.1 and 6.7-inch screen), but practically without increasing the size of the phones compared to the previous version.

Only these have the so-called Deep Fusion, which seems to increase the capabilities of the lenses. Lenses, a wide angle, a normal and a 5X optical telephoto lens, more suitable for portraits. The cameras sensors move to stabilize the images instead of the lenses, they say it is possible to take photos by hand with two-second exposures, I hope to see.

Also with AppleproRaw, a format promised for professional photographers. It combines digital imaging capabilities with the maneuverability of RAW images used by photographers, but will only be available next year.

In video, there are many technical details that promise that these iPhone Pro can even be used for some professional 4K images. The Lidar sensor, only available in the Pro versions, helps improve photo and video capabilities, but it also seems to be part of an augmented reality strategy, which may well pass for glasses, judging by the insistent rumors without confirmation. .

All four models return to the design with the right sides like the iPhone 5 and the current iPad Pro. A screen that promises to be better, of course. OLED technology with higher resolution and more pixels than the previous ones, but without 120Hz, for the happiness of those who continue to hate it and compare themselves with the high-end Android. They have what appears to be a new screen protection technology: the ceramic shield that the brand guarantees to withstand drops, four times better than other iPhones.

A14 Bionic chip again, with even smaller circuits. They promise a processor 50% faster than any other phone, independent tests will appear soon. Graphics capabilities comparable to gaming consoles, which is also an impressive trend for small devices that we carry in our pocket.

Under the ecological pretext, the new iPhone stops bringing chargers and headphones, just a cable. MagSafe for iPhone is a new wireless charging system compatible with IQ chargers, the chargers are linked by magnetism that can even be used to “grab” a wallet which is obviously part of the new accessories that will be on sale.

Seeing these events year after year seems like a repetitive exercise, they are always better screens, better processors improve networks, better cameras without a big revolution. However, all this is true and revolutions do not appear every day, the normal thing is the continuous evolution for the better, which is what we see here.

The 12 Pro models will be available in Portugal on the 23rd and can be ordered from the 16th, with prices starting at 1,179 euros. You can only have Max bought here on the 13th of next month and if you pay a minimum of 1279 euros, for the 128 GB version. It can go up to 512, and this comes to 1629 euros, it seems like a race for the most expensive phone.

The iPhone 12 mini starts at 829 euros and in the grade version it can reach 1099, with various prices and intermediate capacities.