Apple Crazy Release Week

This week, Apple realeased a bunch of stuff. Apple really wanted people to pay attention to Apple. Many believe this is because they are finally releasing their streaming service (https://thesoftwareupdate.com/2019/01/14/why-is-every-company-making-a-streaming-service/) and are trying to get people attention. This is a very intresting tactic, that resulted in many of the releases getting buried, so let’s summarize this crazy week.  On Monday, Apple released 2 new iPad refreshes. Apple refreshed the iPad Air and the iPad Mini. Both of them now support Apple Pencil, Apple’s $100 stylus. They both are a very intresting addition to Apple’s iPad lineup and now fill gaps between the iPad Pro and the $329 iPad. Tuesday, we got a refresh to the iMac line and the addition of a $3,200 worth of 256GB of DDR4 ECC Ram for the top of the line iMac Pro. This was not too big, but great for people who use iMac. This was all wrapped up on Wednesday when we got what everyone was excited for: AirPods 2nd generation. This is the 2nd generation version of the very popular AirPods, Apple’s fully wireless earbuds. They add wireless charging, Apple’s new W1 chip, and “Hey Siri” support. This gives you a couple options. If you have a pair of 1st generation AirPods, you can add wireless charging with the purchase of Apple’s $80 wireless charging case. This was a very non Apple decision giving people the ability to upgrade their AirPods if they just want the wireless charging. If you don’t have a pair of AirPods, or you really want the new features. You can get AirPods 2nd generation without wireless charging for $159 or with wireless charging for $200. This week did not include the release of AirPower (https://thesoftwareupdate.com/comi/2018/10/05/apple-airpower/), or Apple’s streaming service, but it definitely seems like Apple is gearing up to release some new stuff, and I can’t wait to see.