Amaya Toman Another week is behind us - and just like the previous one, this time there was no shortage of various speculations from the world of IT and Apple. The coronavirus pandemic and its consequences were again at play – this time in connection with the sale of iPads. Two interesting patents have also appeared, one of which promises flexible MacBooks and the other new options in the iMessage service.
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Turnaround in iPad sales for the better
Pandemic COVID-19 and her aftermath they will be an important topic for some time to come. In connection with this, there is also talk about consequences in the form of, among other things sales decline some products. According to the latest news, in the first quarter of this year, 10% decrease sales revenue iPads, sales as such they decreased by 3%. But analysts are of the opinion that need work and study From home, which arose for a number of users in connection with the pandemic, could positively sign on the numbers for the next quarter. According to analysts from the IDC company to decline sales signed the closing factories, which occurred at the beginning of the year. Apple's chief financial officer, Luca Maestri, said last week that the company expects an increase revenue from the sale of iPads and Macs v June quarter.
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The flexible design of MacBooks
They also appeared this week speculation concerning the possible design future ones laptops from Apple. You could get subtle flexible mechanism, which would unibody design moved further to next level. Basically for these assumptions he became patent, which describes the flexible mechanism se special hinges. It could be applied to laptops. The chassis of the computer would thus be made up of a single one piece of material, and one half would be provided display and the second input device. However, the description of the patent is rather ambiguous, and the fact that it could be MacBooks can only be guessed from it. The patent is signed by Alex J. Lehmann and Paul X. Wang.
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New options in iMessage
Application iMessage has changed considerably since its arrival in 2011, but continues to do so in many aspects lags behind behind some others communication applications. Recently published patent but it hints that users could be waiting in iMessage pleasant news. The patent dates from December last year and to changes could occur with arrival iOS 14 operating system. In iMessage, users should get the option edit already sent message. Editing will most likely be possible to perform po long press message bubbles. Addressee learns about the modification of the message from comment, which appears with the message, but the option for should not be missing either display original message text. IN in the future users could also expect to be able to send in iMessage private messages or automatic text translation.
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Sources: 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Cult of Mac
