Amaya Toman This week was rich not only in speculations regarding the upcoming iPhone 12. In today's part of our regular weekly summary, in addition to the processors for this year's iPhones, we will also talk about the AirPower pad for wireless charging or the future of the content of the streaming service TV+.
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iPhone 12 processors
The company TSMC, which is in charge of the production of processors for smartphones from Apple, has revealed what performance this year's models could be proud of. They will be equipped with an A14 processor, manufactured using the 5nm process. Chips produced in this way offer a number of advantages, such as reducing the consumption of the given device and, of course, also higher performance. In this case, it should increase by up to 15%, while the energy intensity can drop by up to 30%. TSMC announced last year that it invested $5 billion in 25nm technology. Mass production using this process has been going on for several months, the 5nm process should also find its use in the production of Apple Silicon processors.
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The rebirth of AirPower
An AirPower charger for wireless charging of Apple devices has also been in the works for some time now, as far as speculation is concerned. Bloomberg recently reported that Apple is working on a "less ambitious" wireless charger for the iPhone. The arrival of AirPower was already predicted at the beginning of this year by analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, according to whom Apple is preparing a "smaller pad for wireless charging". According to Kuo's estimates, the aforementioned charger should have been introduced in the first half of this year, but the coronavirus pandemic put a line over the budget. While in connection with the original AirPower there was talk about the absence of the need to put the charging device in a precisely designated place, this charger it probably won't have this function, but a slightly lower price could be an advantage.
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Augmented reality in TV+
Last week, 9to5Mac brought some interesting news regarding the future of the TV+ streaming service. Despite initial skepticism and complications caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Apple is not giving up on its efforts to improve this service. Adding content in augmented reality should also be part of this effort. It should not be movies or series as such, but rather bonus content such as deleted scenes or trailers. Augmented reality could work in TV+ in such a way that individual objects or characters could be displayed on footage of the real environment, and users could interact with them similar to, for example, in AR games.
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