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Apple Keynote iPhone SE: Small but powerful

to Tim Cook to understand San Francisco, analysts need to look on the shelf of the American organic market chain Whole Foods. There, customers can purchase a drink called “Kale Yeah”. The drink is noisy leaflet only of water with a little Grünkohl-, pineapple – and celery flavor. But this does not detract from the value. The proud liter costs $ 10.99.

Rational is difficult to explain. More likely rise with the toasty-cloudy feeling that acquisition and consumption in the stomach of ökobewussten customers. A bit so it is but also with Apple products, to Cook must have thought that, when he was preparing the presentation of the Spring Keynote.

The rumors around the new iPhone

• What products Apple will unveil expected, has already leaked: the iPhone SE with four-inch screen, an iPad Pro 9.7-inch screen and new bracelets for the watch. The focus is on the phone.

• the iPhone SE should have 5s some similarities with the model. So the screen has the handy four-inch size, also the housing also has a relatively angular design. The device is probably in gold and pink available.

• inside working current hardware: There are the same processors as the iPhone 6s used that allow the “Hey Siri” function – with a command that can activate the voice control.

• the camera of the iPhone SE should be significantly better than that of the 5s. It enables live photos with short animations. Whether the resolution is eight or twelve megapixels, Apple pundits can not say reliably so far.

• the 6s models of iPhone feature screens that can register different strong entries. With a fixed pressure, for example, opens a context menu. The new model SE should not have this 3D Touch-called function.

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  How much does the iPhone SE? The speculation ranging from 450 to 550 Dollar – the Euro amounts will probably be similar. However, the group in the past has often surprised with its high prices.

This year, namely the Apple disciples waited in vain for new toys and technical sensations. Cook serve the public instead a soufflé warm words that suggested above all, with the purchase of an Apple product is the decay of decency virtually unstoppable.

“We are firmly convinced that we have a responsibility to protect the data and privacy of users, “the 55-year-old said on stage. “We must all together decide how much power the government should have over our data.” The remark was aimed towards FBI, with which the Group arguing for weeks. Apple is the safety of its iOS software weaken specifically to facilitate the authorities to access data according to the will of the authority. adjourned

Apple-process FBI may iPhone perhaps decrypt

in a lawsuit challenging the decryption of an iPhone is a surprising turnaround emerging. The process is on the brink of, because the US authorities no longer are probably dependent on the help of Apple. More …

That he brought the message again to the audience, is no coincidence. Actually, Apple and the government should take the next slugfest before the District Court in Riverside, California on Tuesday. A few hours after the speech, the date was postponed.

reason, however, was not Cook’s speech, but a statement from the FBI. Accordingly, the Authority will have with the help of third parties found perhaps its own way to the iPhone, which is why the presiding judge deferral regime.