Apple event – as it happened: New iPhone, iPad and ‘monster’ Mac chip unveiled at ‘Peek Performance’ event

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Apple has hosted its first event of the year, unveiling a whole host of new products.

The company unveiled a brand new iPhone SE, an updated iPad Air, as well as a new Mac Studio and Display that features its latest “monster” M1 Ultra chip.

There was no announcements surrounding the Mac Pro, which Apple said was “for another day”.

All the latest products featured significant improvements in terms of specs, with both the iPhone SE and iPad Air featuring 5G capabilities.

The ‘Peek Performance’ event was live streamed on Apple’s website, which you can view at the top of our live coverage below.

Key points

• Russia blocked from streaming
• M1 Ultra is ‘monster’ chip
• Apple Mac Studio is ‘breakthrough in personal computing'
• Everything announced at Apple event

[8 March 2022 18:31 · Anthony Cuthbertson]

M1 Ultra chip has more transistors than any other commercial chip

The M1 Ultra chip features 114 billion transistors, which is apparently more than any other commercial computer chip.

Here’s how it looks compared to its predecessors:

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[8 March 2022 18:32 · Anthony Cuthbertson]

M1 Ultra ‘monster’ chip

You can read more about the M1 Ultra chip here:

[8 March 2022 18:33 · Anthony Cuthbertson]

M1 Ultra chip specs

Here’s a rundown of the specs for the M1 Ultra chip:

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[8 March 2022 18:39 · Anthony Cuthbertson]

Apple unveils Mac Studio and Studio Display

Apple says this is a “breakthrough in personal computing”.

Here’s what it looks like:

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[8 March 2022 18:44 · Anthony Cuthbertson]

Apple Mac Studio ports and performance

It comes with four Thunderbolt 4 ports, an HDMI port, two USB ports on the back and two USBC ports on the front - oh, and a headphone jack.

With the M1 Ultra, it’s up to 60% faster than the Mac Pro in terms of CPU performance.

There is up to 128GB of unified memory for “enormous graphics tasks”, and 8TB of SSD capacity.

[8 March 2022 18:48 · Anthony Cuthbertson]

Apple Mac Studio specs

Here’s a rundown of the “game-changing” specs of the “unprecedented” Mac Studio.

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[8 March 2022 18:53 · Anthony Cuthbertson]

New Mac Studio and Display is Apple’s ‘most powerful computer’

You can read more about the new Apple Mac Studio and Display here:

[8 March 2022 18:54 · Anthony Cuthbertson]

Apple Studio Display specs

And here’s a rundown of the specs for the Apple Studio Display:

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[8 March 2022 18:57 · Anthony Cuthbertson]

Mac Studio and Display price and availability

The Mac Studio starts at $1,999, and $3,999 with the M1 Ultra chip. The price of the Mac Studio Display is $1,599.

Both will be available for pre-order this Friday.

[8 March 2022 18:57 · Anthony Cuthbertson]

Mac Pro ‘for another day'

That looks like it’s all for today in terms of new products, with Apple saying that updates for the Mac Pro are “for another day”.