What was your Apple standout this year? Here's everything Apple released and what worked.
This was the only all-new product category from the company and it was a sleeper hit. The tracker disc looks sensational, as you’d expect from Apple. A tiny white disc with metal back. Pull the tab, hold it near your iPhone, say, and within seconds, it’s set up. It’s true that there’s no hole through which you can loop a string or lanyard, but the elegance of design outweighs convenience here.
The latest iPad Pro saw a decent increase in processor speed, but it was the new display, restricted to the larger 12.9-inch model, that stood out. Turn on the big iPad Pro, and the improved backlighting reveals just how good the screen is in an instant. But, while many said that the similarity of design meant it should have been called iPhone 12s, the new iPhones have proved critical and popular successes. The smaller notch made less difference than expected, but the bigger cameras on all four phones made an impact. Macro photography is suddenly a thing on the Pro iPhones which, unlike the iPhone 11 and 12 series, introduced a slightly different processor for the pricier version.