Roger Fingas
The week began with Apple announcing a collection of new products, mainly the iPhone SE and a 9.7-inch iPad Pro, but continued to be eventful, with developments in the encryption debate, problems with iOS 9.3, and future plans for Apple Pay.
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Everything you need to know:
- Apple unveiled the iPhone SE and 9.7-inch iPad Pro at a special press event > >
- The new devices are now available to preorder > >
- Apple slashed the base cost of the Apple Watch to $299 > >
- The FBI appears to be using a forensic firm, Cellebrite, to crack Syed Farook's iPhone > >
- Apple's move to bring cloud services in-house may be driven by snooping fears > >
- Apple Pay could come to websites later in 2016 > >
- iOS 9.3 had to be reissued for the iPad 2, due to glitches > >
- Apple's first TV series will focus on the app economy > >
- Apple has asked for a delay in a New York City encryption case > >
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Why would Apple leave out USB 3 connectivity in the new Pro? This irritates me to no end when clearly there's room on the logic board for that controller, which I'm sure will be confirmed as soon as ifixit gets their hands on one to tear down. I reserved the 128GB model with the intent to upload and edit photos from my DSLR, and the Lightning to USB adapter with the intent to transfer files from my camera to my iPad and then back to my USB 3 equipped Damsung SSD drive. A USB 3 compatible controller would have made this process so much faster and simpler, so why in Gods name would Apple cripple the "Pro" experience for a "Pro" user (I am doing this for work) on their "Pro" device?!
And what exactly is that 100 dollar premium for, a True Tone feature I have to disable before I load my first photo, or the high quality cameras I'll never use except for the occasional FaceTime call? Four speakers I'll never hear aside from the occasional YouTube video, which aren't exactly high fidelity to begin with? It's irritating beyond measure because this was supposed to be just like the original Pro, which just didn't work for me because of its huge screen, only shrunk down to the normal iPad size. The more info that comes out, though, the less that appears to be the case. And the most maddening aspect of that is it didn't have to be like this.