Samsung has mocked Apple’s newly-unveiled green smartphones by suggesting they are a very similar shade to its own Galaxy S22 Ultra.
Earlier this week Apple announced that its iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro would be available for pre-order in the new green colour from tomorrow (Friday).
But the South Korean tech giant appeared to hint that its Silicon Valley competitor had taken inspiration from its own products, tweeting: ‘Ultra? Green? We’re feeling sincerely flattered today.’
The Ultra reference is also linked to Apple’s unveiling of the M1 Ultra, the most powerful silicon chip the company has ever made.
Samsung has mocked Apple’s newly-unveiled green smartphones by suggesting they are a very similar shade to its own Galaxy S22 Ultra
Earlier this week Apple announced that its iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro would be available for pre-order in the new green colour from tomorrow (Friday)
But the South Korean tech giant appeared to hint that its Silicon Valley competitor had taken inspiration from its own products, including the Galaxy S22 Ultra (pictured)
Samsung’s largest smartphones are known as ‘Ultra’, the equivalent to Apple’s Pro.
But despite throwing shade at Apple, many social media users were quick to point out that it is not the first time the Californian tech giant has offered iPhones in a green colour.
Some even mentioned the green iMac from 1998, insinuating that it was Samsung who had copied Apple.
Others pointed out that Samsung had followed Apple in getting rid of the in-box charger and 3.5mm audio jack.
Replying to the Samsung tweet, one Twitter user wrote: ‘Aren’t you the company that mocks Apple then copies them 2 months later?
‘*Cough* headphone jack and included charger *Cough*’
But despite throwing shade at Apple, many social media users were quick to point out that it is not the first time the Californian tech giant has offered iPhones in a green colour
Some even mentioned the green iMac from 1998, insinuating that it was Samsung who had copied Apple
Another said: ‘Finally, Apple turned the tables and copied you for once.’
There was some support for Samsung, with Twitter user Uriel Hernandez replying to a tweet that Samsung would try and copy Apple two months later.
He said: ‘They had green and ultra before so what are they gonna copy?’
But user @schnurrbernd wrote: ‘A name and a color… ok. @apple must be flattered you copied they’re [sic] iPad design language.
‘Or basically everything else they’re doing.
‘First mocking them then copying them. We got it, Samsung.’
On Tuesday, Apple unveiled new versions of its lower end iPhone and iPad devices, which incorporate the same processors as the top end models.
Apple unveiled a new green colour for its iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro models on Tuesday
The next generation iPhone SE was also announced and will be on sale for $429 (£419 in the UK) from Friday.
It comes with the Apple A15 Bionic chip, found in the iPhone 13, a 12 megapixel camera, and 5G connectivity.
The smartphone will be able to operate about 26 times faster than the iPhone 8, and includes ‘Live Text’, allowing users to copy text found in a picture, Apple confirmed.
The firm also released a new iPad Air, which includes the M1 processor found in the iPad Pro, a faster USB-C port for faster video transfer, and a 12 megapixel ultra-wide camera on the front of the device.
The Air will come in space grey, starlight, pink, purple and blue, and will be available starting from $599 for 64GB with wifi — although will also be available with 5G.
Tim Cook, Apple CEO, also announced a new computer called Mac Studio, featuring the new high end M1 Ultra processor, and an Apple built Studio Display with its own built-in A13 Bionic chip and built in ultra-wide camera.
APPLE WILL FINALLY LAUNCH ITS AR HEADSET IN 2022, RESPECTED LEAKER CLAIMS
Apple could launch its augmented reality headset next year, a Hong Kong-based leaker claims.
The headset will be released in the fourth quarter of 2022 and contain two processors, one ‘with the same computing power level as the Mac’, said Ming-Chi Kuo in a research note as viewed by MacRumors.
This processor will be ‘similar’ to M1, Apple’s own in-house-designed computer chip, currently used in its Macintosh computers and iPad Pro tablets.
A promo image released by the tech giant in March 2021 shows a memoji character with glasses and a reflection of the laptop in the lenses – possibly a reference to AR glasses
The second, lower-end processor, meanwhile, will manage the ‘sensor-related aspects’ of the headset. Computing power of this sensor will be ‘significantly higher’ than that of the iPhone, however.
Kuo also said the headset will be able to support virtual reality (VR) as well as AR, thanks to a pair of 4K Micro OLED displays from Sony.
AR layers computer-generated images on top of an existing reality – Pokémon Go being a famous example – while VR is wholly virtual.
Kuo, an analyst at TF International Securities in Hong Kong, is known for garnering information on Apple’s plans from his contacts within the company’s Asian supply chain.
However, Kuo predicted in June that the will launch in spring 2022, so it seems the timeframe has been pushed back – and could be pushed back again.
In October 2021, Kuo said Apple’s upcoming headset will also be wireless and use Wi-Fi 6E, the newest version of Wi-Fi, allowing it faster speeds and a higher number of connections.
It’s possible the Apple headset will still likely have to connect to an iPhone or Mac computer, but that a future iteration of the device may not.
According to another recent report from Digitimes, citing supply chain sources, the product will cost as much $2,000 (£1,500).
The upcoming headset would likely not be aimed at consumers, but instead be geared towards developers and business customers, this report alleged.
A more consumer focused AR product, known as Apple Glass, would be released until 2023 at the earliest and would look more like a conventional pair of spectacles, it added.
A 2019 report from The Information collaborates the suggestion that Apple is working on two AR/VR products.
Apple Glass would present a digital display on the lenses to complement surrounding environments, such as arrows to help consumers find their destination in cities.
Making Apple Glasses look more like normal glasses instead of a more chunky headset could make them more appealing to the consumer market.
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