CultCast #328 - New Hardware at Apple's Education Event! 🔥

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This week: 

• Apple’s surprise education event could showcase new, cheaper hardware 🔥
• A huge upgrade is may be coming to the screens of Apple products
• Why 2018’s iPhone X refresh could cost less than last year’s model
• Fortnite streamers are striking it rich, and the iOS version will totally blow your mind

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• Apple issued invites last Friday for an education-themed event in Chicago on March 27.
• The invite promises “creative new ideas for teachers and students.” That could indicate the arrival of more-affordable Apple devices — like the new MacBook Air and iPad we’ve been hearing about.
• Apple is hosting the event in a high school, rather than on its Cupertino campus or at a convention center in the San Francisco Bay Area.
• KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo previously claimed Apple has a more-affordable MacBook Air in the pipeline. The lightweight laptop, which has been looking a little long in the tooth for a while now, might get a Retina display and updated internals.
• Reports indicate the new MacBook Air could cost as little as $799. The 9.7-inch iPad could drop to $259. If so, the devices’ lower price tags would make them ideal for students and schools on a budget.
• Caligragphy on invitation--I’m guessing the new cheaper iPad will support the Apple Pencil, currently only supported on the iPad Pro models.

    Apple developing its own ‘MicroLED’ displays for future devices (A huge upgrade coming to the screens of Apple products) https://www.cultofmac.com/535817/apple-developing-its-own-microled-displays-for-future-devices/

• What is microLED?  Before we get to that, we need to talk about current screen technology.
• • Most of the screens you see today are LCD, Liquid Crystal Display illuminated with  backlight (usually LEDs).
  • • LCDs are easy to manufacture, cheap, and perform well over a long period of time.  
    • But because they have a back light, colors can look washed out, especially blacks
  • The iPhone X has an OLED display. Each OLED pixel can self illuminate when exposed to electrical current, so there’s no need for back light.  This r