Essential Apple User Magazine

2020 might have been a bad year for most of the world, but it’s been a great year for Apple. The Cupertino-based company has released an amazing new series of iPhones, two great iPads and new operating systems for its mobile devices, with a new versi

And what an event it was. The four new iPhones, including the iPhone 12, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12 Pro & iPhone 12 Pro Max, look absolutely great. With new tougher screens, better cameras, more power and that all important 5G cellular networking, the

On 13th October 2020, Apple lifted the lid on the new 12-series iPhones, including the go-to model, the iPhone 12. Featuring a beautiful new design and packed with innovative features such as the A14 Bionic processor, an advanced dual-camera system a

5G is the latest standard for getting onto the Internet with your smartphone. It follows previous standards 3G and 4G. Most major mobile phone networks offer 5G services, and if you’re somewhere where there isn’t 5G coverage, your iPhone can still us

The iPhone Pro boasts three separate lenses and a LiDAR scanner for mapping out your environment with beams of light. Combining the power of the Ultra Wide, Wide, and Telephoto cameras with features built in to the fastest-ever mobile phone CPU, the

You’d expect the iPhone 12, and its smaller stable mate the iPhone 12 mini, to have good cameras. They’re iPhones, after all. Even so, some of the advances made by the new advanced dual camera system took us by surprise. Harnessing the camera’s dual

The 12-series iPhones are powered by a great new Apple-designed processor that’s streets ahead of its rivals. A14 Bionic is the first chip in the smartphone industry built on the five-nanometer process, making its transistors thinner and smaller than

League of Legends from Riot Games is a very widely respected online action title, and is often used in esports tournaments. In fact, it’s currently the world’s most popular PC game. Players from all over the globe compete in online multiplayer mash-u

When charging your iPhone wirelessly, using a Qi-charger, it’s easy to misalign the phone and the charging mat so your phone charges slower, or not at all. The 12-series iPhones take wireless charging to the next level and do away with this problem u

If you haven’t yet chosen a 12-series iPhone, or simply want to see how your own stands up against the others in the family, take a look at our breakdown of each different model. As you will see, some things are the same across the iPhone family; the

Capacity & Price: 64GB, £799/$799/876,30 € 128GB, £849/$849/925,05 € 256GB, £949/$949/1.042,05 € Screen Size: 6.1-inch Screen Tech: Super Retina XDR display Cellular: 5G Front Camera: TrueDepth camera, 12MP photos, Face ID Rear Cameras: Dual 12MP cam

Capacity & Price: 64GB, £699/$699/778,85 € 128GB, £749/$749/827,55 € 256GB, £849/$849/944,55 € Screen Size: 5.4-inch Screen Tech: Super Retina XDR display Cellular: 5G Front Camera: TrueDepth camera, 12MP photos, Face ID Rear Cameras: Dual 12MP camer

Capacity & Price: 128GB, £999/$999/1.112 € 256GB, £1099/$1099/1.137 € 512GB, £1299/$1299/1.461,20 € Screen Size: 6.1-inch Screen Tech: Super Retina XDR display Cellular: 5G Front Camera: TrueDepth camera, 12MP photos, Face ID Rear Cameras: Pro 12MP c

Capacity & Price: 128GB, £1099/$1099/1.217,50 € 256GB, £1199/$1199/1.334,45 € 512GB, £1399/$1399/1.558,65 € Screen Size: 6.7-inch Screen Tech: Super Retina XDR display Cellular: 5G Front Camera: TrueDepth camera, 12MP photos, Face ID Rear Cameras: Pr

In the Autumn of 2020, Apple lifted the lid on two brand new iPads; the fourth generation of the popular iPad Air and the eighth generation of the regular iPad. The new tablets joined Apple’s iPad Pro and iPad mini, two models that weren’t updated bu

Unlike previous models of the iPad Air, the fourth generation model has an edge to edge screen. Like the recent versions of the iPad Pro, there’s no Home button on the new iPad Air. Instead, the touchscreen extends all the way to the bottom of the de

The iPad, Apple’s entry-level full-sized tablet, has had a substantial boost in power. Its A12 Bionic processor is 40 percent faster than its predecessor, with double the graphics power. It’s up to two times faster than the top-selling Windows laptop

Apple has some great subscription services, such as Apple TV+ for streaming original TV shows and movies, Apple Music for audio streaming and Apple Arcade for gamers. None of them are expensive but from Autumn 2020, you can save money by subscribing

Website: www.apple.com Price: From €299, $299, 330,45 € Apple’s own Magic Keyboard for iPad Air 4th gen, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd and 4th gen andiPad Pro 11-inch (1st and 2nd gen has a built-in trackpad. You can turn your iPad into a notebook for work

If you own a first-generation Apple Pencil (the one with the silver band at the end), start by removing the cap at the top of the pencil to reveal a Lightning connector plug; make sure your iPad is switched on and unlocked, then plug the end of the A