Thank you. Wow. Thank you. Thank you. Good morning. It is so great to be in New York. We love New York, and it's so great to be here with all of you. New York is home to one of the most vibrant creative communities on the planet. So it's only natural that it would have a very special place in our heart at Apple. Today, we are especially thrilled to be at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. This is a historic center for the arts. For over 150 years, it showcased the work of adventurous and cutting-edge performers all around the world while serving the creative community here in Brooklyn. Apple's focus has always been on providing people the tools to unleash their creativity. That's why we're here today to talk about our most creative product. Of course, that all starts with the Mac.
The Mac was the first computer that was designed for creativity, it's become one of the world's most essential creative tools. We are in awe of the creative things that people do every day all around the world with the Mac. We made a video of just some of these special people, I would love to play it for you now. We are so inspired by these people and how the Mac has played such a vital role in their creativity. People love the Mac, they use it to create all kinds of amazing things every day. It's not surprising to see that the Mac continues to attract so many new customers. In fact, over half of Mac buyers worldwide are new to Mac, that number is a remarkable 76% in China.
We're adding millions and millions of new customers every quarter, bringing our total active install base to a new major milestone of 100 million Macs. What's most important to us is that in survey after survey, the Mac continues to be rated the number one in customer satisfaction by far. We are just so incredibly proud of this. Of course, one of the drivers for Mac's high customer satisfaction is macOS. macOS is the soul of the Mac, with its beautiful and easy-to-use interface. We just released macOS Mojave, it is the best version of macOS by far, people are really loving it. Great care has been taken to refine the look and feel and add more capability, all while preserving its legendary ease of use. macOS Mojave brings new features that have been inspired by our pro users, designed for all of us.
From the new gallery view, which allows you to scroll through your files and find exactly what you're looking for, to the dramatic new look of dark mode, which helps you focus right on your content. We've got a feature called Stacks, which is a brand-new way to make your desktop clutter-free. I really needed this, it's really cool. An entirely redesigned and personalized Mac App Store. macOS Mojave helps our users get the most out of their Mac. Whether they want a powerful desktop experience or the freedom that comes with the portability of a notebook, our customers love their Macs. They especially love one Mac in particular, one that they take with them everywhere they go and use for everything they do.
That is the MacBook Air. When Steve pulled that MacBook Air out of that envelope, it was clear that things would never be the same. The MacBook Air's groundbreaking, incredibly thin, wedge-shaped design not only influenced the rest of the Mac product line for years to come, it changed the industry. It had a breakthrough unibody design and new technologies like the first all flash architecture, and it was the very first thin and light notebook with all-day battery life. MacBook Air truly embraced the notion that less indeed could be more, and it redefined the modern notebook in the process. Unlike any notebook that's come before or since, MacBook Air has become the most beloved notebook ever. Now, it's time for a new MacBook Air. Yeah. One that takes the MacBook Air experience even further in the areas that are most important to our customers.
Of course, what we all want in a MacBook Air is a Retina display. I'm incredibly excited today to introduce an all-new MacBook Air with a Retina display and a whole lot more. Here it is.
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This is the new MacBook Air. I'd like to bring up Laura Legros, VP of Hardware Engineering, to tell you all about it. Laura.
I'm really excited to be here today to talk to you about the MacBook Air. Every part of the product has been redesigned and re-engineered. Every detail has a remarkably precise fit and finish, and everything you see and touch has been carefully refined. It's absolutely beautiful. As Tim said, the number one feature customers have wanted in a MacBook Air has been a Retina display. We've made the display better in every way. The familiar aluminum bezel of the current MacBook Air is gone.
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The new Air's sleek design takes the display glass right to the edge of the enclosure, forming borders that are 50% narrower. It features a 13.3-inch display, which is the perfect size for such a portable notebook. When it comes to resolution, we've taken the pixels and quadrupled them, providing four times the resolution for over 4 million pixels. Both text and images are sharper and more detailed. With 48% more color, those images are more lifelike than ever. All of this comes together to give the new MacBook Air a Retina display we know our customers are going to love. Even with this narrower border design, we were still able to keep the FaceTime camera at the top of the display, which is exactly where you want it when making a FaceTime call.
Now with the Group FaceTime feature in macOS Mojave, you can invite all your friends to the conversation. Next, the MacBook Air has another new feature that customers have been asking for, and that's Touch ID. Now with just the touch of a finger, you can unlock your MacBook Air, buy something cool on Apple Pay, or use Touch ID with a third-party app like 1Password. With a durable sapphire crystal surface, we've put the Touch ID sensor right into the keyboard. To enable Touch ID, the new Air comes with Apple's T2 Security Chip.
T2 features a secure enclave, which protects Touch ID information, but it also ensures that software loaded during the boot process has not been tampered with, offering the Air the most secure boot process of any notebook. T2 also features an SSD controller, which has automatic on-the-fly data encryption, offering the most secure storage of any notebook. You can feel confident that your files and data are safe. In addition to security, T2 has a whole host of other features. It has a redesigned system management controller. It has an audio controller which delivers wide stereo sound and an always-on processor that enables Hey Siri. The keyboard, where we've gone way beyond just adding Touch ID.
The new MacBook Air has our latest generation keyboard with keys that offer four times the stability over the previous generation, creating a modern keyboard with a more precise and responsive typing experience, backlit with individual LEDs behind each and every key for more accurate illumination. A modern keyboard deserves to be paired with a modern trackpad. We've replaced the old diving board version with the new Force Touch trackpad. It has 20% more surface area, which extends the functionality of multi-touch gestures, with pressure sensing capabilities and haptic feedback, it's quieter and more capable. This delivers a trackpad experience that Apple is known for. Whether it's in dorm rooms or lounging on the sofa at home, we know customers spend a lot of time watching videos on their MacBook Air. We wanted to make a better sound experience.
Our acoustic engineering team has made huge strides in audio performance in all of our products, and the MacBook Air is no exception. It is 25% louder. It has two times more bass and wide stereo sound. In addition, it has a three-microphone array, which will make those Group FaceTime calls crystal clear, and it also improves the voice recognition of Siri. The new MacBook Air needs next generation IO. The new MacBook Air has two Thunderbolt 3 ports. From charging to data transfer to video out, it's the most versatile port ever, and there's a whole host of devices you can connect, from Thunderbolt and USB-C external storage up to a 5K display or eGPUs that accelerate graphics up to 17 times. The new Air can connect to just about anything. Now let's talk about the specs.
There's an eighth-generation dual-core CPU, along with the latest Intel integrated graphics. It also supports up to 16 GB of faster memory, which is double the capacity of the previous Air. SSDs that are up to 1.5 TB in capacity and 60% faster. MacBook Air delivers the performance you need for all of your everyday tasks. Now, the MacBook Air set the bar for great battery life in a thin and light computer, and the new MacBook Air is no exception. It has the same great 12 hours of wireless web browsing, but now has up to 13 hours of iTunes movie playback. Engineering teams at Apple love a great challenge, we thought, what if we could add all these amazing new features while making the MacBook Air even more portable? Well, the team responded.
The new Air has an unbelievable 17% less volume than its predecessor. It's incredibly thin. It's just 15.6 mm, which is 10% thinner than the previous Air. With all these new features, the new MacBook Air weighs just 2.75 lbs. That's a quarter pound lighter than the previous Air. Perfect for the notebook you want to take with you everywhere. That's the new MacBook Air. With a stunning 13-inch Retina display, Touch ID, advanced security, a Force Touch trackpad, and so much more. With all the care and attention that we put into design and engineering, our teams work just as hard to ensure that our products are environmentally friendly. In fact, on the new MacBook Air, we use 100% recycled tin in our logic board, and we have significantly increased the amount of post-consumer recycled plastic in our internal components, such as the speakers.
There's one big goal that we've had for many years. Every Mac enclosure is made from aluminum. We use aluminum because it has incredible strength, durability, and its sheer beauty. To achieve that, we've had to rely on mining high-purity ore. That is, until today. Apple's metallurgy team has designed an aluminum alloy that uses excess aluminum from the production process, delivering the same great characteristics we expect in all of our products. This is a huge breakthrough. We're really proud to say today that every new MacBook Air is made from 100% recycled aluminum. This helps reduce the carbon footprint of the new Air by nearly 50% and makes it the greenest Mac ever. To hear more about this alloy and all of the new features of the MacBook Air, we've created a video that I'd like to play for you now.
When MacBook Air was introduced, it defined what an ultra thin, ultra light notebook could be. With the new MacBook Air, we're bringing many of our most advanced technologies to this iconic design. The powerful new features in macOS Mojave come to life on the incredibly vivid and precise Retina display. It contains over four million pixels, which provide remarkable clarity, high contrast, and brilliant color. The eighth generation dual core processor is powerful and efficient while helping to achieve all-day battery life. The Apple T2 Security Chip delivers advanced security and Hey Siri to MacBook Air. Along with the Touch ID sensor, it enables Apple Pay and allows you to unlock your Mac with just the touch of a finger. The latest generation butterfly keyboard is backlit and provides more stability, precision, and responsiveness.
The much larger Force Touch track pad has built-in force sensors that allow you to click anywhere and experience a finer level of control. High fidelity speakers deliver significantly more volume and bass for a fuller sound and wide dynamic range. Thunderbolt 3 integrates USB-C into the most powerful and versatile port ever. For the first time, the unibody enclosure is made from 100% recycled aluminum. To accomplish this, we invented a new custom alloy. It's designed to use fine shavings of recaptured aluminum that are re-engineered down to the atomic level. This new alloy is as beautiful and robust as any we've used before, and it makes MacBook Air the greenest Mac ever. With powerful new technologies and an all-new design in three beautiful finishes, the new MacBook Air not only reimagines what our most loved Mac can be, but also how it can be made.
What a huge leap forward for MacBook Air. The new MacBook Air is configured with eight gigabytes of memory, a 1.6 Core i5 processor with turbo up to 3.6, and 128 gigs of storage. Will start at $1,199, making it the most affordable Retina Mac we've ever offered. You can order it starting today, and it will be available next week. That's the redesigned, re-engineered MacBook Air. Whether you're a student, a writer, an entrepreneur, or simply new to Mac, we think you're going to love it. Back to Tim.
Thank you. Thank you, Laura. What a fantastic and beautiful new MacBook Air. I cannot wait for you to get your hands on this. I really think you are going to love it. There is another small but mighty Mac our users have been waiting for. Here it comes. The new Mac mini. I would like to introduce you to Tom Boger, our head of Mac Product Marketing, to tell you all about the new Mac mini. Tom.
Thank you, Tim. I cannot wait to tell you about the biggest update ever to the new Mac mini. I am sure you have noticed that we have given it an awesome space gray finish. For one, we know our pro customers are going to love that. Two, this new Mac mini is an absolute beast on the inside. Here is why. The number one thing our customers wanted us to do is give it more powerful processors. Every Mac mini starts with four cores. Taking performance to a whole new level. We did not think that was far enough, we are also giving Mac mini six core processors as well. These are not mobile parts. No. These are higher power, eighth generation CPUs with faster graphics, too. The performance boost is incredible, making the Mac mini up to, wait for it, five times faster than before. Think about that.
Five times faster. Ripping through traditional desktop apps like Logic and Photoshop and workflow apps like MainStage and Compressor, making this by far the most powerful Mac mini we have ever made. Next up is memory. The previous Mac mini went up to 16 gigabytes of memory. Naturally, the new Mac mini goes to 32 gigs of memory. We did not want to stop there either. The new Mac mini can now go up to 64 gigs of memory. Not only is this memory faster, it is also on SODIMMs, something we know our Mac mini customers will really appreciate. Next up is storage. Many Mac mini customers depend on the speed and reliability of SSDs.
Every Mac mini has all flash storage with SSDs that are up to four times faster and capacities up to 2 terabytes, that is double the capacity of the previous Mac mini. Every new Mac mini also has the Apple T2 Security Chip with its many new features, including HEVC video encode that is, get this, 30 times faster. It is incredible. To cool all this powerful new technology, the new Mac mini has an entirely new thermal system with double the airflow while still being super quiet. Finally, connectivity. Mac mini customers love having lots and lots of ports, the new Mac mini delivers. With gigabit Ethernet, four, count them, four Thunderbolt 3 ports, an HDMI port, two USB-A ports, it can connect to almost anything.
Not only that, you can configure the Mac mini with 10 gigabit Ethernet as well for super fast networking performance. Now the Mac mini is a much faster, way more capable Mac desktop that allows you to choose your own display, keyboard, and mouse. The Mac mini can go so much further. Small, yet powerful, the Mac mini is the perfect component for many creative uses, like running MainStage and a sound rig for live performances, or using it for the production of a live interactive art performance, as students are doing today at the California Institute of the Arts. Use more than one so you can fly through video encoding faster in applications like Compressor. On a movie set, as Paramount Pictures is doing in the filming of Rocketman, their musical fantasy about Sir Elton John.
Use Mac mini to compile code from a MacBook Pro so it can do other tasks. String a number of Mac minis together so you can form your own build farm. Rack thousands of them together like MacStadium, a company that has nearly 8,000 Mac minis, 8,000, that developers use to make some of your favorite apps like Candy Crush, Shopify, Day One, and more. They run 24/7 in data centers around the world. It's the very definition of mission critical, and it all runs on Mac mini. That's the new Mac mini with all these great new features. The entry config has eight GB of memory, a 3.6 gigahertz quad core processor, and 128 GB SSD. It starts at just $799. With those performance and features, it's by far the best value that we've ever offered in a Mac mini.
You can configure it up to 64 GB of memory, a higher frequency Core i7 processor, up to two TB SSD, and with 10 gigabit Ethernet. You can order it starting today. It'll be available next week. Like all of our products, it checks all the boxes on the environmental checklist. Like the new Air, we're using more and more post-consumer recycled plastic in parts like the foot. Every Mac mini enclosure is made from, you guessed it, 100% recycled aluminum. Helping to reduce its carbon footprint by nearly 50%. That's the new Mac mini. It's the biggest update ever, and we can't wait to get it into the hands of all those customers out there that are so passionate about the Mac mini. Now back to Tim.
All right. Thank you, Tom. Thanks again, Laura. The new MacBook Air and Mac mini, they are absolutely amazing. These new Macs are going to help our customers be even more productive and more creative. There are ways that Apple aims to inspire creativity in our users, including in our stores. The mission of our stores has always been to enrich the lives of our customers by educating and inspiring them to go even further. One of the new ways that we're taking their creativity even further is through our Today at Apple sessions. Yeah. To share more with you about the latest on Today at Apple, I'd like to invite up Angela. Angela.
Good morning. Good morning. It is so great to be back in New York, and we especially love being a part of the creative energy here in Brooklyn. This is what we're trying to replicate all over the world. You've heard us talk about retail as our largest product, how we think about the architecture as our hardware, and the experience inside, like our software. We call it Today at Apple. We started with the things that are core to Apple's DNA, things people most use their devices for and trust us to teach them, like photography, music, gaming, and app development. As Apple continues to develop curriculum, like Everyone Can Code and Everyone Can Create, we embed these lessons and techniques into our Today at Apple programming for all customers, including educators and entrepreneurs.
We hold all of our sessions in all 505 retail locations, like at Apple Cotai Central in Macao, which opened a few months ago. Here, customers are attending a session called Photo Walks, where they learn new features like portrait lighting and depth control while exploring the city together in a real social way. Apple Garosugil in Seoul, which opened this past spring, where customers participate in labs, our most advanced sessions, like a music lab called Building Your Sound, co-created with Florence of Florence + The Machine, where our creative pros help customers compose a song using GarageBand. Also this month, as a part of EU Code Week, we hosted sessions like Swift on iPad and Xcode on Mac, teaching over 2,000 coding sessions throughout Europe.
At Apple Piazza Liberty in Milan, which just opened this past summer, customers are loving Sketch Walks, where they learn to capture the city through drawing and painting on iPad. We're especially thrilled when our sessions inspire customers to go even further with their passions, like Sarah here, who after attending a few life art sessions and a lab in Florence, illustrated and published her first children's book. As we continue to push the design of our flagships to be even greater gathering places where everyone is welcome, we're also creating global platforms for local talent. Photographers, musicians, developers, and artists share their creative gifts. This month, in partnership with The Big Draw Festival, local artists have been leading sessions in our flagships globally, teaching and celebrating drawing, like Josh Cochran, a local New York artist who's leading a session across the street this afternoon.
Since the launch of Today at Apple only 18 months ago, we have held over 18,000 sessions a week, attended by millions of curious creatives around the world. With the newest release of the Apple Store app, we've made it even easier for you to find out what's happening near you. Just tap on the Sessions tab, and you'll see a spotlight of the newest Today at Apple sessions in your city. It'll also recommend sessions based on the products that you own and signature programs like Music Labs, Kids Hour, and Photo Walks. That's a quick update on Today at Apple, our new in-store experience since we launched, but we're not stopping here. Today, we're announcing 60 newly designed sessions. Video, music, and design have all been expanded, and we're adding walks and labs to most categories.
Of course, we're using Apple's latest technologies like AR and Siri Shortcuts. We're creating our first video lab called Small Screen Magic, co-created with video maker Zach King. You'll learn how to shoot and edit fun videos using the Clips app. We're also introducing a new photo lab called Fun Family Portraits. You'll use live photos to capture action, experiment with filters, and use Apple Pencil to make your portraits even more fun. We're introducing a design lab called Drawing Treehouses, co-created with architects Foster + Partners, where you'll learn architectural principles through the lens of fantasy. For the Mac, we're launching a new Pro series, like this video lab called Color and Mood with Final Cut Pro. You'll learn how to use color to enhance the visual feeling of your footage.
A music lab called Advanced Beat Making with Logic Pro, where you'll sample audio, design sounds, and program different styles of beats. So that's a sneak peek of a few of the new sessions launching in the new year. To further scale Today at Apple, in every city, every day, in every store, we're also upgrading our existing fleet, creating forums in over 70 stores a year, like this recent renovation of Apple Covent Garden in London. Just reopened a few days ago, and they're live streaming the event today. We'll continue to open flagships designed to amplify Today at Apple around the world. In June, we opened our first flagship in Seattle, Apple University Village.
On November 10th, we're launching Today at Apple at our first store, Apple Iconsiam in Bangkok, Thailand, and we're excited to be a part of the creative energy in this city. A few weeks later, we open Apple Champs-Élysées.
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With one of our grandest forums in Europe to further be a part of the creative renaissance in Paris. Just like all of our Apple products, we continue to minimize our environmental footprint. In fact, all of our retail locations run on 100% renewable energy. We feel that Today at Apple could be retail's greatest platform for enriching lives. It's designed to encourage human connection, inspire new learning, and unlock creativity and creative thinking for all generations. Today at Apple is brought to life by our 3,000 Apple creatives and the entire retail team, whose passion, energy, and commitment to humanize technology helps unleash the creative potential in us all. Thank you so much. Back to you, Tim.
Wow. No one else has anything like Today at Apple. In addition to the 3,000 creative pros, we have over 70,000 team members that are dedicated to help you get the most out of your products. They are the best team on the planet. Wow. I am moving to New York. I am moving to New York. Let's talk about another powerful creative product, iPad. iPad is a magical piece of glass that transforms instantly into anything you want it to be, portable, versatile, and powerful, while at the same time, being incredibly easy to use. We've now sold well over 400 million iPads, making it the most popular tablet by far. No one else is even close. What you might not know is we've sold more iPads in the last year than the entire notebook lineup of all of the biggest notebook manufacturers.
This makes the iPad not only the most popular tablet, but the most popular computer in the world. It's pretty phenomenal. iPad line today is comprised of the iPad mini, the iPad, and the iPad Pro. The iPad mini and the iPad are our most affordable iPads, they bring versatility and capability to as many users as possible. While iPad Pro pushes the boundaries to deliver our most cutting-edge creative iPad experience, it includes our most advanced technologies and our highest performance. iPad Pro delivers so much capability to our users, we have been absolutely amazed at the creative things they've done with it. That's why we created iPad Pro. Today, we're announcing an all-new iPad Pro. It's going to push what you can do on iPad or on any computer even further. Here it is.
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Yeah. This is the new iPad Pro. To tell you all about it, I want to bring up my colleague, John Ternus, Vice President of Hardware Engineering. John.
Thank you, Tim. I am thrilled to be able to tell you about this new iPad Pro. It marks the biggest change since the original iPad, we have made it better in every possible way. In fact, this really is the iPad we dreamed about building from the very beginning. We've always felt that the iPad should be all about the display. In this new iPad Pro, we have an LCD that stretches from edge to edge and top to bottom. Now, we achieved this design by rounding the corners of the display, using the same pixel masking and anti-aliasing technology that we introduced in the iPhone XR. Just like in the XR, we call it a Liquid Retina display. It is packed with our most advanced technologies, like Wide Color, True Tone, ProMotion, and of course, support for Apple Pencil.
This all comes together to deliver the most accurate, responsive, and beautiful display we have ever made. Now, the narrow border design gave us an opportunity to take a fresh look at our iPad Pro sizes. The original 10.5-inch iPad Pro is an amazing device. It offers plenty of area to get your work done and an enclosure that's large enough to support a full-size keyboard, but it's still just one pound and super portable. It really has been the ideal option for most of our iPad Pro customers. We decided to maintain that perfect footprint, but give you an even bigger display. This is the same take-anywhere size you loved in the 10.5-inch design, but now with an 11-inch display. It has a quarter million more pixels. Of course, for our customers who want an even larger canvas, we also offer the 12.9-inch display.
All that real estate makes multitasking and working with Apple Pencil an incredible experience. With this new iPad Pro, we're able to offer that same large screen experience in a much more portable package. This is the new 12.9-inch iPad Pro. It is dramatically smaller. In fact, it's now almost exactly the same size as an 8.5 by 11 piece of paper. It's not just smaller, it's also thinner. These new iPad Pros are just 5.9 millimeters thin. In the case of the 12.9 inch, that's nearly 15% thinner than before. Altogether, that means this new 12.9-inch iPad Pro is an incredible 25% less volume than its predecessor. It fundamentally changes the experience of using it. You really have to hold one to understand it, and we think when people do, many more folks will move up to the larger size.
It really is the ultimate iPad. That's especially true because it now has Face ID. On iPhone X, Face ID set the bar for intuitive, seamless, and secure authentication, but it's even better on the iPad Pro. On iPad Pro, Face ID delivers facial authentication that is more secure than any tablet or any computer. With a simple glance, you can unlock your iPad. You can log into your favorite apps, you can even pay for something with Apple Pay. Face ID is enabled by the TrueDepth camera, which is tucked away into this thin bezel. It uses depth technology to deliver greater security and accuracy than any 2D face scanner.
Bringing it to the iPad Pro meant we had to optimize the cameras, we even had to retrain the underlying neural networks to work specifically in all the ways that you use your iPad: portrait, landscape, attached to a keyboard. No matter how you use these new iPad Pros, they are always right side up. With support for Face ID, you might have noticed there's no longer a Home button. No Home button means that all those familiar gestures from the iPhone X now come to the iPad. For instance, you can swipe down from the upper right-hand corner to get the control center. You access the dock by swiping up from the bottom. If you continue swiping up and pause, you get to the app switcher.
You can even swipe along the bottom edge to quickly switch between your most recently used apps. You can work with two apps at once using Split View. You just drag an app up from the dock to the side, you can easily drag and drop between them. Slide Over gets you a quick view to another app, like when you need to quickly respond to a message. There's always plenty of room to get what you need done. This new iPad experience is all about making the most of these large displays, with space for creativity and to work with multiple apps at once. All that is possible because of what we put under the hood. These new iPad Pros are powered by the all-new A12X Bionic, this thing is a monster.
Just like the A12 in our latest phones, it is built on our latest seven-nanometer technology. No other tablet, laptop, or even desktop has been able to make this leap forward. It offers a huge jump in both performance and energy efficiency. Since this is an X chip, it means we went bigger than the A12, much bigger. In fact, this new A12X has more than 10 billion transistors. What is more incredible is what we have been able to do with all of them. The A12X features an eight-core CPU with four performance cores and four high-efficiency cores. With our latest generation performance controller, multi-threaded workloads can now leverage all eight of those cores simultaneously. The results of all this are pretty amazing. Single-core performance is up by 35% compared to last year's already really fast iPad Pros.
With the increase in core count and gains in efficiency, multi-core workloads are now up to 90% faster. This is a huge step forward. Here is another way to think about it. These iPad Pros are faster than 92% of all the portable PCs sold in the last 12 months, including the most popular Core i7 models from the top manufacturers. Of course, our X chips have also always been about big graphics, and these new iPad Pros do not disappoint. The A12X Bionic has an all-new Apple-designed seven-core GPU that delivers two times the performance of the previous generation. This is great. Compared to our first generation iPad, the graphics in these new iPad Pros is now 1,000 times faster. That is nuts.
To put it another way, the iPad Pro delivers Xbox One S class graphics performance in a product that is 94% smaller, and there is no AC cord required. In fact, like all of our iPads, it delivers amazing all-day battery life. Of course, we did not stop with just incredible CPU and graphics. Onboard the A12X, and coming for the first time to an iPad, we have our latest generation of the Neural Engine. Just like in the A12, the Neural Engine is capable of delivering an unbelievable five trillion operations per second, which is all in service of delivering incredible performance in Core ML tasks. With that, these new iPad Pros are not just faster than your last computer, they are also smarter and more capable.
Apps can do some amazing things like Photos, which uses machine learning to classify and organize your photos so you can always find what you are looking for. It also stitches together all those photos and videos to create those amazing memories. Other apps can take advantage of this as well, like Pixelmator Photo, which uses a neural network derived from over 20 million image pairs to determine how to intelligently enhance your photos, just like a pro photographer would. Our chip team has done so much more with A12X. Dedicated hardware blocks deliver high performance and high efficiency in everyday tasks, like capturing images and shooting video. There is simply nothing like this in other traditional PC chipsets. This year, we have a new fast storage controller on the A12X, which enables up to one terabyte in storage capacity.
We think this is really gonna help to free up those creative pro workflows. That new fast storage controller also enables something else that's really big, because a high-performance computer deserves a high-performance connector. So in these new iPad Pros, we're moving to USB-C. This brings a whole new set of capabilities to the iPad Pros, like connecting to accessories that change how you use your iPad, cameras, musical instruments, or even docks, or connecting to high-resolution external displays up to 5K. With USB-C, you can connect to these data accessories and displays at the same time. We think our pro customers are really gonna love this. Also, for the first time on these iPad Pros, we now support charging out over USB-C, so you can even charge your iPhone when you're on the go.
Now, one of the most important and game-changing accessories for the iPad Pro has been the Apple Pencil. With its lowest latency, sub-pixel precision, force and tilt sensing, the Apple Pencil is absolutely the tool to reach for, whether you're retouching a photo, jotting down notes, or sketching. With these new iPad Pros, the second-generation Pencil has been completely redesigned. The new Apple Pencil attaches magnetically to the iPad Pro. It automatically pairs and starts charging wirelessly. Because it's always charging, it's always ready to go the moment you need it. Tapping the screen with the Apple Pencil will wake the iPad Pro and launch instantly into the Notes app. This year, there's a whole new way of interacting with the Apple Pencil. Just tap twice on it to switch modes. In Notes, you can switch between your current tool and the eraser.
In other apps, this behavior will be customizable, which puts even more control into our users' hands. Also this year, we have a new Smart Keyboard Folio that continues to deliver a great typing experience in a thin and light design with no pairing, charging, or batteries required, and it's even simpler to use. It magnetically attaches to the iPad Pro, and it protects both the front and the back. It has a screen angle that is great in your lap, and another that's great at your desk. We think this is what makes iPad so unique. No other device can easily adapt to your needs the way that iPad can. On its own, iPad is the most personal and powerful tool for all the things that you do most. By adding just the right accessory, it totally transforms the experience.
Add the Apple Pencil, it becomes your sketchbook. Add the Smart Keyboard, it becomes your mobile office. Add an external monitor, and you have an editing bay. No other device offers this level of flexibility. Not only is iPad amazing for all the things you do today, but also the perfect tool for creating totally new experiences, like augmented reality. With its large display and a thin and light design, iPad is the best device ever created for AR. We've optimized these iPad Pros to make AR even better. We've calibrated the cameras and sensors and all of these components in A12X to deliver realistic graphics, real-time lighting and object tracking, and incredible texturing and reflections. With ARKit 2, we give apps enhanced surface detection and persistent experiences. All of this comes together to completely transform how you can interact with the world around you.
These new iPad Pros are packed with our most advanced technology. There's the new all-screen design with Liquid Retina display, advanced Face ID, the A12X Bionic chip delivering incredible pro-level performance, four-speaker audio, and this time with woofer and tweeter pairs in each corner. They sound amazing, and they offer wide stereo output. Gigabit Class LTE and eSIM technology in our cellular models for great connectivity wherever you go. So many more features that make this our very best iPad. We now have brand-new designs for the Apple Pencil and the Smart Keyboard Folio, and USB-C, which offers high-performance connectivity to a wide variety of accessories. That said, the new iPad Pro really comes to life through the incredible apps that have been designed for it.
To tell you more about that, I'd like to invite Sean Pruden, Senior Director of Worldwide Developer Relations, to the stage. Sean.
Thanks, John. Our developers are amazing. Today, there are over a million apps specifically designed to transform your iPad into anything you need with just a tap. With the new iPad Pros, apps you already know and love are going to look better and perform even faster than before, like Procreate for sketching and illustration, capturing notes with Notability, or using Morpholio Trace for architectural drawings. With the performance and capabilities of the all-new iPad Pros, our developers are going to be able to create experiences that were not possible before. For the first time, Autodesk will be bringing the desktop engine of AutoCAD to the iPad. This will allow customers to view and edit files that contain hundreds of thousands of objects like you see here, with performance as fast as the fastest PCs.
This is Assassin's Creed Rebellion from Ubisoft, a fan favorite on the console coming to the iPad for the first time. Not only does the new iPad unlock stunning visual effects like ambient fog and sunlight streaming through these windows, but it also delivers on the next level of texture and detail on everything you see. It's running at an unbelievable 120 frames per second, something no console can deliver. djay Pro is used by millions of DJs around the world, and Algoriddim have been able to harness the power of the A12X Bionic to deliver up to five times as many video clips that you can mix simultaneously. Using Core ML, dozens of audio samples can be key and beat-matched in real time to deliver performances that are perfectly in tune and on rhythm, unprecedented on a mobile device.
As you can see, iPad Pro delivers the power and versatility our customers demand wherever they are. Now, I'd like to introduce you to two developers to show you what's possible on these new devices. First, let's talk about gaming. On the large 120Hz display with pro performance and 4-speaker audio, iPad Pro is the ultimate gaming platform you can take anywhere. Here to show you what they've been able to accomplish is Greg Thomas, Executive Vice President at 2K Games.
Hey, Tom.
For more than 20 years, NBA 2K has set the standard for realistic gameplay and attention to detail. Each year, fans have been delighted to be able to experience the NBA on their consoles. Now, with this incredible new iPad, 2K and Visual Concepts have brought that same console realism to iOS. Everything we're going to show you today has never been possible on a mobile device before. Choose your favorite team and players. Many of you may recognize Barclays Center. We've recreated it exactly so that your Brooklyn Nets feel right at home today. I see my buddy Mike here has chosen the world champion Golden State Warriors. If you want to play as Steph Curry, you can play as Steph Curry. Watch the player with the blue circle at his feet as the rest of the team moves across the court.
Using seamless motion matching and inverse kinematics, we're able to create an unlimited number of animations, all at 60 frames per second. Let's take a step back and look at this beautiful arena. Even the sidelines and the thousands of fans are individually rendered in high resolution. This new iPad is simply amazing. It provides an experience that rivals consoles for the very first time. Let's take a look at a player. How about D'Angelo Russell? We meticulously recreate every single NBA player using high-end shaders to get all of the details to pop. Just look at his hair, the accurate tattoos, the beads of sweat on his skin. We've even rendered his jersey down to the pinholes. Let's get back to the game and see how the Warriors are doing. Oh, nice move. This is stunning.
Now we're able to add visual post effects such as anti-aliasing, HDR bloom, and depths of field. In fact, we're rendering nearly 6 million pixels at full Retina resolution with no upscaling. Okay, we've got a little bit of time left in this game. Mike, why don't you show us what you got? Time running out. Steph Curry. Buzzer beater. Game winner. Nice shot. NBA 2K Mobile. We'll see you on the court.
Thanks, Greg. That's just a glimpse of the amazing performance of the all-new iPad. You can see, developers will be taking their games to the next level. Let's turn to creativity. We've worked closely with our friends at Adobe for over 30 years, creating tools that have sparked entire new industries. Today we're delighted to have them here to show you the future of creativity. Please welcome Adobe's VP of Design, Jamie Myrold.
Thanks, Sean. I am so excited to be here today. At Adobe, the future of creativity extends beyond the desktop. Creative professionals want the ability to create with power and ease whenever and wherever inspiration strikes. A few weeks ago at Adobe MAX, we revealed Photoshop on the iPad, and we also previewed Project Aero, our new augmented reality design tool. Today, we are super excited to show both of these taking full advantage of the breakthrough performance of the amazing new iPad Pro. To show you, I've asked Chantel to join me. Chantel?
Thank you, Jamie. Let me show you the real Photoshop on iPad. Photoshop means having the familiar tools you need right where you expect them, here in the toolbar. Photoshop means having the full power of your layer stack and your adjustments. I want to make this flower in the middle really stand out. Let's add an adjustment layer, and we can find a hue that really looks nice. Okay, right about there. Let's use the brush tool, and I can come in here and color back on that mask and just reveal the white petals below. I'm doing this with the Apple Pencil. It feels so smooth and intuitive. It's great to be right here with the canvas. Okay, let's drop a blend mode on there. There we go. This is Photoshop reimagined for touch.
We have instituted many ways to have contextual UI. I can use this touch modifier under my thumb to switch between doing things I do all the time. Duplicate and move. Now that flower looks nicely framed by those pops of yellow, and we're ready to go. Okay. Let's zoom out and you can see this full bouquet. It's made up of 135 individual flower images, and you'll see that there's this really intricate mask applied to the whole layer stack. That means that when I want to make adjustments, I can just dial it up, dial it down, and dial right into the saturation level that I want to see. Great. Okay, let's zoom all the way out and you can see the sheer scale of this piece. It is a real PSD, the same I would work with on the desktop.
It's over 3 gigs. It's 157 layers, 12,000 by 12,000 pixels, and I'm zooming through it at lightning speed, no lag. That is thanks to working on this new iPad Pro with 8 cores of pure power. At Adobe, we know that you creative pros need to dive down deep into the pixel level of precision, but then just as easily get right back out and see the full picture. We've instituted a shortcut on the Apple Pencil. Just double tap. Get right back out. Double tap. Get right back in. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Photoshop on iPad just like you've always wanted. Now let's talk about how you can experience your Photoshop files in a whole new way. This piece is 9 feet by 9 feet when printed at scale, and here on the screen, it already has the power to awe and inspire.
What if you wanted to step into that redwood forest? Well, with Project Aero, now you can.
Let's take a look at that same PSD here in Aero, and it now has space between those layers. Because this is augmented reality, I can do things like bring in some interactive elements, like these butterflies, and I can set them to animate when I start the experience. Now I can use my iPad to become the cinematographer of this moment. Now with Photoshop, Project Aero, and iPad, creatives can express themselves in a whole new medium with the tools they already know and love. Back to you, Jamie.
Thanks, Chantel. That was truly amazing, and that file, created by Isabel Lemay, was just gorgeous. To recap what you just saw, this was the real Photoshop. By this I mean the actual Photoshop engine running on iPad Pro, fully reimagined for the simplicity of touch and the precision of Apple Pencil. Soon, creative professionals are going to have the ability to create and edit high-fidelity Photoshop files on the iPad Pro. We also showed you Project Aero, which is our new augmented reality design tool, and this tool will give designers the ability to use their skills in Photoshop to create next-generation immersive content. Look for both of these in the App Store in 2019. Thank you so much. Back to you, Sean.
Wow, that was incredible. Thank you, Jamie and Chantel. On iPad Pro, these tools are powerful enough for professionals but easy enough for anyone to use. That's why we're so excited to be partnering with Adobe on these and other next-generation apps for creative pros. This is what we mean when we talk about the iPad being a magical piece of glass that can be anything you need it to be. With the next generation of apps from our developers, it's going to completely change how you get things done in ways you never imagined. Back to you, John.
Thanks, Sean. Those are some incredible apps. It's amazing how much performance we've packed into these iPads. We are so excited about the all-new iPad Pro that we made a video, I'd love to run it for you now.
This is the new iPad Pro. It's unlike any iPad or anything we've made before, because everything has changed. Starting with the screen, as in all screen, that goes edge to edge on an impossibly thin profile. No, thinner. No, thinner than that. Yeah, that thin. It's not impossible. It just required fitting a larger display into a smaller form, tuning individual pixels to create perfectly rounded corners, re-engineering the TrueDepth camera system, making the speakers smaller but louder, adding microphones, shrinking LEDs, and pushing it all to the very edge so it fits within that narrow border, with everything still weighing about a pound. When you hold it, the technology seems to recede, and you're left feeling like you're essentially holding light. That's because the Liquid Retina display is our most advanced and responsive display ever.
There's no more Home button because it has Face ID, the most secure and seamless way to unlock your iPad. It's been redesigned to work in any direction, so there's no wrong way to unlock it or use it. It also has the most powerful and smartest chip we've ever made. Made even smarter by the Apple Neural Engine, now on iPad for the very first time. It's powerful enough for Photoshop. Yeah, real Photoshop. Because of the chip, everything you do, like surfing the web, messaging at the same time, dragging and dropping, is faster than ever, and faster than 92% of portable PCs. That's not all. We didn't just think about the iPad or the accessories, but how they all connect. That's why there are 102 magnets, all precisely aligned to create a perfect system.
You can do this and charge your Pencil at the same time. Drawing or writing will feel as natural as, well, a pencil, only better because its cylindrical touch sensor gives you more control, like switching tools with a double-tap. There's also a new keyboard that snaps into place like this and this, which is perfect for Group FaceTime. With USB-C, this now connects to that, that, and that. This makes things easy, even if what you do is complex. iPad Pro is more versatile, more portable, more capable. It's like a computer, but unlike any computer. This is the new iPad Pro.
The new iPad Pro. It's such a huge leap forward for iPad and for computers. Of course, like all of our products, every iPad Pro is made in ways that are good for both our customers and for the environment. In fact, the excess aluminum that was created in the process of making these iPad Pro enclosures is recycled back into the material that's used in the MacBook Air and the Mac mini. The 11-inch iPad Pro is offered in these four storage options, and it starts at $799. There is nothing else out there that comes close to this combination of performance and portability. The 12.9-inch iPad Pro is offered in these same storage options, and it starts at $999. Of course, both models are available in LTE configurations as well.
Customers can start placing orders today, they're going to be showing up next week on the 7th. In addition to the new Pro, the current 10.5-inch Pro will continue to be available alongside the 6th Gen iPad and iPad mini 4. This is the new iPad Pro, we could not be more excited about it. Back to Tim.
Before we close out, I have one quick update. iOS 12 is off to an unbelievable start. It's been installed on more systems in the first month than any version in history. This is incredible. It's remaining on a tear. In fact, an amazing 60% of all iOS devices out there are already running iOS 12. This is just unheard of. Today, we're shipping 12.1. This update includes Group FaceTime with up to 32 of your friends simultaneously. As well as some other great new features, including dual-SIM support for iPhone XS and iPhone XR with eSIM. There's also over 70 great new emojis where you can express yourself any way you would like.
This is the best iOS version ever. Check it out. What a huge morning. The all-new MacBook Air, thinner and lighter, now with Touch ID in this beautiful Retina display. Our most loved Mac is now our greenest Mac. The new Mac mini, it's the mightiest and most versatile Mac mini ever. Our Today at Apple sessions in our retail stores, designed to help our customers take their creativity even further. The incredible new iPad Pro with this beautiful all-screen design, chock-full of advanced features, and the A12X Bionic, the most powerful chip we have ever created. You're going to be amazed by what you can do with this product. At Apple, we love how people use our products to create truly wonderful things and put them out into the world. This has been our mission from the very beginning.
We've always believed deeply in the power of creativity to change things, to push the human race forward. It's such a great honor for us to be a part of what people create every day all around the world. What better way to celebrate that creativity than with an amazing musical performance? I'd like to introduce an artist that's used her unique talents to make brilliant and evocative music that defies genre. The Apple Music team is proud to have worked with her from the earliest days of her career, and she's gone on to sell over 15 million albums around the world. Most importantly, the creativity and emotional honesty of her work is undeniable. She is one of our favorites. Please join me in welcoming this New York native, the wonderfully talented Lana Del Rey. Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Well, thank you so much. Thanks to Tim for asking us to come down and sing a couple of songs for you. I'm lucky enough to have Jack Antonoff with me playing on the piano. I just wanted to say we're really honored to be playing for Apple. It's a company that's done so much to change the way that we consume music, but also for people like me and Jack, the way that we make music and record, whether it's at home and in the studio. With that, they told us not to swear, so for that reason I can't tell you the name of the upcoming record that me and Jack made. The first song that we're going to do from it is the last song we recorded for it, and it's called "How to Disappear".
Lana, we love you.
John met me down at the boulevard. I cried on his shoulder 'cause life is hard. The waves coming over my head. What you been up to my baby? I haven't seen you around here lately. All of the guys tell me lies but you don't. You just crack another beer and pretend that you're still here. This is "How to Disappear". This is "How to Disappear". Jim met me down at the training yard. Got cuts on his face 'cause he fought too hard. I know he's in over his head. I love that man like nobody can. He moves mountains and turns them to ground again. I watch the guys getting high as they fight for the things that they hold dear. To forget the things they fear. This is how they disappear. This is how they disappear.
Well, now it's been years since I left New York. I got a kid and two cats in the yard. California's fun and the movie starts. I watch the skies getting light as I write, as I think about those years. I whisper in your ear. I'm always going to be right here. No one's going anywhere. I'm always going to be right here. No one's going anywhere. Thank you so much. Again, in the name of swearing, I won't say the title of the second track. I'll call it Venice for now, and it's a song we released a couple of weeks ago. Fear of fun, I feel love. Fresh out of cares forever. I'm trying to be stronger for you. Ice cream, life's quaint. I dream in jeans and leather. Livestream, I'm sweet for you. Oh, God, I miss you on my lips.
It's me, your little Venice chick. On the stoop with the neighborhood kids. Calling out, "Bang, bang, kiss." You're in the yard, I light the fire. As the summer fades away. Nothing gold can stay. You write our tour, we make it work. You're beautiful and I'm insane. We're American made. Give me Hallmark. One dream, one life, one lover. Paint me happy in blue. Norman Rockwell. No hype under our covers. It's just me and you. Oh, God, I miss you on my lips. It's me, your little Venice chick. On the stoop with the neighborhood kids. Calling out, "Bang, bang, kiss." You're in the yard, I light the fire. As the summer fades away. Nothing gold can stay . You write, I tour, we make it work. You're beautiful and I'm insane. We're American made. Yeah. Oh. Yeah. Mm. Oh. Oh, God, I miss you on my lips.
Babe, it's me, your little Venice chick. I'm on the streets with the neighborhood kids. Calling out "Bang bang, kiss kiss." Calling out "Bang bang, kiss kiss." I'm calling out "Bang bang, kiss kiss." Thank you very much.
You are unbelievably wonderful.
I'm always nervous.
No, I'm the one that's nervous. You're great. Thank you. Lana Del Rey. I'd like to thank everyone for joining us today in New York and everyone that's been watching online. I'd like to thank everyone at Apple who made today possible and makes every day possible. It couldn't be done without you. We've got a hands-on area with these amazing products just down the road at One Hanson Place. We'll have people escort you over there. I encourage you to go try them out for yourselves. They are amazing. Thanks again. I may see you in your neighborhood.