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The New Iphone SE Our Meetings The offcial journal of the Wellington Macintosh Society Inc Volume 37.04 – April 2020 Come to one of The new iPhone SE our meetings Online Monday 27 April 7:00 pm for 7:30 pm Subject: Catch-up, Q&A, Contact methods Online Monday 4 May 7:00 pm for 7:30 pm Subject: Picking a new Mac notebook iPad Group TBA Help Desk TBA Apple has reused the “iPhone SE” name to introduce a new iPhone with a low price and design similar to the iPhone models, but with the latest technology inside. Where to find us Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we will not be able to hold physical meetings under alert level 4 or 3, and they may not be practical under alert level 2. In the meantime we will be running online meetings via Zoom, normally on the same monthly schedule as our Wellington meeting: the evening of the last Monday each month. Meeting invitations will be sent to members via email. If non-members or former members would like to attend a meeting on a trial basis, please email [email protected]. The Birth of the Wellington Apple Users INSIDE The President Writes p2 David’s Tech Guide p3 Group p10 Apple’s 44th birthday p5 Committee Contact Details p12 The Birth of iOS p8 CAPITAL APPLE – APRIL 2020 PAGE 1 The president writes ... With all these disruptions, there is now an opportunity to look at our vision for the future and to work out where we should be going. Looking back to the founding of the group in 1984, it was the young early adopters of computers that banded together in a mutual self help manner, as there was little support available. Graeme Moffatt Most of these energetic and forward thinking [email protected] people were no doubt ostracised by those around them, and I can attest to that as I certainly was. I Hi folks. was not aware of the Wellington Apple Users We never know what is just round the corner Group when I purchased my first computer and and the Covid-19 outbreak and its ramifications are would definitely have joined if I was. I lived in just one such scenario that we didn’t see coming. Nelson at the time and had to teach myself all that I As everyone is now aware, it has played havoc all knew by pouring over the manual that came with throughout the world and we have been affected it. Not long after I came back to Wellington and just as much as everyone else. started working for a printer in Upper Hutt, doing One interesting aspect of this lockdown is the typesetting and graphic designs on my upgraded manner in which we have decided how we can Macintosh Classic, it did not take me long to join continue to provide the assistance to our members once I became aware of the group. that we have cherished doing for the many years My main interest at the time was the ability to we have been in existence. acquire low cost and free shareware that the club Credit must go to David Empson who led the made available at each meeting, essentially for the charge on identifying and testing suitable video cost of a floppy disk. Over the years the society has conferencing software before settling on Zoom as progressed and we now need once again to assess being the best under the circumstances. our vision and where we are going and hopefully We have been able to conduct a couple of you will all join in and assist in this process. simulated meeting tests and these have gone very There is a good film about Steve Jobs and how well, with from memory around fourteen people he reinvigorated Apple on his return in 1997. being present on the second one. This has given us https://www.youtube.com/watch? some idea of the issues that will confront us once v=5fI3zz2cp3k&t=46s this number increases and David and Shane, who With the current lockdown situation, there is not have been hosts for these meetings, are a lot of news circulating around computers and investigating ways around the small number of how to use particular software so this issue has issues we came across. been largely filled with historic information. It is All other aspects of our society have had to be going to be important that when we come out of put on hold and as the vast majority of our this shutdown of our economic infrastructure, that members are in the most vulnerable sector of the there will be a number of casualties and many community, it may be some time before we are able things will not be the same. Our group I feel, has to resume our normal schedule. weathered the storm pretty well and with has This is something that your committee will be discovered other ways of being able to continue keeping a close eye on and just as soon as we are meetings, and I suspect that we will in fact come safely able to reintroduce our physical meetings, out the better for the experience. we will let everyone know of what, where and That’s all, folks! Graeme Moffatt when these will be held. To contact me, email [email protected], or you can ring me at home (027 660-3094) CAPITAL APPLE – APRIL 2020 PAGE 2 The presidentDavid’s Tech Guide writes ... by David Empson [email protected] (A13 vs A110) so the SE is about 40% faster for 04 976 9755 processing tasks and twice as fast for graphics. The iPhone SE also gains Wi-Fi 6 support and eSIM as well as the nano-SIM, which allows it to operate simultaneously on two cellular networks. One feature is gone compared to the iPhone 8: 3D-Touch. In the iPhone 6S through 8, X and XS New iPhone SE (but not the original SE), this feature meant the https://www.apple.com/nz/iphone-se/ display is able to detect how hard you are pressing Apple has released a new iPhone called the and the software can behave differently, e.g. by “iPhone SE”. It is based on the same design as the displaying a pop-up menu on the home screen iPhone 8 (physically similar to the iPhone 6, 6S and rather than launching an app. In later iPhone 7) with a 4.7-inch display, glass back and home models Apple has replaced this feature with “haptic button with Touch ID. touch”, where you use a long touch (with physical Internally it has component updates, adopting feedback) to get a similar result. the same processor as the iPhone 11 (A13 Bionic), Some retailers are still offering the iPhone 7 and with a single lens rear camera that improves starting at $599 (32 GB). This is another generation on the iPhone XR. older (A10 processor) and I do not recommend The starting price is NZ$799 for 64 GB storage, buying a new one now. An extra $200 to get the SE which is $70 cheaper than the previous price of the rather than the 7 gives you a much faster phone iPhone 8 with the same storage. with more storage, more features (e.g. wireless Higher capacity options are NZ$899 for 128 GB, charging) and longer software support. NZ$1099 for 256 GB. If you are considering upgrading to the new Colours are white, black or (PRODUCT)RED. If iPhone SE from the original iPhone SE or a similar you buy the red model, Apple will make a older model (iPhone 5, 5C or 5S), there is the contribution to the global fund to combat obvious change in size: 4.7-inch display rather than COVID-19. 4-inch, which basically rules out using the iPhone The iPhone SE is available for order now from with one hand. Apple’s online store and local cellphone companies The iPhone SE concept is not “small”. It is “new and retailers. hardware in a familiar design for a great price”. It seems unlikely that Apple will release a new Comparing the SE with older iPhones iPhone as small as the 2016 SE any time soon. If you Apple has a handy page which lets you see want a new iPhone because yours is getting too old, specifications of the iPhone SE side by side with and want to stick with Touch ID rather than Face ID older iPhone models (SE through 8): (or not spend too much), then the 2020 iPhone SE is https://www.apple.com/nz/iphone-se/why- the one you should be getting. upgrade/ Apple has stopped selling the iPhone 8 and 8 Why get an iPhone XR, 11 or 11 Pro? Plus via their web site, but they are still available The SE has the same processor as the 11 and 11 through some retailers. At the moment it seem the Pro, and is much cheaper. The main reasons to get iPhone 8 price has not changed (starting at $869), an iPhone 11 rather than an SE are: which is overpriced compared to the new SE. • Face ID rather than Touch ID. Apart from The iPhone 8 Plus has some advantages over the face unlock, this lets you use features that some new SE due its larger size: display area, battery life may consider frivolous like Animoji. It also and an extra telephoto camera. brings changes to user interface gestures that The processor in the iPhone SE is two take a little relearning, but are not difficult.
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