When Apple announces new product , we fuck to analyze and dissect all the new hooey , and there was plenty to babble about with this one shot of releases . But Apple did n’t just sum up new characteristic to its late products this clock time — it also admit aside some material that has been there for a while . Here are four features it take aside from the10th - generation iPadandApple TV 4Kthat may start disappearing from other products as well .
Lightning
We all know that Apple ’s proprietary Lightning porthole is n’t long for this humans , and Apple is n’t wasting any clock time getting disembarrass of it . The Lightning embrasure was withdraw from both the 10 - generation iPad and theSiri remoteand replaced with USB - C , leaving iPhones , AirPods , and a few Mac accessories as the last remaining devices to feature Lightning .
But there ’s one quirk with this round of golf of releases . The young iPad has a USB - C interface for burden , so you ’ll need an arranger to saddle the Apple Pencil , which still has Lightning . So the road to USB - C is still a small bumpy .
Headphone jack
Apple has had a target on the headphone diddly-squat since theiPhone 7 , and the9th - gen iPadwas the last iOS / iPadOS equipment to feature a headphone diddly-shit — and it still is . Apple removed the sea dog from the 10 - gen iPad ’s redesign and once it stops sell the 9th - gen iPad , none of Apple ’s tablets will have one .
That will leave the Mac as the only Apple mathematical product to still let in a 3.5 mm earpiece jack . Apple had plenty of late opportunities to take away the phone manual laborer from the iMac and MacBook with the Apple Si conversion , but it has thus far relented . It ’s arguably more significant on the Mac than the iPhone and iPad for audio remark equipment , specially for pro users , but still , we marvel how many more redesigns it ’ll survive .
Built-in ethernet
It ’s no secret that Apple need to rid the humans of wires , and one of the biggest is ethernet . Ever since the iBook ’s AirPort Wireless Wi - Fi Card get in 1999 , Apple has been attempt to get rid of unsightly internet cables , and the Apple TV 4 K continues that trend . It ’s not gone totally , but you need to buy the $ 149 model to get an ethernet interface — the cheaper $ 129 modeling does n’t have one .
Apple did something similar with the 24 - inch iMac . Because it was so thin , Apple removed the ethernet port from the body of the machine and alternatively go it to the power adaptor — but it ’s not included in the cheap example . It ’s been years since Apple included ethernet on its laptop too , so only a handful of desktop Macs — Mac Studio , Mac Pro , and Mac Hokkianese — support built - in wired cyberspace now . The ethernet port on Apple ’s desktop Macs credibly is n’t in contiguous danger , but it ’s decidedly expose .
‘Solid’ Retina displays
Apple introduce the Liquid Retina showing with the iPhone X and it ’s since expand to nearly every product it sells with a concealment , most recently the10th - gen iPadandM2 MacBook Air . Now , just a handful of products remain that do n’t have a Liquid Retina show : the iPhone SE , ninth - gen iPad , 13 - inch MacBook Pro , 24 - column inch iMac , Studio Display , and Pro Display XDR , and several are bruit to make the switch soon . So if you care straight corners , buy one while you still can .
