Apple

Apple Inc., formerly Apple Computer, Inc., is an American multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing consumer electronics and closely related software products. Established in Cupertino, California on April 1, 1976, Apple develops, sells, and supports a series of personal computers, portable media players, mobile phones, computer software, and computer hardware and hardware accessories. For those who want to save some money they also offer refurbished models

iPad nomenclature

Over the years of the iPad products there has been confusion over the actual iPad being talked about. Often the name New iPad has been used repeatedly, in other cases the same name is reused. At this time here is how the various iPads can be tracked. In this wiki, to avoid confusion the actual year the product was released will be used to track the duplicate models. The other method is to track the generation of the product:

• The iPad mini is currently shipping the 6th generation of this device. All have 7.9" screens.
• The regular iPad is currently shipping the 9th generation of this device. All The early ones up to the 6th have 9.7" screens. The 7th generation has a 10.2" screen and is the same physical size as the 3rd generation iPad Air
• The iPad Air is currently shipping the 4th generation of this device. The first two had 9.7" screens while the 3rd generation has a 10.5" screen and the 4th Generation adopts a 4.3:3 aspect ratio to achieve a 10.9" screen in the same physical size.
• The iPad Pro is a bit different in that it has always shipped multiple devices with different screen sizes.
  • The largest screen is always the 12.9" model and the current model is the 3rd generation of that product.
  • The iPad Pro with a 9.7" screen was released once and then replaced with a unit with a 10.5" screen.
  • The iPad Pro 2018 has the already mentioned 12.9" screen and a new device with an 11.0" screen.
  • The 11.0" version is the first iPad not to have a 4:3 aspect ratio. It has a 4.3:3 ratio screen which is the same width as the older 10.5" screens but is taller by removing the button at the bottom while maintaining the same physical size.
  • The iPad Pro 2020 has new generations of the 12.9" and 11.0" models.

See iPadOS#Models for a full list of iPadOS compatible iPads sorted by screen size.

Apple cameras

Apple cameras tend to have 4:3 aspect ratio of still pictures while they have 16:9 for Video. However 3rd party apps may offer 16:9 photos with varying pixel counts within the numbers below.

Photo 4:3

• 1280 x 960 1.2MP
• 2592 x 1944 5MP
• 3096 x 2322 7MP (?)
• 3264 x 2448 8MP
• 4032 x 3024 12MP (iPhone 7 and later)

Video standard 16:9

• 1280 x 720 HD 720P
• 1920 x 1080 FHD 1080P
• 3840 x 2160 UHD 4K

Wiki articles

Apple articles on this web site include:

Hardware

• On January 19, 1983, The Apple Lisa was launched! It was one of the first personal computers to offer a graphical user interface (GUI) in a machine aimed at individual business users. It was replaced by the Mac.
• Newton

iPads

• iPad covers the iPad 1 to iPad 4, all standard iPads have a 9.7" screen and beginning with the iPad 3 they all have the same 2048 x 1536 resolution at 264 pixels per inch (ppi)
• iPad Air all iPads from this one on include Wi-Fi dual antennas and MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) technology.
• iPad Air 2 w/ 9.7" screen - earliest version with iPadOS
• iPad Air 2019 10.5" supports Apple pencil and Smart Keyboard
• iPad Air 2020 10.9" with new processor and magic keyboard support.
• iPad Air 2022 10.9" with new processor and optional G5 support.
• iPad mini mini 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 w/ 7.9" screen
• iPad 2017 w/ 9.7"
• iPad 2018 adds support for the Apple pencil
• iPad 2019 has a 10.2" screen and support for Apple pencil and Smart Keyboard
• iPad 2020 new processor
• iPad Pro w/ 12.9", 9.7", and 10.5" screen - like other recent iPad these have a 264 ppi screen. They also support the Apple pencil and Smart Keyboard
• iPad Pro 2018 12.9" and 11.0" supports Magic Keyboard with a trackpad.
• iPad Pro 2020 12.9" and 11.0" supports the Magic Keyboard with a trackpad.
• iPad accessories

Compare iPad models at Apple web site.

iPods

• iPod
• iPod Touch

iPhones

• iPhone covers 1,3,4,4S,5 all with 3.5" screens
• IPhone 3G and 4‏‎ with 3.5"
• IPhone 4S‏‎ with 3.5"
• iPhone 5 compares iPhone SE, iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, iPhone 5, all with 4" screen and iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 with 3.5" screen
• iPhone 6 and plus with 4.7" and 5.5"
• iPhone 6S and plus with 4.7" and 5.5" - earliest model with iOS version 13 support
• iPhone 7 and plus with 4.7" and 5.5"
• iPhone 8 and plus with 4.7" and 5.5"
• iPhone SE with 4"
• iPhone SE 2020 with 4.7"
• iPhone SE 2022 with 4.7"
• iPhone X with 5.8"
• iPhone XR with 6.1"
• iPhone XS and XS Max with 5.8" and 6.5"
• iPhone 11 and Pro models with 5.8", 6.1" and 6.5"
• iPhone 12 4 phones in the family with 5.4", 6.1" and 6.8"
• iPhone 13 mini 5.4" and full size 6.1"

Software

• iBooks - App for ePub and PDF, now called Apple Books.
• Mac OS X
• iOS for iPhones as of iOS13 and older iPads and iPhones.
• iPadOS for new iPads as of 2019 and later and older units back to 2014.
• PAGES - covers iOS version.
• iWork is the Mac equivalent of MS Office.
• FairPlay DRM - used on ePub for iBooks
• PICT a Mac format for vector graphics.
• HEIF is the internal format for the camera starting with iOS 11.0

For comparison of all Apple devices see Wikipedia list of devices

Terminology

• Retina display