The new "Apple TV" is equipped with the A8 chip and there are 2 models of 8 GB and 16 GB, 4 K correspondence · price and release date are also reported

ByJulien GONG Min

A new model that Apple is expected to announce at the event to be held on September 9, 2015Apple TV"The details are gradually becoming clear.

Apple TV 4 hardware revealed: A8 chip, black remote, 8 / 16GB storage, same ports, no 4K | 9to 5Mac
http://9to5mac.com/2015/09/02/apple-tv-4-2015-specs/


Apple product specialty news site "9to 5MacAccording to the contents reported, the 4th generation new Apple TV will be equipped with the same A8 chip as the iPhone 6 series and support game play via the App Store. Moreover, it corresponds to Siri of voice assistant function, and it is seen that TV operation becomes possible by talking to. Although it is known that there are two models of storage capacity of 8 GB and 16 GB, Apple reports that it is studying both the strategy to line up both models and the strategy to sell only the 16 GB model It is done.

The size of the main body is slightly higher and the attached remote control seems to be changed from silver to black in the current machine, but the material is considered to remain unchanged as metal. The remote control supports a touch sensor like a smartphone and motion control, and it seems that operability at the time of game play is taken into consideration. In terms of image quality, it has also been proven that it is not expected to correspond to the expected 4K picture quality streaming.


In addition, Apple is expected to launch its own video distribution service in 2016, so Apple TV may play its important role.

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Regarding product lineup including price, Apple seems to be considering two strategies. One is to set the 8GB model as the basic model to $ 149 (about 18,000 yen) and the 16GB model to $ 199 (about 24,000 yen). The other is to set the price to 149 dollars (about 18,000 yen) with only the 16 GB model appearing, but in any case the new Apple TV will be at least $ 149 (about 18,000 yen) in hand 9to 5Mac reports that it will be inserted.

It seems that big news is also supporting new games via the App Store. The new Apple TV is expected to be able to install games from the App Store, so you can play smartphone games on television in the form of so-called stationary aircraft. Because this can be said to be an appearance of Apple's anticipation that it is said to be developing to the game market, how will Apple's game strategy that is successful on the iPhone be developed, in that direction Also attention is likely to gather.

In addition, the new Apple TV is equipped with an iOS 9 based OS, and it is said that the application capacity reduction etc are realized. It is announced at the event to be held on 9th September 2015, and it is predicted that shipment will begin around October.

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