Apple’s brand new monitor, the Studio Display, does not just have an A13 Bionic chip, like the iPhone 11 or the 2021 iPad. It also seems to have a 64 GB storage module. , according to the developer, Khaos Tian, on Twitter, only 2 GB would be used by the monitor’s operating system.
Apple did not provide information on onboard storage in the technical specifications provided. Even if the Cupertino giant was careful not to confirm it to us, it also seems that its Studio Display works under iOS 15.4, the latest version of Apple’s operating system. The screen should therefore be updated quite easily.
Anyway, with such a configuration, we have in front of us the equivalent of an iPad. So why squeeze so much storage into a device that apparently requires little?
The first explanation is perhaps technical. The A13 Bionic has always been accompanied by equivalent minimal storage. It is therefore possible that this chip needs such a storage capacity to function.
The second explanation may quite simply be a question of economy of scale. Apple purchases millions of NAND memory modules for its various products every year, and 64GB is now the smallest amount found in most Apple products, with the notable exception of Apple TVs (HD and 4K).
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The third explanation is more of a somewhat childish hope that Apple will have a surprise in store for us. What if the Studio Display could one day offer so much more than it currently offers? Couldn’t it become a more Mac-independent device, capable of running a classic version of iOS, with access to the App Store, for example? We even begin to dream of a kind of iMac under iPadOS… or a small “Apple television” under tvOS.
So certainly, several points spoil our dream a little. The panel is not tactile, and the Studio Display should be able to connect to a keyboard-mouse couple via Bluetooth (because USB-C is not the most practical) – a technology that is not officially supported. Also, would the A13 Bionic be the best choice in this regard? Hard to say… but let us dream a little, will you?
Source: MacRumors