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2021 Annual Pickies

jbiatek 31st December 2021 at 9:58pm
Winner: James

🥇 Round 1 (3 points)

HostPickScore
James "A Mac gets a headgear accessory to enable AR/VR development" 0
Jason "2021 is the year that Apple Silicon travels to space" 0
John "Apple is going to introduce a standalone display in 2021" 0
  • "Costs less than a Pro Display XDR"
  • Yet again, John makes this his 3 point pick, but Jason thinks this might be the year.

🥈 Round 2 (2 points)

HostPickScore
James "Apple announces a Mac Pro expansion card that adds an Apple Silicon chip" 0
Jason "The iPad mini will be updated with a flat-sided design" 2
John "AirTags will finally come out this year" 4
  • They came in April for double points

⚡️ Lightning Round (1 point)

HostPickScore
James "AirPods Max will be updated with a new case" 0
Jason "The Mac Pro will stop being sold in anticipation of an Apple Silicon version, to come out in 2022 or later" 0
  • This happened to the iMac Pro, but not the Mac Pro.
John "Apple will release a successor to the Pippin" 0
James "Apple will turn Dark Sky into a framework for app developers to build weather apps" 0
Jason "The iPhone naming scheme will change this year" 0
  • "Expected names are 12S or 13, with some combination of Mini, Pro, and Max modifiers"
John "iOS 15 will feature a customizable color palette, sort of a 'theme-lite' system" 0
James "The Apple TV remote is updated" 2
  • Specifically not including a guess as to whether it will be better or not.
  • Came true in April, so double points.
Jason "Developers will get a way to develop AR/VR apps on 'normal' hardware" 0
  • Ungraded: something like Google Cardboard
John "Apple will release an iPad Pro with a square aspect ratio" 0
James "iPad multitasking changes in some way" 2
  • Again not including a guess as to whether it will be better or not.
  • Came true at WWDC in June, so double points.
Jason "5G will not come to the Mac" 1
  • Indeed, no cellular at all.
John "The headphone jack will come back, but only to the Max phones" 0
James "Apple will update the iMac, but the stand will be sold separately" 0
Jason "An iPod Touch will play a role in a major news story" 0
John "Miniature widgets or complications will come to the iOS lock screen" 0

🏆 Scores

  1. James: 4 - (5/7 * 5) = 0.4285714286
  2. John: 4 - (6/7 * 5) = -0.2857142857
  3. Jason: 3 - (5/7 * 5) = -0.5714285714