This week on Music Ed Tech Talk I am joined by Joe Plazak, Principal Software Engineer and Designer of Sibelius, to talk all about their summer iPad release.

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Episode Description: Joe Plazak (Principal Software Engineer and Designer) joins the show to talk about Sibelius for Mobile and their new iPad app.

This episode is sponsored by Blink Session Music: Because Virtual Lessons Are More Than a Video Chat.

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App of the Week:
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Robby Burns

September 15, 2021

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Yesterday’s iPhone Event

Robby Burns

September 15, 2021

Original Post

I’ve already been getting texts from colleagues asking about yesterday’s iPhone event so I thought I would put some thoughts down here.

I get why this event has everyone’s curiosity levels at 100 every year. Everyone needs a phone. And they want to know which one will be their next. The truth is, iPhones are at a point where they are going to continue to slowly iterate year over year. Major changes are rare.

Every year Apple makes better iPhones than the previous year. In the case of this year, the most notable improvements are to the camera. If you have been holding on to your phone for 2-3 years, this will be a worthy upgrade.

There are four options: iPhone 13, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone Pro Max.

Respectively, those could be explained as New Phone (Medium), New Phone (Small), Better New Phone (Medium), Better New Phone (Big).

I can’t tell you which phone to buy but chances are the New Phone is probably good enough for your needs, and what it will really come down to is size and how ready you are to upgrade. The camera is always better on the Pro models, and I have a toddler, so I am getting that model. While some years there is a better camera in the largest sized model, this is not the case this year, so iPhone Pro 13 (non-Max) it is for me. My wife will be getting a mini, which is a really lovely phone if you can stomach the low battery life.

The most attractive thing announced yesterday was probably the new iPad mini that has the new design of the iPad Pros (with flat edges and support for the second-generation Apple Pencil). If you have room for an iPad mini in your life, there is no question, you should get it. This device looks really slick. I am still riding out my iPad Pro 12.9 inch from 2018 and plan to do so for a while, though I am curious about going to the 11-inch pro model sometime down the road. I realize I might miss the larger size for sheet music reading, but I was doing it before there was ever a 12.9-inch size, and I really miss the feeling of holding the smaller size for things like reading and watching video content on the couch. The 12.9 has very much a laptop feeling in my experience. Owning a 12.9 and a mini is tempting but it seems cumbersome to charge and keep up with two iPadOS devices.

There is also a new Apple Watch and it looks like the most boring update ever unless you have a 2+-year-old Apple Watch in which case it will be a really strong update.

I also may consider the new MagSafe wallet attachment that has Find My app integration considering I just lost my wallet at school over as recently as this past weekend.

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