New Apple Factory Will Be Built In Arizona And Be Powered Entirely By Renewable Energy
What's Special About Apple's New Factory?
Huffington Post UK
Apple has confirmed it will build upon its decision to manufacture it's new and ridiculously powerful Mac Pro in America by opening a new factory in Arizona.
The factory in Mesa is reported to be in partnership with mineral crystal firm GT Advanced Technologies and will make sapphire components for Apple devices.
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Apple is focusing on green energy
These include things like the new Touch ID fingerprint sensor and the new iPhone's camera lense.
We are proud to expand our domestic manufacturing initiative with a new facility in Arizona, creating more than 2,000 jobs in engineering, manufacturing and construction. This new plant will make components for Apple products and it will run on 100% renewable energy from day one, as a result of the work we are doing with SRP to create green energy sources to power the facility.
9 Biggest Surprises From Apple's October 2013 Launch
iPad Mini With Retina Display(01 of07)
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The new Mini is not a hugely surprising update in theory, but is an excellent one in person. It looks just as if someone has lifted a plastic sheet off the screen of the old version, allowing the new Retina display to shine with 2048 x 1536 pixels - the same as on the iPad Air.
iLife(02 of07)
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Apple announced lots of new updates to its iLife suite of lifestyle apps, and its iWork productivity software. Our favourite? 'Drummer', a new addition to Garageband which looks set to make real drummers obsolete with dynamic, adjustable drumming which you can add to your demos. Neat.
iPad Air(03 of07)
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The iPad Air is dramatically thinner, lighter and more powerful than the old model - but this is still the familiar iPad you know and (probably) love. It's boosted by the new A7 chip, has a much thinner bezel and is a decent upgrade all around.
Mac Pro(04 of07)
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The Mac Pro desktop computer, announced back in June at WWDC, received pricing and availability information. The hugely powerful computer - which is aimed at graphics, video and IT professionals - will start at $2999 for a 3.7GHz, quad-core Xeon processor and 12GB DRAM. It's available in December. (credit:Getty Images)
Macbook Pro(05 of07)
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The Macbook Pro has been upgraded, powered by the new Intel Haswell chips which offer huge improvements to battery life. The new 13-inch has a nine hour battery life and comes at a lower cost ($1499 in the US down to $1299). The 15-inch machine is powered by an Intel Crystalwell quad-core chip, with Iris Pro Graphics and up to eight hours of battery life, and also has a lower price than before (also down by $200). (credit:Getty Images)
App Store Numbers(06 of07)
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Apple announced it has now sold more than 60 billion apps, from the more than 1,000,000 available on the iOS App Store. (credit:Getty Images)
OS X 'Mavericks'(07 of07)
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(Not the real packaging.) Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks: the new update to Mac OS X for its desktops and laptops will be released for free, Apple said, for users who are running any version of the software. 'Mavericks', which adds features including revamped notifications, integrated Maps and much more, works for all Macs released since the 2009 Mac Mini - and is available immediately.