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First impressions of the Apple Studio Display have now been shared by select media outlets and YouTubers, providing a closer look at Apple’s latest standalone display. Reviewers praised some aspects such as the display’s built-in speaker and microphone setup, while others felt that “the Studio Display in its current state is a confounding miss.”
Image via The VergePriced starting at $1,599, the Studio Display is Apple’s first new external display since the 2019 Pro Display XDR. It features a 27-inch 5K Retina display with up to 600 nits brightness, P3 Wide color, True Tone, one Thunderbolt port, three USB-C ports, a built-in A13 Bionic chip, a three-microphone array, a 12-megapixel f/2.4 Ultra Wide camera with Center Stage, and a six-speaker sound system with support for Spatial Audio.
An angle-adjustable stand is included in the price of the display, but for an extra $400, there is a tilt and height-adjustable stand, and a VESA mount adapter option that lets the display be used in portrait or landscape orientation. There is also a $300 upgrade for nano-texture glass that minimizes glare in workspaces with bright lighting.
Design
Reviewers generally admired the slim, all-aluminum design of the Studio Display. Gizmodo‘s Phillip Tracy highlighted the Studio Display’s passive cooling design elements and criticized the display’s rubbber feet:
On the top are vent holes for passive cooling; the rear panel got warm during my testing but never reached concerning temps.
Like those on the Mac Studio, the Studio Display’s rubber pads failed to keep the monitor planted to my wooden desk. It slid around as I inserted or disconnected cables from the rear I/O.
Display Quality
CNBC‘s Kif Leswing felt that the display quality was adequate but un
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