A  man holds an iPhone 6 in a mobile phone shop in Moscow September 26, 2014.
IN PHOTO: Personal files are now stored using cloud. Too, relationships are built and strengthened via applications in cloud. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

New Apple products will soon be making their way. The latter part of the year has always been Apple's "time" thus the increasing attention. According to recent information, Apple has been working on several refreshres including the iPhone 6s, a new iPad system and some MacBook upgrades.

According to a recent patent sighting, Apple has been working on bringing better picture quality to its handsets. Specifically, patent number 8,988,564 entitled "Digital camera with light splitter" discusses the use of prisms to separate colors. As the patent's abstract notes: "A digital camera component is described that has a light splitter cube having an entrance face to receive incident light from a camera scene. The cube splits the incident light into first, second, and third color components that emerge from the cube through a first face, a second face, and a third face of the cube, respectively. First, second, and third image sensors are provided, each being positioned to receive a respective one of the color components that emerge from the first, second, and third faces of the cube. Other embodiments are also described and claimed."

As for the new MacBook and iPad systems, Patently Apple reports that the Cupertino-based giant has been working on advanced magnetic attachments units that allows dual iPad configuration with a virtual keyboard. This can lead to range of functions including a digitizing board, notebook and more.

As the site notes: "Apple's newly granted patent covers their invention relating to releasable attachment techniques well suited for portable electronic devices. More specifically it relates to a system, method, and apparatus for forming a cooperative system using magnetic attachment." As with other patents, these may or no may not find their way to actual releases.

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