iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus Launch at #AppleEvent at San Francisco
Apple is holding a special event in California, where it is going to unveil the iPhone 7, 7 Plus and Apple Watch 2.
iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus
Key features of iPhone 7:
12MP camera
4.7” Retina HD Display with wide colour gamut
Optical image stablisation
7MP FaceTime HD camera
New Home button
Water and dust resistant
Stereo Speakers
A10 Fusion Chip
LTE Advanced up to 450 Mbps
Longest battery life ever in an iPhone
iOS 10
Key features of iPhone 7 Plus:
12MP wide-angle and telephoto cameras
5.5” Retina HD Display with wide colour gamut
Optical image stablisation
7MP FaceTime HD camera
New Home button
Water and dust resistant
Stereo Speakers
A10 Fusion Chip
LTE Advanced up to 450 Mbps
Longest battery life ever in an iPhone
iOS 10
Here are the colours that you can get for the new iPhone:
Jet black
Black
Gold
Silver
Rose gold
In 3 variations, that is 32GB, 128GB and 256GB.
The cost of iPhone 7 will start at $649 and iPhone 7 plus will start at $769.
Orders start on 9 September and shipping starts on 16 September.
Buyers in India will have to wait a little longer as the first shipping places did not include India.
AirPods will be available at $159.
Key Features of iPhone 7:
Summary of iPhone 7 plus:
Battery Life
The phones will have the longest battery life in an iPhone ever.
Performance
Two times better performance with the A 10 fusion chip and graphics processor.
A demo shown on stage to show the capabilities of the processor.
AirPods
Apple launched its latest wireless earphones called the AirPods.
Apple say the AirPods have a “breakthrough design”.
They also connect to the Apple Watch, as you’d expect.
AirPods comes with a 5 hour battery and has a charger in their case.
Audio
Stereo speakers with dynamic range.
The ear pods are here to stay but now Apple has confirmed that there will be no audio jacks and instead lightning will be used to listen to music.
Apple iPhone 7 will have not have a headphone jack.
iPhone 7 Plus camera.
The dual lens camera gives better zooming capabilities with up to 10x zoom.
Another feature that can be achieved with the dual zoom is that beautiful blurring effect called the “bokeh”.
Instagram’s Head of Design explained how iPhone 7 will work with Instagram.
Finally, Tim Cook took the stage again to talk about the iPhone 7.
He started with the launch of iOS 10 which he claims to be the biggest update.
Siri capability is coming to separate apps in iOS 10.
Maps have been redesigned, and can be used to book reservations at restaurants.
They are also revealing Home app, which is used to manage devices - garage doors for example - throughout your home.
Apple Watch Series Two
The first hardware announcement of the day is made, the Apple Watch Series Two was announced at $369.
Jeff Williams came on stage to talk about the changes in Apple Watch.
New dock, easy swipe changes, convenient messaging and custom replies by using scribble are some of the new additions.
Jeff also introduced new apps like Breathe, SOS (that allows you to reach emergency services on one long press).
In addition to all these apps, developers are also working on bringing Pokemon Go on the Apple Watch.
They announced that Pokemon Go will come by the end of the year.
They introduced the next generation of Apple software and the Watch in a commercial.
The new Apple watch is going to swim proof, yes you read it right, swim proof. It is water resistant up to 50 m.
They have a speaker that will eject water post the work out in a swimming pool which was tested on a simulator.
A second gen display makes the watch even better. A built-in GPS will make life easy for people to keep track of their walks and runs.
They have not only changed the software but also the looks with a ceramic exterior , new dial and new bands.
They showed a demo of Pokemon Go on stage.
They also announced Apple Watch Nike+, a watch designed with runners in mind.
They announced the Just Do it Sundays, for runners to meet fellow runners on Sundays.
Nike and Apple hope it will be popular with runners - they’ve called it the “perfect running partner”.
This watch be available in four colour variations starting at $369 which will be launched in October.
iWork
They spoke about Real-time collaboration, which Microsoft launched a couple of years ago.
They showed a live demo of how real-time collaboration works. The presenter edited a presentation in real-time.
Tim Cook took to the stage again to talk about the progress they have made education. He spoke about Apple’s contribution in the field of education in the US.
With over 50,000 games already in the app store, Tim Cook announced the launch of Mario in the app store at the event. Spokesperson of Nintendo took the stage to talk about the game and showed how the game would look like.
They went on to explain the game by playing it on the stage and showing the different levels.
Mario is coming soon in the later half of 2016.
They also launched the Super Mario stickers for iPhone.
Tim Cook takes the stage to talk about Apple Music.
The launch started with Tim Cook and James Corden in a car who were later joined by Pharrel Williams.
It is the big Apple day – again. And today, it is iPhone 7 that’s making the geeks super stoked!
In the 7 September special event in San Francisco, CEO Tim Cook will unveil the much-awaited iPhone 7.
Of course, too many rumours have been doing the rounds for months now, with numerous tip-offs and leaked photos adding fuel to the frenzy.
The most persistent rumour is that Apple is going to get rid of the headphone jacket, meaning users will either have to use wireless Bluetooth headphones to listen to music, or buy a pair of wired headphones that plug into the Lightning port – currently used for charging.
Apple is also going to launch its watch 2 at the event.
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