At the event, Phil Schiller, the vice president of marketing for Apple, insisted that new iPhone users will have to find the “courage” to adapt, but many took that more as a sign that they will have to find the courage to continually shell out cash to replace all the little components they are bound to lose.
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“This truly is a supercomputer for photos”, Schiller said at Apple’s “Special Event” on Wednesday at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. The rumor mill has been grinding away with talk of iPhone 7 models that will boast faster chips, more sophisticated cameras, and improved software while doing away with jacks for plugging in wired headphones. Here’s a rundown of the biggest announcements. On a day that might otherwise be dominated by news from Mexico – where police are blaming the downing of one of their helicopters on criminals, and a cabinet member has been canned because of Donald Trump’s recent visit – the main story on CNN.com reads “So long, jack”, referring to Apple ditching the headphone port in its new phones. Despite some earlier rumors, Apple didn’t use the extra space to make the iPhone 7 or 7 Plus any slimmer than last year’s models, the 6S and 6S Plus. Older headphones that aren’t compatible with Apple’s “Lightning” power port will need an adapter.
On the wearables front, its new Apple Watch Series 2 will also feature Global Positioning System – allowing people to gather fitness data during an outdoor workout without need to take along a smartphone.
The iPhone 7 features a 4.7-inch Retina HD display while the iPhone 7 Plus comes with a 5.5-inch Retina HD display.
China has been a drag on Apple’s performance this year as local rivals introduce cheaper handsets with similar functionality.
The lenses across the two phones now contain a 12 megapixel sensor. Back in 2014, Dell put multiple cameras on its Venue tablets, allowing them to quickly gauge the dimensions of a room, or to change the focal point in an image after the fact. That place where your headphones used to go was replaced with another speaker, so the iPhone 7 will be able to play music for a group much louder than it’s ever been able to do and will make having speakerphone convos MUCH more reasonable. Digital zoom is nearly always terrible, but Apple claim software zoom up to 10x will be twice a good as previous thanks to the telephoto lens. The difference is the wide angle on LG G5 has lower resolution with 8 megapixels. Will U be picking up an iPhone 7?!
The phone will come in rose gold, gold, silver, black, and jet black colours. Notably, the base version is 32 gigabytes, not 16GB of most other iPhone releases.
The iPhone 7 models ship September 16 and will start at $649. Most analysts believe sales of Apple’s watch-which the company has not disclosed-have not yet justified the fanfare. There’s a new Home app to control appliances.
Apple is also allowing developers to build apps for iMessage, although the options so far appear to mostly involve sending payments or ordering food. “This is really really big in terms of image quality”.
Alright, the ship may have sailed for Pokemon Go, but that didn’t stop Apple from announcing the popular Niantic game is coming to its wearable. Series 2 will start at $370.
The Series 1 may not have the new Apple Watch’s waterproof housing, but it will be upgraded with a dual-core processor. The price starts at $370. It will also receive the watchOS 3 upgrade, out on September 13.
Apple has also teamed up with Nike for a brand new fitness program, all accessible from your wrist. Apple’s fix: offering customers adapters – for $30 a pop. But this means that if you’re caught out in the rain your phone should be fine. It will be shipping before the end of the year. Yes, Nintendo developed a Mario game for iOS! The game will have a fixed price which is being kept under wraps for now.
“New AirPods, Apple’s innovative new wireless headphones, weave simplicity and technology together to reinvent the wireless experience making headphones easy to use”. A transit feature in Apple Maps will also launch in Japan. It’s something Google and Microsoft already offer in some form. The software is available for iPhones, iPads and Mac computers, with a web version for Windows users.
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Yes, we now know the official date for the iPhone India launch – 7 Oct 2016.
