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Apple announcements: iPhone 7, Mario game, new watch

Apple’s new flagship will be offered with 32GB of storage at $769 with the 128GB option coming in somewhere in the middle between the 128GB iPhone 7 Plus which will set you back $969. Both turned out to be very popular and arguably played a meaningful role in driving sales. The phone is also available in two new colours, including Jet Black, a shiny metallic finish that includes a stainless steel finish apple logo and just Black, a matt-finish version with a polished black Apple logo. Models A1660 (iPhone 7) and A1661 (iPhone 7 Plus) work on all four major United States networks and virtual networks like Ting, Ultra Mobile, and Consumer Cellular.

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Eliminating the standard analog jack freed up some space inside the new iPhones, allowing Apple to increase the battery size and add another speaker as it redesigned the interior of the device. A new dual-lens camera in the iPhone 7 Plus may be impressive, he said, but it’s only available in the larger and more expensive phone, limiting its appeal. And now it’s time to preorder your shiny (or matte) new iPhone. Along with the embedded Global Positioning System, the new product touts a faster processor to record metrics such as time, distance, pace, and heart rate.

The Watch has bolstered up specs but there was no mention made of the battery life which already is a concern for many users of the current iteration of the device. Indeed, the opposite is the case.

The A10 Fusions CPU now has four cores, seamlessly integrating two high-performance cores that run up to two times faster than iPhone 6, and two high-efficiency cores that are capable of running at just one-fifth the power of the high-performance cores. Industry analysts say the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, which Apple introduced last fall, didn’t offer many compelling new features over the previous year’s models.

Once again, most weren’t expecting much from Apple, but at least in my humble opinion, I was pleasantly surprised by the looks, specs and features that will go into the iPhone Plus when it begins shipping a week from this Friday on September 16. After years of failed attempts to create a watertight watch without eliminating the speakers (an easy entry portal for water), the company designed a successful module that ejects water from the speaker opening, keeping internal electronics dry.

Apple recently announced its iPhone 7 smartphone and the only big problem that Apple fans had with it, was that it was missing a 3.5mm headphone jack.

Some people think Apple proved a lot courage with the new iPhone 7.

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We take a look at the key highlights of the iPhone 7 and how it compares against these two Android stalwarts. We can’t really comment on the performance but given Apple’s smooth integration between the hardware and software elements, one is unlikely to be disappointed. Apple doesn’t share the RAM details, but it is believed to be 2GB RAM.

Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller at the iPhone 7 launch in San Francisco California