Here are five key takeaways from the Apple event. Improved imaging on the more expensive iPhone 7+ also suggests Apple has bigger improvements in store. There is very little that will change with the physical appearance of the mobile devices we use from year to year.
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Instead, new phones will come with special adapters that plug into the same port as a charging/data cord.
New styles include a case made of ceramic and a run-centric design made in collaboration with Nike.
Lastly, Schiller said that ditching the headphone jack paves the way for Apple’s new wireless-earbud technology.
“The reason to move on: courage”. Suffice it to say, it really is the finest camera system Apple’s come up with yet, and possibly one of the best cameras available in a Smartphone.
And for audiophiles and early adapters, Apple’s new wireless earbuds are available for $159. “The iPhone 7 is a completely new phone”, Moorhead said. They will also start with a higher memory capacity of 32 gigabytes, as Apple gets rid of the 16GB option. But, as it has done with iPhones, Apple reduced the starting price of its older Apple Watch models, to $269.
These changes may seem like a far cry from significant iPhone overhauls Apple had done in the past to encourage users to buy a new device every two years.
Apple also relaunched the Apple Watch Edition, the super-expensive, gold version of the watch.
While the company sold almost 92 million iPhones in the first six months of this year, that’s about 15 percent fewer than the same period last year.
Above: The iPhone 7 in jet black. The removal of the headphone jack created most of the buzz for the latest version of the nine-year-old device.
But Neil Saunders of the research firm Conlumino said the iPhone 7 “is not radically different to the previous incarnation.” and that the new features “are unlikely to be persuasive factors in determining whether consumers upgrade or stick with what they have”. And she’s not anxious about any backlash over elimination of the hardware jack. “We’re in good shape for a nice sales cycle here, so I’m encouraged”.
“We are about to launch iOS 10, our biggest iOS release ever”. Orders will start this Friday. The new software will provide improvements to current Apple applications, including Maps navigation, and it will allow Siri to interact directly with non-Apple applications.
The new Apple Watch, called Series 2, is faster than before, also water resistant and also compatible with the new AirPods.
Pokemon Go comes to the Apple Watch: Pokemon Go is coming to the Apple Watch, a natural fit for the augmented reality game and fitness wearable.
Apple also introduced the Apple Watch “Series 2”. Apple’s shares didn’t see major gains.
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San Francisco: Apple rolled out several latest-generation products at a widely anticipated media event Wednesday aimed at reviving growth at the tech giant, the world’s most valuable company.
