The products unveiled yesterday demonstrate a new direction for the company, says NY Times author Katie Benner.
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And he may indeed be right. The display contains 5.6 million pixels, more than any iPad till date. The new iPhones introduce 3D Touch, which senses force to enable “intuitive new ways” to access features and interact with content.
Revealing the prices of new devices; Apple announced the 32 GB variant of iPad Pro will cost $799, the keyboard $169, and the pencil $99.
Despite the expansion of its size, the latest iPad Pro is light and thin and prides a battery life that will last up to ten hours.
The phones would also come with the M9 motion co-processor embedded to give more accurate readings about the user’s daily activity. They didn’t go into a lot of detail in this department but presumably it will be faster and more accurate than the previous version.
This new device will be available in gold, silver, and space gray colors similar to the existing iPads.
3D Touch allows you to press on app icons and other buttons to pull up shortcuts directly for specific features.
Other improvements included with the new iPhone 6S is the new A9 chipset, which the Cupertino giant claims to be 70 percent faster than its predecessor and also cranks out 90 percent better graphics performance.
This product is available on Apple’s website already, but the iPad mini 3 has been discontinued.
The good news for Apple users is the free iOS 9 update being available from next Wednesday for iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch fifth generation and later, iPad 2 and later and iPad mini and later.
Apple is keen to avoid a repeat of bendgate; the new iPhones are made from 7000 series aluminium, an aircraft-grade material.
Logitech also announced its Create Keyboard Case for iPad Pro which has been developed closely with Apple to influence the new Smart Connector – as told by Logitech.
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Apple Inc. unveiled a new TV set top box that responds to voice commands and fresh iPhones that sense the pressure of a finger tap, changes which underwhelmed many social media commenters and investors. ‘We’ve been amazed with the new and unexpected things people have done with the iPad, so we asked ourselves, how can we take the iPad even further?’ ‘This is the biggest news in iPad since the iPad.
