Amazon also advertised bluetooth headphones heavily, which confirmed the suggestion there would be no headphone jack on the new phone. But it will have the same dimensions, battery life and screen resolution of the last model.
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Despite rumors suggesting the Apple Watch Series 2 models would feature longer battery life than the original Apple Watch models, technical specifications for the new devices shared by Apple suggest the Apple Watch Series 2 will continue to offer up to 18 hours of battery life – the same as Apple Watch Series 1.
“It is the best iPhone we have ever created”, Cook said at the keynote, echoing similar statements he has made about other iPhones in the past at the annual event.
Unsurprisingly as the company has taken so long, demand for storage from apps and services has also progressed, so even though you, at the very least, can pick up an iPhone with twice the space of last year’s model (at 32GB) that no doubt quickly full out sooner, rather than later for new iPhone owners tied to a two-year contract.
The iPhone 7 will feature stereo speakers for the first time on each end of the phone. “The courage to move on, do something new that betters all of us”.
The tech giant’s chief executive Tim Cook announced the phone at an event in San Francisco, though a social media glitch saw the firm’s Twitter account – only recently activated – accidentally reveal the news early.
However, Nintendo Co Ltd’s US -listed shares jumped more than 20 percent to trade around $35 after it announced a new smartphone game in the venerable Super Mario Bros series, Super Mario Run, which will debut in December on the iPhone and iPad. The 7 Plus will include dual cameras for better pictures.
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. Notably, the base version is 32 gigabytes, not 16GB of most other iPhone releases.
In other releases, the company unveiled a “Series 2” of the Apple Watch that is waterproof and includes a Global Positioning System – an appeal to the workout market of runners/hikers/bikers/swimmers/surfers, where the watch has faced persistent competition from other wearables.
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Super Mario on iOS: There’s a brand new Super Mario game coming to iOS later this year. Apple’s shares didn’t see major gains. Apple is also teaming up with Nike on a special edition, the Apple Watch Nike+, specifically for motivating and tracking runners.
