Hey Code Crew,
I just finished watching today’s Apple Event. In case you missed it, here are the highlights!
1. Apple Arcade game subscription service launching Sept 19
2. Apple TV plus subscription service launching Nov 1
3. New 10.2" iPad (7th gen), ships Sept 30
4. New Apple Watch (series 5), ships Sept 20
5. New iPhones (iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max), ships Sept 20
For all the finer details and specs of the hardware, read below!
Apple Arcade
- Game subscription service for mobile, desktop, tv
- You can’t find these games on any other platform or subscription service
- Download and play all of them for $4.99 a month/family (1 month free trial available)
- There will be an Arcade tab in the App Store
- New games every month with personalized recommendations
- Includes big publishers like Capcom and Konami
- Available Sept 19
Apple TV Plus
- Original content such as For all mankind, Dickinson (Hailee Steinfeld), The Morning Show (Steve Carell, Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Anniston), See (Jason Momoa)
- Launching Nov 1 in over 100 countries
- Costs $4.99 per month/family
iPad
- New iPad (7th gen)
- 10.2 retina display - 3.5 million pixel
- Has a smart connector so you can connect their keyboard and card reader
- Apple pencil support
- Weighs 1 lb.
- Enclosure is 100% recycled aluminum
- $329 (education price is $299)
- Pre-order today, Ships Sep 30
Apple Watch
- New Apple Watch - Series 5
- Always on Retina display made possible with new low power technology
- 18 hr battery life
- Built in compass
- Emergency SOS has been improved - cellular watch models can make international emergency calling even without a paired iphone
- Option to voluntarily participate in health research by exposing pieces of your health data, collected by the watch.
- Some current studies you can participate in include: Apple Hearing study, Women’s Health Study, Heart and Movement study
- New Titanium material option along with the previous materials (aluminum, ceramic)
- GPS model - $399
- Cellular model - $499
- Pre-order today, shipping and available in stores Sep 20
- Series 3 watches have a lowered price - $199 (GPS model)
iPhone
- New iPhone 11
- 6 new colours (Purple, White, Yellow, Green, Black and Product Red)
- 6.1 inch liquid retina display
- Spatial audio - immersive theatre sound - dolby atmos support
- Dual camera system (wide and ultra wide)
- Faster auto focus
- Night mode - comes on automatically and dramatically takes better photos in dim light
- Better front camera (now in 4K and slow-motion)
- A13 Bionic chip means better performance
- 1 hour more batter life than iPhone Xr
- There’s a new “PRO” version of the iPhone 11
- iPhone Pro
- iPhone Pro Max
- iPhone 11 Pro - Has a third camera and better display
- Super Retina XDR display
- Pro camera system has
- Wide lens
- Ultra wide lens
- Telephoto lens
- Sneak peek at something that’s coming with a software update in the Fall
- Neural engine image processing system called “Deep Fusion”
- Computational photography
- Takes a series of photos, selects the best pixels out of each photo and stitches it together into one ideal photo
- Battery life: 4 hours more than iPhone XS and 5 hours more than iPhone XS Max
- Better 4K video
- iPhone 11 starting from $699, iPhone Pro at $999 and iPhone 11 Pro Max at $1099
- Preorder starting this Friday 5am PDT, ships Sep 20
- Lower prices for older models: iPhone XR at $599 and iPhone 8 at $449
Apple Retail Store
- New in-store Apple Watch Studio
- Instead of preset combination of watch case and band, you can now play around with cases and bands in the store to choose your own combination
- Apple Trade In program
- trade in your old phone as credit
- low month payment plans available
Any of these announcements pique your interest??
I’m surprised at how affordable the subscription service prices are for unlimited games and shows. I’ll definitely be giving those a try!
Chris
