It’s Apple day, and the corporate’s Glowtime event has simply dimmed its lights. A bunch of latest {hardware} was introduced at this time: a line of latest iPhones, a brand new Apple Watch and a few enhancements to the present fashions, and a few contemporary AirPods with new options. There was additionally extra discuss in regards to the firm’s upcoming Apple Intelligence options coming to iOS 18.
Right here’s every little thing Apple confirmed off at this time.
The iPhone 16 Will get New Buttons, Bigger Sizes
The iPhone 16 isn’t going to really feel dramatically completely different from final 12 months’s fashions. The iPhone 16 and 16 Plus now have a vertically aligned digicam module (versus a diagonal), and so they now characteristic Apple’s Motion Button, which debuted on the iPhone 15 Professional. This button replaces the long-lived Mute swap, and when you can program the customizable Motion Button to copy that performance, you may (extra helpfully) configure the button to execute numerous duties, like toggling on a flashlight or launching the digicam.
Additionally new to all of the iPhone 16 fashions is a Digital camera Management button. Very similar to the shutter button on a full-size digicam, it reacts to completely different ranges of strain. A light-weight press will monitor concentrate on the iPhone 16 Professional fashions, or you may slide your finger to swipe via zoom ranges. A more durable press will snap a photograph, and an extended press will take a video.
As for the iPhone 16 Professional and Professional Max fashions, they’re barely greater! Apple has shaved down the bezels across the show to allow bigger screens: 6.3 and 6.9 inches (up from 6.1 and 6.7). There are a bunch of different small upgrades to those telephones, together with the truth that the 5X optical zoom is now out there within the smaller iPhone 16 Professional. You’ll be able to learn extra in regards to the iPhone 16 vary in our detailed overview of these new iPhones.
Preorders begin September 13. The iPhone 16 is $799, the iPhone 16 Plus is $899, the iPhone 16 Pro is $999, and the iPhone 16 Pro Max is $1,199. All of them go on sale September 20. —Julian Chokkattu
A Complete New Look to the Apple Watch
That is the tenth anniversary of the unique Apple Watch, and in celebration of this landmark occasion, Apple has redesigned the most recent addition to the lineup, the Watch Sequence 10. First off, it is a lot lighter and thinner than its predecessor, the Sequence 9. It has the most important show ever on an Apple Watch, with 30 p.c extra display screen space that makes its show even greater than the large Apple Watch Extremely sequence. This new show has edges which can be extra rounded, and a wider-angle OLED show so it may be seen higher once you’re not trying straight on the display screen.
The brand new watch is on the market in a positively mouthwatering smooth jet black model that has been polished with silicon nanoparticles, making it reflective. Amongst different rejiggerings to make it thinner, the speaker system has been redesigned so that you could play podcasts instantly via the Apple Watch’s audio system. There’s additionally a extra environment friendly charging coil that helps the watch cost as much as attain 80 p.c battery in half-hour. (No phrase on how significantly better the battery life is, if in any respect.)
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