Summary of the Apple
Keynote by Karthik Sankar
There was an amazing amount of Hype around this year's iphone
announcement especially among teens. Well, it finally happened, let’s take a
look at what went down:
Retail.
They are upgrading their retail stores in major cities to make
them like a “town square.” This likely won't affect us in South
Brunswick.
Apple
Watch.
They upgraded the heart rate sensor. It will now tell you if you
heart rate is unusually high or irregular. The music interface is resigned to
show album art. The Siri screen gives you cards (similar to Google Now) you
think you could use. In addition there are new toy story watch faces. It now
has cellular data, so you don’t need your iPhone to use it but that version
will cost you 399 (non cellular is $329). Siri can now actually TALK back to
you.
Apple TV.
There's now a model that supports 4K and HDR. It costs $179 for
32GB and $199 for 64GB. The non 4K version is $149 (there is only a 32GB
version). It now supports live sports (you will get notifications if a game is
going to start).
iPhone 8
and 8 plus.
New design: glass on front and back. The aluminum band matches
finish of the color you choose.
They claim the glass is the “Most durable ever in a smartphone.”
New display with True Tone technology (think upgraded
auto-brightness).
The new speakers are 25% louder with deeper bass.
New A11 bionic chip “This is the most powerful and smartest chip
ever in a smartphone.” It has two performance cores are 25% faster. The four
high efficiency cores 70% are faster. And the second gen performance controller
is 70% faster with multithreaded workloads. Finally, the GPU is 30% faster.
This basically means it's definitely faster than the old iPhone.
A new ISP with faster autofocus and has hardware noise reduction.
(better pictures)
There are new gyroscope and accelerometer for improved AR.
iPhone now supports wireless charging!
There are 2 memory options for iPhone: 64GB and 256GB.
Pre order starts this friday (September 15) and they will be
available on September 22. iOS will be released on September 19.
iPhone X.
This iPhone doesn’t have Touch ID but DOES have Face ID which
allow you to unlock your phone by looking at it. Any apps which work with Touch
ID will work with Face ID. Animoji uses the same tech as Face ID to let you
control the emoji’s animation with your face (similar to snapchat filters) and
it’s built into iMessage. The depth camera (used for Face ID) work with third
party apps so apps like Snapchat can create more realistic filters.
The home button is replaced with a gesture (swiping up from the
bottom). Control center can be accessed by swiping down from the top of the
display.
The power button is now the “side button”, this is because it has
alternate uses like double clicking it for Apple Pay.
The dual cameras are positioned vertically with the flash in
between them. Both lens have Hardware Optical Image Stabilisation. There is
zero shutter lag so fast moving objects aren’t burry. Selfies can now be taken
in portrait mode thanks to the depth camera. The battery lasts 2 hours more
than iPhone 7.
AirPower.
A new wireless charging mat by Apple from iPhone, Apple Watch and
Air Pods. There is a new optional case for Air Pods that allows wireless
charging. Will be launched later in the year.
Want to
watch the Apple Keynote for yourself? (Warning: it's 2 hours long!)
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