Apple reveals off updates to iPhone, AirPods, Apple Watch, together with excessive sports activities model

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) unveiled updates to its iPhone, AirPods and Apple Watch product traces on Wednesday, together with the brand new Apple Watch Sequence 8 and iPhone 14 with satellite tv for pc connectivity.

Chief Govt Tim Cook dinner kicked off the occasion, noting that all three merchandise are “important in our lives,” and work seamlessly collectively.

“One of these integration is one thing solely Apple can do and we’ll make these merchandise and experiences even higher,” Cook dinner stated in a pre-recorded video.

Apple (AAPL) Chief Working Officer Jeff Williams confirmed off the Watch Sequence 8. The brand new watch comes with a brand new temperature sensor and extra cycle monitoring options for ladies’s well being, together with beforehand launched options comparable to sleep monitoring, cycle monitoring and different well being options.

Utilizing new accelerometers, the Apple Watch Sequence 8 also can detect if an individual has been in a automobile crash. The brand new wearable can then notify emergency contacts and name emergency providers.

The Apple Watch Sequence 8 has 18-hour battery life and is available in 4 colours, together with three stainless-steel finishes. A variety of new Apple Watch equipment, together with Nike (NKE) and Hermes bands, had been additionally introduced.

The brand new smartwatch will begin at $399 for GPS and $499 for mobile and will likely be accessible for patrons beginning September 16.

Additionally unveiled was a brand new Apple Watch SE in three new colours with a redesigned again case. It has a 30% bigger face than Apple Watch Sequence 3 and is 20% sooner than the earlier model of Apple Watch SE.

The brand new Apple Watch SE begins at $249 for GPS and $299 for mobile and will be pre-ordered immediately, with availability beginning on September 16.

Apple (AAPL) additionally took the curtains off of the broadly anticipated Apple Watch Extremely, geared in the direction of excessive health and sports activities lovers.

The brand new watch has a titanium case, a bigger 49mm face and comes with a brand new motion button for quite a lot of capabilities, subsequent to the digital crown. The Watch Extremely additionally has an extra speaker and as much as 36 hours of battery life on a single cost, or 60 hours with a brand new battery optimization setting.

Apple’s (AAPL) latest smartwatch additionally has new bands designed particularly for the intense actions.

Apple Watch Extremely is offered for pre-order beginning immediately and is offered for patrons beginning on September 23. It begins at $799 for GPS and mobile.

Cupertino, California-based Apple (AAPL) additionally confirmed that it’s increasing the provision of its Apple Health+ service, bringing it to all iPhone customers coming this fall. It had beforehand been accessible solely to iPhone customers with a linked Apple Watch.

Apple’s (AAPL) Cook dinner then launched new variations of the tech big’s wi-fi headphones, AirPods. The brand new AirPods Professional 2 has a brand new H2 chip inside, giving customers new audio experiences, together with higher sound high quality, a customized amplifier and spatial audio.

The AirPods Professional 2 additionally comes with an additional small eartip, together with different eartips, for a greater match.

The brand new AirPods Professional 2 now have as much as six hours of battery life and as much as 30 hours of listening time with the charging case. The charging case can be charged with an Apple Watch charger or MagSafe charger.

The brand new wi-fi headphones can be found for pre-order now and in the stores on September 23 at a price of $249.

Final, however actually not least, Apple (AAPL) launched its iPhone 14 product line, beginning with the 6.1-inch iPhone and 6.7-inch iPhone Plus.

Each iPhone 14 fashions have Dolby imaginative and prescient, HDR screens, 1,200 nits and are available 5 colours, together with a brand new shade of blue. The brand new smartphones have all-day battery life, beforehand accessible solely on iPhone Professional fashions.

The iPhone 14 and iPhone Plus fashions have the A15 Bionic chip and an up to date picture processing system for taking higher photos and updates for higher movies.

The brand new iPhone 14 additionally has crash detection — as does the Apple Watch — together with a brand new service, utilizing Globalstar (GSAT) satellites, to the smartphone hook up with satellites for emergency use. Apple (AAPL) designed a brand new function to let individuals level their telephones at satellites within the sky and allow them to ship sufficient info for assist.

The emergency service will likely be included free for 2 years and is coming to the U.S. and Canada in November.

The brand new iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus begin at $799 and $899, respectively, and will likely be accessible for pre-order beginning on September 9. They are going to be accessible for buy on September 16 and October 7, respectively.

Apple’s (AAPL) senior vice chairman of promoting Greg Joswiak launched the brand new iPhone 14 Professional line, which is available in 4 colours, together with area black and a brand new purple colour.

The brand new smartphones even have a pill-like area on the high of the display screen, referred to as the Dynamic Island, that modifications based mostly on the kind of notification or motion that’s occurring, comparable to charging a telephone or enjoying music.

The brand new high-end smartphones, which have a 48MP digital camera sensor, additionally sport an always-on show, have a brighter display screen than earlier variations and are powered by the brand new 4 nanometer A16 Bionic chip, Joswiak added.

The brand new iPhone 14 Professional and iPhone 14 Professional Max begin at $999 and $1,099, respectively. They are going to be accessible for pre-order on September 9 and accessible for buy on September 16.

Final month, it was reported that Apple (AAPL) was trying to begin producing the iPhone 14 in India about two months after its launch out of China to cut the production lag between the two countries.