Apple Event

    

    On September 9, Apple held a special event, showing off all of the new products that they will be bringing to the table this year. 

Apple opened up the event with its brand new smart watch. Apple had released its first ever smart watch earlier this year, but now they know how a smart watch should behave. The new watch will feature a new operating system, with new watch faces, 3^rd party complications that will display news, calendar events, and other applications. New apps and features with the watch include a translator, and a GoPro camera feature. The Apple Watch contains a newly advanced health care app, Airstrip. The app will allow communication between a doctor and patient. The best thing this app offers is that now pregnant women can check their baby’s heart rate. Along with the new watch operating system, comes two new design colors, gold and rose gold, as well as some new band styles and colors, like the new leather band by Hermes. The new Apple Watch shipped out the day of the event, and it's operating system is going to be available on the 16^th.

    Next in the lineup were iPads with the brand new iPad Pro, that is stocked up with many great advances than previous iPads. The biggest being its size with a 12.9 inch retina display that has 5.6 million pixels. The powerhouse behind the iPad pro is the new A9X chip, which is double the performance of the A8X chip. The A9X is so powerful that it is compared to that of a PC. With a brand new chip and better graphics, reviews say the IPad Pro is greater than most laptops made this year. 

    Brand new features, only available on the new IPad, are physical keyboards to type on and the Apple Pencil. The pencil acts as a stylus, but has a finer point that will not scratch the screen, but can also draw realistic thin lines like a normal pencil. Apple Pencil allows the user to draw on the notes app and on mail. The pencil will be charged by plugging directly into the IPad Pro. Applications that will utilize the keyboard and the stylus include Microsoft Office and Adobe apps specifically made for the IPad Pro. The IPad will be equipped with 4 speakers and a 10 hour battery life, so you can get the best out of your experience. The IPad Pro will be available in November this year, with a starting price of $799.

    Apple then introduced its new Apple TV. It is equipped with greater hardware, an A8 chip, Bluetooth 4.0, HDMI, Ethernet, and also includes the App Store. The Apple TV will have a new operating system TVOS, and a new remote that has a touch surface. It can last up to 3 months on one charge. Another featur allows you to press a button that will allow you to talk to Siri and have her search for tv shows across every video application. Siri has been given an upgrade on Apple TV, now she can search for specific actors featured in shows and movies. The App Store will be available for use on the Apple TV along with many great apps such as Disney infinity and Guitar hero. The Apple TV will be available late October 2015, with the 32GB for $149 and the 64GB for only $199.

    The next thing to be featured is the popular product the IPhone, specifically the new IPhone 6s. Within the works of the IPhone 6s is the new A9 chip that is 70% faster than the A8 chip. The feature 'Hey Siri' got a change as well, now you don’t have to be plugged in to have they app on. The assistant that we’ve come to love will always be listening. A new feature that the 6S will have is 3D Touch, which will enable new touch gestures that will make tasks such as finding directions, opening emails, and looking at photos easier. The camera on the IPhone 6s is a 12MP iSight camera that will deliver beautiful images and a flash 3x better than the previous iPhones. Videos can be taken at 60 frames per second and can be edited on the phone. Photos on the IPhone will bring back memories by live photos that will show a short segment of time while the photo was taken. Also, Android users, who would want to change to iPhones, will be able to transfer information, like contacts, to the new phone. 

    The phone will be made of a stronger aluminum that can withstand a lot weight without bending, as well as a strongerglass screen. It will have a 4.7 inch screen and the IPhone 6s plus with a 5.5 inch display. Along with the new phone comes a new aluminum finish and rose gold color, that will be available with the pre-existing gold, silver, and space grey options. The IPhone 6s, along with its many features such as 3D touch, stronger materials, new chip, better touch ID, the fastest Wi-Fi and LTE on the market, 12MP camera, 4K videos, 5MP HD FaceTime camera, and Live Photos, is the best phone that is currently available. 

    Most phone service companies don’t offer a 2 year contract, so Apple has a new pricing system of $27 and $31 a month for the new IPhone 6s and 6s Plus. Another payment option, the IPhone Upgrade Program, starts at $32 a month which will allow users to get a new IPhone each year upon release of the next new phone. his also includes Apple Care. Pre-Orders for the IPhone 6s and 6s Plus can be made starting September 12^th, and the IPhone 6s will be available on the 25^th.

    Last but not least, Apple announced that IOS 9 will be available for download on the 16^th this September. This year, Apple has announced the greatest everyday technology, and has really gone out of its way to give people the best that they can, with new watches, TVs, tablets, and phones. Apple has taken a bite out of greatness.

- Dustin Jones