Watch the Apple iPhone 5S press event streamed live at 10:00 AM PST (Video, Summary now available)
Posted by: Timothy Tibbetts on 09/10/2013 03:55 PM [ Comments ]
Today is the day. Let’s give props to Apple for keeping everything under wrap once again this year. If you add up everything to be expected you end up with the new iOS 7, fingerprint sensors, new colors, faster processor and maybe smaller and larger phones. And that’s just the iPhone rumors. Up until now, we have mostly avoided all of the rumors and that pays off this afternoon at 10:00 PST, when we find out everything straight from Apple. Most journalists are there reporting live but all of us can watch live streaming below:
Highlights:
General:
iWork apps now free for new iOs devices.
iOs 7 available for everyone on September 18th. 64 bit.
700 million iOS devices have been sold.
iTunes Radio launches September 18th.
Elvis Costello was introduced to play at the end.
iPhone 4s now FREE on contract.
iPhone 5c:
iPhone 5c announced. 5 colors, plastic. 4 inch retina display. Replaces 4s, starts at $99. Apple is offering colored cases for $29.
The 5C will be available for pre-order on Sept 13th.
iPhone 5s:
iPhone 5s has A7 chip, 64 bit, better camera, OpenGL ES. Three colors; gold, silver or space grey. Improved camera with image stabilization, slow motion, burst mode. 720p video at 120 fps. Showed a 28 panoramic shot. The new camera has a 5-element Apple designed lens with f/2.2 aperture.
The A7 is a modern instruction set, with 2x general purpose registers, 2x floating point registers, over 1 billion transistors and 100 square mm die size.
Touch Id is the rumored fingerprint sensor. The sensor is 170 microns thin, 500 ppi resolution, scans sub-epidermal skin layers and has 360-degree readability. Built into the phone button. Around it is the stainless steel detection ring, so it can detect that your finger is actually on the button, so you don't have to press it. Make iTunes purchases with your finger. NSA thanks you.
Battery life on 5s is 10 hours LTE browsing, 40 hours music playback. 10 hours 3G talk time, 250 hours standby.
Price: 16GB $199, 32GB is $299 and 64GB is $399 on contract. Cases are $49 each.
The 5S and 5C will also be available on Sept 20th in stores.
iPad and iPad Mini
Sadly, as expected, there was no mention of the new iPads.
Conclusion
There were no surprises here and honestly, a good bit of disappointment since the rumors covered it all. I checked MacRumors and even Apple fanboys are having a hard time getting excited. No bigger screens, either.
The Apple store is back online if you want more at http://store.apple.com/us
Update: The video is now available on Apple's website but you need Quicktime installed:
http://www.apple.com/apple-events/september-2013/
General:
iPhone 5c:
iPhone 5s:
iPad and iPad Mini
Conclusion
There were no surprises here and honestly, a good bit of disappointment since the rumors covered it all. I checked MacRumors and even Apple fanboys are having a hard time getting excited. No bigger screens, either.
The Apple store is back online if you want more at http://store.apple.com/us
Update: The video is now available on Apple's website but you need Quicktime installed:
http://www.apple.com/apple-events/september-2013/
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