Apple iPhone 6s Event Round Up - Hungry Geeks

What’s next on the Apple Watch? A couple of weeks ago Apple announced the Watch OS 2, they added more watch faces, Time Travel to see your future events, Transit so you can easily find the nearest transportation. In addition, they announced that Facebook Messenger is coming to the Watch, iTranslate, GoPro to control your GoPro and an instant viewfinder and AirStrip for doctors and nurses to view patients’ statistics and communicate with them. Seems like Apple is focusing on health care with Apple Watch.

But that’s not all in the Apple Watch, they are offering more choice for the straps in the Watch. They announced a partnership with Hermes to release a brand new straps with their own personalized watch face.

They are also working on new models and new bands. They added a gold and rose gold colors coupled with their own bands and finally added their popular red band which was first found in the iPod Touch.

It is expected to be released during the holidays and the Watch OS 2 will be available on September 16.

iPad

The famous tablet has been around a couple of years ago and it has become popular with everyone, making it the best tablet ever since.

During the event, they announced their latest tablet dubbed as iPad Pro, it has the biggest screen on an Apple device. It boasts a 12.9 inch screen – larger than the MacBook 2015. It has a beautiful display even richer than the 5k retina of the iMac. Plus, it’s thinner than the current iPad Air.

It has the latest A9X processor. They said it is 1.8 times faster the previous processor. Two times faster than the previous console-class GPU. Battery-wise, it has the same battery life like the MacBook that lasts 10 hours. It has a four speaker output for surround sound experience.

Together with the iPad Pro, they released a smart keyboard very similar to the Microsoft Surface.

And yes you guessed it, they also announced a stylus for the new iPad dubbed as the Apple Pencil. It basically imitates a standard pencil that will allow you to recreate force and tilt. The harder you press, the darker the drawing. They downside of it is that is battery-powered and it has a built-in lightning connector.

Apple is reinventing the portable PCs with their new iPad Pro. It will be available this November.

Additionally, they announced the iPad Mini 4. Nothing special about it – it has the same specs of the latest iPad Air.

Apple TV

Apple also announced their latest refresh in the Apple TV. It has the usual box and a new remote. The remote has a glass touch surface so you can easily maneuver in the new user interface. They also added Siri so you can interact with your TV using your voice, it has smart filters so you can ask Siri about movies anything under the sun.

You’ll have movies and tv shows in the iTunes, an integrated Apple Music app and its own personal App Store where you can download games that can be played with the new remote. The new Apple TV will be running with its new TVos.

It will be available this October.

iPhone 6s and 6s Plus

The main highlight of the event. Apple announced their next flagship phone – the iPhone 6S and the iPhone 6S Plus. They introduced a brand new color called Rose Gold that will be available alongside with the current colors.

Also, the new iPhone will have the new 3D touch feature. It’s similar to the Force Touch, you’ll have more options available depending on how long you’re pressing a button. It also has a new taptic engine to let new know if you’re activating the new 3D Touch. With 3D Touch, you can now easily multi-task with a little pressure on the edge of the screen.

It is packed with the new A9 chip (70% faster performance and 90% more GPU). The motion processor M9 is now integrated and embedded to the A9 chip. It has the new second generation Touch ID that enhances the fingerprint scanning for more accuracy.

The camera also had a huge bump from 8MP to 12MP iSight camera. The sensor is more faster and accurate. The brand new camera now supports 4K videos for incredible details. Along with the new iSight camera, the front camera also had a boost to 5 megapixel and features the screen itself as the true-tone flash.

The also introduced live photos, where you can shoot photos and capture a video immediately after so you’ll have a static image and plays a video after you press it.

You can now also transfer files from Android to your new iPhone for easy switching. They also announced various accessories like docks and casing.

The new iPhones will be priced the same as the previous iPhones when they were first released. You can start pre-ordering on September 12 and will be available for sale the week after. Also, iOS 9 will be available for download on September 16.