iPhone 11

• 6 new colours – purple, yellow, green, black, white, red
• 6.1″ liquid retina display
• new dual-camera system with 12mp wide camera and 12mp ultra-wide camera and night mode
• Priced from $1199

Pre-order from 13 September, Available from 20 September

Telstra pricing will be available from Friday 13 September.

iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max

• Available in 5.8″ and 6.5″ sizes with Super Retina XDR display
• 4 colours – Gold, Space Grey, Silver and Midnight Green
• 64, 256 and 512GB capacity
• IP68 rating for splash, water and dust resistance
• Triple 12-megapixel Ultra Wide, Wide and Telephone cameras
• Priced from $1749

Pre-order from 13 September, Available from 20 September

Telstra pricing will be available from Friday 13 September.

iPhone 8 and iPhone XR stay in the iPhone line-up.

iPad 10.2-inch

• The 6th generation is being replaced by the 7th generation iPad.
• 10.2-inch retina display
• features smart connector – which supports the Apple smart keyboard
• 10-hour battery life
• Available in 32GB and 128GB storage capacity, WiFi and WiFi + Cellular and three colours – Space Grey, Silver and Gold.
• made from 100% recycled aluminium

Available from $529.00. Available to order now, and in-store from 30 September.

Apple Watch 5

• Apple Watch 5 replaces Apple Watch 4, with Apple Watch 3 remaining in the lin-up
• Proactive health monitoring, including heart rate monitoring throughout the day
• Fall detection
• Emergency Calling (anywhere in the world)
• New always-on Retina display
• New – App store available on the Apple Watch
• Available in 40mm and 44mm case size

Available from $649.00. Available to order now, available instore from 20 September.

Apple TV+

Apple TV+ will feature Apple original content including new shows such as Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories, The Morning Show (Jennifer Aniston, Reece Witherspoon, Steve Carell as well as two documentaries by Oprah Winfrey. Oprah’s involvement with Apple TV+ also include a new Book Club. Apple TV+ will launch on 1 November. It will cost $7.99/mth with access for up to six people. You can also get Apple TV+ for a year when you purchase an eligible new iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or Apple TV!

Apple Arcade

Apple Arcade is the world’s first subscription games service for mobile, computer and Apple TV. September 20 is the launch date for Apple Arcade in over 150 countries around the world. Apple Arcade will cost $7.99 for a family subscription (monthly) and there is a 1-month free trial available.

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Tim Cook outlined the current service offering from Apple including:

• iCloud
• Siri
• Apple Maps
• Apple Pay
• Messenges
• FaceTime
• Find my iPhone
• Find my Friends
• Apple Music
• Podcasts
• Books
• Apple News

New services outlined today included:

• Apple News+
• Apple Card
• Apple Arcade
• Apple TV Channels
• Apple TV+

Apple News+

Will provide access to over 300 magazines across a range of categories:

• Entertainment
• Fashion
• News
• Fashion
• Politics
• Health
• Lifestyle
• Travel
• Food
• Cars

The app will include live covers on magazines and content will adapt to iPhone or iPad displays.

Apple stressed that the use of their News app doesn’t allow advertisers to track you – it uses on-device technology to feed you interesting and relevant articles.

It would cost over $8000 each year to subscribe to all of the available individually. Apple will be offering the News+ service for $9.99 per month. It will be available for Family Sharing at this price!

First month free

Apple News+ is launching in US and Canada now, simply download updates on your device.

Apple News+ is coming to Australia and Europe later in 2019.

Apple Pay

Apple Pay will surpass 10 billion transactions in 2019. It currently has 70% acceptance in USA and an amazing 99% in Australia.

It is currently used in many cities (London, Moscow) for transit and will be rolling out to more US cities this year.

Credit Cards

Today Apple introduced Apple Card stressing the importance of Simplicity, Transparency and Privacy.

It’s a new kind of card, designed to provide you with a healthier financial life.

You can use it worldwide with Apple Pay and it’s available across all devices.

Within the Wallet App you can see how much you have spent and when payment is due.

Apple Cards will use technology to link transactions and machine learning to better understand your spending. No more random, unknown transactions on your credit card statement.

You can use it for tracking spending categories and also for tracking spending over time periods.

Apple Card rewards will be cashback, with the money accumulated shown within the app to be spent.

You will earn 2% daily cash when you use Apple Pay. Items and Services purchased from Apple will earn 3% daily cash.

Apple Cash rewards will be unlimited – the more you spend, the more you earn.

Apple have partnered with Goldman Sachs and Mastercard to develop Apple Card.

As well as being a payment method in your Apple Wallet, you will also receive a physical card. It is made of titanium and your name is laser etched on the card. It is very secure, with no card number, no CVV, no expiration and no signature on the physical card.

You will earn 1% Daily Cash if the physical card used.

Apple Card will be available in the US Summer. No mention of other countries at this time.

Apple Arcade

Apple Arcade will be available in the America Fall in 150+ countries. Pricing still to be announced.

World’s first games subscription service for mobile, desktop and the living room.

It will provide access to over 100 games that are exclusive to Apple.

You will be able to plat all you can play. Rather than pay up front for each game, a subscription to Apple Arcade will give you access to all content. If you’re concerned about screen time you can set limits within Apple via ScreenTime.

Apple Arcade will be available for Family Sharing.

New Apple TV App

All new Apple TV App

Access to over 100,000 movie titles – all built into Apple TV app.

You can now access network/cable TV via the Apple TV app.

Instead of subscribing to many different services, you can pay only for what you want, all in the one app, with the password you already know!

It’s on demand and ad free. You can stream content, or download it.

Apple TV channels

A new feature Inside the new Apple TV app

You will have access to channels including Showtime, HBO, Starz and many more.

There will be Software Update available soon for access to the new Apple TV App including the TV channels feature.

The Apple TV app will also become available to Smart TV users.

It’s currently available in 10 countries, but will become available to 100+ countries.

Apple TV+

The most impressive part of Apple’s TV+ launch was the use of Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard, M Night Shyamalan, Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston, and Oprah to announce Apple TV+

Apple TV+ will feature Apple original content including new shows such as Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories, The Morning Show (Jennifer Aniston, Reece Witherspoon, Steve Carell as well as two documentaries by Oprah Winfrey. Oprah’s involvement with Apple TV+ also include a new Book Club.

Apple TV+ will be:

• Ad free
• Apple exclusive original content
• Available in 100+ countries
• Available in the American fall
• No mention of subscription price yet.

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The Apple Special Event was held in the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple’s Californian campus Apple Park with a Mission Impossible style lead-in utilising Siri, AirPods and a locked case and a teleporting Apple Watch…so much drama!

iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max

The most anticipated announcement today was the new mobile phone line-up. Today saw the announcement of iPhone XS (Ten S) and iPhone XS Max, which are available for pre-orders from 14 September and available from 21 September.

The iPhone XS is made of surgical steel and comes in a range of colours including the new gold finish. The edge-to-edge bezeless screen comes with the most durable glass ever used in a smartphone.

iPhone XS has a Super Retina 5.8” OLED Retina Display. The new iPhone XS Max has a 6.5” Super Retina display – which is the biggest iPhone display ever. The new plus-sized phone gains most of its extra screen area from height, not width, so shouldn’t be any more difficult to hold. The latest iPhone is IP68 rated, which guarantees projection in water 2m deep up to 30 minutes.

iPhone XS comes with the features we have come to love on iPhone X including Face ID. The A12 Bionic chip provides improved CPU and graphics processing, which also enables improved Augmented Reality (AR) features.

The dual-camera features a 12megapixel wide camera and a 12megapixel telephoto camera. Of course, the improvement to photography is not just hardware, but also improved processing and software. Smart HDR is a new feature featuring zero shutter lag. It basically takes the best parts of a series of photos and merges them to create a beautiful image. Amazingly you can now change the depth of field of your photos after you have taken the photo.

iPhone XS will be released in a range of three colours – silver, space grey and gold.

Both models will have a 64GB, 256GB and 512GB variants.

iPhone XR

The iPhone XR (Ten R) is Apple’s new base model. It comes in White, Black, Blue, Coral, Yellow and Product (RED) colours. It is IP67 water resistant and has a 6.1-inch (diagonal) LCD edge-to-edge display, which is known as a Liquid Retina display.

There is a single 12-megapixel wide-angle camera.

Like other iPhone X variants, it features Face ID. It has improved battery life, with up to 90 minutes longer than an iPhone 8 Plus.

iPhone XR will be available for pre-orders from 19 October and available from 26 October and will be available in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB variants.

Apple Watch Series 4

The Apple Watch 4 was the first product released overnight.

The biggest news about the Apple Watch Series 4 is the new sizes, with the new release coming in 40mm and 44mm sizes (each 2mm larger than previous releases). The Watch screen is now 35% and 32% larger than previous models, meaning you’ll see much more on screen than before, however the casing is thinner and overall volume is less than previous models.

Apple Watch is helping people stay connected and get healthy.

1. Keeps you connected – via phone, messages, and cellular models make this even easier
2. Fitness is at the core of Apple Watch,
3. Health, HRM – it now notifies you if it detects differences in your heart rate, such as low heart rate, high heart rate and abnormal heart rhythm. Apple Watch 4 also features electrodes which can take an electrocardiogram (ECG). This is the first product providing ECG over-the-counter and has FDA approval.

The ability to customise the screen and complications has been improved in Apple Watch 4. You can add your contacts to the Watch face and simply tap to contact.

The Digital Crown has been reengineered with haptic feedback. The speaker has also been redesigned and is 50% louder – making the cellular model more useful!

The Apple Watch 4 includes an updated Accelerometer and Gyroscope. As well as identifying types of movement, the Apple Watch Series 4 can now detect a fall and can automatically call emergency services for you if you remain immobile. Apple Watch is no longer for those after gadgets or those with fitness on their mind.

The Apple Watch 4 will come in Aluminium Space Grey, Silver and Gold and there is a stainless-steel collection also.

The Apple Watch Series 4 will ship with WatchOS 5, and has an 18-hour battery life, and GPS workout time of up to 6 hours. WatchOS 5 is available on September 17 for exisiting Apple Watch owners.

Preorders for the new Apple Watch start on 14 September with availability from 21 September.

iOS 12

The much-anticipated release of iOS 12 was also announced overnight. And it will be available on September 17.

For more information about Apple’s new product line-up, visit our friendly staff at your local Apple Authorised Reseller and Telstra Partner Gee Bees Media.

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