As it happened: iPhone 8 and 8 Plus launched

Zee Media Bureau Sep 13, 2017, 00:26 AM IST,

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  • iPhone X has no home button, and will unlock with facial recognition

  • New displays, with True Tone that adapts color and temperature to ambient light.

  • New stereo speakers that are 25 percent louder than iPhone 7. Deeper bass.

  • iPhone 8 and 8 Plus announced

    Six core 64-bit. Two high-performance cores, four high-efficiency cores. Second-gen performance controllers. Everything is faster.

    New Apple-designed GPU, 30 percent faster than A10.

    A11 has a new image processor, with faster low light autofocus, new hardware noise reduction.

  • .@Apple TV runs the latest version of TVOS, ships on September 15

  • Appletv4K is a new inflection point in the history of television evolution says @Apple chief #TimCook

  • Apple TV 4K launched

  • New Apple Watch announced with LTE

  • Apple Watch Series 3 launched

  • Williams says that Apple Watch is looking to track afib. By the way, this is something Fitbit has said it's looking into as well, along with sleep apnea.Apple Watch can now also detect arrhythmia, when your heart beats irregularly.

  • Apple Watch is now the number 1 watch in the world, above Rolex, Fossil, Omega, Cartier.

    "Since the launch of the Series 2, Apple Watch has experienced phenonomeal growth." Up 50 percent year over year.

    Tim back onstage. "Let's get going." Starting with the Apple Watch.

  • "So what's next? We're going to invest in online, and continue to reinvest in our classic locations, including Fifth Avenue." Opening up the plaza to allow more natural light, and glass cube will return when it reopens later.

  • Angela Ahrendts from Apple Retail onstage.

  • "We'll start moving into Apple Park later this year. It's more of a process, and the first step is the opening of the Steve Jobs Theater."

    "You are in our prayers. Apple is working closely with relief and recovery efforts through Hand in Hand and the American Red Cross. We're making it simple to contribute through the App Store."

    Cook says Jobs envisioned campus a decade ago. (Jobs didn't present the plans for the campus to Cupertino City Council until June 2011 — just a few months before he died.)

  • "I love hearing his voice and his inspiring message," says Tim. "It was only fitting that Steve should open his theater."

  • Apple is expected to announce a new version of the Apple Watch.

  • Other than iPhone X, the two other models, expected to be called the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, are intended to update the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. 

  • Apple event time across world: San Francisco: 10 AM, New York: 1 PM, London: 6PM, Berlin: 7 PM, Moscow: 8 PM, New Delhi: 10:30 PM, Beijing: 1 AM (September 13), Tokyo: 2 AM (September 13) / Sydney: 3 AM (September 13).

Apple has unveiled the iPhone 8, 8Plus and  X, the latest generation of its flagship device. 

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