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- Apple Event 2024 key highlights: iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max announced at Rs 79,900 onwards; Apple Watch Series 10 and AirPod 4 go on pre-orders
Apple Event 2024 key highlights: iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max announced at Rs 79,900 onwards; Apple Watch Series 10 and AirPod 4 go on pre-orders
The iPhone 16 and 16 Plus feature the A18 chip, enabling Apple Intelligence capabilities. They sport brighter displays, a vertical camera arrangement, and a new Camera Control button. The main camera is upgraded to 48MP, complemented by a 12MP ultrawide lens with macro capabilities. Pricing remains unchanged, starting at Rs 79,900 for the iPhone 16 and Rs 89,900 for the 16 Plus.
The iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max boast larger displays -- 6.3" and 6.9" respectively -- and the more powerful A18 Pro chip. The camera system sees significant upgrades, including a new 48MP ultrawide lens and a 5x telephoto on both models. Advanced video features include 4K 120fps recording and frame-by-frame color grading. The Pro models start at Rs 1,19,900 and Rs 1,19,900 respectively.
Marking its 10th anniversary, the Apple Watch Series 10 introduces a redesigned form factor with the largest display yet in a thinner 9.7mm body. Powered by the new S10 SiP, it offers enhanced AI capabilities and introduces sleep apnea detection. The Series 10 also borrows some features from the Ultra line, including a depth gauge and water temperature sensor. Pricing starts at Rs 46,900 for the GPS model.
The AirPods 4 come in two variants: a standard model at Rs 12,900 and an ANC-equipped version at Rs 17,900. Both feature improved audio quality and the H2 chip for advanced features. The higher-end model introduces active noise cancellation to the non-Pro line. The redesigned case now uses USB-C and offers wireless charging and Find My capabilities.
All new devices are available for pre-order starting September 13, with in-store availability from September 20. These releases showcase Apple's focus on AI integration, camera improvements, and iterative design refinements across its product ecosystem.
iPhone 16 Pro camera specs for you: 48-megapixel Fusion Camera, with a quad pixel sensor, as well as a 12MP 5x telephoto camera like before. You'll also get the new Camera Control on the Pro series. Camera control will be updated later this year with a two-state focus feature to lock autofocus.
iPhone 16 Pro models comes in two new screen sizes: 6.3-inch and 6.9-inch, up from iPhone 15 Pro's 6.1 inch and iPhone 15 Pro Max's 6.7 inch.
iPhone 16 Pro and Apple 16 Pro Max run on A18 Pro chipset. So A18 Pro for the Pro Apple iPhones. Specs and numbers to talk about -- Faster and more efficient than A18, 3nm second-gen process, 16-core neural engine "excels at generative AI workloads." Apple says that Apple Intelligence runs 15 percent faster than on iPhone 15 Pro. There are two performance cores and four efficiency cores. 15 percent faster than A17 Pro. 2x faster ray tracing than A17 Pro.
Time for iPhone iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max with "Stunning new design"
No change in Iphone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus pricing -- iPhone 16 is $799 and iPhone 16 plus is $899.
Time for gaming: iPhone 16 takes gaming to "next level" . A18 in iPhone 16 has hardware-accelerated ray tracing. For names -- Honor of Kings World coming to iPhone 16. iPhone 16 can also support AAA games like Resident Evil Biohazard and Assassin's Creed Mirage.
Piyush Pratik is talking Computational photography: "allows us to flex this main camera beyond its fixed lens". iPhone 16 camera specs include 12MP, 2x telephoto lens and what Apple is calling a 48MP Fusion camera. It'll capture 4K 60p video with HDR support. iPhone 16 also has an Ultra-wide camera.
Piyush Pratik is here to tell us more about the iPhone 16's cameras. Starting with: Camera control. Visual Intelligence "is coming to the camera control later this year."
Craig Federighi is now showing what he says: "really cool that we created for iPhone 16." It's "visual intelligence" with iPhone 16's new camera control. Say you encounter a new restaurant when you're out for a walk. You can pull out your iPhone 16, point the camera at it, click the control and you'll see information about the store's hours and menu. Did we hear Google Lens?
Apple Intelligence can help you prioritise and focus, making sense of your notifications. It also reinvents Siri in iPhones. "Apple Intelligence is integrated throughout the system," across many of the apps you use every day, said Federighi. Get ready for Writing tools, new features in Photos and more with Apple Intelligence on your iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus
Apple VP says "Apple Intelligence is the personal intelligence system at the heart of the iPhone 16 lineup". As Apple is talking AI, the company is not missing out on giving us details about security features for its AI systems.
Apple gives you big reason to go for iPhone 16 -- New A18 chip. Said to be 30 percent faster than CPU in iPhone 15, Six-core CPU with two performance cores and four efficiency cores.
iPhone 16 series -- New buttons; new camera layout and controls and more. First iPhone 16 -- iPhone 16 comes with new ceramic shield glass, which Apple says is 50 percent tougher than previous gen and 2x tougher than other phones. 2,000 nits brightness 6.1 inches for iPhone 16, 6.7in for the iPhone 16 Plus
Kaiann Drance is here now to talk about iPhone 16 series. We can see lot of colours -- and Rich colors. iPhone 16 looks rounder with deeper colors -- Pink, Ultramarine, White Black and Teal.
No new AirPods Pro -- but new exclusive features for AirPods Pro -- AirPods Pro to get new features to improve hearing health focused Prevention, Awareness, Assistance. Apple says that AirPods 2 can be now be used as a clinical grade hearing aid.
Remember -- new AirPods are called AirPods 4 not 4th gen. Apple explains how important the shape of AirPods is, reason is that it enables earbuds to fit as many people as possible. Apple says that it analysed thousands of ear shapes for "the most comfortable AirPods ever" with the H2 chip inside. AirPods 4 will cost $129 and $179 and will be available for preorder starting today, go on sale from September 20. New colours in AirPods: Black, Blue, Purple and Orange. There's also the update to USB-C, but so far no mention of H2 chip.
Apple Watch Ultra is Apple's smartwatch designed for athletes. But mind it, there is no third-generation version of Apple Watch Ultra. It is updated Apple Watch 2. Apple Watch Ultra comes with a new finish – Satin Black'
