Important Features, Announcement & Updates of Apple Event 2018

Here’s the list of features, Announcement & updates that were announced on Apple Event 2018. Tim Cook, CEO of Apple took to the stage to announce all of the latest and greatest in Apple hardware. Here’s what’s noteworthy. Following quite a while of bits of gossip and breaks, we at long last got the chance to see the most recent iPhones specifically iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR alongside the Apple Watch Series 4.

Let’s take a deep look at the announcement of Apple Event 2018.

iPhone XS:

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Tim Cook announced that the iPhone X has become the most popular smartphone in the world before touting its 98 percent customer satisfaction rate. If you have both on your card, congrats, you’ve hit iPhone bingo. Please come and collect your prize. Phil Schiller announced it would be called the iPhone Xs. It’s available in Gold, Silver, and Space Gray.

The device having the storage options of 64GB, 256GB, and 512GB with A12 Bionic Chip chipset. The display is about 5.8″ OLED (458 PPI) (Super Retina HD display) with the camera specification of about 12MP wide-angle (ƒ/1.8 )+12MP telephoto lenses (ƒ/2.4) in rear camera and 7-megapixel (ƒ/2.22) for the front camera. It comes with iOS 12 and the battery lasts up to 30 minutes longer than iPhone X.

iPhone XS Max:

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The Tim Cook also announced another version of iPhone XS i.e., iPhone XS Max. Here’s the specification of iPhone XS Max:

The device having the storage options of 64GB, 256GB, and 512GB with A12 Bionic Chip chipset. This device also comes with the same color variant as the iPhone XS. The display is about 6.5″ OLED (480-500 PPI) (Super Retina HD display) with the camera specification of about 12MP wide-angle (ƒ/1.8 )+12MP telephoto lenses (ƒ/2.4) in rear camera and 7-megapixel (ƒ/2.22) for the front camera. It comes with iOS 12 and the battery lasts up to 1.5 hours longer than iPhone X.

iPhone XR:

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The iPhone XR having 64GB, 128GB, 256GB in storage option and it comes with A12 Bionic Chip. It has the color variant of Red, Yellow, White, Coral, Black, Blue. The display is about 6.1″ LCD (Liquid Retina HD display) with the camera specification of about Single 12 MP wide-angle (ƒ/1.8 ) in rear camera and 7 MP (ƒ/2.2) for the front camera. The battery lasts up to 1.5 hours longer than the iPhone 8 Plus.

Pricing:

• iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max will be up for pre-order from September 14 and available in stores from September 21 at a starting price of $999 (US) and $1,099 respectively
• iPhone XR will be up for pre-order from October 19 and be available in stores from October 26 at a starting price of $749

Apple Watch Series 4:

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Apple’s “gather around” event likewise brought another lineup of Apple Watch Series 4. The new Watch arrangement accompanies a bundle of uncommon changes like a nearly bezel-less screen for bigger show and new S4 64-bit dual-core processor. The most recent Apple Watch is accessible in the two GPS and Cellular and has propelled highlights like Digital Crown with Haptics, Fall Detection, ECG pulse checking, Swimproof, and so forth.

The Apple Watch 4 will be accessible in two variants – Cellular+GPS at a cost of $499 and the GPS just at a cost of $399. You can pre-order it from the official Apple Website beginning September 14 or get it from the stores from September 21st onwards.

However, Apple announced updates for HomePod and tvOS 12 with Atmos and iOS 12 that would be available from September 17 onwards.