So for people who don't know, Apple has a conference every year on September 9th, today. And in that conference, they announce all of their new products for the year. This year has all revamped/updated products.
There is the Apple Pencil, which is the pencil that you can pay extra for that you can use on the all new iPad Pro. In the pen, there is a weighted tip that has a sensor that can tell where the position, force and tilt of the pen is. It also has very low latency, "almost imperceptible level." And the pen also works so well because of the force touch added to all of the screens on the new products this year. So when drawing, if you press harder on the screen, the size of the line will get bigger and the lighter you press, the smaller. The pen does need to be charged but Apple claims that just plugging the pen into the iPad Pro for 15 seconds will give you 30 minutes of battery, which is incredible. The pen looks like it is very comfortable in the hands and looks quite nice. The price for the pen will be $99 and will be available in November.
The next revamped product is Apple TV. Now this product was the failure of Apple, and they really left it alone after announcing a new version years ago. But they seem to have captured a wider audience now with the new features they have added. The first one is the redesign of the Apple TV remote, which adds a Force Touch touchpad at the top of the remote, for easier scrolling and handling. Next is adding games to Apple TV. You can finally play games from the TV with just the remote. I'm not sure how well this will work for a lot of games, but I guess we will see. You can also finally use 3rd party controllers which would be better than the remote. The price has been announced as $149, which is $80 more than the previous model, but no announce date.
The next revamp which is just a few colors added to the Apple Watch Sport Edition. The new colors are Space Grey, Rose Gold, and Gold. This is nice and well needed.
The next product is the iPad Pro. Now this tablet has a whopping 12.9 inch Retina display that looks incredible and has the most pixels out of any Apple product ever. The number you ask, 5.6 million pixels on that large tablet. The screen also has Force Touch capabilities. The tablet itself weighs only 1.57 lbs. and is 6.9 mm thick. A new feature added to the iPad Pro is the revamped speakers, which are now on all four corners of the tablet, and they are boasting that it is extremely immersive and amazing audio quality, but I'm speculative about that. There is also a fairly good camera on the front and back of the tablet, but who really uses a tablet for taking pictures? There is also new processing power with Apple's new A9X chip. What is also nice about the tablet is that they have come up with some useful accessories to use for the iPad, such as the Apple Pen, and a Smart Keyboard, which has a special connector at the bottom of the tablet itself so you don't have to waste your battery using Bluetooth, or having to charge the keyboard. Overall, I think that this was a smart move for Apple because I can see this being a big seller even with its price tag. The price of this tablet is $799 and will be available in November.
The product that Apple makes most of its money from is the iPhone, and the iPhone 6s is going to make them even more money. Although there hasn't been much added to the new version, there is still some amazing new stuff packed into this updated device. There is now Multi-Touch technology, what Apple calls 3D-Touch, which is actually just another way to say Force Touch. The camera has been updated to 12MP and can shoot 4K video and has a new feature called live, which basically just records a bit right before you take a picture. The new A9 chip has been put into the phone, which gives it great power for apps that need a lot. Finally, there is a new color added to the mix, which is Rose Gold. That's basically it on the new iPhone, still the same design and a good phone overall.
So that is what happened at WWDC 2015. I know no one will actually read this wall of text, but I enjoy writing about tech shit, so yeah. But what do you guys think of the new products announced?
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