Apple's September 7, 2016 Event

[iacas]

13:59 - Video for iPhone 7. Which is the same shape roughly as iPhone 6, because the tenth anniversary next year will be a big change, I think.

14:03 - Phil covering the new phone stuff.

14:04 - New Home button.

14:04 - Force sensitive solid state with a taptic engine.

14:05 - Water and dust resistant. Not "proof" at all.

14:06 - Shows a guy falling in a pool. IP67 resistant standard. Whatever that is.

14:06 - Camera stuff now. Dual lenses on the Plus model only?

14:06 - Yep, plus model only. Crap. I don't want a huge phone, but I like a great camera. OIS in the smaller model at least. That's good.

14:07 - f/1.8. 12 MP and faster sensor.

[iacas]

14:10 - Better pictures, yeah yeah. Show me the better camera in iPhone 7 Plus. Dammit.

14:11 - Front camera is improved too. 5 MP to 7, wide color capture, OIS, etc.

14:12 - quad LED True Tone flash. 50% brighter.

14:12 - Now the dual camera.

14:12 - I don't think i want to buy the bigger phone but I want the better camera. I know John Gruber feels similarly. One is wide angle, one is telephoto.

[CarlSpackler]

2 minutes ago, iacas said:

14:10 - Better pictures, yeah yeah. Show me the better camera in iPhone 7 Plus. Dammit.

Here you go...

[iacas]

14:13 - I wonder what the difference is between wide and telephoto. Equivalent in full-frame mm focal length?

14:14 - 2x is optical zoom. Beyond that is software zoom up to 10x.

14:16 - Depth of Field stuff now.

14:20 - Retina display stuff now. Brighter, wider gamut, 3D touch, cinema standard colors… color managed.

14:22 - Instagram guy demonstrating wide gamut. Okay. Thanks.

[mchepp]

12 minutes ago, iacas said:

14:12 - I don't think i want to buy the bigger phone but I want the better camera. I know John Gruber feels similarly. One is wide angle, one is telephoto.

I think many people feel as you do. Probably a problem they will try to fix.

[iacas]

14:25 - Lightning headphones. Yawn. I've heard they're not great.

2 minutes ago, mchepp said:

I think many people feel as you do. Probably a problem they will try to fix.

I don't know what you mean by that at all. There's nothing to "fix."

14:26 - Lightning to mini phono adapter included in the box.

14:26 - Removal of the headphone port: "Courage." Yeah, okay, sure… Uh huh.

[mchepp]

1 minute ago, iacas said:

I don't know what you mean by that at all. There's nothing to "fix."

Fix would be to put a camera like the one in the Plus in the regular version.

[iacas]

14:27 - Space? I dunno. Third… a vision of how audio should be? That's bogus too. Wireless. Yah yah.

Just now, mchepp said:

Fix would be to put a camera like the one in the Plus in the regular version.

Not gonna happen. These things have been in the works for years.

14:28 - Airpods. Video.

14:29 - I think the W1 chip is not a Bluetooth chip.

14:30 - Five hours of listening on a single charge.

14:31 - I like my Bose noise canceling headphones (ear buds) and will be using the adapter, thank you very much…

14:32 - W1 chip is Apple's first wireless chip. Pretty sure it's not Bluetooth, yeah…

14:33 - I think these AirPods look like the kind of thing that people will find easy to lose.

14:34 - Beats wireless headphones. Will they work with Bluetooth, too?

14:35 - Better performance. 50% faster was rumored.

14:36 - the iPhone is by far the fastest smart phone on the market. Now it'll be even faster. A10 (duh) but they added the word "Fusion" to it. A10 Fusion. 64-bit, 4-core, 3.3 billion transistors.

[iacas]

14:36 - 40% faster than A9, 120x faster than original iPhone.

14:37 - Other cores are 1/5 the power and give longer battery life for low-CPU intensive tasks.

14:37 - 50% faster graphics in A10 Fusion. 50% faster than A9. 2/3 the power of A9.

14:38 - 240x performance of original iPhone.

14:40 - Gaming demo. I tune out for now.

14:41 - Yeah yeah. Just get to the prices and the storage capacities. And pre-order times.

14:42 - BTW it's awesome watching this event on my TV.

14:42 - Longest battery life ever in an iPhone.

14:43 - Two more hours over iPhone 6s. 1 more hour on Plus.

[CarlSpackler]

A10 Fusion can render 400 flying monkeys...

[iacas]

14:44 - Video. They sure like these things.

14:45 - Not that that's new at all.

14:46 - I forgot to mention the stereo speakers (top and bottom for landscape left/right).

14:47 - Costs are the same. $649 in five colors. 32 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB. 7 Plus starts at $769.

14:49 - Preorders start September 9. Ships on the 16th.

14:50 - AirPods are $159 and ship late October.

14:50 - Done?

14:51 - Looks that way.

14:51 - Yup. (I'm not counting the stupid musical guest he's going to talk about now.)

[skeedawg]

Bummer there was nothing talked about or introduced for the Macbook or iMac...but I am definitely ordering the new phone. Maybe the watch for Christmas!

[Braivo]

No mention of the SE (smaller) version continuing? I'm guessing that means the end of the 4" screen version? 

Too bad, I quite like that size, and I'm not alone. 

[CarlSpackler]

24 minutes ago, Braivo said:

No mention of the SE (smaller) version continuing? I'm guessing that means the end of the 4" screen version? 

Too bad, I quite like that size, and I'm not alone. 

That appears to be sticking around with the 6S and 6S+. They doubled the memory in the 6S and 6S+. 

1 hour ago, iacas said:

14:44 - Video. They sure like these things.

14:45 - Not that that's new at all.

14:46 - I forgot to mention the stereo speakers (top and bottom for landscape left/right).

14:47 - Costs are the same. $649 in five colors. 32 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB. 7 Plus starts at $769.

14:49 - Preorders start September 9. Ships on the 16th.

14:50 - AirPods are $159 and ship late October.

14:50 - Done?

14:51 - Looks that way.

14:51 - Yup. (I'm not counting the stupid musical guest he's going to talk about now.)

I wonder if they are going to sell many at that price.

[jamo]

31 minutes ago, Braivo said:

No mention of the SE (smaller) version continuing? I'm guessing that means the end of the 4" screen version? 

Too bad, I quite like that size, and I'm not alone. 

It's still around.

[skeedawg]

Yeah I don't see the SE going away anytime soon because there's a large segment out there who want that form factor. Personally, I've gotten so used to my 6+ that anything smaller just doesn't feel right. 

[iacas]

I've got my alarm set for 2:50am.

Yippee.

I'm thinking that as much as I want the better camera(s), I don't want the extra size or the extra cost.

I'm also thinking of going Jet Black.

[skeedawg]

Same here. I'm expecting the jet black will be in high demand. @iacas what storage are you getting? I'm thinking 128. I've about ⅔ of my 64 filled currently. Lots of kid pix and videos. ?