Apple have just completed their many essential keynote address of the year “Hey Siri”. The annual autumn statement that brings details of their newest iPhones as well as iPads.
Todays event was of specific rate of interest to house automators as the next gen Apple TV was revealed which may become an important part of the HomeKit ecosystem. So here’s our typical at-a-glance cheat sheet out the essential stuff you requirement to understand from the keynote…
New iPhones
New iphone 6s & iPhone 6s plus (really)
New “3D Touch” with new Taptic Engine for Feedback
New A9 70% quicker than A8, 90% quicker Graphics
M9 movement co-pro now embedded in A9
2nd gen Touch ID sensor – twice as fast
New 12MP iSight Camera, quicker Autofocus, 4K video capable
New 5MP Facetime Camera
“Hey Siri” always on
7000 series Aluminium, New stronger Glass
New increased Gold option
Same Pricing as previous model
5S becomes entry level design (all 64Bit variety now)
Pre-order from 12th September
Ships from 25th September
iOS 9 comes September 16th
New iPads
New iPad “Pro”
12.9 Inches – 5.6 Milion pixels
A9X Processor, 10 hour Battery
‘Apple Pencil’ Stylus choice detects force & tilt $99
‘Smart Keyboard’ click on choice (a la Surface) $169
4 Speakers
Supports new apps like AutoCAD
From $799 to $1,079
All offered from November
New iPad small 4
The iPad Air 2 in small form
$399
New Apple TV
New 4th gen Apple TV
Runs tvOS based on iOS
New Bluetooth remote with glass touchpad
IR Blaster in Apple TV to manage your TV from exact same remote
Voice browse with ‘Siri Remote’
Universal browse across all your material apps
Movies, TV, Music, pictures & app Store
Games utilize remote like a Wii controller
64Bit A8 Chip, HDMI, Ethernet
[No mention of 4K support or HomeKit]
$149 32GB, $199 64GB (existing design remains)
Available from October
Image credit: theverge.com
Other News
New Apple & Hermes view bands
New Gold & increased Gold versions of Aluminium sport Watch
watchOS 2 coming September 16th
www.apple.com
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