Apple held an event, dubbed “Far Out,” on Wednesday to officially unveil its iPhone 14 lineup. Apple is also showcasing new versions of the Apple Watch and Apple AirPods.
Broadcast from Apple Park, the company’s headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., the event follows a major iPhone milestone: according to Counterpoint Research, the device recently reached 50% market share in the United States. United. The research firm noted that Apple shipped 237.9 million iPhones last year, an all-time high.
Here’s a rundown of everything announced during the Far Out event:
Apple introduced iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max.
The base iPhone 14 models now come in 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch screen sizes.
The iPhone 14 starts at $799 and is available September 16. The iPhone 14 Plus starts at $899 and will be available on October 7. You can pre-order either starting September 9.
The iPhone 14 offers a new front camera with autofocus. It has a more advanced camera system for photos in any light. The camera also offers an Action mode for very smooth videos.
The new devices also offer the best iPhone battery life yet. They are powered by the A15 bionic chip and come with collision detection and the new emergency SOS service via satellite.
The iPhone 14 and 14 Plus are available in five colors: midnight, starlight, blue, purple and red.
Meanwhile, iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max are equipped with the new A16 bionic chip.
Always-on display dims the wallpaper for a lock screen with readily available information. There’s a new “Dynamic Island” at the top of the screen – an interactive place that broadcasts alerts, notifications and activity.
The devices also feature the most impressive iPhone camera system to date. The 48-megapixel camera has a four-pixel sensor, the equivalent of four professional lenses out of the box. It captures 4 times more information than ever before, and the A16 bionic chip analyzes and perfects every pixel. Now professional photographers can capture an uncompressed 48-megapixel raw image.
The camera also includes a new Action mode that offers gimbal-like stabilization. It offers 4k video resolution and 24fps recording.
The iPhone 14 Pro starts at $999, while the Pro Max starts at $1099. They are available for pre-order on September 9 and will ship on September 16.
There are four colors for iPhone 14 Pro models this year. They are space black, silver, gold and dark purple.
Apple also offers new Apple Watch models. Three of them, to be exact.
Apple added menstrual cycle tracking to the Watch three years ago. Now Apple Watch Series 8 comes with a suite of advanced cycle tracking features, including valuable insights into ovulation – a vital aspect of women’s health.
The 8 Series also offers collision detection. When a car accident is detected, it will automatically put you in touch with the emergency services.
The watch still offers an 18-hour battery life. It now includes a low-power mode, which can give you 36 hours of battery life on a full charge.
The Series 8 is priced at $399 for GPS and $499 for cellular. It’s available to order now and will ship on September 16.
The new Apple Watch SE 2 offers all the essential benefits of an Apple Watch. This now includes crash detection. It is available in silver, midnight and starlight. Its price is $249 for GPS and $299 for cellular. It’s available to order now and will ship on September 16.
The Apple Watch Ultra is a larger, more rugged version of Apple’s popular wearable.
At a higher price, it compares to Garmin’s high-end rugged watches. While the Apple Watch has long dominated the smartwatch and wearable categories, Garmin leads the market share for smartwatches over $500.
The Apple Watch Ultra starts at $799. It’s available to order now and will ship on September 23.
Airpods Pro 2
The new AirPods offer up to six hours of listening time, as well as up to 30 hours of total listening time with the charging case.
They are available for $249. Order September 9 for September 23 launch.
Satellite emergency SOS service
The revolutionary new service will be included free for two years with iPhone 14. It will launch in November in the United States and Canada.
It connects your phone to a satellite network. There are places, like small winding roads, that cell towers don’t reach. Communications satellites – traveling hundreds of miles above Earth at thousands of miles an hour – are hard to reach, but they can offer a lifeline when you’re out of range of a tower cellular.
To overcome the technical challenges of reaching a satellite, Apple created custom components and software.
Connecting to a satellite network is only possible when the phone is pointed directly at a satellite. So Apple created a unique user experience that showed you had to point your phone to establish a connection. No bulky antenna is needed.
Apple also created a custom short-text compression algorithm to reduce average message size by a factor of three. Thanks to this algorithm, sending a message can take less than 15 seconds.
Once your message is transmitted to a ground station, it must reach the correct emergency service provider. Apple has set up relay centers, staffed with trained emergency specialists ready to receive your text.
This service can also be used in more casual and less serious circumstances. Use the “FindMy” app to manually share your satellite location.