Tuesday, 10 September 2019

iOS 13 will be available on September 19

Apple announced in a press release that iOS 13 will be available on September 19. Even if you don’t plan on buying a new iPhone, you’ll be able to get a bunch of new features.

But that’s not all. iOS 13.1 will be available on September 30. Apple had to remove some features of iOS 13.0 at the last minute as they weren’t stable enough, such as Shortcuts automations and the ability to share your ETA in Apple Maps. That’s why iOS 13.1 will be released shortly after iOS 13.

As always, iOS 13 will be available as a free download. If you have an iPhone 6s or later, an iPhone SE or a 7th-generation iPod touch, your device supports iOS 13.

watchOS 6 will also be released on September 19. Unfortunately, Apple will release iPadOS 13 on September 30.

Here’s a quick rundown of what’s new in iOS 13. This year, in addition to dark mode, it feels like every single app has been improved with some quality-of-life updates. The Photos app features a brand new gallery view with autoplaying live photos and videos, smart curation and a more immersive design.

This version has a big emphasis on privacy as well thanks to a new signup option called “Sign in with Apple” and a bunch of privacy popups for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi consent, background location tracking. Apple Maps now features an impressive Google Street View-like feature called Look Around. It’s only available in a handful of cities, but I recommend… looking around as everything is in 3D.

Many apps have been updated, such as Reminders with a brand new version, Messages with the ability to set a profile picture shared with your contacts, Mail with better text formatting options, Health with menstrual cycle tracking, Files with desktop-like features, Safari with a new website settings menu, etc. Read more on iOS 13 in my separate preview.

On the iPad front, for the first time Apple is calling iOS for the iPad under a new name — iPadOS. Multitasking has been improved, the Apple Pencil should feel snappier, Safari is now as powerful as Safari on macOS and more.



from Apple – TechCrunch https://ift.tt/302CLbv

Here’s everything Apple announced today at the iPhone 11 event

 

Like clockwork, Apple has used its annual September event to announce a new generation of iPhones.

But they also crammed a bunch of other stuff in there for good measure. New iPads! New Apple Watches! Launch dates for Apple Arcade, and Apple TV+!

Didn’t have time to watch the event as it happened, but still want to know what went down? We can help. We’ve got all the news, condensed down to just the bullet points.

Apple Arcade

Screen Shot 2019 09 10 at 1.04.50 PM

Apple Arcade, the company’s take on an all-you-can-eat, Netflix-for-games type service, will launch on September 19th in 150 countries. It’ll cost $4.99 per month for a family subscription, and offer a 1 month free trial.

Apple TV+

Screen Shot 2019 09 10 at 1.14.59 PM

Earlier this year Apple announced that it was working on an on-demand video service, complete with original programming from folks like Reese Witherspoon, Oprah, Jason Momoa, and many others. They didn’t get too specific about the launch date, though.

The company now says that Apple TV+ will start rolling out on November 1st — and, like Apple Arcade, will cost $4.99 per month for a family subscription.

Oh! And a bit of an added surprise: all new iPhones, iPads, Macs, and AppleTVs will come with one year of AppleTV+, free.

The New 10.2″ iPad

Screen Shot 2019 09 10 at 1.23.37 PM

As the iPad moves into its seventh generation, the 9.7″ model is being bumped up to 10.2″.

It’ll have a Retina display, a smart connector on its edge to connect it with a full size keyboard accessory, and work with the first-gen Apple Pencil. And for the TouchID fans out there, fret not: they’re keeping the home button.

It’ll cost $329 (or $299 for students); pre-orders start today, shipping on September 30th.

Apple Watch Series 5

Screen Shot 2019 09 10 at 1.43.49 PM

Always on display! Whereas previous Apple Watches turned off the display when you lowered your wrist, Series 5’s display will stay on unless you deliberately turn it off.

When you lower your arm, the brightness drops and the screen’s refresh rate dips down to one refresh per second, but your complications and watch faces stay visible. It’s getting a built-in compass, and an “international emergency calling” feature that lets you call emergency services in 150 countries by pressing and holding the side button.

Apple says the battery should last about 18 hours per charge.

Apple Watch Series 5 will start at $399, or $499 for the cell-enabled models. Shipping will start on September 20th. There will be aluminum models (silver, gold, and space grey), stainless steel models (gold, space black, and polished), titanium (brushed metal, brushed space black), and ceramic.

Series 3, meanwhile, is getting a bit of a price drop, with the base price for the two-year old model going from $279 to $199.

The new iPhones

You can’t have an Apple event in September without a new iPhone or three, right?

Screen Shot 2019 09 10 at 2.07.35 PM

First up was the iPhone 11. Here’s the breakdown:

  • 6.1″ display, with the “toughest glass” ever in an iPhone
  • A new dual camera system on the back — one 12MP wide angle camera (26mm f/1.8), and one 12 MP ultra wide camera (13mm f/2.4).
  • The flash is 36% brighter
  • A new night mode that uses adaptive bracketing for better low light shots
  • The front camera — now 12MP, up from 7MP — can do 60 FPS 4k and slow motion video
  • Running on Apple’s new A13 chipset, which they proclaim to be the fastest CPU/GPU ever in a smartphone

It’ll come in black, green, yellow, purple, red, and white, and start at $699.

Screen Shot 2019 09 10 at 2.10.16 PM

Next up was the iPhone 11 Pro/Pro Max:

  • The Pro line has three cameras, rather than two: a 12MP wide angle camera (26mm f/1.8), a 12MP ultra wide (13mm f/2.4), plus a 12MP telephoto camera (52mm f/2.0). All three cameras can shoot 4K at 60FPS.
  • Pro has a 5.8″ display, while Pro Max comes in at 6.5″
  • Also running on A13
  • While they didn’t give a specific battery life estimate, Apple says the Pro will get four more hours of life per charge when compared to the iPhone Xs Max, while the Pro Max will get five more hours
  • Both come with 18w fast chargers in the box
  • A new “Deep Fusion” feature uses machine learning for dramatically improved low light shots. Before you press the shutter button, the camera is taking a series of short exposure shots. Press the button, and it takes one long exposure shot. Apple then uses neural networks to analyze the photos “pixel by pixel”, combining them into one high detail, low noise photo.

Pro will start at $999, while Pro Max will start at $1099. Both will start shipping on September 20th.



from Apple – TechCrunch https://ift.tt/2Q2oZWN

Why does the new iPhone 11 Pro have 3 cameras?

On the back of the iPhone 11 Pro can be found three cameras. Why? Because the more light you collect, the better your picture can be. And we pretty much reached the limit of what one camera can do a little while back. Two, three, even a dozen cameras can be put to work creating a single photo — the only limitation is the code that makes them work.

Earlier in today’s announcements, Apple showed the base-level iPhone 11 with two cameras, but it ditched the telephoto for an ultrawide lens. But the iPhone Pro has the original wide, plus ultrawide and telephoto, its optical options covering an approximate 35mm equivalents of 13mm to 52mm, and 26mm.

threecams

“With these three cameras you have incredible creative control,” said Apple’s Phil Schiller during the stage presentation. “It is so pro, you’re going to love using it.”

Previously the telephoto lens worked with the wide-angle camera to produce portrait mode effects or take over when the user zooms in a lot. By combining the info from both those cameras, which have a slightly different perspective, the device can determine depth data, allowing it to blur the background past a certain point, among other things.

The ultra-wide lens provides even more information, which should improve the accuracy of portrait mode and other features. One nice thing about a wide angle on a dedicated sensor and camera system is the creators can build in lots of corrections so you don’t get crazy distortion at the corners or center. Fundamentally you’ll still want to back off a bit, because using an ultrawide lens on a face gives it a weird look.

While we’re all used to the pinch-to-zoom-in gesture, what you’re usually doing when you do that is a digital zoom, just looking closer at the pixels you already have. With an optical zoom, however, you’re switching between different pieces of glass and, in this case, different sensors, getting you closer to the action without degrading the image.

One nice thing about these three lenses is that they’ve been carefully chosen to work together well. You may have noticed that the ultra-wide is 13mm, the wide is twice that at 26mm, and the telephoto is twice that at 52mm.

wide1

The simple 2x factor makes it easy for users to understand, sure, but it also makes the image-processing math of switching between these lenses easier. And as Schiller mentioned on stage, “we actually pair the three cameras right at the factory calibrating for focus and color.”

Not only that, but when you’re shooting with the wide camera, it’s sharing information with the other two cameras, so when you switch to them, they’re already focused on the same point, shooting at the same speed and exposure, white balance, and so on. That makes switching between them mostly seamless even while shooting video (just be aware that you will shake the device when you tap it).

Apple’s improvements to the iPhone camera system this year are nowhere near as crazy as the switch from one to two cameras made by much of the industry a couple years back. But a wide, tele, and ultra-wide setup is a common one for photographers and no doubt will prove a useful one for everyone who buys into this rather expensive single-device solution.



from iPhone – TechCrunch https://ift.tt/2US5dMw

iOS 13 will be available on September 19

Apple announced in a press release that iOS 13 will be available on September 19. Even if you don’t plan on buying a new iPhone, you’ll be able to get a bunch of new features.

But that’s not all. iOS 13.1 will be available on September 30. Apple had to remove some features of iOS 13.0 at the last minute as they weren’t stable enough, such as Shortcuts automations and the ability to share your ETA in Apple Maps. That’s why iOS 13.1 will be released shortly after iOS 13.

As always, iOS 13 will be available as a free download. If you have an iPhone 6s or later, an iPhone SE or a 7th-generation iPod touch, your device supports iOS 13.

watchOS 6 will also be released on September 19. Unfortunately, Apple will release iPadOS 13 on September 30. And it looks like tvOS 13 will also be released on September 30 according to a separate press release.

Here’s a quick rundown of what’s new in iOS 13. This year, in addition to dark mode, it feels like every single app has been improved with some quality-of-life updates. The Photos app features a brand new gallery view with autoplaying live photos and videos, smart curation and a more immersive design.

This version has a big emphasis on privacy as well thanks to a new signup option called “Sign in with Apple” and a bunch of privacy popups for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi consent, background location tracking. Apple Maps now features an impressive Google Street View-like feature called Look Around. It’s only available in a handful of cities, but I recommend… looking around as everything is in 3D.

Many apps have been updated, such as Reminders with a brand new version, Messages with the ability to set a profile picture shared with your contacts, Mail with better text formatting options, Health with menstrual cycle tracking, Files with desktop-like features, Safari with a new website settings menu, etc. Read more on iOS 13 in my separate preview.

On the iPad front, for the first time Apple is calling iOS for the iPad under a new name — iPadOS. Multitasking has been improved, the Apple Pencil should feel snappier, Safari is now as powerful as Safari on macOS and more.



from iPhone – TechCrunch https://ift.tt/302CLbv

Here’s everything Apple announced today at the iPhone 11 event

 

Like clockwork, Apple has used its annual September event to announce a new generation of iPhones.

But they also crammed a bunch of other stuff in there for good measure. New iPads! New Apple Watches! Launch dates for Apple Arcade, and Apple TV+!

Didn’t have time to watch the event as it happened, but still want to know what went down? We can help. We’ve got all the news, condensed down to just the bullet points.

Apple Arcade

Screen Shot 2019 09 10 at 1.04.50 PM

Apple Arcade, the company’s take on an all-you-can-eat, Netflix-for-games type service, will launch on September 19th in 150 countries. It’ll cost $4.99 per month for a family subscription, and offer a 1 month free trial.

Apple TV+

Screen Shot 2019 09 10 at 1.14.59 PM

Earlier this year Apple announced that it was working on an on-demand video service, complete with original programming from folks like Reese Witherspoon, Oprah, Jason Momoa, and many others. They didn’t get too specific about the launch date, though.

The company now says that Apple TV+ will start rolling out on November 1st — and, like Apple Arcade, will cost $4.99 per month for a family subscription.

Oh! And a bit of an added surprise: all new iPhones, iPads, Macs, and AppleTVs will come with one year of AppleTV+, free.

The New 10.2″ iPad

Screen Shot 2019 09 10 at 1.23.37 PM

As the iPad moves into its seventh generation, the 9.7″ model is being bumped up to 10.2″.

It’ll have a Retina display, a smart connector on its edge to connect it with a full size keyboard accessory, and work with the first-gen Apple Pencil. And for the TouchID fans out there, fret not: they’re keeping the home button.

It’ll cost $329 (or $299 for students); pre-orders start today, shipping on September 30th.

Apple Watch Series 5

Screen Shot 2019 09 10 at 1.43.49 PM

Always on display! Whereas previous Apple Watches turned off the display when you lowered your wrist, Series 5’s display will stay on unless you deliberately turn it off.

When you lower your arm, the brightness drops and the screen’s refresh rate dips down to one refresh per second, but your complications and watch faces stay visible. It’s getting a built-in compass, and an “international emergency calling” feature that lets you call emergency services in 150 countries by pressing and holding the side button.

Apple says the battery should last about 18 hours per charge.

Apple Watch Series 5 will start at $399, or $499 for the cell-enabled models. Shipping will start on September 20th. There will be aluminum models (silver, gold, and space grey), stainless steel models (gold, space black, and polished), titanium (brushed metal, brushed space black), and ceramic.

Series 3, meanwhile, is getting a bit of a price drop, with the base price for the two-year old model going from $279 to $199.

The new iPhones

You can’t have an Apple event in September without a new iPhone or three, right?

Screen Shot 2019 09 10 at 2.07.35 PM

First up was the iPhone 11. Here’s the breakdown:

  • 6.1″ display, with the “toughest glass” ever in an iPhone
  • A new dual camera system on the back — one 12MP wide angle camera (26mm f/1.8), and one 12 MP ultra wide camera (13mm f/2.4).
  • The flash is 36% brighter
  • A new night mode that uses adaptive bracketing for better low light shots
  • The front camera — now 12MP, up from 7MP — can do 60 FPS 4k and slow motion video
  • Running on Apple’s new A13 chipset, which they proclaim to be the fastest CPU/GPU ever in a smartphone

It’ll come in black, green, yellow, purple, red, and white, and start at $699.

Screen Shot 2019 09 10 at 2.10.16 PM

Next up was the iPhone 11 Pro/Pro Max:

  • The Pro line has three cameras, rather than two: a 12MP wide angle camera (26mm f/1.8), a 12MP ultra wide (13mm f/2.4), plus a 12MP telephoto camera (52mm f/2.0). All three cameras can shoot 4K at 60FPS.
  • Pro has a 5.8″ display, while Pro Max comes in at 6.5″
  • Also running on A13
  • While they didn’t give a specific battery life estimate, Apple says the Pro will get four more hours of life per charge when compared to the iPhone Xs Max, while the Pro Max will get five more hours
  • Both come with 18w fast chargers in the box
  • A new “Deep Fusion” feature uses machine learning for dramatically improved low light shots. Before you press the shutter button, the camera is taking a series of short exposure shots. Press the button, and it takes one long exposure shot. Apple then uses neural networks to analyze the photos “pixel by pixel”, combining them into one high detail, low noise photo.

Pro will start at $999, while Pro Max will start at $1099. Both will start shipping on September 20th.



from iPhone – TechCrunch https://ift.tt/2Q2oZWN

Watch the first trailer for ‘See’, Apple’s post-apocalyptic show starring Jason Momoa

While Apple’s big event today was largely focused on the iPhone 11 and other new devices, the company also offered updates on its soon-to-launch subscription services Apple Arcade and TV+ — and it released the first trailer for the TV+ series “See.”

As you can, uh, see in the trailer above (you try writing this article without accidental puns), the series features “Aquman” star Jason Momoa in a story about a world where humans have lost their sense of sight. It will be written by “Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight and directed by Francis Lawrence (who helmed the last three “Hunger Games” movies).

This follows the release of trailers for the TV+ shows “The Morning Show,” “For All Mankind” and “Dickinson.”

“See” will launch on November 1 with Apple TV+, which will cost $4.99 per month. And you can get one year for free with the purchase of select Apple hardware.



from Apple – TechCrunch https://ift.tt/2HXXS8E

Apple introduces the A13 Bionic for the iPhone 11

Apple is announcing new iPhone models today. The iPhone 11 uses an Apple A13 Bionic system-on-a-chip. It is a nice improvement over the A12 Bionic in the iPhone XR, XS and XS Max.

But how much faster exactly? Apple first said it is making the fastest GPU and CPU for a smartphone. It then showed two charts with no X-axis. But later in the conference, Apple shared some details about A13 Bionic performance.

Screen Shot 2019 09 10 at 2.13.27 PM

VP of silicon engineering Sri Santhanam shared some details about the A13 Bionic. Everything has been optimized for machine learning. The CPU can do 1 trillion operations per second.

“The iPhone 11 Pro is the best machine learning platform in any smartphone” Sri Santhanam said.

When it comes to architecture, Apple is using 7nm transistors, and there are now 8.5 billion transistors. The A13 Bionic has 4 high-efficiency cores and 2 high-performance cores.

The two high-performance cores are 20% faster than previous high-performance cores and consumes 30 percent less battery. The four high-efficiency are 20% faster and consumes 40% less power.

The GPU has been optimized for Metal. It is 20 percent faster and consumes 40 percent less power. And finally, the neural engine has 8 cores and it is 20% faster while consuming 15% less power.

Screen Shot 2019 09 10 at 2.12.56 PM

The article has been updated with performance details about the A13 Bionic



from iPhone – TechCrunch https://ift.tt/2N7AFoU