Fast Company Reports Live From The September 10 Apple Announcement
Join Fast Company's Alice Truong, Mark Wilson, Kit Eaton, and Noah Robischon as they report live from Cupertino, Chicago, New York City, and beyond during Apple's next product announcement on September 10, 2013. Will Apple unveil an iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C? New iPads? Updated iMacs? Apple TV hardware? Or will Apple turn up the dial on iTunes Radio? Tune in with us on Tuesday at 10am Pacific, 1pm Eastern.
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Today's Apple event has wrapped. Here are the highlights.
There are two new iPhones, the 5C and 5S, as predicted.
The iPhone 5C - for 5 colors - is available for pre-order starting September 13. It starts at $99 for the 16GB model (with contract). Why colors? And if you want to cover up that polycarbonate shell, there is a line of silicone cases with "precisely drilled holes" that align with the speakers. There are six colors, and it will retail for $29.
The iPhone 5S is available for pre-order starting September 20. It starts at $199 for the 16GB model and $399 for the 64GB model. It comes in gold, silver, and "Space Gray." There's a new chip inside that makes it twice as fast as previous model, a "motion coprocessor," as well as a vastly improved camera with two flashes, and a fingerprint sensor for unlocking the device. Should you be worried about the fingerprint sensor?
iOS 7 will be available for all Apple devices starting September 18th.
iWork is now available for mobile devices, and will be free.
No new iWatch, Apple TV, or iPad was announced today.
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Hey Kit Eaton here, I'll be here tomorrow to comment on the news as Apple reveals it to us. But for now, here's the low down on what we expect to happen: Apple Rumor Patrol. In short, we're looking at the new top-range iPhone 5S, a colorful plastic iPhone 5C, iOS 7, and OS X Mavericks -- and, just possibly, some new Macs and maybe more!
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By now, we all know the iPhone 5C that will come in different colors. But why does Apple release products in more colors? Steve Jobs was bummed by the original blue iMac, even though it was a huge success. -
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The iPhone 5S will be the new flagship. The S is rumored to stand for "security." That's because of its key new feature, a thumbprint sensor.
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But the iPhone 5S may be interesting for reasons beyond the fact that you won't have to enter a PIN to lock your phone.
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If you think about fingerprints, they're really like nature's ID. If Apple gets into fingerprint tech--as it seems they have--it could have major implications for retail payments and all other sorts of services that sync you with the cloud.
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In the iPhone 5C will be the new budget-friendly addition to the iPhone line. The C will stand for "color."
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Meanwhile, over on PopSci, Dan Nosowitz is live-blogging the Apple event on his "busted-ass iPhone 4S", for those of you with similarly cracked and abused devices. -
What about new iPads, Kit? Do you think we'll see any of those today?
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The plastic back on the 5C is likely made of the same material used on the old Macbooks and iBooks.
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Heheh, I think so, yup Mark. As for new iPads... well, I think we'll at least get a quick mention and show of them. But I'm not sure that's where Apple's attention is during this event.
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I agree, Kit, only because we've seen what feels like thousands of leaks (but maybe really just one or two!) of the new hardware. What about anything else? AppleTV?
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More than 200 features in iOS 7. Developers' apps include OpenTable, Zillow, and NBC. "Great not just on the iPhone, but iPad as well."
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iOS 7 available Sept 18 for iPhone 4 and later, iPad 2 and later, iPad mini, and 5th generation iPod Touch.
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The most interesting thing to me about iOS7 has been that Apple didn't make the cutoff iPhone 5, or even iPhone 4S, but the iPhone 4. They really want to keep the most current OS running on as many devices as possible--a bit different than Google's approach with Android.
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Ha! Apple has found the Holy Grail--sell a colorful iPhone AND sell a colorful case.
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iPhone 5C made of hard-coated polycarbonate material and has four-inch Retina display. Inside is steel reinforced structure to provide rigidity. Battery inside is slightly larger than iPhone 5 battery. Connectivity: 100Mbps, more LTE bands, Bluetooth 4.0,
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It's the Green Goblin phone. Is that a real color?
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the Specs for the iPhone 5C | Photo courtesy of Engadget
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iPhone 5C camera specs: 8-megapixel iSight camera (uses new camera app with live photo filters), 3x video zoom, better FaceTime HD for low light conditions, improved FaceTime audio.
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Price for the iPhone 5C | Photo courtesy of Engadget
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The phone is green, too: Arsenic-free display, Mercury-free, "and yes, Android-free."
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Here's the silly part to me. That iPhone 5C price is $99 with contract, no doubt. But the phone service contract is ultimately what costs the consumer the most money. It's an illusion of cheapness.
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From the iPhone 5C video: Exterior is made of multiple parts reduced to single polycarbonate component with seamless surface. iPhone 5C starts with single piece of polycarbonate with steel-reinforced frame with bespoke assembly that doubles as antenna. Clear lacquer gives it glossiness, contrasted by matted case.
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The iPhone 5C's case colors match the iOS7 UI perfectly, don't they?
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$99 is cheap, but many folks outside the U.S. don't have contracts with reduced price phones. The 5C will definitely be cheaper to buy off-contract than a "full" iPhone--and from its $99, we can guess by at least a hundred dollars, possibly more.
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"Beautifully, unapologetically plastic," says Cook.
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Little known fact, that room doubles as Ive's tanning booth.
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"iPhone 5C is built on foundation of features people know and love," Federighi says in the video. The wallpaper complements the colors of the phone.
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"It's the vivid realization of hardware and software together in one device."
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"It's the most forward-thinking phone we've ever created."
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The Color options and cases for the iPhone 5C | Photo courtesy of Engadget
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The plastic is polycarbonate, which is the same material they've been using since iBook G3.
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iPhone 5S video shows metallic coming together. Looks like that gold iPhone is real!
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I'm really against these cases. They're nice looking but the whole point of a plastic phone is that you shouldn't need to protect it.by Farhad Manjoo via twitter 9/10/2013 5:35:02 PM -
iPhone 5S made of high-grade aluminum with diamond cut edges and perfectly matched glass inlays. "It is the gold standard in smartphones."
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by nokia_uk via twitter 9/10/2013 5:36:03 PM
