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Nexus Special #60: Apple September Event 2018

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Brian and Ryan discuss the Apple September 2018 iPhone event, and we talk all about the new Apple Watch Series 4 and three new iPhones – iPhone X🅂, iPhone X🅂 Max and iPhone X🅁, and of course, what we did not hear about at this keynote.

Links
  • Apple Events – Keynote September 2018 – Apple
  • Apple iPhone XS and XR 2018 event in 12 minutes – YouTube
  • iPhone Xs Event from Brian Mitchell on Twitter
    • Outline
    00:00 | Intro
    01:57 | Apple Watch Series 4
    • $399 base model, $499 base model with cellular
    • The watch bands from the past are compatible
    • The watch bands from the future are compatible with older models as well
    • The sizes increased
      • 40mm/44mm
      • Smaller bezel
      • Thinner
      • Rounded corners of the screen
      • Some watch faces have full color backgrounds because they look good now
      • Health
        • Fall detection
        • Low heart rate detection (to add to high heart rate detection)
        • ECG monitor
          • First over the counter
          • FDA approved
          • US only for now?
          • New sensor module on the bottom
            • It looks really cool HAL9000
            • Symmetric now
            • Digital Crown ticks/scroll feedback
            • Microphone moved to the other side
            • S4 SoC
              • It’s faster than ever
              • Cool
              • Up to 2x faster
              • Louder speaker
              • Better cellular reception with the case allowing more signals in and out
                • iPhones
                12:19 | iPhone X🅂
                • Starting at $999 at 64GB for X🅂 and $1099 X🅂 Max
                  • The larger model is cheaper than I thought it would be
                  • Storage bumps are $150 still, but it’s not terrible
                  • New chip: A12 Bionic
                    • It’s 2 powerful core – 4 efficient chips
                    • 4ish cores for the GPU, which is faster too
                    • It’s 7nm, for what it’s worth
                    • Cameras
                      • Each phone has the same camera module, so there’s no camera differentiation
                      • Smart HDR
                        • It’s supposed to be similar to how the Pixel processes images, we’ll see it in the field soon enough
                        • Dynamic bokeh, you can change the aperture after you take a photo
                        • IP68 (maximum depth of 2 meters up to 30 minutes)
                          • 24:02 | iPhone X🅁
                          • Starting at $750 at 64GB
                          • Lots of colors; Product(RED) out the door
                          • LCD screen as expected
                          • No 3D Touch
                          • Single camera
                          • IP67
                            • 30:13 | Entire iPhone Lineup
                            • iPhone 8/8+ and 7/7+ remain in the lineup
                              • Price updates are
                                • $449 for iPhone 7; $569 for iPhone 7 Plus
                                • $599 for iPhone 8, $699 for iPhone 8 Plus
                                  • Reasonable pricing all around for these old models
                                  • My dream of having only a single phone shape to design for going forward was shattered; but it’s the Tim Cook way (and the price umbrella)
                                  • There’s a neat new iPhone Comparison page
                                  • Compare the footprints
                                  • No iPhone SE for those that like smaller phones
                                    • Speaking of which, the iPhone SE looks like it has been removed from the Apple website broadly
                                      • This means the iPhone 7 is the smallest currently offered iPhone; will we see the SE2 at the next event for fun? Or in Spring?
                                      • No new iPads or Macs today
                                      • AirPower mysteriously removed
                                        • What are you buying?
                                        • Brian: thinking about iPhone X🅂 Max
                                        • Ryan: Grandpa might need an X🅁
                                          • How was this keynote overall?

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