Nexus Special

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

• $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

• 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)

• Starting at $750 at 64GB
• Lots of colors; Product(RED) out the door
• LCD screen as expected
• No 3D Touch
• Single camera
• IP67

• 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

• Brian: thinking about iPhone X???? Max
• Ryan: Grandpa might need an X????

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