Our Apple iPhone 2018 Keynote Cheat Sheet – Gather Round

Apple just closed their latest address from the Steve Job’s Theatre, their regular early Autumn debut of this years new iPhones. Here’s our usual cheat sheet, a bite size look at what’s new…

iPhone

• iPhone Xs
• 5.8″ OLED screen, 2436×1125, 458ppi
• A12 Bionic CPU – 7 nanometer, 6 cores
• GPU up to 50% faster than A11
• Plus new 8-core neural engine
• 5 trillion operations per second
• 2 new 12MP camera f1.8 f2.4, 7MP front camera
• 30 mins better battery life than iPhone X
• Stereo Recording
• IP68
• Richer Sound
• Faster Unlock with new FaceID
• DSDS Dual SIM Dual Standby & ESIM (carrier support required)
• (2 physical SIMs for China only)
• iOS 12 released Sept 17th
• 64GB, 256GB or 512GB
• £999 to £1,349
• preorder 14th Sept
• Ships 21st Sept

• iPhone Xs Max
• 6.5″ OLED screen, 2688 x 1242, 458ppi, Biggest ever iPhone display
• IP68
• Richer Sound
• Faster Unlock with new FaceID
• 1.5 hours longer battery life than iPhone X
• Silver, Gold or Space Gray
• 64GB, 256GB or 512GB
• £1,099 to £1,449
• preorder 14th Sept
• Ships 21st Sept

• iPhone XR – Lower cost option
• Aluminium Chassis
• Same A12 Bionic from XS
• LCD Edge to edge ‘Liquid Retina’ display
• 6.1″ 1792×828, 326 ppi
• FaceID
• Single 12MP rear camera f1,8 wide angle,
• Portrait mode from single camera
• Same front TrueDepth camera as XS
• Haptic touch instead of 3D touch
• IP67
• 1.5 hours longer battery  life than 8 Plus
• 64GB, 128GB, or 256GB
• Black, White, Yellow, Coral, Blue or Product Red
• Starts £749 (less than iPhone 8 Plus) to £899
• Order from Oct 19th
• Ships from Oct 26th

Apple Watch

• Series 4
• S4 dual-core 64bit custom CPU up to 2x faster
• Next gen accelerometer & Gyroscope samples 8x faster
• 32% and 35% Larger Screens
• But Thinner for less total volume
• New Speaker 50% Louder
• Mic moved to opposite side to reduce echo in calls
• Haptic Feedback on redesigned Digital Crown
• Black ceramic and sapphire crystal back case
• Optical heart sensor, Low & Hight Heart Rate, plus AFib detection
  • Plus electrical heart sensor for Electrocardiogram (ECG)  – 1st consumer product to do so
  • FDA Approved, USA this year, working on other countries
• Fall detection with SOS feature
• watchOS 5 out 12th Sept
• Same 18 hour all-day battery life
• Silver gold or space grey
• stainless
• from $399 GPs, $499 Cellular
• Order from 14th, ships one week later

Misc

• New HomePod features coming in software update – Sept 17th
• tvOS getting Dolby Atmos- Sept 17th
• macOS Mohave – Sept 24th
• Nearing 2 Billion iOS Devices Shipped
• Apple now running on 100% Renewable Energy
• Using recycled Tin and other recycled products

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