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what's up Brian Tong here and welcome to the Apple buy for everything good and bad inside the world of Apple after Apple's iPhone and I watch event Oh I mean Apple watch Apple watch and they'll tell me you haven't done that since the keynote now every time i watch an apple announcer you sued again what no I I didn't I was actually saying I and watch as two separate words all right so let's get to it and there weren't too many surprises with the new iPhone 6 and the highly questionable naming of the iPhone 6 plus seriously why not something like the iPhone big 6 e yeah yeah Apple call me okay now it's super slim six point nine millimeters slim for the iPhone six there's a second generation a eight processor a new m8 processor and the whole new camera it's still at 8 megapixels we're surprised we didn't get more megapixels but there's a new image sensor and video enhancements and finally a 128 gig option but the real debate for most of you comes down to getting the 6 are going large with a 6 plus really outside of the larger and we mean a larger 5.5 inch screen the two main things you'll be getting with the plus is optical image stabilization for the camera and roughly two to three hours more battery juice when you're using LTE or watching videos and if you're wondering where is that rumored sapphire screen not here the only sapphire you'll find on the iPhone 6 is the camera lens well that's until the iPhone 6s SS comes out which stands for sessi sapphire screen and the award for the guy with the biggest rocks goes to Tommy from super evil Megacorp who rocked a purple scarf during a demo friends don't let friends wear purple scarves during Apple demos unless your Tommy now pre-orders for the iPhone 6 and 6 plus are on Friday September the 12th and the phone's go on sale September the 19th and iOS 8 Apple's next mobile OS will be released on September the 17th two days before the new phones go on sale now the biggest news from the keynote that I cared about wasn't the Apple watch which we'll get to it was Apple pay finally Apple delivered on making the deals to build a real working digital wallet for the US market now it's going to take some time for people to get comfortable with it but the big a has plenty of partners ranging from Macy's to Whole Foods a healthiest grocery store and leading provider of organic food and only in California at an Apple Keynote will Whole Foods get an applause like that I mean what about Subway subway home of the five dollar footlong where were there tears and McDonald's you know everything good and oily in this world comes from Mickey D's they should have been the ones people were cheering for now Apple pay is going to be integrated into apps for payments as long as it works like Apple is showing us it will and it will be part of an iOS 8 Update in October I'm excited about this and really 2005 in Japan will finally be 2014 in the US and the Apple watch don't call it the iWatch because an extra syllable makes a difference look at how happy Tim Cook and company were they were so happy now when I first saw it I thought it's not round but it looks good better than I thought it would the numerous wrist straps sizes and styles really give a unique personal feel that other smartwatches really haven't captured yet and it actually looks pretty nice but then it also kind of looks like the Samsung Galaxy gear just fine-tuned polished and made with more precision and care I'm sorry guys someone had to tell you now the best thing about this gadget by far is its unique user interface using the digital crown the worst part of the UI calling it a digital crown Apple you're not tricking us it's ok you can call it a dial now they're focusing on the fact that it's an accurate timepiece and it's going to be great for fitness so you can do this thing like this guy the calories you've burned that gives you the best overview of how active you and then there's this because you wear it we invented new intimate ways to connect and communicate directly from your wrist excuse me Tim is there something that you know that I don't know with digital touch we've developed an entirely new way for you to connect intimately with others you can get someone's attention with a gentle tap you can send a quick sketch or you can even share something as personal as your own heartbeat okay so it's a minimum $700 to share my heartbeat with my lady or my buddies I'm totally in no I'm messing with you all but I went into the keynote wondering if Apple could convince me that I really need a SmartWatch in they still have it now there's a lot of people that will always want Apple's newest shiny toy and I'm one of them as long as I actually have a reason to use that toy now the Apple watch starts at 349 I repeat starts and that's with a smaller woman's size so if you're a guy you probably want the full-sized watch that will cost more and then if you're going to get that 18 karat gold Apple watch Edition for your boo that's gonna be at least $500 but at least the jewelry box it comes with doubles as a charger now I know you can use it to control your Apple TV it's water-resistant but not waterproof you can send walkie talkie like messages and there's a lot more to learn until it's released in 2015 oh and this it's a new innovative intimate way to communicate directly from your wrist yeah that's but here's how I look at the Apple watch here either thinking this is Apple's newest tech masterpiece and I have to have it while ignoring that this watch still requires an iPhone and there was no mention of battery life but early reports are saying about a day I will buy it to try it out and dig into it but I still don't see myself using this every day if I'm wrong I'll let you know but I'll wait until the next generation and before we go just like we've done in the past we'd like to have a moment of silence for the dear friend that we lost at this most recent Kino you will be missed iPod Classic with your soft edges and one-of-a-kind click wheel alright that's gonna do it for this week's show now I want to know what you thought about the Apple watch send me your emails to the Apple bite at cnet.com or tweet me at brian tong and we'll post some of them in next week's show thanks so much for watching and we'll catch you all next time for another bite of the Apple