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it's time for colorful iPhones I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update Apple finally has revealed two new types of iphones and yes the rumors were true we have a gold iPhone 5s that can read your fingerprints and there's a cheaper plastic iPhone 5c here's a quick breakdown of what you need to know the top-of-the-line iphone 5s comes in three shades a dark grey silver and gold and it's pretty much the same design as the current iphone 5 except for a few improvements the biggest one is that the home button can now scan your fingerprint at a very detailed level and even if your thumb is a bit off-center it still should work apple says your print is not being stored on Apple servers this information is just saved on your phone but it can be used as a quick way to verify that you want to buy a song or a nap no more passwords needed and no more swiping to unlock there's also a new chip inside called the m7 it just keeps track of motion so apps can know if you're walking or driving or how active you are Apple didn't talk about a SmartWatch but this technology is something we could see in a future i watch activity tracker now aside from faster processors the camera also got a boost it has a better sensor and the flash is something called true tone flash which white balances the photo so your flash will match the color of the room so if there are amber lights around you it'll look like you have an amber light flash instead of a bright white flash app will also add a new software tricks the camera can take multiple photos and it automatically picks the sharpest for you and there's a slo-mo video capture mode the price is what you would expect starting at two hundred dollars with a contract but I hope you're sitting down because you cannot pre-order this phone and get it mailed to you on the launch day if you want to be among the first to have it in your hand on September 20th looks like you'll have to go to a store yep get ready for the lines but you will be able to pre-order the colorful plastic iPhone 5c beginning on Friday September 13th which will also arrive a week later on the 20th if you don't care about fingerprint sensors and extra snazzy cameras then the five-seat will save you a hundred dollars Apple isn't selling last year's iPhone 5 at all anymore but it is selling the two-year-old 4s for free under contract which is a little odd since it's the only one that still has the old 30-pin connector dock but even if you're not getting a new model current iphone and ipad owners can upgrade to the new iOS 7 operating system starting on September 18th it has a completely new look and navigation so it'll certainly feel like a new device that your tech news update but you can get more details on the new iOS 7 and iPhone models at cnet com from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey