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CNET Update - Apple reveals iPhone 6S with 3D Touch, iPad Pro with Pencil, and Apple TV with games

2015-09-09
in the next iPhone will be 3d touching are moving photos I'm Bridget Carey and in this CNET update I'll cover all the highlights from Apple's news events in under three minutes there's lots to cover from Apple's latest news conference so let's first hit the top product the new iPhone 6s and 6s plus they look similar and designed to last year's model but the big new feature is called 3d touch the screen can now tell how hard you're pressing and it will respond in different ways to pull up shortcuts or previews of a message instead of just a tap you press deeper to pull up menus or other options you'll have quite a number of new gesture tricks to learn there's a new color to the pack it now comes in rose gold aluminum which looks like a soft pink the processors are much faster than the last model and the cameras got an upgrade 12 megapixels on the back with a 5 megapixel sensor on the front there's a new photo feature called live photos and when you snap a photo it's also recording a second and a half before and after you took the photo so a photo essentially becomes a very very short video a moment in time the word live will appear on the screen when that features on press deep on the photo to see it in motion the front camera now has a flash it's actually the whole screen that lights up to become your front flash the new models are priced the same as always for iPhones if you have a payment plan it could be $27 a month or $200 with a new two-year contract pre-order it's Saturday September 12th and it'll arrive in stores Friday September 25th Apple is also putting a new spin on the Apple TV streaming box by opening it up to games and apps some of the same apps and games from your iPhone and iPad the new Apple TV comes with a remote with a glass touch surface to swipe and tap to navigate and has a motion sensor just like a classic Nintendo Wii Remote use Siri to ask for specific things like only show me James Bond movies with Sean Connery other streaming boxes from Amazon Google and Roku they have voice commands too and they are less expensive Apple TV starts at a hundred and fifty dollars and it will arrive in late October and how does Apple hope to get you excited about buying a new iPad by making it more like a laptop and creating a new keyboard in style accesory the new iPad pro has a high-end processor chip the screen is as large as a laptop screen at twelve point nine inches and there are 5.6 million pixels packed into this screen which is more than the 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display never before has Apple made a stylus but behold now we have the Apple pencil which changes thickness of the line depending on how hard you press there's also a special fabric keyboard cover Apple is making a big push for this as a workplace tool it has a 10 hour battery life and it starts at $800 the pencil is $100 and the keyboard is 170 dollars it's all coming out in November we're out of time for this update but you can dive in deeper on all the Apple news and the new Apple watch colors at cnet.com from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey
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