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Apple finally took the wraps off the long-awaited iPhone 7 and it showed off a new waterproof Apple watch with GPS both of which come out next week but the most exciting news wasn't even about Apple's gadgets it was about Mario and a surprise announcement Apple revealed that a new Nintendo Mario game is coming to the iPhone and the popular Pokemon Go game is going to soon be playable through the Apple watch more on that in a minute but first let's break down all the facts you need to know about Apple's next iPhone in under three minutes it comes in two sizes the iPhone 7 and 7 plus so what's new well as you expect Apple improve the processors and the battery life and the screen is water-resistant so it may just survive an accidental drop in the toilet oops it comes in a black and a glossy jet black color the home button it's now sensitive to the force of your press and you're going to get more vibration feedback with different activities the camera sensors they got a big boost and if you go for the larger plus-size phone it's gonna have two lenses on the back that lets you take 2 X zoom shots and in a software update coming later this year owners will be able to take portrait photos where the subject is in focus and the background is blurry if you think two camera lens is on the back is special let me remind you that Apple is not the first to do this but back to the iPhone 7 both models have stereo speakers and that headphone jack yep it's gone and there's an adapter included so you can still listen to traditional headphones through the Lightning power port but apple also has created these new wireless earbuds called ear pods they have 5 hours of battery life but there's a battery case to give you more juice and you can access Siri with a double tap and talk through them just like those nerdy Bluetooth earpieces who used to make fun of people wearing years ago those buds come out late October 4 about $160 as for the phones they will cost the same as before starting at six hundred and fifty dollars or payment plan of about 27 dollars a month but good news the storage is doubled with the entry model sporting 32 gigs of memory it's about time pre-orders begin Friday and it arrives a week later on September 16th also on Friday you can pre-order the new Apple watch it's called series 2 at first lancet looks the same as the original watch but the processor is better and it comes in a ceramic option it's also waterproof so you can wear it while swimming and it has GPS these all start at three hundred and seventy dollars they arrive with the new iPhone 7 on September 16th now there wasn't much surprise with the iPhone and the watch with all these early leaks and such but the news that guy gaming geeks going crazy is that Nintendo is bringing Mario to the iPhone with his first mobile game it's called Super Mario run it's a game you play one-handed and you can compete against players around the world the cost of the game was not announced yet and it is coming out in December those are the big highlights but if you want to dive in deeper head to sina.com slash I'm Bridget Carey thanks for watching