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you can sum up apple spring event in three words reduce reuse and recycle I'm Bridget Carey this is your CNET update just when you thought all the hot new phones and tablets were getting larger and larger Apple just revealed the new line of mobile devices for people who would like things smaller for starters there's a new iPhone se it has a four inch screen and aside from the new colors it's the basic outside design as the older iPhone 5s but internally it got an upgrade on parts with processors that are as powerful as the latest iPhone 6s model it also has other perks of the new models including a fingerprint scanner Apple pay and being able to summon Syria without touching the phone the price is even fifty dollars less than what Apple was charging for the older 5s the new se starts at $400 for 16 gigs of storage which is not much storage pre-orders begin Thursday March 24th and it'll arrive a week later on March 31st so why supe up a smaller model because the smaller 5s was still very popular not every customer wants a larger screen or wants to spend the money on the latest model when this may be their first iPhone Apple's also pushing out new software the iOS 9.3 update is now rolling out the most notable feature is night shift it's supposed to help you sleep better research says looking at blue light on screens makes it harder to sleep at night so when the Sun Goes Down the color on the screen is gonna automatically change to warmer tones there's no new Apple watch but Apple is releasing some new Apple watch bands and lowering the price to $300 and let's not forget about the iPad last year Apple introduced the iPad pro with a focus on business customers but if 13 inches was too much for you the new iPad pro display is smaller at the classic nine point seven inch size it has a feature that's not in any other device true tone display it senses the light in the room that you're in and it makes the white background look like it belongs with your room's lighting Apple also created several adapters to make it easier for consumers to see this as a laptop replacement and Apple is targeting PC users to update to this you see there was this awkward at a touch moment in the presentation where Apple exec it's shook their heads and laughed at the sad statistic that there are 600 million pcs in use today that are over five years old yeah those rich white privileged executives just couldn't understand how people could live with such old devices so clearly they must need this new iPad pro which comes in an assortment of metallic colors and starts at $600 pre-orders begin Thursday but to give Apple credit the company isn't just recycling ideas it's also actually starting a recycling program customers can recycle devices at Apple stores or get a prepaid mailing label online to send in their devices that's your quick summary but you can get more details at cnet.com from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey