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hey everybody welcome to the lowdown the show that breaks down the top stories in the tech world that gives you guys Ian for that you really need to know every Tuesday and every Thursday I am Barbara Rosenfeld and the invites are out that big apple event is official and it's happening sometime in September I've got all the details on that and everything you need to know also Sony just announced their new latest flagship phone with a crazy camera we've got a cool Bluetooth speaker that we want to show off to you guys and also give you a chance to win one here's the lowdown the rumors are all in the invites are out and we will officially be seeing new iPhones on Wednesday September 12th Apple sent out their invites this morning with the phrase gather round and as always many are closely examining every inch of that invite to see if there's a hint of what we'll see in less than two weeks obviously that circular ring signifies the new Apple Park spaceship campus and the event will be taking place there at the Steve Jobs theater and no men you are hoping that the ring may signify there be a circular display on the Apple watch series for we've heard rumors for months that this is not gonna happen Apple is just going to slim down the bezels and now nine-to-five AK has published new photos that show what is supposedly this new series for Apple watch that's gonna come in a gold color option and have slimmer bezels the majority of internet sleuths are honing in on the invitations gold and copper color which may mean we'll get an iPhone in gold now we've already heard credible reports at the lower end 6.1 inch iPhone will come in multiple colors possibly even gold but this may mean the two higher-end premium iPhones will also get that gold color option as well 9 to 5 Mac also published images that they claim are the new iPhones in that gold color option and they do look really good so it'll be interesting to see if we do see that announced at the event besides new iPhones we should see the Apple watch series for make its debut and possibly we could see those new iPad pros with the face ID and slimmer bezels that we don't know if that's actually going to happen and we're also hearing no new ear pods until 2019 and air power are you seriously asking about air power we haven't heard anything on that in a while don't expect that at this event maybe not even until 2019 and also we want to know what you guys have to say leave a comment down below are you excited for a gold iPhone are we going to see one also are you excited for anything in particular or not excited at all leave a comment down below for your chance to be featured on the next episode of the lowdown Sony just took the wraps off their new high-end smartphone the ex c3 and it looks like it's gonna pack quite the punch the phone boasts a six inch OLED display with an 18 by 9 aspect ratio a Snapdragon 8045 processor four gigs of RAM and a 3300 milliamp hour battery a couple of the phones biggest selling points a Sony wants to show off it's got a 19 megapixel rear shooter capable of shooting 4k HDR and also the ability to shoot super slow-mo 960 frames per second also there's a feature on the phone that lets you tap the side and gives you a quick shortcut menu based on your location what you're doing that's of course powered by AI this new XZ 3 is extremely similar to Sony's older XZ 2 smartphone and it's just one of a number of products that's being announced at IFA in Berlin and if you want to know the latest what's happening in Berlin at IFA be sure to check out TechnoBuffalo comm we've got you covered there on everything you need to know from the event and also if you're interested in that X z3 it comes running Android 9 PI out of the box which is really cool and it'll be released in October for a starting price tag of $900 and for the last story today we're gonna be doing something a little bit different and I do anything anchor for sponsoring this video and sending us to speaker to check out and also they are actually giving away 300 of their sound Core Series speakers and I'll tell you guys how you can enter to win one in just a minute so the Flair plus is not your average Bluetooth speaker it's able to produce 360 degrees sound that makes what you're listening to sound good from any direction no matter where you are in the room it's got 20 hours of play time on its built-in battery life and for those who love RGB you'll appreciate the array lights on the bottom of the speaker it'll kind of liven things up add a bit of a mood to whatever you're doing a couple of cool features that I personally really appreciate on the Flair plus or the first ones being that it has a full-size USB a port on the back of it so you can charge your device while you're playing music the speaker is ipx7 water-resistant so you could take it out by the pool or to the beach and not worry about it getting all messed up it can even be submerged completely underwater another cool feature I really like and I think this is really cool is that the flare plus can be used as a stereo pair if you have two of these things you just open up the sound core app add that second speaker and while you're in the app you can control the lights you can fine-tune the audio settings and also set up each speaker as the left or right Channel and listen to your music or watch a movie with stereo sound and it sounds really good there's lots of bass lots of clarity and it's even gonna sound good at high volumes and it gets very loud as well and for $99 you get a lot for your money but if you want to hang on to a bit of your money and you want to win one of these for free today is your lucky day Anker is giving away 300 of their sound Core Series speakers and it's super simple to enter all you got to do is head to that link down below visit the website enter your information for your chance to win and you could win one of 300 speakers and this giveaway is running from right now today until September 13th on the last episode of the lowdown you guys left many comments on your thoughts on these new iPhones some of you guys love them some hate them many are indifferent but Jeremy Ocasio made a good point he said this the only reason I'm excited for this is for the 8 to become cheaper very true Jeremy very true the iPhone 8 is still a great phone and it's not going to be less of a great phone when these new ones are announced and it's gonna be even better of a deal if you can get it for an even cheaper price alright guys that is it for today's episode thank you as always for watching I appreciate it sincerely and I'll be back here on Tuesday to talk more Czech news and breakdown those headlines I'll see you then you