Apple event - as it happened: iPhone 11 details revealed, as new Apple Watch and TV streaming service unveiled
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Your support makes all the difference.Apple held the biggest event of the year, during which it revealed a whole host of its most premium products.
The company unveiled not one but three iPhones, all with upgraded cameras and a variety of new colours. They are called the iPhone 11, the iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max, making them the first handset to finally get the "Pro" name that is present across Apple's line.
But the iPhone wasn't the only new device, with updates to the Apple Watch, its variety of online streaming services, and other products also revealed during the event.
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The seventh-generation iPad features an 8MP camera, support for Apple Pencil, and an A10 Fusion chip.
"All packed into a thin and light design," Joz says.
The new iPad will start at $329, with orders opening today.
Tim Cook is talking about the "profound impact" the Apple Watch has had on people's lives. And he's got a video to prove it.
Its heart rate monitor and fall detection has been credited with saving people's lives.
Here's just one example.
People in the video are talking about the Apple Watch reminding them to get moving and do some exercise.
One woman says: "Sometimes it was like, mind your own business Apple Watch."
Excellent.
"It's truly inspiring to say the difference the Apple Watch is making," Tim Cook says.
Apple is launching three new health studies involving its smart watch:
- Apple Hearing Study, to see how sounds affect people's hearing
- Apple Women's Health Study, which examines menstrual cycles
- Apple Heart and Movement Study, which is in partnership with the American Heart Society.
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