iOS 13 launch – as it happened: Apple release date, iPhone 11, new watch and how to download
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Your support makes all the difference.Apple hosted its biggest event of the year, showing off its biggest products and updates.
Alongside a whole host of new products – from the new iPhones to updated Apple Watches – and a variety of different services, Apple finally revealed iOS 13 once and for all.
The company revealed the release date for the new iPhone operating system, as well as showing off any new features that were hidden when it was first revealed over summer and have been stored up for the launch of the new iPhone. iOS 13 has been mired in mystery, with the tech giant cutting off features as it rushed to make it available to the public.
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The iPhone 11 Pro features four hours better battery life than the iPhone XS.
The iPhone 11 Pro can do this by taking nine pictures at once. A neural engine then generates the output image.
"It is computational mad science," we're told.
There's another video to showcase the phone's video-taking and editing capabilities.
The focus of this iPhone unveiling has been very much on the camera.
At least 75 per cent of the iPhone 11 Pro presentation has been about the triple-camera system.
"We think this is the most exciting iPhone yet," Apple's Phil Schiller says. "We've made a video to tell you all about it."
The viewers on Apple's YouTube stream are beginning to drop off now. Either they've got their fill of iPhone 11, or they're getting a little tired of all these ads.
There's a brief mention of privacy, but then it's back on to talking about the camera.
"iOS 13 is developed from the ground up with privacy in mind," the video says.
As expected, the iPhone 11 Pro will cost $999 and the iPhone Pro Max will cost $1,099.
They will be available for pre-order from 5am Pacific Time this Friday and will be shipped from 20 September.
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