SUMMARY: iPhone 5: Smaller, but with a bigger screen. More radios, longer-lasting battery, better camera. FaceTime over cellular. Better mikes and speakers. New connector, with adaptor.
IOS 6: Better maps, with navigation. Better Mail. Passbook. Shared photo streams. Siri's been updated.
Your choice of colors: Black or white.
Dramatically simpler iTunes. Simplified user interface, play media from iCloud, new media player, up next, and the redesigned iTunes Store. Available in late October.
Update on the iPod.
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Get ready for alphabet soup:
Now has GPRS, EDGE, EV-DO, HSPA, and added HSPA+, DC-HSDPA, and yes, LTE.
One baseband chip for voice and data, and a single radio chip.
Brand new processor is next. Apple A6. Compared to A5 is 2x faster at CPU, 2x faster at graphics. It's also 22% smaller, freeing up more space and making it more energy efficient.
Faster app launching, saving images, load music app, viewing attachments in keynotes, ~2x performance across board.
8 megapixel sensor, 3264x2448, backside illuminated, hybrid IR filter, five-element lens, and a fast f/2.4 aperture. 25% smaller.
Panorama.
Improved video as well. 1080p HD video, improved video stabilization, face detection for up to 10 faces, and you can take photos while you're recording video. Camera on front is now FaceTime HD 720p HD camera with backside illumination, and FaceTime over cellular.
You can use them for noise cancellation and improving voice recognition. Speaker improved as well. Five magnets in the transducer, better frequency response, and 20% smaller while sounding better. Earpiece is now noise-canceling as well, removing surrounding noise.
Time for the connector evolve. New connector is called Lightning. "So now we have Thunderbolt and Lightning."
Modern connector. All-digital, 8-signal design, adaptive interface, improved durability. Reversible, so easier to use, and it's 80% smaller.
Maps now has vector-based maps that are speedy, 100 million points of interest in a search engine. Beautiful 3D turn-by-turn directions, use a cinematic camera angle to fly you around corners. Footprints of buildings are correct.
Passbook is next. This is the way to collect all your passes in one place: movie tickets, airline boarding pass, coupon, store card with a balance, ticket for a concert, a ticket for a baseball game.
SIRI
You can launch apps by talking to your phone.
Tap make reservation, and it'll take you to Open Table.
Facebook integration.
Those are just a few of the new features in iOS 6. There's much more: Facebook integration throughout the OS, great enhancements to Phone app like automated SMS or iMessage back when you can't answer the phone, FaceTime works over cellular data network. Great enhancements for accessibility, including Single App Mode. Only 10 of the more than 200 new features in iOS 6.
iPhone 5 comes in all-black design with slate back, but there's a white iPhone as well, glass is white, got a bright silver aluminum finish.
Same prices at the 4S. $199 for 16GB, $299 for 32GB, and $399 for 64GB, along with 2-year carrier contract.
Pre-orders start on September 14, and ships one week later in US, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore.
IO6: iPhone 4S, 4, 3GS, new iPad, iPad 2, or fourth-generation iPad on September 19.
MUSIC:
Some exciting changes with both iPod and iTunes.
iTunes: Today, announcing a brand new version. Dramatically simpler, with iCloud built right in.
iPod: Nano, Touch.
EarPods.