All the pieces Apple Introduced: iPhone Air, iPhone 17, Apple Watches, AirPods Pro 3

Another September, one other Apple occasion. Today, Apple revealed its new iPhone 17 lineup in common and Pro fashions, in addition to the brand new and really skinny iPhone Air. The firm additionally confirmed off the brand new Apple Watches—Series 11, Ultra 3, and SE—and the refreshed AirPods Pro 3.

There wasn’t a lot speak of software program, or about Apple’s ongoing efforts to seamlessly combine AI into all its merchandise. But we acquired plenty of {hardware}! Here’s all the things Apple introduced right this moment.

New iPhones

There are 4 iPhones as normal, however Apple has modified issues up fairly a bit this 12 months. Gone is the Plus mannequin, and as a substitute is the iPhone Air, a brand new ultra-slim and light-weight iPhone that’s simply 5.6 millimeters thick.

The new iPhone Air, out there in 4 colours.

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You solely get one digicam on this mannequin, although, and Apple appears to be utilizing high-density silicon-carbon batteries. The firm is claiming the identical 27 hours of video playback that the iPhone 16 Plus was able to, although this cellphone is far thinner and presumably has a slimmer battery. We’ll see the way it performs once we check it. There’s a brand new low-profile MagSafe battery pack to accompany it in case you’re anxious (or Apple is anxious) about battery.

The iPhone 17 Pro fashions have a totally recent look, with a brand new “Camera Plateau” design. The highlights listed here are a vapor chamber cooling system that helps regulate the warmth generated by the beefier processor, and a 48-megapixel telephoto digicam that hits 4X optical zoom and 8X “optical-like” zoom.

The iPhone 17 Pro.

Photograph: Julian Chokkattu

The cast plateau creates further house for parts, like a bigger battery.

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All of those telephones make use of Apple’s new N1 wi-fi networking chip, which options Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and Thread assist, although solely the iPhone Air comes with Apple’s homebrewed C1X modem. That’s seemingly as a result of the C1X doesn’t assist millimeter-wave 5G (solely sub-6).

Perhaps extra thrilling is the recent 18-megapixel selfie digicam, which helps the Center Stage characteristic that mechanically adjusts the framing to maintain you targeted. It additionally has Dual Capture assist, so you’ll be able to ship response movies all day on a regular basis and name your self a Twitch streamer.

The base iPhone 17 begins at $799. The iPhone Air is $999, the iPhone 17 Pro is $1,099, and the iPhone Pro Max is $1,199. All iPhones can be out there on September 19.

And this wasn’t within the presentation, however iOS 26 can be out there on iPhones outdated and new on September 15. —Julian Chokkattu

3 New Watches!

Compared to final 12 months’s considerably lackluster tenth anniversary of the Apple Watch, this 12 months sees an entire revamp, together with a protracted overdue replace of the corporate’s entry-level Watch SE. This 12 months, the Watch SE has the most recent S10 chip, which implies that it lastly has lots of the options out there on dearer watches, just like the sleep monitoring and satellite tv for pc messaging. Satellite messaging grew to become out there on the iPhone final 12 months, and is now out there on all three watches. You can textual content your loved ones and pals once you’re off the grid by way of your watch. If your watch detects that you just’ve crashed or had an incident, it is going to additionally ship your location by way of satellite tv for pc to emergency providers and contacts.

Apple Watch Series 11.

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The newest replace to the Watch Series 11 and Watch Ultra 3’s vaunted collection of well being options is hypertension notification, which Apple expects to be FDA-cleared throughout the month.

Over a interval of 30 days, the watch’s optical coronary heart sensor will verify you probably have signs of hypertension, which impacts as many as one out of three of the worldwide inhabitants and may trigger all the things from coronary heart assaults to kidney illness to stroke.

This is along with {hardware} upgrades like wide-angle OLED shows that we noticed on final 12 months’s Series 10, together with—that is enormous—a full 24 hours of battery life on the Series 11 and as much as 72 hours of battery life on the Watch Ultra 3 in low-power mode. The Apple Watches have had notoriously poor battery life for a decade, and now you’ll be able to (in all probability) put on your Apple Watch all via the night time or for a weekend tenting journey! Amazing!