It’s September and you know what that usually means. It’s Apple’s time to reveal their new iPhone hardware + software. We shared with you all of the rumors, photos, and hearsay. Now the time is finally upon us. The official invites went out earlier this week for Apple’s iPhone event. As far as we know, Apple is set to unveil three new products pertaining to the iPhone: the iPhone 5S, the iPhone 5C (or whatever the final name will be) and iOS 7. We got the full details in one spot for you below.
The iPhone 5S is expected to offer a 31% faster dual-core A7 processor, 1GB of RAM, 8MP camera w/ lower aperture + dual LED flash for improved low-light performance, fingerprint scanner on the Home button, a third color option of Champagne that joins White and Black/Slate, and a new 128GB storage option. For those of you waiting for a bigger display from Apple, don’t expect that until next year’s model – possibly.
The budget iPhone 5C is expected to have plastic shell, the same 4inch display, running the same A6 CPU as in the iPhone 5, 8MP rear-shooter, and possibly no Siri or on board. The fingerprint scanner could make its way to cheaper iPhone but we will have to wait until the event to find out for sure.
And finally the all-new iOS 7 will offer a plethora of visual and other changes throughout the OS. This is truly the 1st time Apple has completely changes their mobile operating system since the iPhone’s inception back in 2007. Both of the new iPhones will ship w/ the new software while iPhone 5/4S/4 owners will have to wait a little bit to update to it. The new software will also be available for iPad mini, Retina iPads, & 2nd-gen iPad. Armed w/ over a dozen new features like:
- AirDrop – allows to share photos/files/documents to another nearby iOS users using Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.
- App Store – now automatically updates apps in the background and shows popular app based on your location.
- Flickr + Vimeo integration within the OS for sharing/uploading.
- Notification Center – improved design & support for to work better for you like missed calls, calendar schedules, & weather.
- Control Center – shortcut to Quick Settings (Brightness control, Airplane mode, turn radios on/off, camera access, new flashlight) that can be accessed form any screen.
- Safari – now offers full screen browsing and a new look of tabs that can support more than just 8.
- Camera/Photos – built-in filters, better organization, & can now share videos via iCloud.
- Siri – now has male & female voices, more intelligent, can access radios + settings, & more app integration w/ apps like Twitter, Wikipedia, & Bing.
- iTunes Radio – Apple’s new streaming radio service that allows you to listen to songs on demand, create listening station based on select artists, albums, or genres. The service will be free with ads but iTunes Match users can enjoy it ad-free.
- FaceTime now supports audio calls over Wi-Fi.
- You can now block phone calls & FaceTime calls/messages and much more.
