Apple (AAPL) announced a new iPhone today, which means it’s time once again for you to notice how slow your old iPhone is lately. Apple held a huge event where they not only announced the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, but also an upgraded Apple TV and the long-rumored iPad Pro. Naturally, people were hyped for this event, though maybe a little wary after what happened last year.
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Thankfully, Apple learned from their mistakes.
Let’s jump right in with the iPad Pro. As you’d expect, it’s a larger and more powerful iPad. How large? Apple says the width of the Pro is the same as the height of the current iPad. So if we do the math, the approximate size of the iPad pro seems to be… carry the two… FREAKING HUGE. And, as it has every time Apple has increased the size of one of their products, the internet made sure everyone knew how huge.
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Oh, right. That image shot up to the top of Reddit’s front page. But hey, Jobs was talking about a phone with a small screen. It’s not like he ever said anything else about…
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Oh. Awkward.
In any case, an official stylus for the iPad Pro is very cool and is sure to make lots of graphic designers and artists very happy. They even gave it a cute name. Even if it does leave them open to jokes like this.
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And then there’s the price. At $99, it’s the most expensive pencil you’ll ever buy. That’s so expensive even people who are used to Apple’s pricing were shocked.
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Others had a more measured reaction.
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Oh, and there’s also a keyboard. This is the future?
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Unfortunately, the next part of the event could be (and was) perceived as a bit sexist. In demonstrating the new Photoshop app for the iPad Pro, they touched up a fashion magazine model and made her smile. Many viewers were more than a little offended.
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It certainly didn’t help that all the presenters up to this point were men.
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Seriously, Apple’s direct competitor had more and better representation onstage than women.
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Moving on, the next big thing Apple announced was, finally, a new Apple TV. They’ve added Siri, so now when you yell at the TV, it will actually hear you. You can also ask Siri for suggestions on what to watch next, though she may not have the best taste.
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They also added a motion and touch-sensitive remote you can use to play games on the Apple TV. Now, your kids can hog your phone and the TV at the same time!
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Though some thought the new interface looked a bit too familiar.
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Finally, they moved on to the announcement we’d all been waiting for. The new iPhone.
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One of the most talked about new features was 3D touch. Basically, if you tap the screen, one thing will happen, but if you press down hard on the screen, something else will happen. Most of us will probably look like this when we use it for the first time.
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They showed off how 3D touch would work in the email app, while also giving us a glimpse into the life of someone who probably has more money than us.
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They seamlessly segued into the phone’s new camera and photo features.
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Yes, you can now take selfies way faster than you could before. Things got a little sexy when it came time to demonstrate this feature.
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The presenter even used the phrase “emergency selfies.” I have no idea what that means, but it led to the creation of my new favorite meme.
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Apple also announced Live Photos, which as far as I could tell, are high-quality gifs. With sound. Or as this guy put it…
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Of course this feature is nothing new to fans of Harry Potter.
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Finally, muggle technology has caught up to magic.
The phone will also have a 12-megapixel camera and will be able to take 4k video. That’s going to take up a lot of space. Surely Apple thought of that, right?
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Right?
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Gotta sell that iCloud storage somehow, right? Twitter wasted no time in guessing just how long it’d take you to fill that space.
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As well as predicting the inevitable tech support calls with parents.
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Of course none of that matters because the most important reveal about the iPhone 6s happened early on: It comes in rose gold now.
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We can complain and joke all we want, but at the end of the day, we all know how this ends. We’re buying all of it.
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