In sheath you missed it , Apple announced awhole bunch of newfangled productsat its campus Town Hall on Thursday .
Apple CEO Tim Cook take the stage first to get the crowd amped up : “ It ’s been an incredible twelvemonth , and tremendously busy already , but we have a few more things to portion out with you before we close out the year , ” Cook read .
Here ’s a retread of the issue and everything Apple discussed .
It would n’t be an Apple event without a little humble - bragging . Cook said the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus have been the fastest - selling iPhones in story , with the most first - calendar month orders Apple has ever seen . “ And I do n’t mean by a little . By a peck . A whole spate , ” he said .
During September ’s big iPhone 6 and Apple Watch event , Apple also announce a new requital system , Apple Pay . He kvetch off Thursday ’s event by in conclusion givingApple Pay a launch engagement : Monday , October 20 .
Apple Pay is compatible with the iPhone 6 , iPhone 6 Plus , and the just - announced iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 ( more on the new iPads in a chip ) .
Cook added a few more partner to itslist of take part retailers . you may habituate Apple Pay to make leverage at Staples , Chevron , Subway , Walgreens , Urban Outfitters , Anthropologie , Bloomingdale ’s , Apple , and a slew of other stores .
Apple Pay also works behind - the - scenes to superpower payments in apps like Uber , Instacart , OpenTable , Lyft , Groupon , HotelTonight , Eventbrite , Airbnb , and more .
We ’re all antsy to learn more about the Apple Watch . Thursday ’s effect mentioned it only briefly . However , Cook did denote that theWatchKit SDKwill be available for developer in November .
Apple has partner with a few company already for Apple Watch apps — Cook name - correspond BMW , American Airlines , and Starwood — but now more developers can work on their own Apple Watch apps before theWatch get in former 2015 .
Apple ’s SVP of Software Engineering Craig Federighi take the leg to talk , well , software . Of course , in order of magnitude to use Apple Pay , you ’ll need the right version of iOS.iOS 8.1 will also put down October 20 .
Besides Apple Pay supporting , you ’ll find Camera Roll ( it ’s back ! ) and a public genus Beta of iCloud Photo Library , which will let you store all of your photos across iOS gadget via iCloud .
Federighi then launched into an overview of OS X Yosemite , which isavailable now to download . One of the coolest part of Yosemite is its Continuity feature , which let you move seamlessly between all of your Apple devices .
Federighi depict off Yosemite’sHandofffeature by using his Mac to call talk - show server Stephen Colbert , Apple ’s self - appointed Supreme Commander of Secrecy . The two joke about how Apple can “ triple - down ” on preventing leak .
Okay , enough jest around . We desire to see some hardware ! Cook came back onstage to deliver the good , announcing the late variation of the iPad : The iPad Air 2 .
It ’s Apple ’s thin iPad yet , clock in at 6.1 millimetre , which is 18 - per centum thin than the first - gen iPad Air . In fact , if you pile two of the new iPad Airs on top of each other , they ’re still thinner than the original iPad .
Apple ’s SVP of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller dove into the details of the iPad Air 2 . The iPad Air 2 has anti - reflective coating , which reduces glare by 56 pct . It pack a new A8X potato chip , the M8 movement processor , and Touch ID .
It also has improvements for photographers . The new 8 - megapixel iSight tv camera can shoot down picture in Burst fashion ( even selfies ) , take cyclorama , has an improved FaceTime HD tv camera , and records 1080p video recording .
Schiller showed off theiPad mini 3 , which also gets a Touch ID upgrade . The iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 are optimized foronline shopping with Apple Pay . They ca n’t be used for in - storage purchase , however , because they miss the necessary NFC engineering .
Apple start taking preorders for both pill on Friday and begin shipping next week . The 16 GB iPad Air 2 starts at $ 499 , with a 64 GB model for $ 599 and 128 GB for $ 699 . stable gear on $ 130 to each theoretical account for cellular connectivity .
The iPad mini 3 start at $ 399 for the 16 GB model . you may get 64 GB for $ 499 and 128 GB for $ 599 .
The iPad Air and iPad mini 2 are n’t going away . Neither is the original iPad mini , which now retails for $ 249 . Both modelling will be uncommitted in amber ( new color ! ) , silver , and space Lady Jane Grey .
Do n’t worry , the Macs got some major making love , too . Apple pop off pixel - happy withits modish iMac , announcing a Retina Display upgrade to the 27 - inch all - in - one data processor . Apple is calling the new concealment a “ Retina 5 K display , ” and says it ’s the humans ’s mellow - resolving reckoner screen at 5120 - by-2880 pixels .
away from the higher - res projection screen , Apple is boost the iMac ’s technical school specs . At the service line , there ’s a 3.5GHz quad - core Intel Core i5 processor , an AMD R9 290x Radeon graphics card , 8 GB of RAM , and a1 TB Fusion Drive . Users can opt for a 4GHz Intel Core i7 chip , AMD R9 295x Radeon graphic , up to 32 GB of RAM , up to a 3 TB Fusion Drive , or up to 1 TB of solid - state storage .
Schiller also announced a newMac mini , which he called the “ world ’s most energy - efficient background . ” It now include fourthly - gen Intel Core mainframe , in addition to nontextual matter options that include the Intel Iris and HD Graphics 5000 graphics cores . Connectivity has improved with the add-on of 802.11ac Wi - Fi and a duad of Thunderbolt 2 ports .
in the beginning priced at $ 599 , the three unexampled Mac miniskirt will now cost a minimum of $ 499 , scaling up to $ 999 .
Cook reclaimed the stage to twine things up , thanking his staff for all of their toilsome oeuvre and twit the gang with a flash of his Apple Watch . “ This is our imaginativeness of personal technology . And we are just getting begin . ”
