Apple (AAPL) Product Event: Vision Pro on track for early next year; announces Watch Series 9; announces iPhone 15; announces iPhone 15 Pro
Vision Pro:
- CEO says response to Vision Pro has been amazing; on track to ship Apple Vision Pro early next year.
Announces Apple Watch Series 9:
- Will have S9 set and four-core neural engine.
- Watch CPU has 5.6B transistors.
- Will have an 18h battery life.
- Screen double brightness of Series 8.
- Features a big edge-to-edge, always on retina display.
- Announces advanced new Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2.
- Watch Ultra 2 has S9 chip feature.
- Created new watch face called Modular Ultra for Apple Watch Ultra 2.
- Ultra 2 has battery life of up to 36 hours of typical use on a single charge and up to 72 hours in low power mode.
- Series 9 price starts at USD 799 with Ultra 2 starting at USD 799.
- Will go on sale today, available September 22nd.
Announces iPhone 15:
- Has super retina XDR display which uses OLED technology and has ceramic shield on screen.
- Reaches peak HDR brightness up to 2,000 nits.
- 6.1 inches and 6.7 inches for Plus model.
- 48 megapixel main camera.
- New 2x telephoto option for capturing photos and 4k video.
- Has A16 bionic chip.
- Still has all day battery life.
- Has 2nd generation ultra wideband chip.
- Uses a more advanced machine learning model that automatically prioritizes your voice.
- Will come with USB type-C charging port.
- Starts at USD 799 and Plus starts at USD 899.
Announces iPhone 15 Pro:
- 6.1 inches and 6.7inches for iPhone Pro Max (same as standard model).
- Has super retina XDR display (same as standard model).
- Has A17 Pro chip (vs A16 chip in standard model), features 19B transistors and 6-core CPU; built on 3nm process.
- Has new GPU.
- Has a more advanced 48 megapixel main camera; can shoot in 24, 28, and 35mm focal length; has 5x optical zoom.
- Starts at USD 999 and Pro Max starts at USD 1199 (up USD 100).
- All new iPhone 15s available September 22nd.
Airpods Pro:
- Airpods Pro (2nd gen) with USB-C will be available for USD 249.
- Available from September 22nd.
Reaction details (19:20)
- AAPL shares began selling off after it announced pricing points for iPhone (regular model) just before 13:55ET.
- AAPL shares saw another leg lower as the Pro prices were announced just before 14:20ET.
12 Sep 2023 - 19:20- EquitiesImportant- Source: Newswires
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