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Apple's Spring Forward 2015 event today was not quite the motherload it promised to be, expecially for fans outside the US. Catch all the announcements below in our live as it happened blog.
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Preorders start April 10, and will be available in Apple stores April 24 (Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, UK, US).
Apple Watch Gold edition has a starting price of US $10,000. Holy Moly.
Apple Watch stainless steel is US $549 to US $1049 for 38mm, varying with band type, and US $599 to US $1099 for 42mm version.
Sport version to sell for US $349 for 38mm, US $50 more for 42mm version.
Only compatible with iPhone 5, 5C, 5S, 6, and 6 Plus. Older models excluded.
Aluminum and glass Apple Watch Sport with plastic band, to retail entry level at US $349.
Cook: Apple Watch Sport. Has anodized aluminum. Silver or Space Gray. Color bands made of high performance plastic
iOS 8.2 will have Apple Watch app; the hub and app store.
Can dictate to watch and send as audio file or text.
In the US, can display flight information, seat number, and barcode that canbe scanned to geth through security.
At home, Wi-Fi takes over instead of Bluetooth for taking calls, getting messages.
Can take calls on the watch via speakerphone, send to iPhone, or send a prewritten "busy" message.
Cook: We released the WatchKit SDK in November. Since then developers have been creating thousands of new apps.
Cook: Apple Watch can use Apple Pay, view photos, music, and talk to Siri.
American model Christy Turlington Burns at the event to promote Apple Watch's fitness tracker.
Digital Touch. Tap your watch to buzz your friends. Will this be the more literal alternative to Facebook Poking?
Apple Watch to Apple Watch direct communication pairing. Draw on your watch face and have it animated on the paired device the same way.
Taptic engine will buzz your wrist for a message or call or notification.
Customisable watch faces for quick reference display.
The aluminum comes in silver or space gray, stainless steel comes in that color or space black. The gold watch comes with18-karat yellow or rose gold
The Apple Watch comes in two sizes, 42mm or 38mm, and three designs.
Cook: I'd like to turn to the newest addition of Apple family. Of coures I'm talking about Apple Watch
13"MacBook Pro getting Fore Touch Trackpad, more battery life.
1.1GHz core M, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD version for US $1,299. For US $1,599, get 1.2GHz dual core with 512GB SSD. Shipping April 10.
More battery power, single USB Type- C port.
Fanless design for the new MacBook. Schiler: It's powered by an Intel Core M, 5th Gen, 14nm process. Speeds up to 1.3 GHz, with turbo.
Force touch trackpad wwith Taptic engine. Four sensors that detect pressure, without an actual clicker
Schiller: retina display uses individual pixels made of red green and blue. At same brightness, consumes 30% less energy.
12" Retina Dispaly. 2304X1440 pixels
Talking about a new "butterfly" mechanism developed for the keyboard. More accurate and precise than previous "scissor" mechanism and still thinner.
Thinner keyboard, edge to edge, and a huge trackpad on the MacBook.
13.1mm, thinner than 11" MacBook Air. All metal casing.
Phil Schiller, head of marketing for Apple on stage, talking about the MacBook. It weighs only 2 pounds.
The new MacBook is super thin, and it's called.........MacBook.....
One of the developed apps is mPower. App turns iPhone into a diagnostic tool. Quick tapping test that evaluates hand tremors
Cook: Number of Apple Pay locations increased to nearly 700,000 around the US. Coca Cola now has 40K vending machines in US that accept Apple Pay, plans to have 100K by end of the year
Apple TV prices slashed from US $99 to US $69.
Pepler: We are thrilled to be here this morning to announce our standalone streaming service, HBO NOW. Apple is our exclusive partner at launch.
