Apple Incintroduced a range of new iPhone 14 models capable of sending a call for help via satellite during an emergency and crash-detection ability.
The iPhone 14 models will test Apple’s ability to wring dollars from its relatively affluent customer base, which has kept spending in the face of rising inflation but is not immune to a weakening economy.
iPhone 14 on display at the Apple event at their headquarters in Cupertino, California.
| Photo Credit: Carlos Barria
The iPhone 14 Plus model will have a larger screen like Apple’s iPhone Pro models but the same A15 processor chip as the previous iPhone 13.
iPhone 14 Series -India prices
iPhone 14: ₹79,900 onwards
iPhone 14 Plus: ₹89,900 onwards
iPhone 14 Pro: ₹1,29,900 onwards
iPhone 14 Pro Max: ₹1,39,900 onwards
Preorders begin September 9, Available from September 16
Source: Apple India website
Apple Watch series 8
The Cupertino, California-based company also showed a trio of new Apple Watches, including a new Watch Ultra model aimed at extreme sports and diving.
The Ultra has a bigger battery to last through events like triathlons and better waterproofing and temperature resistance to operate in outdoor environments, as well as better GPS tracking for sports.
The new Watches include an upgraded budget model called the SE and a Series 8 Watch with crash detection and low-power mode for 36 hours of battery life.
The Series 8 with cellular will start at $499 and the SE will start at $299 with cellular. The Ultra, which includes cellular in its base model, will start at $799 and be available Sept. 23.
The Apple Watch series 8, Ultra and SE on display
Apple said the new Series 8 watch has a temperature sensor that will work in conjunction with its previously released cycle tracking app to retroactively detect when a person has begun ovulating. The company emphasized the privacy approach of its cycle tracking. Privacy and reproductive health data has become a focus for tech companies in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that ended a constitutional right to abortion in the United States.
Apple said it does not have the key to decrypt health data such as cycle tracking.
But while accessories like the Apple Watch have driven incremental sales from Apple’s existing user base, the iPhone remains the bedrock of its business with 52.4 per cent of sales in its most recent fiscal year.
Apple’s stock was up 0.3 per cent about half an hour into the presentation, in line with the start of the event.
Mixed-reality headset preview unlikely?
Some analysts believe Apple might give a preview of a mixed-reality headset on Wednesday. The device is expected to have cameras that pass-through view of the outside world to the wearer while overlaying digital objects on the physical world. Analysts do not expect the device to go on sale until next year at the earliest.
An early preview would be rare for Apple, which keeps its product plans secret until just before devices hit the market. A rival headset called Project Cambria is in the works from Meta Platforms Inc, which is spending billions of dollars on the project.
Published on
September 07, 2022
