TiOSS 374 - River Sludge Green

Submitted by Michael Johnston on September 15, 2019 - 7:38pm

Apple announces iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, Apple Watch Series 5, new iPads, and more on this week's episode of The iOS Show! Show notes can be found at theiOSshow.com. If you have any questions, comments, or feedback, send an email to feedback at theiosshow.com!

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Cast:
Michael Johnston - Applr and Twitter
Adam Christianson - The MacCast and Twitter
Jeff Gamet - Smile and Twitter

Stuff mentioned:

Apple Arcade
- Apple Arcade to Launch September 19 for $4.99 Per Month With One-Month Free Trial
  - $4.99/mo, free 1mo trial
  - Individuals and families of up to 6
  - Over 100 games
Apple TV+
- Apple TV+ Launching November 1 for $4.99 Per Month
  - November 1
  - $4.99/month
  - 7-day free trial
  - Free year for new purchases of iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, iPod touch, or Mac
  - Available to watch online at tv.apple.com on the web in Safari, Chrome, and Firefox
10.2" iPad
- Apple Unveils New Low-Cost 10.2-inch iPad Starting at $329
  - Starting at $329
  - Bigger 10.2" retina display
  - A10 Fusion chip, support for the first-gen Apple Pencil, and a Smart Connector for attaching Apple's Smart Keyboard
  - Available starting Sep 30
Apple Watch Series 5
- Apple Announces Apple Watch Series 5 With Always-On Retina Display and New Titanium Case Option
  - Always-on display
  - Wrist raise increases brightness
  - 18-hour battery life
  - Built-in compass
  - Titanium and ceramic case models
  - Apple Watch studio lets you customize exactly which Apple Watch case and watch band you buy from jump
  - Now provides 32GB of storage (up from 16GB)
  - Series 5 with GPS starts at $399 while the GPS and cellular models start at $499
  - Series 3 now $199 for GPS and $299 for GPS and cellular
- Apple Releasing watchOS 6 for Series 3 and Later Sept. 19, Delayed for Older Apple Watches
  - watchOS 6 coming Thu September 19
  - Only for Series 3 & 4
  - Series 1 & 2 coming later in fall
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iPhone 11
- Apple Unveils iPhone 11 With Dual-Lens Rear Camera, Six New Colors, Dolby Atmos, and More
  - 6.1" liquid retina LCD
  - 12MP wide-angle camera & 12MP ultra-wide angle camera with 120° fov
  - Night mode photos, Smart HDR
  - A13 Bionic, 30% faster CPU and GPU, better battery
  - IP68 water resistance (2m for 30 min)
  - Milled rear glass (toughest glass in a smart phone ever)
  - U1 chip with Ultra Wideband technology for spatial awareness. Brings improved AirDrop with directionally aware suggestions.
  - Face ID up to 30 percent faster with improved performance at varying distances and support for more angles
  - Spatial audio and Dolby Atmos
  - Gigabit-class LTE and Wi-Fi 6 Dual SIM with eSIM
  - Available in 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB starting at $699 ($50 cheaper than XR)w
iPhone 11 Pro
- Apple Announces iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max With Triple-Lens Rear Camera and Midnight Green Color
  - Super-retina XDR OLED display
    - 1200 nits brightness & true tone
  - A13 bionic
    - 20% faster CPU and GPU than A12
  - 4 more hours of battery than Xs, 5 more on the Xs Max
  - Triple-lens camera
    - Wide, ultra wide, and telephoto lenses
    - Better low light performance
    - Night mode
    - Deep fusion coming later this fall
  - Textured matte glass back
  - IP 68 which is 4m up to 30 min
  - High-speed 18W USB-C power adapter and USB-C to Lightning charge cable in box
  - Available starting at $999 in 64GB, 256GB, and 512GB
    - AppleCare+ at $199
    - Can get 3% daily cash on Apple Card, not 0% APR though
  - Haptic touch
iPhone 11 Lineup Said to Include Two-Way Charging Hardware, But Software Disabled
- According to Sonny Dickson
- iPhone 11 and 11 Pro have bilateral charging hardware, software disabled
- Rumors had indicated we'd see Apple Watch/AirPods charging from iPhones
- May have been disabled because feature didn't meet Apple's standards
Software
- Apple to Release iOS 13 on September 19, iOS 13.1 and iPadOS on September 30
  - GM seeded to developers
  - iOS 13 dropping on Thur Sep 19
  - iPadOS 13 not launching with iOS 13, instead Sep 30
    - Apple Seeds Third Betas of iOS 13.1 and iPadOS 13.1 to Developers
      - Bringing back some features such as "Shortcuts Automations" (aka Automatic Shortcuts)
- Apple Seeds watchOS 6 Golden Master to Developers
  - GM seeded to developers
  - Apple Watch app store
  - New watch faces
  - Taptic chime
  - Audio books, voice memos, calculator, noise app
  - Fitness trending

iDevice Picks:

Jeff - Undone on Amazon Prime

Adam - Never Alone Ki Edition $4.99

Michael - Smugglers Run at Disneyland