Apple TV
Apple TV's price reduced from USD 99 to USD 69.Apple has sold 25 million Apple TV devices till date.
HBO to bring a channel "HBO Now" to Apple TV at a subscription fee of USD 14.99 per month.
Iphone
Apple sold 700 millions iPhone till date.
900 apps support Health app in Iphone
Research kit announced which aims at medical research based on the data collected from Heath app of IPhone.
Using research kit,Symptoms of the diseases can be tested by the iPhone user himself.
Sharing of health data is purely at the discretion of the user.
Research Kit will be open source.
Mac
Mac has outgrown the PC industry continuously for last 10 years.
12 inch Retina Macbook announced. Screen resolution; 2304p*1440p
Thinnest display ever on any mac.
It weighs less than 2 pound ie less than 1 kg.
Maximum thickness at any point is 13.1 mm which is 24% thinner than existing macbook air. It has full metal enclosure.No plastic, a first for any macbook.
Keyboard has been revamped.It follows Butterfly mechanism which makes typing more accurate. Each key has its own LED which provides more illumination in darkness.
Force touch trackpad introduced with Taptic engine which has earlier been introduced in Apple watch.force touch performa various functions depending on the program being run.
This is also the first fanless macbook.
Logic board is 67% smaller than the earlier logic board.
It just consumes 5 watt of electricity.
Battery is has been designed as tiered structure which has 35% more capacity and which means all day battery life.
It has usual wifi ac, bluetooth 4.0 and only one connector which is called USB-C. This can act as VGA, USB, display and power port.
It will ship in Silver, space grey and gold colors.
RAM:8GB, SSD:256 GB, 1.2 ghz dual core I5 processor
Price: USD 1299, will start shipping April 10 onwards
One more thing, Apple logo is revamped too. Its no more plasticky.
Existing line of MacBooks updated with some minor configuration changes.
Apple Watch
Apple watch is most advanced watch ever made.
Glances: to see things which we use most frequently like weather, music etc.
Messages and calls can be received on the watch.
Emails too can be handled on the watch.
Digital touch allows communication between two apple watches including transmission of heart beat related data to the other watch.
Tracks and record motion, exercise and other activity data.
Based on historical data and through algorithm, it suggests customized work out timing, targets etc.
Apple watch supports apple pay, photos, maps etc.Siri acts as an input source.
Notification is synced to IPhone.
Watch is connected to IPhone through bluetooth or wifi
Apple watch with passbook can be used to go through security checks at airports seamlessly and smoothly.
Apple watch can act as room key for checking into hotel room.
The watch will have all day battery life. With normal usage, it will have usage of 18 hours on a single charge.
It comes in three variants; watch sports, watch collection, watch edition
Watch sports is made up of anodized aluminum whereas watch collection is made up of special stainless steel.
Prices; 38 mm 42 mm
Watch sports: USD 349. USD 399
Watch collection: USD 549-1049 USD 599-USD 1099
Watch edition: USD 10,000 & above.
Pre orders beginning on 10th April 2015.
The watch will be available on 24th April 2015 in few countries. Hongkong and China are only two Asian countries who will get it on 24th April.
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