1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:04,840 Apple did something unprecedented at this year's September event. 2 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:08,880 They added a button to the iPhone. They never had buttons. 3 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:13,700 I still remember when they removed the home button from the iPhone and iPad seven years ago. 4 00:00:13,700 --> 00:00:17,640 But look, below the side button resides a brand new button 5 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:21,400 designed to turn the new 16 and 16 Pro iPhones more 6 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:26,240 into the cameras we've come to treat them as. There is, of course, more, a lot more, 7 00:00:26,240 --> 00:00:31,720 so let's just get into it. With the release of the iPhone 4S, 8 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:36,240 the volume up button functioned as the shutter release on the camera app. 9 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:41,580 It was handy, but felt unnatural as the camera would end up being on the bottom right. 10 00:00:41,580 --> 00:00:45,040 The new camera control fixes that, plus more. 11 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:48,680 It's a physical button that can be lightly or firmly pushed. 12 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:51,720 It has a capacitive sensor that can register swipes 13 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:54,800 and the functions pop in from the side of the screen. 14 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:59,940 It looks like it'll be handy and it might get more people to take landscape photos and video more often. 15 00:00:59,940 --> 00:01:03,480 The camera control can also access Apple intelligence's vision 16 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:09,160 to give you information about what you're looking at and even add event posters straight to your calendar. 17 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:13,120 But here's the big miss. There's no touch ID. We've been waiting for touch ID 18 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:17,360 to be brought back to the iPhone and this button looks like it could just be the thing. 19 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:19,800 It isn't, though, at least not in this year's model. 20 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:26,080 After a couple of lackluster years, I'm pleased to see the non-Pro iPhone 16 catch up 21 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:30,680 to the Pro phone in a substantial way. It really feels like a compelling iPhone option 22 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:33,720 in the lineup even next to the Pro's improvements. 23 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:39,000 Regular iPhone 16 users will appreciate that the ultra-wide camera now supports autofocus, 24 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:43,520 enabling the cool macro shots Pro users have been getting since the 13. 25 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:47,280 One thing that I'm a little confused about is that they are dubbing the main camera, 26 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:50,760 a 48 megapixel fusion camera, despite the fact that on paper, 27 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:56,520 the specs are identical to last year's. However, the Pro iPhones get upgrades 28 00:01:56,520 --> 00:02:00,600 to the cameras across the board. 5X Zoom is now available on the smaller model 29 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:03,920 and there's a 48 megapixel ultra-wide camera too. 30 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:09,200 Videographers can shoot at 4K 120 now, which I don't care about, do you? 31 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:14,400 Let me know in the comments. As for the processors, the non-Pro gets a win there too. 32 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:19,880 It no longer has a chip that's a generation behind. Both new iPhones have an A18. 33 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:23,560 That said, the iPhone Pro's chip is an A18 Pro 34 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:28,440 that gets one more GPU and a larger cache. The A18 is on both phones to enable 35 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:32,440 the Apple Intelligence features they re-announced throughout today's presentation. 36 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:37,560 And it also should mean that the mainstream iPhone should have the same eight gigabytes of memory 37 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:41,560 found on a base Mac these days, which sounds wrong. 38 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:44,680 Apple Intelligence is coming next month to Americans, 39 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:49,760 coming in December to us Canadians. They need some time to add the U to color. 40 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:54,760 And these colors are more vibrant. Apple replaced their ink cartridges. 41 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:59,080 I'm excited to see Teal, and the Pro gets a new Desert Titanium. 42 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:04,120 While the new phone is pretty great, what I'm most excited about are the AirPods 4. 43 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:09,360 As someone who finds silicone tips annoying, I prefer the third gen AirPods to the AirPods Pro. 44 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:13,760 These look even more compelling as the price has dropped down to $130. 45 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:17,640 And now for $50 more, you can get them with a wireless charging case 46 00:03:17,640 --> 00:03:21,840 and active noise cancellation. I'll be curious to hear how that works 47 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:25,800 because the lack of silicone tips means getting a proper seal is challenging. 48 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:30,080 Though they did talk a lot about how hard they work to get the right ear shape. 49 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:35,040 My guess is that they won't cancel as much as the pros, but it's nice to have the option 50 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:40,360 as active noise canceling is trickling down to even inexpensive wireless headphones these days. 51 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:46,280 But what about expensive headphones? Well, AirPods Max get USB-C, 70s colors, 52 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:50,800 and nothing else. Please remember these exist. 53 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:53,920 They did kind of make it sound like there were new AirPods Pro, 54 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:57,720 but there are none either. Rather, a new software update to the Pro 55 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:02,240 meant to protect your hearing. When it gets rolled out, you'll be able to conduct a hearing test 56 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:05,600 to see what sort of hearing loss life has incurred for you. 57 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,800 To avoid that, the pros will also act as hearing protection, 58 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:13,200 suppressing damaging noises in loud settings. Does this mean that I didn't need to splurge 59 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,840 on special earplugs and a headset for my motorcycle helmet? 60 00:04:16,840 --> 00:04:20,520 It's too late, I already did. I am impressed and interested 61 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:24,040 with what Apple's VP of Health, Dr. Sumil Ahmed Desai, 62 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:28,640 is trying to do with Apple's hardware. Up until now, it's been advised 63 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:32,760 to not use AirPods Pro as hearing protection, but it looks like they've done the studies 64 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:36,520 to get it to work. And if you have sustained any hearing loss, 65 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:41,800 the AirPods Pro can be your hearing aid. The Biden administration's FDA enabled hearing aids 66 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:45,720 to now be sold over the counter. It uses the results of your hearing test 67 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:49,960 to enhance the frequencies you're struggling to hear. It seems like the technology in the AirPods Pro 68 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:53,240 was always primed for this capability. What is a hearing aid, 69 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:56,240 but a tailored and louder form of transparency mode? 70 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:59,600 Sumil also announced that the new Apple Watch Series 10 71 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:03,800 will be able to detect if you might have sleep apnea. I'm very much pro sleep 72 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:07,320 and love how the Apple Watch has been tracking my good and bad sleeps. 73 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:11,520 But sleep apnea is no joke, and the sooner one is able to get diagnosed and treated, 74 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:14,920 the better their life will be. Though, what if the Apple Watch tells me 75 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:20,240 that I have sleep apnea? Oh no, that'll mean I've had bad sleeps this whole time. 76 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:23,800 If you look closely, you'll see that the new Apple Watch Series 10 77 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:28,320 is a complete redesign. Yep, we were all laughing in the office 78 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:32,120 as Apple showed off a watch that looks exactly like the old one. 79 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:36,580 But that doesn't mean it's the same. The new watch is thinner and the display even bigger. 80 00:05:36,580 --> 00:05:41,620 They made hay about the display being a wide angle OLED, but I never thought that the viewing angles 81 00:05:41,660 --> 00:05:46,160 on the old displays were a problem. Also, the always on display will now show 82 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:51,380 the second hand, pretty nifty. They also devoted a whole section to the Apple Watch Ultra. 83 00:05:51,380 --> 00:05:56,180 But the only thing actually new for that model is the satin black colorway and some bands. 84 00:05:56,180 --> 00:06:00,980 Many of the workout features the executive talked about are available on the regular old Apple Watch 85 00:06:00,980 --> 00:06:05,100 in the next update, which contributes to my feeling that this event was messy. 86 00:06:05,100 --> 00:06:08,220 There was something to the writing in the organization that felt confusing. 87 00:06:08,220 --> 00:06:12,060 They went from talking about the camera to the gaming, to the 911 video messages, 88 00:06:12,060 --> 00:06:16,500 to the bigger battery, all at the end of the iPhone 16 section. 89 00:06:16,500 --> 00:06:20,860 I can understand the desire to hold the reveal of the iPhone Pro hardware till the end, 90 00:06:20,860 --> 00:06:26,020 but like, I wonder if it might be easier to follow if they simply devoted a section to cameras. 91 00:06:26,020 --> 00:06:30,340 For instance, they talked about the next generation photographic styles in the Pro camera section, 92 00:06:30,340 --> 00:06:35,340 even though it appears in the news release that it's available on the mainstream phone. 93 00:06:35,340 --> 00:06:39,420 I hate how I keep repeating this, but they need to go back to the live stage show. 94 00:06:39,460 --> 00:06:43,540 Live brings a different energy to things, and it means the executives will have to be more focused 95 00:06:43,540 --> 00:06:47,220 on what they want to talk about. I'm gonna bang this drum after every event 96 00:06:47,220 --> 00:06:51,420 until they demolish Steve Jobs Theater, which they're clearly not using anymore. 97 00:06:52,340 --> 00:06:56,500 Thanks for repeating the features in this Mac Address. I'm curious in the comments below 98 00:06:56,500 --> 00:07:01,020 what devices you're most excited about from this announcement. And if you wanna watch another video we've done, 99 00:07:01,020 --> 00:07:06,140 you might as well watch last year's event coverage. I mean, sure it's old news, but what's a view?