Apple yesterday unveiled two new models of its iPhone, seeking to capitalize on the success it achieved last year with their first smartphones. He presented the larger tablet market, the iPad Pro, capable of replacing a desktop PC.
The new phones, the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, they have the same dimensions as their counterparts in the latest version. “They look similar, but we changed all these iPhones,” said the firm’s chief executive, Tim Cook, the presentation to the press in San Francisco.
One of the new functions is a technology called “3D touch” that is able to react differently depending on the intensity of the pressure of the user’s finger on the touch screen.
iPhones 6S and 6S Plus they will use the next OS iOS9, which supports new features such as “3D touch”. 6S has the same screen diagonal of 4.7 inches (12 cm) than its predecessor. 6S Plus, one of the most popular devices in its range, with a 5.5-inch screen. But both have an aluminum body and more powerful processors and the ability to record video in 4K.
Meanwhile, the surprise of the day was the launch of the largest tablet so far, iPad Pro, with the power and capabilities to replace a desktop computer. Cook presented the tablet at the event saying that it is “the biggest news on the iPad since the iPad”. Presented as the most powerful of the range, the iPad Pro has a 12.9-inch diagonal screen (32.7 cm), with 9.7 inches of the classical model.
Also It includes a removable keyboard and Apple nicknamed Pencil pencil which can draw on the screen, even though the late co-founder of the firm, Steve Jobs claimed that users do not want this accessory. The new iPad operates faster than 80% of laptops that have been sold in the last 12 months, said Apple vice president Phil Schiller.
The iPad Pro, which will be available in silver, gold and “outer gray” goes on sale in November at a starting price of US $ 799 for 32 gigabytes of memory, up to US $ 1,079 for the 128GB. The stylus is sold separately for US $ 99 and keyboard US $ 169.
The tablet, with a battery life of 10 hours, “is thin and light enough to work in it all day and take it everywhere, “Schiller said. Cook said he expects the new tablet offers new possibilities to the world of computing, and did it the first iPad.
“The iPad is the clearest expression of our vision for the future personal computer “Cook said. “In just five years, the Ipad has transformed the way we create, learn and work.” As for the touch screen it is equipped with a technology called “force touch,” which is able to react differently depending on the intensity of the pressure of the user’s finger.
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