iOS 13 launch – as it happened: Apple release date, iPhone 11, new watch and how to download
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Your support makes all the difference.Apple hosted its biggest event of the year, showing off its biggest products and updates.
Alongside a whole host of new products – from the new iPhones to updated Apple Watches – and a variety of different services, Apple finally revealed iOS 13 once and for all.
The company revealed the release date for the new iPhone operating system, as well as showing off any new features that were hidden when it was first revealed over summer and have been stored up for the launch of the new iPhone. iOS 13 has been mired in mystery, with the tech giant cutting off features as it rushed to make it available to the public.
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Stan Ng comes on stage to share with us the next generation of Apple Watch.
We've got another video, this one involving a dancer.
Apple Watch Series 5 features an always-on retina display that "never sleeps".
What does this mean for battery life?
Ng says it's "extremely power efficient".
It has the same all-day, 18-hour battery life as its predecessor.
The always-on display will be useful for loads of situations, apparently, like working out. I hope you can turn the screen off when you sleep.
New safety features too, like international emergency calling.
Like the iPad case, the Apple Watch case is now made from 100 per cent recycled aluminium.
Apple Watch Series 5 will also be available in titanium and a new ceramic model. And of course, loads of new straps.
Series 5 starts at $399 and $499 for cellular models. Available for pre-order now, shipping 20 September.
"It truly is the most capable Apple Watch ever," Ng says.
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