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Apple Annual Product Event Focuses on Cameras of 3 New iPhones

Apple’s annual September product launch lacked the typical surprise and any word of the AirPower wireless charging pad first mentioned last September to charge an iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPods simultaneously (see 1709120062). Wednesday's event streamed from the company's Cupertino,…

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California, headquarters focused heavily on camera features in the three new iPhones and on medical capabilities of the Apple Watch Series 4. The largest Apple phone to date, the iPhone Xs Max, has a 6.5-inch display, leading industry analyst Ross Rubin to tweet: “As if there were any doubt left why Apple killed the iPad mini.” The latest iPhones start at $749 for the iPhone XR, due in October, at $999 for the iPhone Xs and $1,099 for the iPhone Xs Max, slated for Sept. 21 shipping. Good news about the new iPhones is they are 600 MHz compatible and will use the spectrum T-Mobile bought in the TV incentive auction, an executive of the carrier said later that day (see 1809120031).