Silicon Valley is convulsing with excitement over the new releases from Apple, which the company showcased in a keynote address today at the Flint Center in Cupertino, California (Apple's hometown), where late founder Steve Jobs introduced the world to such game-changing products as the first Macintosh back in the 1980s.
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Rumors had been swirling for many months about the new iPhone release from Apple. Like last year, Apple is releasing two different iPhones. Instead of having a cheaper, more colorful product like the iPhone 5C, CEO Tim Cook unveiled two sleek smartphones with different sizes. The more basic model is the 4.7-inch iPhone 6. The new luxury model from Apple, however, will be the iPhone 6 Plus, which boasts a pocket-bursting 5.5-inch screen. The iPhone 5S had a 4-inch screen.
For the first time since Steve Jobs passed in 2011, Apple savored a "one more thing" moment-this time releasing a smartwatch, the Apple Watch. The Apple Watch includes a dedicated interface, includes several features dedicated to fitness and could stand to change the still on-the-fringe wearable market.
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Apple also showed us Apple Pay, a mobile payment system that lets iPhone 6 and Apple Watch owners make payments at participating businesses by swiping their device- essentially replacing credit cards.
The Apple Watch won't be available until early next year. The new iPhones will be available September 19.
