Live updates: Apple event 2023 new iPhones and highlights
From CNN's Catherine Thorbecke
Apple said Tuesday that the iPhone SE will start at $429.
The iPhone 13 will start at $599.
The iPhone 14 will start at $699.
The iPhone 15 will start at $799, and iPhone 15 Pro will start at $999.
From CNN's Aditi Sangal in New York
There was a loud applause in the audience in Cupertino, California, as Apple introduced two new iCloud plans.
Starting next week, iCloud+ will offer 6TB and 12 TB storage plans.
iCloud allows you to share photos and automatically backup your iPhone, and with family sharing, everyone in a household can get the benefits of iCloud+.
From CNN's Catherine Thorbecke
The iPhone 15 Pro brings a slew of new updates to its camera system, including a more-advanced 48 megapixel main camera featuring a larger sensor than on iPhone 15.
The camera also includes a “nanoscale coating” meant to reduce lens flares, Apple said, and bring higher resolution to everyday photos. It also boasts better low-light performance for portraits and night mode.
The latest iPhone can also shoot high-resolution photos in 24, 28 and 35-millimeter focal lengths.
By CNN's Samantha Kelly
The company announced its next-generation entry-level iPhone 15s, which now feature an expanded "Dynamic Island" tool that is home to alerts, notifications and other controls, in place of the notch. The feature was previously only available on the iPhone 14 Pro.
The iPhone 15 phones include updated image stabilization for taking photos and videos, 2x optimization and updated portraits with richer color and better low-light performance. It also includes 4K cinematic mode.
The iPhone 15s ship with the A16 bionic processor — the same chip used in the iPhone 14 Pro — with a neural engine that handles more complicated tasks, such as live voicemail transcriptions on device, according to the company.
The iPhone 15 has an Ultra-Wideband chip so it can connect with other devices nearby, such as better finding friends who share their location in crowded locations, or power some of iOS 17 features.
The iPhone 15 comes in 5 colors (white, black, pink, green and yellow) and in two sizes: A 6.1-inch screen for the iPhone 15 and 6.7 inches for iPhone 15 Plus.
by CNN's Jennifer Korn
Apple unveiled an action button in the iPhone 15 Pro, the first change made to the ring silencer since the toggle switch debuted in the original iPhone in 2007.
Now a pressable button, the action button still silences alerts by default -- but it can also be programmed to carry out a whole host of commands, from recording a voice memo to taking a picture to activating an accessibility feature like live speech.
All action button commands are accompanied with visual feedback from the Dynamic Island bar at the top of the screen.
From CNN's Aditi Sangal
iPhone 15 features Apple's second-generation ultra wideband chip, which allows the device to connect to other devices from up to three times farther away.
The chip has opened up a new way for Apple customers to use precision finding on iPhone 15 to find their friends.
From CNN's Allison Morrow
At long last, Apple is killing its proprietary Lightning port in the iPhone 15 and embracing a charging cable that's compatible with non-Apple products. That's one fewer cord cluttering your nightstand. One fewer thing to forget when packing for a weekend getaway.
But the move, hastened by a European regulatory mandate passed last year, is a largely symbolic measure that comes years after most other gadgets switched to USB-C. And it won't do much to shrink the mountains of e-waste piling up around the globe.
When the European Commission passed the directive last year, it cited two motivations: First, everyone agrees that it's super annoying to have so many cables lying around. Second, having a common charger across devices — whether they're made by Apple or Samsung or Garmin or whoever — would "significantly reduce electronic waste."
Big-picture, though, the impact on the mountains of global e-waste will likely be minimal.
There are about 66 million tons of electronic waste generated each year, says Ruediger Kuehr, head of the United Nations' University's Sustainable Cycles Program. Charging cables, he said account for "a few hundred thousand tons."
"When we look to the pure numbers, it's close to nothing," Kuehr said. "But we nevertheless think it's a very important step in order to make people ... aware of the issue we are facing." Read more.
By CNN's Samantha Kelly
Apple's high-end Pro line just got lighter and stronger.
The company showed off the 6.1-inch iPhone 15 Pro and the 6.7-inch iPhone 15 Pro Max, now with a titanium casing, the same alloy used in the Mars Rover. Colors include white, silver, blue and black titanium.
The Pro line also features a change to the ring/silent switch located on the side of the iPhone. By pressing and holding the button, users will be able to do customizable actions, such as launching a camera or starting an audio recording.
The 48 MP camera includes a larger sensor, enables better low-light performance for portrait and night mode, and has four times resolution than before. Apple also highlighted a 3x telephoto camera for classic portraits on the iPhone 15 Pro, and for the Pro Max, the rear-facing camera system features a telephoto lens that enables 5x optical zoom.
The Pro line also allow users to capture spatial videos, which aims to make photos clips feel more immersive. This feature will be available later this year.
The iPhones start shipping and hit stores on September 22.
By CNN's Samantha Kelly
As expected, the company is bringing USB-C charging to the iPhone.
Now Apple customers can use the same USB-C chargers to power their iPhones, iPads and Mac computers. (No more scrambling to find the right charger for each device).
This news officially ends the run of the Lightning port and charger -- exactly 11 years after it was first announced.
In the iPhone 15 Pro, Apple said a dedicated USB-C controller will allow for transfer speeds of up to 20 times faster than with USB-2 technology.
