Sep 17, 2014 3 min read

Cheat sheet: The Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree

Since their first computers manufactured in the 1970s, Apple has only been improving their products.  Starting with the first computer, the Apple I in 1976, to the iPhone 5 in 2012, the products are becoming more advanced with each model that is created and released to the awaiting consumers, according to oldcomputers.net.

Apple has released a statement that confirms the newest editions to the Apple product line are the iPhone 6, the iPhone 6 Plus, Apple Pay and the Apple Smart watch. Preorders for the new iPhones started Friday, Sept. 12. The actual sale of the new iPhones will start Friday, Sept. 19, but the preorder sales have broken all previous sales records within the first couple of days of availability. New York Daily News reported that after the first day of sales, there were already four million preorders between the two phones.

Due to the amount of preorders, Apple actually surpassed their expected number of preorders, according to the New York Daily News. The customers who preordered the earliest will more than likely receive their iPhone on Sept. 19, but the company is so backed up with all of the orders that most of the preorders will not be received until some time in October, reported both Time Magazine and the New York Daily News.

With changes to mostly the body and camera, the iPhone 6 includes a larger body and screen, 5.44 inches long with a 4.7-inch screen compared to the iPhone 5’s 4.87-inch length with a 4-inch screen. The iPhone 6 Plus is 6.22 inches long with a 5.5-inch screen. All of the dimensions of the new iPhones are listed and compared to the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C on Apple.com. Apple is also supporting the changes to the camera on the new phones, as they are improved and have a new stability feature that is used to steady the camera on people’s faces.

The camera has been adapted to now take up to 60 frames per second and shoot a video of 200 frames per second, according to Apple. The new phone can take continuous pictures in a row so that once the user is done taking the pictures, they can pick out the best one.

The Apple Pay is the new way to “Turn your phone into a credit card” as stated in an informational video that Apple created to advertise the product. To pay, you simply tap the phone on any credit card swipe machine and it will pay with your online Apple Pay. The Apple Pay is going to be picking up in the market this fall.

Lastly, coming to the market in 2015 is the Apple Smart watch. Although it will be able to do the main things that an iPhone can do, the Smart watch will have to be synchronized with an iPhone 5 or a newer version in order to be used, according to Time Magazine.

There are different bands that can be purchased for the watch that accommodate the various styles of each customer, and the bands are also available in different sizes. 

The main way of communication with the watch is the tap: a signal from one watch to another person’s, letting the person know that someone is trying to reach them.

With the new iPhones out, Apple will shift their focus from the iPhones to the Apple Pay and the Apple Smart watch.