Apple unveils the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 plus

Apple yesterday unveiled the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 plus at its iPhone event 2016 at long last after months of speculations from iPhone lovers and industry watchers. iPhone lovers can now shout hurray!

The iPhone 7 body is similar to the 6s, with two different black models: a matte black model, and a shiny new “Jet Black”. It has stereo speakers, is water and dust resistant and has a longer battery life. The redesigned home button is now a touch surface

There is now two extra hours of battery life for an average day for the iPhone 7 compared to the iPhone 6s, courtesy the new A10 Fusion CPU. The iPhones are still about the same price but comes with an upgraded storage capacity ie 32 GB 

iPhone 7 Plus has two 12-megapixel cameras on the back (dunno why two cams are needed in one place). One lens is a 1X wide-angle lens; the other is a 2X zoom telephoto lens. By the way, there is no headphone jack but you now have new wireless air pods replacing that

And my favorite is that Super Mario is coming to the iPhone courtesy Apple and Nintendo. Now I just might buy my long awaited iPhone to bring back those childhood memories.

Pre-orders start Friday, and store availability starts on September 16 in the US.

Apple releases new, personalized playlists to Apple Music subscribers on iOS, macOS betas

Apple has begun rolling out new, personalized music playlists  to Apple Music subscribers. It was originally introduced at this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference in June. New tunes are added to Apple’s ‘My New Music Mix’ Playlist every Friday and its offers 25 tracks of songs and artists you would like selected based on the songs you most frequently play.

Apple is challenging Spotify’s “Discover Weekly” which is highly popular. This will definitely pose a threat but it is yet to be seen if the equally popular iPhone company can have more than just a bite of this apple.

APPLE ANNOUNCES BIG CHANGES TO ITS APP STORE

Apple is changing some things about downloads from its App Store. 

According to industry sources, Apple is bringing some big changes such as search and subscription access. App developers stand the chance to make 15% more off sales where an app can keep a subscriber for a year or longer. Unlike previously where only certain apps, like news services, dating apps and streaming services were paid for, now all apps can be sold. 

For you Apple lovers, this may pay you better as developers may opt for monthly fees instead of one time payment.