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Apple Watch

Apple Watch Series 8

- Cycle Tracking: now tracks ovulation using temperature sensor
- Crash Detection (for car crashes) using 3-axis gyroscope and g-force accelerometer
- Low Power Mode: up to 36 hours of battery life (Series 4 or later running iOS 9)
- International roaming: many providers will allow roaming at low cost
- 4 colors: midnight, starlight, silver, red
- $400 GPS, $500 cellular

Apple Watch SE (2nd gen)

- silver, midnight, starlight colors
- Crash Detection
- 20% faster
- $250 GPS, $300 cellular

Apple Watch Ultra

- For rugged/extreme sports (endurance athletes, underwater photography)
- Titanium case with slightly recessed display to protect it better
- Bigger and brighter display for outdoor sunlight (2% bigger, 2x brighter)
- below freezing to 130F operating range
- new Action button
- Digital crown and side button designed to be used with gloves
- Three microphones for talking in windy conditions
- 36 hours battery life, 60 hours extended life (in Fall)
- L1 + L5 GPS for dense urban or forest conditions
- 86 decibel siren (600 foot hearing range)
- water resistance WR100 (resistant to 100 meters, dive proof to 40m, has a depth gauge)
- 3rd party presentation: Oceanic+ app diving computer for scuba diving (subscription app)
- $800 GPS+Cellular

Air Pods

Air Pods Pro (2nd gen)

- H2 chip
- Personalized Spatial Audio
- better Active Noise Cancellation (2x effectiveness)
- new XS ear tip for small holes
- Adaptive Transparency (transparency mode that modulates really loud sounds)
- Touch control: now detects swipes on stem (for volume control)
- 6 hours listening time, 30 hours with charging case
- FIndMy can now find charging case
- use Apple Watch charger for charging case
- $200

iPhone

iPhone 14/14 Plus

- 6.1" and 6.7" display size
- 5 colors: midnight, starlight, blue, purple, red
- better battery life
- A15 Bionic chip (5-core GPU, 6-core CPU, 16-core neural)
- 12MP main camera
- 12MP front camera with auto focus
- Photonic Engine: enhanced image pipeline for photos
- Action mode: video image stabilization
- 5G cellular, eSIM support, US models do not have physical SIM tray
- Crash Detection
- Emergency SOS (via satellite)
++ custom antenna and software so bulky antenna not needed
++ Q&A assistance so you send needed information in one go
++ also send location for FindMy app
++ service is free for 2 years
- starting at $800 (iPhone 14) and $900 (14 Plus)

iPhone 14 Pro/Pro Max

- black, silver, gold, purple colors
- Dynamic Island: info that extrudes/pops out naturally from notch
- 6.1" and 6.7" display sizes
- Always-On display: as low as 1 Hz refresh rate plus smart dimming
- A16 Bionic chip (6-core CPU, 16-core neural engine, 5-core GPU, display engine, image signal processor)
- 48MP main camera, quad-pixel sensor
- 12MP ultra wide camera
- 12MP 3x telephoto camera
- starting at $1000 (Pro) and $1100 (Pro Max)

Thoughts

Apple Watch Ultra is quite sexy. Now that I've used a Series 7 I think in a few years I'd be fine with an SE if the CPU is faster. Blood Oxygen and ECG apps are nice but rather specialized and my stats are normal so skipping those sensors for one generation wouldn't be a killer.

Air Pods Pro looks nice though I'll stick with over-the-ear headphones.

iPhone 14 is nice of course but I'm on the SE track and would only upgrade if it's replacing both my SE and iPad. Dynamic Island is pretty cool though and a great design way to make the front sensor box "disappear" for users.