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Apple’s September 10 Keynote By The Numbers

As usual, Apple sprinkled facts, figures, and statistics throughout the keynote today. Here are highlights of some of those metrics from the event, which was held at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California.

iPhone 11

  • Updated 12MP TrueDepth 26 mm, f/1.8 wide camera with 6 elements that can take 4K video at 60 fps and 120 fps slow motion video
  • A new wide camera sensor with 100% Focus Pixels and 3x faster autofocus in low light
  • All-new 12 MP 13 mm, f/2.4, 5-element ultra wide camera with a 120 degree field of view
  • 36% brighter True Tone flash
  • 12MP front-facing camera, which enables landscape selfies, and supports 4K video

iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max

  • IP68 rating for water resistance up to 4 meters for 30 minutes
  • The Super Retina XDR screen plays HDR video with up to 1,200 nits of brightness and a 2 million to 1 contrast ration
  • The A13 Bionic chip (also in the iPhone 11) has 2 performance cores that are 20% faster and 30% lower power than the A12 and 4 efficiency cores that are 20% faster and 40% more efficient than the A12, has 8.5 billion transistors, and can handle 1 trillion operations per second
  • 15% more energy efficient True Tone display with 458 pixels per inch
  • New 12MP, 26mm, f/1.8 wide camera with 100% Focus Pixels
  • New 12MP, 52mm, f/2.0, 6-element telephoto camera that allows the sensor to capture 40 percent more light than the iPhone XS
  • New 12MP, 13mm, f/2.4, 5-element ultra-wide camera with a 120 degree field of view
  • Apple’s Deep Fusion camera technology combines 9 images into one high dynamic range photo

7th Generation iPad

  • 60% of buyers are first-time iPad owners
  • The Retina display has almost 2.5 million pixels

You can follow all of our Apple event coverage through our September 10, 2019 hub, or subscribe to the dedicated September 10, 2019 RSS feed.

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