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Here's what to expect from the iPhone 7

The body:

It comes in a few finishes: high-gloss jet black, matte black, gold, silver and rose gold.
It has a new home button that is force-sensitive.
It is water and dust resistant.

The camera:

It features an optical image stabilizer to reduce the blur from shaky hands.
There's a new six-element, f/1.8 aperture lens and a 12 megapixel high-speed sensor.
Apple has overhauled the flash, adding four LED lights and the ability to compensate for the flickering of artificial light.
The big change comes to those who shell out for the iPhone 7 Plus. It features two 12 megapixel cameras -- one with a wide-angle lens, another with a telephoto lens for better zooming. It also allows for bokeh, those artful blurry circles you'll see in photos with lots of depth of field. It achieves this using machine learning to apply a depth map to an image and blur the background.

The display:

The iPhone 7 comes with a Retina HD display that's 25% brighter than the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus.

The sound:

Farewell headphone jack. Apple nixed the industury standard 3.5-millimeter headphone jack and replaced it with speakers -- one at the top and one at the bottom. This gives the iPhone 7 stereo sound that's twice as loud.
Apple will use its proprietary lightning port as its a digital audio connection.
Every iPhone 7 will ship with a pair of earbuds that connect through the lightning port, and an adapter that works with wired headphones.
Apple defends getting rid of the headphone jack as a sign of the company's courage, a shift that will help the company make phones smaller -- and a step toward a wireless future.


Price:
Both versions of the iPhone 7 come in 32GB, 128GB and 256GB models. The iPhone 7 starts at $649; the iPhone 7 Plus at $769.

Pre-ordering for the iPhone 7 line starts Friday. Shipping begins Sept. 16.

Airpods, priced at $159, will ship in late October.

The new iOS10 comes out Sept 13.

AirPods
Meet AirPods, Apple's foray into wireless headphones
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Meet AirPods, Apple's foray into wireless headphones

Now that the 3.5-millimeter headphone jack is dead and gone, meet the technology that killed it: AirPods.

These white wireless earbuds interact with the iPhone and the Apple Watch. Wear them both to watch movies or listen to music, or just pop in a single one for a phone call (kinda like those Bluetooth earpieces people used to wear).

Each includes a mic, chip, sensors and batteries, which last five hours. They charge in their case, and you can charge the case itself through the lightning port.

What's under the hood of the IPhone 7
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The outside of the iPhone 7 looks a lot like its predecessor -- it even comes in the exact same sizes. But there are some changes under the hood.

It features an A10 Fusion chip, a four-core processor and two high-performance cores that are 40% faster than the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus. Two high-efficiency cores run at 1/5 the power to prolong battery life.

Battery is said to last on average two hours longer than the iPhone 6S.

Graphics processing will be 50% faster than the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus, and 240 times faster than the original iPhone.

Bonus!!

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Though critics have said the Apple Watch wasn't quite the game-changer that Apple might have hoped for, it was No. 2 in worldwide watch sales in 2015, behind only Rolex. It was also the top-selling smart watch.

Here's what's new for watch owners:

Pokémon Go is coming to the watch.
A new operating system, WatchOS3, lets users hold a button on the side to call 911.

And here's what's new for the upcoming Apple Watch Series 2.

It's “swim-proof," rated water resistant to 50 meters. The speaker, previously a place where water could enter and damage the watch, was redesigned to use the speaker itself to eject water.
It boasts a dual-core processor said to be up to 50% faster than its predecessor.
The graphics processing unit will be twice as powerful, running 60 frames per second.
The display will be twice as bright -- the brightest display Apple has ever shipped.
Apple will ship a ceramic model.
Built-in GPS for runners, walkers and cyclists who would prefer to log their workouts without bringing along a phone.
There's also a collaboration with Nike+ intended to court runners with a sports-specific watch model and an app.