The presale for the first iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus has begun. It’s only available online at wireless provider websites and Apple.com. The new phones will be sold in stores Friday. Ian Cull reports.
The presale for the first iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus starts at midnight tonight. It's only available online at wireless provider websites and Apple.com. The new phones will be sold in stores on Sept. 19.
Diquan Richard has preordered an iPhone online before and says it's easy to fall behind in the hunt.
"Just make sure you go through all the information," Richard said. "It's easy to misspell something...and sometimes it'll accept it as well as reject it."
Apple
The Feast
The Apple Watch, available in many styles, also comes in 18-karat gold.
Kathy Shubert
Bonnie Crowder
The Apple Watch is complete with a square display and rectangular bezel and screen, "the most personal device we've ever created," CEO Tim Cook said to a standing ovation from Apple fans at the Cupertino event.
The Feast
Apple
Apple Pay can be disabled with Find My iPhone for just that device if it is lost.
Apple
Apple pay lets you use the credit card associated with your iTunes account to pay with the touch of a finger.
Apple
Each transaction is authorized with a one-time unique number. Cashiers don't see your name, card number or security code.
Apple
The Feast
Apple
iPhone 6 has an 8MP iSight camera, f/2.2 aperture and a new sensor.
Apple
New software improvements for the camera include faster autofocus, tone mapping and noise reduction.
Apple
Burst mode "detects smiles and blinks, then recommends the best picture."
Apple
The iPhone 6 also has improved face detection.
Getty Images
Apple CEO Tim Cook announces the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus during an Apple special event at the Flint Center for the Performing Arts on September 9, 2014 in Cupertino, California.
Apple
Apple now supports Voice over LTE, wide-band audio.
Apple
Stephan Sherman of Super Evil Megacorp introduced a game called Vainglory for the iPhone.
Apple
Apple introduced the Health app for iOS 8, that will track physical activities. The new iPhone also has a barometer that will sense "if you're going up molehills, mountains, and everything in between."
Apple
The new iPhones will have a landscape mode for the home screen.
Apple
The processor performance is 50 times faster than the original iPhone.
Apple
Graphics are 84 times faster than the original iPhone.
Apple
The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus will be thinner than previous iPhones.
Apple
Comparing the screen sizes of the iPhone 5S, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
AP
Guests arrive for the start of an Apple event on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, in Cupertino, Calif. Along with larger iPhones, Apple is poised to unveil a wearable device — marking its first major entry in a new product category since the iPad's debut in 2010.
Bloomberg via Getty Images
Attendees wait in line ahead of a product announcement at Flint Center in Cupertino, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. Apple Inc. is expected to unveil redesigned iPhones with bigger screens, overhauling its top-selling product in an event that gives the clearest sign yet of the company's product direction under Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook.
Getty Images
People stand in front of a large white structure built ahead of the Apple keynote at the Flint Center for the Performing Arts at De Anza College on September 9, 2014 in Cupertino, California. Apple is expected to reveal both the iPhone 6 and their long-rumored wearable smartwatch device.
Bloomberg via Getty Images
An attendee takes a photograph using an Apple Inc. iPhone ahead of a product announcement at Flint Center in Cupertino, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. Apple Inc. unveiled redesigned iPhones with bigger screens, overhauling its top-selling product in an event that gives the clearest sign yet of the company's product direction under Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook.
Bloomberg via Getty Images
Attendees check in ahead of a product announcement at Flint Center in Cupertino, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. Apple Inc. is expected to unveil redesigned redesigned iPhones with bigger screens, overhauling its top-selling product in an event that gives the clearest sign yet of the company's product direction under Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook.
Some people are holding off to see if they like the bigger screen.
Bui said it's like scoring coveted concert tickets online.
"Me and my buddies have it down to a system. Open multiple browsers, all have it on the same page. Hit F5 (to refresh) at the same time and see which one loads," he said.
Apple
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has died at the age of 56. This image appeared on the Apple home page as a tribute to the late "visionary."
AP
On Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011, Apple announced that Steve Jobs had died. He was 56. This 1977 file photo shows Apple co-founder Steve Jobs as he introduces the new Apple II. Click through to see pictures from the Apple visionary's life.
Apple.com
Apple.com paid tribute to the visionary on its website, with a black and white photo of the former CEO. The Board of Directors stated, "Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve."
google.com
Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin paid their respects too. Brin said in a statement Jobs’s “passion for excellence is felt by anyone who has ever touched an Apple product.”
Getty Images
In a statement released by Jobs' family on Oct. 5, they wrote he went "peacefully" and "surrounded by his family." They add: "In his public life, Steve was known as a visionary; in his private life, he cherished his family...we are grateful for the support and kindness of those who share our feelings for Steve." Here, Jobs is pictured in 1977.
AP
In April of 1984, Steve Jobs, John Sculley, and Steve Wozniak unveil the new Apple IIc computer in San Francisco. Jobs would go on to revolutionize the fields of technology, design, and music, to name a few.
Getty Images
"Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains," Jobs said in a 1998 BusinessWeek interview. Here, Jobs poses with then Apple president John Sculley with the new Macintosh computer.
Getty Images
Tim Cook, who took over for Jobs as CEO, sent an email to Apple employees saying, "Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple."
AP
Bill Gates, another tech titan, said, "Steve and I first met nearly 30 years ago, and have been colleagues, competitors and friends over the course of more than half our lives. The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact Steve has had... For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it's been an insanely great honor."
AP
Obama wrote in a statement: "Steve was fond of saying that he lived every day like it was his last. Because he did, he transformed our lives, redefined entire industries, and achieved one of the rarest feats in human history: he changed the way each of us sees the world."
Getty Images
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote on Facebook, "Steve, thank you for being a mentor and a friend. Thanks for showing that what you build can change the world. I will miss you."
AP
Film director Steven Spielberg on Jobs: "Steve Jobs was the greatest inventor since Thomas Edison. He put the world at our fingertips.”
YouTube
The young 23-year-old Steve Jobs preps for his first TV interview for KGO-TV, circa 1978.
Getty Images
In 1998, Jobs introduced the iconic iMac at the Flint Center Theater in Apple's home town of Cupertino, California. "We think the iMac is going to be a really big deal," he told his audience. He was right!
Getty Images
Steve Jobs stands by a projection of the iTunes website as he launches iTunes Music Store in 2004 in London. The iTunes store revolutionized music, allowing users to buy and download albums or individual songs from a library of 700,000 songs.
Getty Images
Jobs posed with a new 30-inch flat panel display in his 2004 keynote address in San Francisco.
Getty Images
Jobs introduced the iPod Shuffle in 2005, revolutionizing digital music players.
Getty Images
The rainbow-spectrum of iPod Nano with video capability was launched in 2007.
David Paul Morris | Getty Images
Apple's Steve Jobs in his uber-casual work uniform.
Jobs was famous for his jeans and black T-shirts, but would wear the occasional suit.
AP
In 2008, Jobs introduced the new MacBook Air at the Apple MacWorld Conference in San Francisco.
AP
Apple CEO Steve Jobs uses the new iPhone during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Monday, June 7, 2010, in San Francisco.
Getty Images
In 2010, Jobs introduced the iPad, a digital way of reading newspapers, magazines, and any number of things.
Connie Bolger
Jobs spoke at an Apple event on September 1, 2010 in San Francisco, announcing upgraded versions of the entire iPod line, including an iPod Touch that included a camera and smaller version of Apple TV.
Cupertino City Council
Jobs appears at a Cupertino city council meeting on June 7, 2011 to pitch his spaceship building.
YouTube
In 2005, Jobs spoke at Stanford's commencement, telling the young graduates not to fear death: "No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life."
YouTube
"It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true."
Getty Images
"Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become."
Getty Images
People from all over came out to remember Jobs. Candles, flowers, and an iPhone with Steve Jobs' photo were placed outside the Apple Store at West 66th Street in New York City.
WireImage
A mourner wrote "I Love You Steve" on the 5th Avenue flagship of the Apple store, which is currently being renovated.
Getty Images
Surina Shukri, from New York, lights a candle in remembrance of Steve Jobs.
AP
Neighbors embrace outside Steve Jobs' house in Palo Alto.
AP
Jeff Kelly, a neighbor of Steve Jobs, drops off flowers at Jobs' home in Palo Alto, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011.
AP
Apolline Arnaud, 12, a neighbor of Steve Jobs, writes a message in front of Jobs' home.
AP
A man places a candle outside the Apple Store in Santa Monica.
NBC Los Angeles
People in Los Angeles mourn the loss of Steve Jobs, with the words "bye" carved into an apple, accompanied by a single rose.
Some analysts think this will be the biggest launch for Apple since the original iPhone. They said the first batch could sell out over the weekend. Bui said it's important to be fast during the presale.
"Have everything typed out and you just cut and paste into the appropriate fields. Credit card information, first and last name -- all that good stuff. It saves those precious seconds because things like that go by super quick," Bui said.
