Apple iPhone Event 2025

• Live rough notes from the September 9, 2025 Apple iPhone event. Will refine in a later pass for flow, accuracy, and added context.

Event Overview & Context

Date: September 9, 2025
Location: Apple Park (virtual stream)

Tim Cook the “biggest leap ever for iPhone.”

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AirPods Updates

AirPods Pro (3rd Gen)

Highlights:

• Sound quality upgrades
  • Active Noise Cancellation: 2× better vs 2nd gen
  • 4× better vs original AirPods Pro
• Breakthrough audio / computational features
• Real‑time translations (Apple Intelligence)
• Best fitting AirPods yet (fit enhancements implied)
• More durable: IP57
• New heart rate sensing - is this more accurate than Apple Watch?
• $249 — order today

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Apple Watch

Apple Watch Series 11

• Hypertension monitoring
• Charges 2x faster

Apple Watch Ultra 3

• Brighter display, thinner borders → larger usable area (same case size)
• $799
• Arrives September 19
• Hypertension monitoring

NOTE: It sounds like Hypertension monitoring is coming to existing watches too and does not require new sensors/hardware.

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iPhone Lineup (2025)

Apple: “Unlike anything we’ve ever created” — four new models.

iPhone 17

• Chip: A19

iPhone 17 Air

• it is just “iPhone Air” - no “17” branding
• MagSafe battery
  • this appears to ONLY be compatible with iPhone Air

(Chip Platform) A19 Pro

• Fastest CPU in any smartphone
• N1 Neural Engine
• Wireless: Wi‑Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, Thread
• C1X (connectivity / controller?)
  • 2× faster than C1
  • More efficient vs iPhone 16 Pro generation

iPhone 17 Pro

• Ceramic Shield
• cooling system
• 40% better sustained performance vs iPhone 16 Pro
• Camera system:
  • Front: 18 MP Center Stage
  • Rear: 48 MP across all cameras
  • Fusion telephoto: 4× optical (100 mm), 8× optical (200 mm)
  • 56% larger sensor

• iPhone 17 Pro (base 256 GB) starts at $1099
• Available September 19

OS Updates release

• the company says iOS 26, iPadOS 26, watchOS 26, macOS 26, and visionOS 26 (and presumably tvOS 26 and the HomePod update) will arrive on Monday, September 15. via: SixColors

• September 15