iPhone 6, Apple Watch, OS8 and U2. What a morning.

Anyone who has been on the Internet or watched TV or spoken to another human being in the past month knows that today was Apple's big reveal-a-thon. The Internet is awash with details of the details of the event, so we thought we'd bring you the basics, with a few handy pointers to some of the more useful details. Here's what we're getting from Apple this fall and winter: iPhone 6 iPhone 6 Plus OS 8 Apple Pay Apple Watch A new album from U2 Here's the when, where, what and how much of it: iPhone 6 When: Available for pre-order September 12, shipping September 19 Where: Globally How much (with a typical two-year contract): $199 16 GB $299 64 GB $399 128 GB We don't know the price without a contract yet, but it seems like it will be comparable to the price of the 5S when it was the next big thing. What (this is the fun part): Outside:

• 4.7" wide, 6.8 mm thin
• Retina HD display 1334 x 750 pixels
• Comes in gold, silver, space grey
• Soft-cornered body
• Power button on the side instead of the top

Inside:

• A8 64-bit chip (this chip is 13% smaller in size than the one in the 5S, but, up to 25% faster, with 50% faster graphics)
• M8 motion processor (The phone can tell the difference between cycling and running, uphill and downhill, how far you've gone/ how many steps you've taken)
• Barometer that uses air pressure to measure relative elevation (Nike will be updating Nike+ accordingly)
• Battery: Sustained performance €”you can use it at full power longer without it getting hot (no more sweaty face phone calls!); 10-11 hours for video and browsing using Wi-Fi, 3G or LTE; 50 hours of audio; 14 of 3G talk; 10 days on standby
• 150 Mbps LTE, supports up to 20 LTE bands, voice over LTE
• Wi-Fi: 802.11ac
• NFC antenna for Apple Pay (see below)

Features:

• iOS 8
• "Reachability" feature lets you use half the screen to access buttons at the top of the home screen
• Wi-fi calling with T-mobile

Camera:

• 8 MP camera
• True-tone flash
• 1.5 micron pixels
• f/2.2 aperture (81% more light)
• Panoramic photos up to 43 megapixels€”new gyroscope makes stitching nearly seamless
• iSight sensor: focus pixels for faster autofocus and faster face detection (more about this here)
• Burst mode can take up to 10 photos per second then detect smiles and blinks so it can recommend the best picture€”this works with the regular and front-facing camera
• Digital image stabilization
• Video at 1080p at 30 or 60fps with slow motion at 240fps
• Cinematic video stabilization
• Continuous autofocus works automatically

iPhone 6 Plus When: Available for pre-order September 12, shipping September 19 Where: Globally How much (with a typical two-year contract): $299 16 GB $399 64 GB $499 128 GB Dimensions: 5.5" wide, 7.1 mm thin Display: 1920 x 1080 pixels (185% more than 5S) Inside the iPhone 6 Plus is basically the same as the iPhone 6, but with a better battery

• Battery: 14 hours of video; 12 hours of browsing on Wi-Fi, 3G or LTE; 80 hours of audio; 24 hours of 3G talk; 16 days on stand-by

Features (plus the iPhone 6 features):

• Two pane display on horizontal, homescreen can work horizontally
• Touch cues similar to iPad, like a mini iPad mini
• Cut, copy, and paste keyboard cues
• Optical image stabilization (the camera moves the lens around to account for hand shaking, etc.)

iOS 8 When: September 17 Where: iPhone 4s, 5, 5c, 5s; iPod touch 5th gen; iPad 2, retina display, Air, mini, mini retina worldwide What:

• New messaging app for sending voice notes
• Improvements to notifications
• Activity app that measures physical activity throughout the day and makes suggestions, plus an exercise tracker, both of which will be accessible by third-party apps

Apple Pay When: October Where: 22,000 retailers in the United States What:

• Works with NFC antenna in top of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus and the Apple Watch
• Uses a one-time payment number and a "dynamic security code" so card numbers are not given to the merchant
• Point your phone at a device (soon to be at cash registers nationwide) and it instantly pays
• Can use card on file with iTunes
• OR use camera to photograph card then take some steps to verify it and use that
• Secure Element encrypts all related information
• Credit information not stored in phone, so you don't have to cancel your card if you lose your phone can suspend all payments using the Find my phone service
• "Apple doesn't know what you bought, where you bought it, or how much you bought it for."
• Starting in US with Amex, MasterCard, and Visa
• One-touch check out online without entering credit card information, billing address, etc.
• Organized in Passbook

Apple Watch When: Early 2015 Where: All over How much: Starts at $349 Outside:

• Sapphire display (A flexible retina display laminated to a single crystal, the hardest transparent material after diamond)
• Dial on the side that looks like a winder for old watches, called a €œDigital Crown€, used to navigate
• Sensors on the back to collect pulse data
• 3 lines€”Apple Watch, Apple Watch Sport, and Apple Watch Edition
• Interchangeable bands in leather, polymer, metal mesh, stainless steel, and silicon (Sport collection) with stylish magnetic closures
• 11 face options come on the device
• Two sizes of watch face

Inside:

• Accelerometer
• Heart rate sensor
• Uses GPS and Wi-Fi from your iPhone
• Taptic engine that vibrates to alert you of notifications
• Magsafe wireless charging€”no word yet on the battery life
• Tiny, water-resistant computer that makes the whole thing work

Features:

• Requires iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 5, iPhone 5C, or iPhone 5S (it is not entirely clear how close to your phone you need to be)
• Syncs w/ universal time standard
• Fitness trackers like the ones for OS8
• Watch turns on the display when you raise your wrist
• Voice reply to messages
• Watches can communicate with each other
• All sorts of widgets
• Understands questions in messages and gives you possible answers that you can just tap to respond, or you can send emoji or dictate, no typing option
• Siri
• Photos that you favorite on Mac or iPhone (and probably iPad) are available in the photo app on the watch
• In maps, vibrations indicate left or tight turns
• A friends list lets you send drawings, emoji, or€¦your heartbeat (as a vibration) to other people€™s watches
• 3rd parties will be making apps for the watch using WatchKit SDK
• Walkie talkie function
• Controls apple TV
• Viewfinder for iphone camera
• Works with Apple Pay

U2 When: Right now until October 13 Where: iTunes How much: Free What (this is the fun part): U2's new LP, Songs of Innocence