Those awaiting the arrival of the iPhone 5S will finally get all the official details next week.
Apple sent out press invitations — featuring the tagline "this should brighten everyone's day — on Tuesday to its next-generation iPhone launch event scheduled for Sept. 10 at 10 a.m. PT in Cupertino, Calif at its campus. It asks journalists to join them for coffee and breakfast.
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If the rumors hold true, we'll see two new iPhones launch at the event — the iPhone 5S and the iPhone 5C, a budget version of the smartphone. If both debut on the same day, it will be the first time Apple has unveiled two separate iPhone devices at once.
Rumors indicate the iPhone 5S could come in gold and even tout a fingerprint scanner. The iPhone 5C is expected to be colorful, too — recently leaked images and videos show the casing comes in blue, green, yellow, pink and white.
The dots and the font used for the invitation are in line with the style and theme of iOS 7. Apple's iOS 7 software, which has been in beta for months, will likely debut on the new devices. The company calls the overhaul "the biggest change to iOS since the original iPhone."
The invitations come just a few days after the company announced its iPhone trade-in program, allowing customers to return existing smartphones for credit toward another model.
The next-generation iPad and iPad mini are expected to launch at another event, possibly in October, so don't expect to see them next week.
BONUS: Hands On With iOS 7: It's Just the Beginning
From the moment iOS 7 loads, its clear this is different. The linen that infused iOS 5 and iOS 6 is gone, replaced with white and thin sans serif typography.
While white is a predominant theme in iOS 7, this is not a monochrome OS. Color accents are almost always visible.
For the first time since the original iPhone, the overall look and icon structure of iOS is now new and fresh.
The wallpaper can now be dynamic or static. Dynamic wallpaper is similar to the animated wallpaper in Android, except it doesn't interact with your finger. The default wallpaper is static.
Mail has received a full revamp to both its main view and the compose screen.
Flickr and Vimeo join Facebook and Twitter as built-in services.
Swiping up from the bottom brings up the Control Center. This is an easy way to access your most used settings, including WiFi, audio, brightness and quick access to alarm, a calculator, camera and flashlight.
Meanwhile, photos can now store more items and span pages.
The new camera interface has a number of options built-in. Swiping across the bottom brings up options for the standard camera or the video camera.
There is a new square mode on the camera, perfect for Instagram. The panorama mode is still here too.
Apple also has its own filters built-into iOS 7. Rather than simply applying a filter in post, these filters are actually real-time and you can look through the viewfinder in that filter before taking a shot.
The Stocks app looks totally fresh. Notes also has a new coat of paint. The texture is still there but the yellow lined paper and Marker Felt are a thing of the past.
iTunes and the App Store both have new designs. Additionally, Apple has introduced a new Wish List feature on mobile, making it easy for users to save an app to buy later.
The App Store structure is still the same but the look is more fresh. In addition to the general charts, users can also check to see what apps are popular in their area.
A new share button shows off what you can do with an app which includes AirDrop and adding it to a wishlist.
Both look fresh.
The Lock screen no longer has anything to slide to unlock, just swipe to the right.
You can choose to make Control Center available at the lock screen or not.
Pulling down from the top still brings up notifications, only now without linen and with a history.
The weather app is beautiful and animated.
Reminders is now more robust in its appearance. There are different groups of reminders, not just lists.
The new reminder screen also has a refined look. It still has texture, but the lines are less bold.
The compass looks totally new and totally great.
Double tapping home brings up full screen previews of various apps. Scroll back and forth and see previews of your apps in real-time.
Some might say this is copying Window Phone, but really, this look was pioneered by Palm with the late, great, webOS.
The dialer and the iMessage interface follow the new trends of being bright and with lots fo color.
Notifications pop-up in dark now, not white.
The calendar is de-leathered and has a very Google+ look.
The calendar gets a proper inbox for incoming invitations.
Apple Maps has toned down some of its textures but the basic app looks very similar.
The directions page in Maps has been rebuilt and it looks much more sleek.
The calculator still pays homage to the great HP calculators of the 70s, but with fewer bevels.
As for the clock, gone is that patent-infringing world clock look.
Check out the 3D effect when picking a time.
The timer is totally new too. This is what one of the standard settings pages looks like.
The bookmarks section for Safari is texture free but full of color.
The search and URL omnibox makes a glorious return (it was separated with iOS 3 back in 2009).
The whole look of this browser would look equally at home at Mountain View as it does in Cupertino.
Typing in a URL or string of text offers up real-time suggestions for an address or search query.
The thin bar at the top of the screen indicates page load progress.
It's like Cover Flow, but vertical!
FaceTime can now do audio calls!
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