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Phil Schiller, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, talks about the new iPhone 11 Pro and Max, during an event to announce new products. Tony Avelar/PA Images

Apple unveils new iPhones and streaming service to rival Netflix

The TV+ service will launch in more than 100 countries on 1 November and is set to cost €4.99 per month.

TECH GIANT APPLE launched a range of new iPhones today as it readies itself to unveil its own streaming service on 1 November.

The TV+ service will launch in more than 100 countries and will cost €4.99 per month. It will include a “powerful and inspiring lineup of original shows, movies and documentaries,” the company said. 

Apple also announced its game subscription service as the tech giant ramped up efforts to reduce its dependence on the iPhone.

Apple is featuring scripted dramas, comedies and movies as well as children’s programs in the service, which will compete against streaming giants like Netflix and Amazon.

The company also launched its iPhone 11 models today, replete with dual cameras and ultra-wide lens capabilities as it updated its popular smartphone lineup. 

The newest handsets come as Apple seeks to spur new upgrades in a slumping global smartphone market.

The new iPhones are “jam-packed with new capabilities and an incredible new design,” Apple chief executive Tim Cook told a launch event in Cupertino, California.

The new iPhone 11 featuring a new wide-angle lens, brighter flash and an improved front-facing camera will go on sale from €829. It will also have a 6.1″ liquid retina display and comes in six different colours.

The iPhone Pro 11, meanwhile, starts at €1,179, with the Pro Max costing from €1,279. The new models will ship later this month. 

Apple chief executive Tim Cook said the new Pro devices are the “most advanced and most powerful” the company has ever made.

Apple said customers who purchase an iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, iPod touch or Mac will get the first year of Apple’s new streaming service – which costs $4.99 per month – for free.

“With Apple TV+, we are presenting all-original stories from the best, brightest and most creative minds, and we know viewers will find their new favorite show or movie on our service,” said Zack Van Amburg, Apple’s head of video.

The company’s online gaming subscription service, Apple Arcade, will launch next week, offering exclusive titles for mobile and desktop users.

“You can’t find these games on any other mobile platform or subscription service, no games service ever launched as many games, and we can’t wait for you to play all of that,” product manager Ann Thai told the Apple media event.

Apple also unveiled updates to its iPad tablet and Apple Watch smartwatch including an updated iPad with a bigger 10.2-inch screen and an Apple Watch with an always-on display.

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    Mute KevinMunster
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    Mar 1st 2015, 11:10 AM

    March is the new February

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    Mar 1st 2015, 11:14 AM

    March …the Orange orders favored month …

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    Mar 1st 2015, 11:19 AM

    “Im
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    Saint Patricks day…”
    Said no one ever…..

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    Mute Uncle Mort
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    Mar 1st 2015, 12:35 PM

    …. standin on the flat bit behind the railings at the Bank of Ireland gettin the ears bate off with snow and wind, oh happy days.

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    Mar 1st 2015, 11:20 AM

    March weather ,
    Can be in like a lion and out like a lamb or vice versa. …

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    Mute Uncle Mort
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    Mar 1st 2015, 12:32 PM

    Heard it called ‘March Many Weathers’ in the olden days :-). Hate to spoil things but I have seen snow in May in Dublin [ not saying that it did not snow elsewhere in the country that day just in case the culchies get uppity about it ]

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    Mute Ben Redline
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    Mar 1st 2015, 11:07 AM

    We always get a snow in March it’s not surprising, tis a mad month for oul weather.

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    Mute Tallaght two
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    Mar 1st 2015, 9:24 PM

    In like a lion, out like a lamb

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    Mute Amy Ni Dhaltuin
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    Mar 2nd 2015, 7:14 AM

    Seems like the county councils don’t know that. Hardly a road from my house to work sanded (1 hour drive across Kildare). Nightmare! Nearly lost my life last year getting to work. Looks like this year will be the same.

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    Mute Evelyn Hughes
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    Mar 2nd 2015, 8:28 AM

    ‘March many weathers’ BUT grass officially starts to grow on 17th and it better hay getting low

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    Mute Deco James Connolly
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    Mar 1st 2015, 11:32 AM

    We had weather this time last year .

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    Mute AARO-SAURUS
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    Mar 1st 2015, 8:11 PM

    We have weather all the time. It’s brilliant.

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    Mute Uncle Mort
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    Mar 1st 2015, 3:09 PM

    Feed the birds and leave out some water. OK?? :-)

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    Mar 1st 2015, 11:04 AM

    I got cruciate ligament reconstruction few weeks ago.Snow and ice is the last thing I need.

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    Mute Eoin Byrne
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    Mar 1st 2015, 11:07 AM

    Lousy smarch weather

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    Mar 1st 2015, 2:06 PM

    Met Éireann issue a snow warning after the snow has started. Did they not realise until they looked out the window of their building in Glasnevin this morning? Our tax money hard at work as usual.

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    Mar 1st 2015, 11:57 AM

    Snowing here in Roscommon and one to two inches on the ground.

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    Mute David Craddock
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    Mar 1st 2015, 2:13 PM

    Dublin gets a bit of snow and its a big news story who gives a toss

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    Mute Dermot Lane
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    Mar 1st 2015, 3:43 PM

    What, Dingle is in dublin now? Dublin is mentioned because of the rugby game, several other areas are also mentioned.

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    Mute Well Oil beef hooked
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    Mar 1st 2015, 8:23 PM

    David if you bothered the read the article properly you’ll find its all over the country you tool !

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    Mute Dermot Lane
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    Mar 1st 2015, 9:15 PM

    And, well oiled, twenty eejits gave him a green thumb.

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    Mar 1st 2015, 12:12 PM

    That Dingle video has me so chilled that I’ve to go back bed for a few hours.

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    Mar 1st 2015, 11:50 AM

    Snowing in Dublin all morning not sticking though

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    Mar 1st 2015, 8:35 PM

    TBH there’s so many weather/wind warning lately, I actually don’t take them seriously….cry wolf.

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    Mar 1st 2015, 3:26 PM

    Chicken stew bubbling away on the stove,bring on the snow.

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    Mar 1st 2015, 10:11 PM

    Nearly slide off the road three times today @ 30km an hr, adrenalin / white knuckle driving …so glad to be a home curled up in a fur ball!

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    Mar 2nd 2015, 8:31 AM

    Long as it’s not a regurgitated cats fur ball

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    Mar 1st 2015, 6:05 PM

    March can always be a cruel month? As can April…

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    Mar 1st 2015, 4:07 PM

    Ireland doing great woopppee

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    Mute Maurice Dancer
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    Mar 1st 2015, 1:15 PM

    Cold weather is not unusual for March. As per usual the journal tries to make a story out of nothing.

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    Mar 1st 2015, 2:23 PM

    Stop reading it then!

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    Mute Dermot Lane
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    Mar 1st 2015, 9:30 PM

    I think Maurice, that the journal were relaying a weather warning issued by met eireann, as did most media outlets in the country.

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    Mar 1st 2015, 9:22 PM

    Looks like snow Ted.

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    Mar 1st 2015, 9:23 PM

    Where is the snow. Do tell

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    Mute Colin Forbes
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    Mar 1st 2015, 1:30 PM

    Well it is not snowing!!! The Journal is obsessed with exaggerating the weather. Give us a break

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    Mute Carol C.
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    Mar 1st 2015, 1:50 PM

    You mean it’s not snowing where *you* are? You know that people around Ireland read the Journal…not just you and your neighbours? :D

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    Mar 1st 2015, 2:37 PM

    Colin, I’ve just finished building my kids a snowman. Looks real enough to me

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    Mute Gary Rowe
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    Mar 1st 2015, 12:26 PM

    Why do they forecast ‘hail’ when it’s too cold for it?

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    Mar 1st 2015, 12:42 PM

    Too cover their asses!

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    Mar 1st 2015, 8:41 PM

    There was hail this morning in South Kildare and this afternoon in Central Dublin. I know because it landed on my head.

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    Mar 2nd 2015, 12:39 AM

    South Kildare and Central Dublin?Man, you must have an awful big head….

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    Mar 2nd 2015, 12:53 AM

    Roasting over here in lanzarote 23 c

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    Mar 2nd 2015, 3:07 PM

    8======>~~~

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    Mar 1st 2015, 12:35 PM

    What is the name of the music track in the video?

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    Mar 1st 2015, 2:17 PM

    The dubliner’s

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    Mar 2nd 2015, 10:28 AM

    Lousy Smarch weather!

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