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Apple launches iPhone 14 series with emergency satellite messaging
Updated 17:25, 08-Sep-2022
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The Apple iPhone 14 during an event at Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, U.S., September 7, 2022. /CFP

The Apple iPhone 14 during an event at Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, U.S., September 7, 2022. /CFP

Apple unveiled a new line of iPhone 14 during its "Far Out" launching event on Wednesday. The latest lineup of iPhones will boast better cameras, faster processors and a longer lasting battery at the same prices as last year's models.

Among the latest improvements is a 48-megapixel camera in the Pro and Pro Max models that the company said will produce especially crisp pictures. The iPhone 13 versions of the Pro and Pro Max have 12-megapixel cameras.

This year's high-end models will also have always-on displays that stay lit even when the device is locked, a feature that has long been available on many smartphones powered by Google's Android software.

Beginning in November, all the iPhone 14 models will be able to send SOS messages via a new satellite feature – a safety measure intended to let users request help when in remote areas without a wireless connection.

Meanwhile, Huawei released its latest flagship smartphone series, the Mate 50, on Tuesday, which is the first to support communications through China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), a GPS-like satellite network that covers the entire globe.

All the iPhone 14 models will also include a motion sensor capable of detecting serious car crashes and automatically connecting to emergency services.

'A creation of both the U.S. and China'

Chinese employees and suppliers of Apple contributed complex work and sophisticated components including aspects of manufacturing design, speakers and batteries in the past 15 years, The New York Times sited four people familiar with the new operations and analysts.

In the story titled How China Has Added to Its Influence Over the iPhone on Tuesday, the The New York Times said that "the iPhone has gone from being a product that is designed in California and made in China to one that is a creation of both countries."

China provided critical works that reflects the country's advancements over the past 10 years and a new level of involvement for Chinese engineers in the development of iPhones, said the story.

Apple has been shifting some areas of iPhone production from China to other markets such as India, and is also planning to assemble iPad tablets there.

The increased responsibilities that China has assumed for the iPhone could challenge Apple's efforts to decrease its dependency on the country, the story pointed out.

(With input from agencies)

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