iPhone 15 Pro, USB-C, Apple Watch 9: Everything Apple announced at its September event

Apple has just wrapped up its annual September event, where it announced the latest entry into its best-selling iPhone range, two new Apple Watch models, and a small refresh to its AirPods Pro wireless earbuds.

It also announced its first carbon-neutral technology product, and confirmed that its Vision Pro headset was on-course to launch next year in the United States.

Missed the keynote? Don't worry, we've got everything you need to know about the iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Pro, Apple Watch Series 9, and more. Scroll down for details on the new slate of products, as well as the long-rumoured switch to USB-C and what it means for you, the best iPhone 14 Pro deals now that its successor has been revealed, and much more.

Short on time? Here are the biggest takeaways –

iPhone 15

iPhone 15 is available in a choice of Pink, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Black

iPhone 15 borrows some of the biggest innovations from the top-tier iPhone 14 Pro launched last year.

The A16 system-on-a-chip, which was introduced exclusively for the Pro lineup last time around, is finally coming to the standard iPhone range. It promises faster performance, especially for those who push the silicon to the limits with graphics-intensive mobile games. Apple has also brought the peak brightness – a whopping 2,000nits – exclusive to the pricier Pro phones to iPhone 15 too, which should make it more visible outdoors in bright sunlight.

iPhone 15 also arrives with a 48MP main camera – that's the same humongous sensor that was introduced with the iPhone 14 Pro last year. Using its clever computational photography, Apple combines multiple images at different exposures into a single file. Apple does this to find the perfect balance between light capture and pixel-packed detail.

The 48MP main camera on the iPhone 15 enables lossless 2x zoom – the first for the standard iPhone lineup

All of this complex machine learning happens in the blink of an eye and the final image is a more manageable 24MP, so you shouldn't run out of storage too quickly.

Apple is relying on that 48MP sensor to offer a new lossless zoom feature on the iPhone 15. Until now, lossless zoom was exclusive to the Pro version of the iPhone, which shipped with a dedicated telephoto lens in its trademark triple-camera system. That all changes with the iPhone 15, which crops into the 48MP image for a crisp 24MP at 2x zoom.

This will appear alongside the 0.5x ultra-wide and 1x main sensor at the bottom of the viewfinder. The 2x zoom can be used in a rebooted Portrait Mode, which now lets you pick between multiple faces as the focal point after the photo has been taken. Apple has also reworked the algorithms that power Portrait Mode so that it works better with animals.

Dynamic Island can be used to display previews of multiple apps, like directions and now playing

Finally, iPhone 15 enjoys the clever Dynamic Island notch introduced with the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max.

This clever feature adds shortcuts to apps running in the background to a small window that surrounds the cut-out for the front-facing camera and Face ID system.

So, if you've got a timer running in the background, it will count down in the corner of the Dynamic Island window. Music and podcasts you're playing will be displayed in the Dynamic Island, while third-party apps can be updated to take advantage of the feature, with some airlines now adding your Departure Gate into the small preview window. Press-and-hold on the icon to see a detailed preview, or tap to launch the app.

Apple has tweaked its clever SOS via Satellite feature from the iPhone 14 and 14 Pro, which allowed users without signal to call for help via satellite, with Roadside Assistance via Satellite. As the name suggests, this allows iPhone 15 owners to reach roadside assistance companies, starting with AAA in the United States, with details of car trouble – even when they're stuck somewhere without mobile signal or Wi-Fi.

iPhone 15 also ditches the Lightning port that's been used to charge iPhones since 2012 in favour of USB-C.

This is the same connection found on the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iPad Air, and iPad Pro. Of course, it's also found on most Android smartphones, as well as gadgets like the Nintendo Switch, Kindle e-readers, and much more. Apple has been forced to move away from its proprietary connector to comply with a new EU law that...