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Video: Attention to detail—how Apple created a suite of dynamic motion faces for the watch

The gorgeous new motion faces in watchOS 5—Fire, Vapor, Water and Liquid Metal—are more special than Apple let on during the keynote. Surprisingly, they're not rendered or created using computer graphics. The attention to detail matters always so small wonder Apple has recorded them in a real studio where they set things on fire and used real water and vapor elements.

iPhones get more iOS upgrades than ever before

Lots of ink has been spilled criticizing Apple's supposed planned obsolescence, a conspiracy theory claiming iOS updates deliberately slow down older iPhones as a way of nudging people to buy the latest model. This chart by Fast Company's Jared Newman proves the opposite.