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Apple Watch SE (2nd generation) and iPhone 14

Apple announced two products on 16 September 2022: Apple Watch SE (2nd generation) and iPhone 14. The day spanned Apple Watch and iPhone.

It was the 4th of 8 dated moments the archive holds for 2022, 63 days after the previous one, 15 July 2022.

Apple Watch SE (2nd generation) product photograph

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What Apple announced

Apple Watch SE (2nd generation)

Apple Watch · Apple Watch · discontinued 9 September 2025

The Apple Watch is a line of smartwatches developed and marketed by Apple. It has fitness tracking, health-oriented capabilities, and wireless telecommunication, integrating with watchOS and other Apple products and services. The first Apple Watch was released in April 2015, and quickly became the world's best-selling wearable device. 4.2 million were sold in the second quarter of fiscal 2015, and more than 115 million people were estimated to use an Apple Watch as of December 2022. Apple has introduced a new generation of the Apple Watch with improved internal components each September – each labeled by Apple as a 'Series', with certain exceptions.

Each Series has been initially sold in multiple variants defined by the watch casing's material, color, and size (except for the budget watches Series 1 and SE, available only in aluminum, and the Ultra, available only in 49 mm titanium), and beginning with the Series 3 and Series 11, by the option in the aluminum variants for LTE and 5G cellular connectivity, respectively, which comes standard with the other materials. The band included with the watch can be selected from multiple options from Apple, and watch variants in aluminum co-branded with Nike and in stainless steel co-branded with Hermès are also offered, which include exclusive bands and colors. Any user may use digital watch faces carrying those companies' branding.

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iPhone 14

iPhone · iPhone · discontinued 19 February 2025

The iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus are smartphones that were developed and marketed by Apple. They are the sixteenth-generation iPhones, succeeding the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Mini, and were announced during an Apple Event at Apple Park in Cupertino, California, on September 7, 2022, alongside the higher-priced iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max flagships. The iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus feature a 6.1-inch (15 cm) and 6.7-inch (17 cm) display, improvements to the rear-facing camera, and satellite connectivity for contacting emergency services. The iPhone 14 was made available on September 16, 2022, and the iPhone 14 Plus was made available on October 7, 2022. The phones were priced at $799 and $899 respectively and both launched with iOS 16. Pre-orders for the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus began on September 9, 2022. Along with the 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max, the iPhone 14 and 14 Plus are the last iPhones to feature the Lightning port, as their successors, the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus (announced on September 12, 2023), use a USB-C port, per European Commission regulation.

The iPhone 14 does not have a "mini" version like its predecessor. Instead, Apple returned to a larger model with the iPhone 14 Plus. Apple had not introduced a "Plus" model iPhone since the iPhone 8 Plus in 2017. All iPhone 14 units sold in the United States ended support for physical SIM cards, making them the first iPhone models since the CDMA variant of the iPhone 4 not to come with a discrete SIM card reader, requiring activation by way of eSIM.

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Also in 2022

Sources

  1. Apple Watch SE (2nd generation) · Wikipedia
  2. iPhone 14 · Wikipedia

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