Apple held a product press release Tuesday, Sept. 9. On top of releasing two new iterations of its widely popular iPhones, Apple entered a new product category with the Apple Watch. Here’s everything you need to know about Apple’s product release.

iPhone:

Two new iPhones, the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus, will be available for purchase Friday, Sept. 19. The iPhone 6 comes with a bigger screen than the iPhone 5s, sporting a 4.7-inch screen rather than the current model’s 4.0-inch screen. The iPhone 6 Plus, as the name suggests, has an even bigger screen, with a whopping 5.5-inch display.

On top of the bigger screens, the phones will be thinner, faster and boast more powerful cameras. Also, the phones will include Near Field Communication (NFC) technology. With the technology, Apple unveiled Apple Pay, which will allow users to swipe their phones to pay at retailers such as McDonald’s and Starbucks.

The iPhone 6 starts at $200. The iPhone 6 Plus starts at $300. With the new phones, the iPhone 5s will be $99 and the iPhone 5c will be free.

Apple Watch:

It was long-rumored that Apple planned to enter the wearable technology sector, and it did so at the product reveal with the Apple Watch. The Watch, which will be available for purchase in early 2015, will work in tandem with the iPhone for calling, texting and other basic iPhone features, and will have a number of fitness features, including a heart rate monitor.

The Watch will be $349. It will also boast the NFC features and Apple Pay of the iPhone.

iOS 8:

While iOS 8 was shown off at Apple’s June Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple set the date for current iPhone users to update their phones: Wednesday, Sept. 17. The new operating system will be available on any iPhone model 4s or higher and any iPad model 2 or higher. It will also be available on the fifth generation iPod touch.

iOS 8 boasts a number of new features, and as we reported in our preview of the Apple press release:

iOS 8 comes with a slew of new features. After using the beta version for the past three months, the features I think Westsiders will enjoy most are the updates to messages, weather, notification center and the camera.

Messages app will have a few great fixes: first of all, group messages have been improved. Users will now be able to leave, add people to and name their group chats. Yes, that’s right, you will soon be able to leave group chats. Second, Apple has added an audio message feature. You can now simply swipe up from a small microphone icon, hold it while you talk, then hit send to let the person you are chatting with get an audio message. Apple also added the ability to share your location easily in a message.

The weather app added a simple but useful feature: 24 hours of weather instead of 12. In the notification center, users will be able to reply to messages and other notifications by simply swiping down from the banners at the top of the screen. Finally, in the camera, a photo timer was added (possibly the new selfie?) and a few new editing features were added. For more information on iOS 8, visit http://www.apple.com/ios/ios8/.