Apple moved to recapture its role as a tech trend-setter on Tuesday with its first smartwatch and two large-screen versions of the iPhone. With the debuts of Apple Watch and iPhone 6 models stretched to fit a hot "phablet" trend, the California company delivered what rumors had predicted leading up to the event. The Apple Watch, a sleek wrist device which links to the iPhone, "will redefine what people expect from this category," chief executive Tim Cook said at a carefully staged presentation in Apple's hometown Cupertino, California. Market tracker IHS saw Apple as aiming to reset the wearable computing market the way it transformed the world of smartphones with the release of the iPhone.



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