It’s iPhone time again! We’ve been through what we expect from the event, but there’s always the chance that Tim Cook will spring a few surprises on us, so check back here from 1PM EDT/5PM GMT/6PM BST for all the latest news!
All times given are BST. This liveblog has now ended.
16:50 Hello all. I am ready.
16:55 Things should kick off in just over an hour.
17:00 Liveblogging today we have Xavier Voigt-Hill and maybe Henry Hunt.
OH GOD WHAT IF THEY CALL IT THE iPHONE FIVE ALL SPELLED OUT AND STUFF LIKE NOT WITH A NUMERAL?
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Possibly Mat Honan (@mat) September 12, 2012Breaking: iPhone to boost GDP by 20,000%, Tim Cook announces Mars colonization program, world governments unite, move capital to Cupertino
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T.C. Sottek (@LaughingStoic) September 12, 201217:29 Just over half an hour to go now. What do we all want tonight?
17:44 Nobody’s inside the Yerba Buena Center yet, so things might be a bit late.
17:50 Theoretically my internet connection could be faster, but Community needs to download. Community > iPhone.
17:52 And everyone is inside! This could start on time after all.
17:56 My mouse is dying, but I will plod on.
17:59 About to get going…
18:00 And here’s Tim Cook!
18:01 Introducing the Barcelona Apple Store.
18:03 Video of more Apple Stores selling more stuff.
18:05 Now Tim is talking Mac and Mountain Lion.
18:06 7 million Mountain Lion upgrades so far.
18:07 Now onto the iPad.
18:08 17 million iPads sold April to June. Last year Apple had 62% tablet marketshare.
18:09 That figure is now 68%. iPads count for 91% of all tablet web traffic.
18:10 700k apps in the App Store. 250,000 designed for iPad.
18:12 400 million iOS devices sold up to June.
18:13 Phil Schiller is here to talk iPhone.
18:13 ‘Today we’re introducing iPhone 5.’
18:14 It rose out of the stage. It’s rotating. It’s tall. It looks leaked.
18:15 Entirely glass and aluminium. It is the thinnest and lightest iPhone at 7.6mm. The world’s thinnest smartphone. Eat that Razr.
18:17 1136 x 640 4″ display, as rumoured. 326ppi.
18:18 Why did Apple do this? So you can see more emails. I DON’T WANT TO SEE MY EMAILS.
18:19 Black bars on either side for existing apps that haven’t been updated for the 16:9 screen.
18:20 The display looks better apparently. Perfect aspect ratio for video and 44% more saturation.
18:21 HSPA+ and LTE. Single chip for voice, data and radio.
18:22 LTE for Sprint, Verizon and AT&T in the US, Rogers, Telus and Bell in Canada. EE in the UK!
18:25 A6 chip has 2x faster CPU and 2x faster graphics than A5.
18:27 Rob Murray from Firemonkeys is showing off Real Racing 3.
18:30 Longer battery life than the 4S.
18:31 There’s a sapphire crystal in the 8MP camera. Why the fuck not?
18:33 A photo from the camera. It looks awesome.
18:34 Built-in panorama mode lets you take 28MP images.
"Children appear happier when photographed with the iPhone 5's sapphire crystal camera" -Phil Schiller
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Ellis Hamburger (@hamburger) September 12, 201218:37 New dock connector is very small. 3 microphones for noise cancellation. 720p FaceTime HD camera on the front.
18:38 80% smaller ‘Lightning’ dock connector. It’s reversible and durable.
18:41 Here’s a dock connector adapter. This thing is tiny.
18:42 Scott Forstall on stage with iOS 6. Not much new to see here.
18:43 Demoing the new non-Google maps. We’ve already looked at what this all means.
18:44 You can tap to tweet or share on Facebook in Notification Center. Fullscreen mode in Safari too.
18:47 Now Forstall is showing off Passbook and Siri stuff. No sign of NFC though.
18:51 My internet just died, but I’m alive. Siri can tell you sports scores, good movies and Facebook for you.
18:53 And now we are wrapping up with a Jony Ive video. It comes in white too.
18:54 Bob Mansfield is doing the Bob Mansfield and talking about internals.
18:59 American contract pricing is the same. 16GB = $199, 32GB = $299, 64GB = $399. iPhone 4 is now free on contract. 16GB 4S is $99. Pre-order Friday for the September 21st launch.
19:02 iOS 6 coming to iPhone 4 and later on September 19th for free. iPod Touch 4th generation is included in this.
19:03 Let’s talk about iTunes. New look store with Facebook EVERYWHERE.
19:06 iTunes 11 is coming too. It looks fantastic.
19:11 New mini player looks great too.
19:14 iCloud is now built into iTunes for syncing film positions and stuff.
19:15 New iTunes coming October for Mac and PC.
19:16 New iPod Nano is 38% thinner at 5.4mm and has a widescreen multitouch display, physical buttons and a Lightning connector. And a home button.
19:26 The 5th generation iPod Touch is 6.1mm, 88g and has the same display as the iPhone 5. It also has the A5 chip. YOu get 40 hours of music from the battery.
19:28 5MP rear iSight camera actually takes good photos. I might need one of these things.
19:29 iPod Touch Loop now…
19:30 Push something on the bottom and a lanyard strap holder thing appears, like on cameras and some phones.
19:31 720p FaceTime HD camera and Bluetooth 4.0, just like the iPhone 5. AirPlay mirroring is also coming to iPod.
19:32 Siri is also coming to the new iPod Touch!
19:33 Five colour choices too, each with its own loop thing.
19:34 Shut up and take my money and give me an orange one!
19:34 These are white, black, cyan, yellow and red. I want the cyan.
19:34 New EarPods. They’re futuristic earbuds that have taken 3 years to design.
19:38 iPod pricing. New ones are coming in October.
19:41 High resolution iPhone 5 for you via TNW. Click for a bigger view.
19:42 And that’s that. Playing us out are the Foo Fighters.
19:45 To follow Apple’s lead, here are the Foo Fighters.
19:47 That wraps things up. It’s been a massive night, and I hope you’ve enjoyed it. Goodnight!
Digixav 
Get a haircut!
its now 19:18 any more updates, hmmmmm…
it’s like the first time I have been on your website in a few months
There are updates. You just need to refresh! 🙂
No, for half an hour nothing new showed up when you refreshed.
I may or may not have been in roll call. But I caught up, and that’s all that matters.
Nokia should sue Apple for copying their Lumia design with the new Nano…
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