Follow-up iPhone 5 Coverage:
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- Scenes from Apple’s iPhone 5 Announcement
- iOS 6 Here Next Week, New iTunes in October
- Apple Rolls Out ‘Maximum Funness’ iPod Touch, Revamps iPod Nano Line
- Video: 5 Reasons to Buy the iPhone 5
- Live Coverage: Apple’s iPhone 5 Event
- Ask Techland: Best Places to Sell an Old iPhone or Trade for Store Credit?
On Wednesday, September 12, Apple is holding a media event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. Let’s just say it: It’ll unveil the iPhone 5 — and, with any luck, will announce a surprise or two.
Our live coverage will begin at 1pm ET/10am PT. You can simply bookmark this page or join us at TIME.com/iPhone5 on Wednesday.
More thoughts to come!
And thank YOU everyone out there who came here–there were TONS of you for this one.
Tim is thanking us…there’s a hands-on area…thanks for coming.
there’s a shot of the aluminum backside
Tim Cook is applauding.
And the Foo Fighters are done.
It’s big! It’s small! It has lots of features! It has almost no features!
The iPod Nano keeps lurching back and forth.
It’s how it all comes together in use.
As usual, it’s hard to judge the new iPhone based on specs, photos, features.
Most of this stuff was known. It’s cool to see the iPod Touch get so much better.
At the last Apple Macworld keynote they had Tony Bennett singing “The Best is Yet to Come,” which seemed like a message.
Aside from the massive amounts of foo fighting, of course…
And who at Apple chooses them?
I wonder if the band gets free iPhones?
Any surprises today, Harry, based on what you saw?
Sorry for the repetition, repetition
“It’s called Walk”
“It’s called Walk”
Another song…
If it weren’t for Apple events, I’d know even less about contemporary pop music than I do (but I’m enjoying this)
It wears a 4L case.
There’s the Hero Shot, speaking of…
That’s one TALL phone, people.
I’m scanning the audience for Windows PCs in use, not seeing any.
“There goes my hero…”
Someone in the audience (journalist?) just left. Not a music fan, I guess, or maybe his meter is running out.
Dedicating a song to all those people.
They’ve clearly subdued the foo, yet they still continue to fight said foo.
(I don’t think he’s saying Little Richard is AT THIS EVENT.)
“One of the great things about being here is getting to meet all these incredible people who are shaping our future…” Little Richard, Tom Petty and Jimmy Paige are being namechecked.
Applause…cheers…another song…
Foo never stood a chance.
This is the first musical act Apple has had in awhile, I think.
No friendly foo, obviously.
Interesting swirling light effect.
Foo is being fought here, big time.
Good listening, but tough to liveblog.
As you probably already guessed.
They’re singing and playing instruments.
Foo Fighters.
A popular respected Grammy-winning band…they sell out arenas around the globe…
Sounds like we’re about to get a musical guest.
“Apple had never been stronger” because of the dedication and creativity of its employees around the world…they’re doing the best work of their lives. Products make a real difference for people.
Every product is an incredible industry-leading innovation by itself, but how they work together is the big deal.
Tim says Apple is excited about the products, which he’s reviewing.
A short, loud iPod ad.
Tim Cook is back with an iPod ad.
Product Red models of the new iPods.
Shuffle is $49, 16GB Nano is $149, old Touch is $199 and $249 (16GB and 32GB), new Touch is $299 for 32GB and 64GB for $399. New models next month No mention of iPod Classic.
Joz is recapping the iPod news.
Available standalone today, they come with the Touch, Nano and iPhone 5.
Sound is so important to Apple products they wanted to make the best possible headphone.
Sorry, Jony IVE.
They scanned ears to find the right shape. Its defined by the geometry of your ears. But they don’t seal like an in-ear headphone.
No two ears are alike, Jony Ives says….
We’re seeing a video on them
They’ve spent 3 years designing all-new headphones, EarPods.
Apple is one of the biggest speaker companies in the world – they’re everywhere, even in headphones. Apple has shipped 600 million sets of headphones. That’s 1.2 billion speakers right there.
Now Joz is talking about speakers.
The iPod Shuffle also gets the new colors.
And for the first time, 5 colors, with matching straps.
…and Siri.
Bluetooth 4.0, 802.1 a/b/g/dual-band n, 150Mbps bandwidth, and Airplay Mirroring for the first time–play games on your TV
720p video and you can edit in iMovie, face detection…
Now there’s a little pop-out wrist strap holder — the iPod Loop.
“But there’s still more.”
It has the panorama feature and you can run iPhoto for the first time.
We’re seeing sample photos.
And the camera is officially an iSight camera — 5 megapixels with a lot of the features in the iPhone 5. Autofocus and flash for first time. Sapphire crystal lens cover.
New Touch has up to 40 hours of music playback, 8 hours of video…
Based on many years of research at the company and Oxford University. Now long ago it would have needed a supercomputer. Clumsy Ninja looking forward to playing with us this holiday season.
He’s using a punch bag, a trampoline…learning how to use them.
It’s like a super-sophisticated version of TALKING TOM.
He reacts to your movement in real time.
“We’re hear to show you Clumsy Ninja,” an interactive toy running on the Touch. A real-time character.
Here’s a guest from Natural Motion Games for a demo.
It uses the A5 dual-core chip — double the old performance and up to 7X graphics performance
Tall screen is good for music navigation, rotate it for widescreen video.
Thinnest and lightest iPod Touch — 6mm — same 4″ Retina as iPhone 5.
Next the iPod Touch, the world’s most popular music player and gaming handheld.
Longest Nano battery — up to 30 hours of music.
It’s like a mini-iPod Touch now, almost.
Pedometer and Nike Plus and Bluetooth.
Multitouch, 7 colors, FM radio you can pause. And video playback.
Thinner, lighter, better materials, Lightning connector. The best Nano by far.
5mm thin, 40 % thinner now.
Six generations of Nanos so far, and they’re reinventing it with a new large display.
Greg Joswiak is talking about iPods. Music is in Apple’s DNA. Exciting changes. iPod Nano.
“We think you’re going to love it and we can’t wait for you to get your hands on it.”
Eddy Cue is recapping iTunes news.
He’s listening to a clip of BORN TO RUN in the store, checking out more on Bruce Springsteen while the sample plays. Learning about upcoming Bruce concerts…
Now the new iTunes store, looking a lot like the iPad version.
Watch a movie on one device, then pick up on another. We’re watching THE AVENGERS.
iCloud is now built into iTunes, with all your purchases that live in the cloud.
Search has been improved. Also the mini player, for listening while you’re doing something else. It’s been completely redesigned.
New Up Next feature lets you see and rearrange upcoming songs, and add new ones.
New simpler playlist view that lets you see your playlist and your music at the same time.
Artists can share photos.
You can see the top songs and albums from any artist, with recommendations.
New edge-to-edge design. Albums expand and play.
200 million customers are using iTunes in the cloud — 15 billion downloads. And now Apple is announcing a new iTunes with built-in iCloud. Dramatically simpler. Jeff Robin will demo.
Now let’s talk about iTunes on Mac and PC.
You can preview a song and move around in the store and keep listening. Better search, Facebook and Twitter sharing. All in iOS 6.
2/3rds of downloads are now on iOS. There’s a new iPad iTunes store — beautiful and faster and same design for movies, TV shows, and apps and iBooks. Works great on iPhone too.
2/3rds of downloads are now on iOS. There’s a new iPad iTunes store — beautiful and faster and same design for movies, TV shows, and apps and iBooks. Works great on iPhone too.
435 million iTunes accounts with one-click purchasing.
#1 music store, 26 million songs,20 billion songs downloaded.
Now, news about iPod and iTunes. Here’s Eddy Cue to talk iTunes.
Now he’s talking about music and how much Apple loves it.
The biggest things to happen to iPhone since the iPhone.
Tim Cook is back
iOS 6 runs on lots of existing products and is a free upgrade on September 19
Ships on September 21 in a bunch of countries, preorder this Friday, more countries on September 28, 100 countries and 240 carriers by end of year
Prices unchanged: $199/$299/$399. iPhone 4 is free on contract, 4S is $99
Here’s Phil Schiller, in person, again.
“We had to go way beyond what we knew to be possible.”
Measured in microns (at, I guess, Foxconn?)
And how they put all the hardware together.
And the manufacturing processes.
More Jony Ive praising the fit and finish.
Facebook integration…
Explaining new Siri features again…
Scott Forstall is in video recapping iOS 6.
“I don’t think the level of invention has ever been matched by anything else we’ve done.”
The lightning connector is all digital and smaller and reversible.
A6 chip is up to 2X faster…
LTE can be faster than an average Wi-Fi connection.
Explanation by Bob Mansfield of the engineering accomplishments.
“We don’t want to just make a new phone. We want to make a much better phone.”
Jony Ive explaining how important phones are.
We;re seeing a video.
Thinnest and lightest iPhones yet…4″ Retina display…ultra-fast wireless and LTE…A6 chip…better cameras…panorama feature…better audio…lightning connector….iOS 6….
There’s a black iPhone and a white one.
(This has been quick — is there a just one more thing?)
iOS 6 demo is done.
Facebook is integrated and you can use Siri to post to your wall.
Siri knows about movies. “Can you tell me about a good movie?” “That is a very subjective question.” And restaurant reservations.
You can launch apps with Siri.
Now, Siri, which knows about sports. She’s telling the 49ers score.
They can comment on them, like them…
Share photos with friends. They get push notifications automatically.
Now, Shared Photo Streams.
When you’re at your airport gate your boarding pass pops up automatically.
Now a new app, Passport. Put your boarding passes, tickets and coupons on your lock screen.
And better flagging.
Mail now lets you mark people as VIPs to get their mail more easily
Pull up tabs from the Mac on your iPhone.
And Safari, which now has full-screen mode on the big screen.
Now, Notification Center.
We’re seeing Big Ben…
Now he’s demoing the flyover 3D maps.
Works in portrait and landscape modes.
And turn-by-turn directions, with cinematic camera angles.
He’s demoing the vector maps.
Scott Forstall will demo it.
Now, on to software. iOS 6, the latest version of the world’s most advanced OS. Designed for the 4″ display.
“That’s the new Lightning connector.”
There’s an adapter for your current accessories. Plug it in, leave it there.
Working with Bose, JBL, etc. on accessories.
“A modern connector for the next decade.” 80% smaller, more durable, plug in either direction.
“It’s time for the connector to evolve.” The new one is called Lightning.
Now he’s talking about the 30-pin connector. A lot has changed: More things are done wirelessly now.
20 carriers around the world will support wideband audio (but not US ones apparently.)
And wide-band audio that sounds better.
Back, front, bottom, for better noise recognition and better Siri. Better speaker with five-magnet transducer,and smaller. And a noice-canceling earpiece.
The phone now has three microphones.
1080p video, beter stabilization, can take photos during video. Frontside camera is 720p with face recognition.
(The sample photos, at least, look great.)
28-megapixel panoramas.
And now there’s a panorama mode.
iCloud gives you shared photo streams with friends and family.
“The ocean looks bluer…kids look happier.”
40% faster photo capture.
Precision lens alignment and sapphire crystal.And a new image signal processor from Apple in the A6 chip with spatial noise reduction.
Next, the camera: 8 megapixel, backside illumination, f/2.4, like 4S, but 25% smaller. New dynamic low-light mode.
8 hours of talk time, 8 hours of LTE browsing, 10 hours ofWi-Fi browsing…better than 4S.
Phil is back, praising the game and recapping. And talking about battery life.
Coming to the App Store later this year.
You can race against someone, but not at the same time.
It uses Game Center for “time-shifted multiplay”
It has rear-view mirrors.
He’s going to show Real Racing 3, racing at Laguna Seca
Rob Murray of EA will talk about the powerful new graphics.
And 22 percent smaller
2X faster CPU and graphics.
It uses Apple’s A6 chip.
It has better Wi-Fi,too
It’s be supported on AT&T, Verizon, Sprint in U.S. Other big carriers elsewhere.
“LTE is the most complicated networking technology ever brought to this earth.”
One chip, one radio, dynamic antenna that can switch between networks.
It now supports seven bands, including LTE
New screen has 44 percent better color saturation, touch screen integrated into display
3rd parties can update apps.
What happens to the rest? They’re centered with black borders.
All of Apple’s, that is.
All the apps take advantage of the taller widescreen display.
You want your phone to fit beautifully in your hand.
1136 by 640 — the same width, but taller, 16:9
New phone has retina display — 4″
“It’s really easy to make a product that’s bigger.”
It’s a gem, made entirely of glass and aluminum. Thinnest and lightest iPhone: 7.6mmm 112 grams. World’s thinnest iPhone, 20% lighter than iPhone 4S.
“Today we’re going to announce iPhone 5.”
Phil is bragging about the original iPhone being on the cover of TIME in 2007.
“Today, we’re taking this to the next level.”
Last quarter, 400,000,000th iOS device sold. “No one could have predicted this.”
“The iPad has been an absolute revolution..it’s phenomenal.”
250,000 apps in iOS store now…
Almost all of Fortune 500 is testing or deploying iPads.
iPad accounts for 68 percent of market, 91 percent of Web traffic. “I don’t know what these other tablets are doing.”
More iPads sold than any PC maker’s entire line: “Yes, we are in a post-PC world.” 84 million iPads sold to date.
Quoting Ed Baig’s praise of the new iPad. 17 million iPads sold in last quarter, a record.
The iPad is driving the post-PC revolution…
Mac notebooks have 27% market share in US — #1
PC Magazine loves Mountain Lion…
“On to the Macintosh.”
83 million people have visited stores in the last quarter.
Lots of happy customers and employees…
We’re seeing a video about it.
A signature glass staircase….
Beautiful photos…
Talking about a store in Barcelona
“Thank you for coming this morning…we’ve got some amazing things to show you.”
Tim Cook is on stage…
I’m at the Apple event….
Greetings, all.
Yes, thanks everyone!