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Apple's iPhone 5 press event has finally arrived and the company has announced its new thinner, lighter, and taller iPhone 5, with LTE. This slideshow documents the event through photos from the scene. We'll be updating it throughout the product unveiling. In this photo, Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks in front of an image of the iPhone 5 during the Apple event in San Francisco, Sept. 12, 2012.
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Inside the venue!
And the photographers have been allowed inside!!
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iPad mania
Cook says iPad is driving the post-PC revolution at a breathtaking pace. 84 million iPads have been sold through June, he says.
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iPads in corporate world
Cook notes that iPads are in 94 percent of Fortune 500 companies.
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App count
Cook says every app seems to have its fan, or fans. 90 percent of apps are downloaded every month, says. The average customer is using more than 100 apps.
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iPhone 5
Moving on to iPhone. Name of the new product will be iPhone 5, says Apple's Senior Vice President of Worldwide product marketing Phil Schiller. Its features include a taller display, LTE, an A6 chip, camera improvements, a new dock connector, and iOS 6.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks in front of an image of the iPhone 5 during an Apple event in San Francisco, Sept. 12, 2012.
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iPhone 5, world's thinnest
Schiller says the iPhone 5 is the world's thinnest. It weighs 112 grams -- 20 percent lighter than 4S.
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Taller iPhone 5
Like the old model, the iPhone 5 features Retina Display with 326 pixels per inch. But the new screen offers a taller, 4-inch display.
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CNN app
Apple gave a few companies early access to the iPhone 5 so they could update their apps. One of those was CNN, Schiller said.
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A6 chip
iPhone 5's A6 chip gives it a huge jump in performance, but it's 22 percent smaller than the A5 chip, Schiller says.
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Rob Murray
Up next, Rob Murray, executive producer from EA studios, demo what the A6 can do.
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iSight
Schiller touts the iPhone 5's new "iSight" camera, highlighting its features.
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iSight photo
Schiller shows off some photos taken with the iPhone 5.
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Phil Schiller announces the new iPhone 5 during an Apple special event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on Sept. 12, 2012, in San Francisco, Calif.
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Video features
Video has also been enhanced in the iPhone 5.
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New connector
Schiller says the iPod 30-pin connector, which launched in 2003, has served the company well for almost a decade. "A lot's changed and it's time for the connector to" evolve. The new one is called Lightning.
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iOS6 on iPhone
iOS 6 will run on the iPhone 5.
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Scott Forstall
Scott Forstall, SVP of iOS software, shows off iOS features on the iPhone 5, such as turn-by-turn directions.
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Siri updates
Forstall shows off Siri improvements, such as updating your Facebook status.
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iPhone 5 pricing
The iPhone 5 has the price same as 4S: $199 for 16GB, $299 for 32GB, and $399 for 64GB. The release date is September 21.
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Phil Schiller announces the new iPhone 5 during an Apple special event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on Sept. 12, 2012, in San Francisco, Calif.
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Talking music
Cook retakes the stage to talk iTunes.
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Eddy Cue
Eddy Cue, Apple's iCloud and music chief, takes to the stage.
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Cue introduces a new version of iTunes, with iCloud is built in. The new interface has no source list on the left. Now it's just a drop-down. Albums expand out like folders in iOS and OS X.
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New iTunes features
The gist of the new iTunes, available in October: simplified UI, iCloud integration, and a new mini player.
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New Nano
Apple's Greg Joswiak takes the stage to talk about iPods. First up is a new Nano, which returns to the big-screen form.
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Nano features
New Nano is 5.4mm thick, 40 percent thinner than the 6th-gen iPod Nano. And it has the new Lightening connector.
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Nano colors
Nano comes in an array of bright colors and features an FM tuner built-in with live pause.
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New iPod Touch
Like the iPhone 5, the new iPod Touch is longer and thinner. And it's taken the A5 chip from the iPhone 4S. Joswiak says it's 7 times faster than the previous model when it comes to graphics.
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Specs for the new iPod Touch. Battery-wise, it gets 40 hours of music and 8 hours of video.
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iPod Touch loop
New iPod Touch sports a hidden button for a new feature called the "iPod Touch loop," which lets you attach a wrist strap to it.
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iPod Touch in colors
The iPod Touch now comes in colors and features Siri.
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EarPods
Three years in the making, Apple introduces new EarPods, which come with the new iPod Touch, Nano, and new iPhone 5.
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iPod lineup
The full array of iPods.
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Product Red
Apple has contributed more than $50 million to Product Red with these models, Joswiak says. Product Red is a global fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.
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iPod family
Colorful display of the iPod family.
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The Foo Fighters perform during an Apple special event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on Sept. 12, 2012, in San Francisco, Calif.
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This photo provided by Apple shows the new iPhone 5.
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This photo provided by Apple shows the new iPhone 5.
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This photo provided by Apple shows the new iPhone 5's camera.
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This photo provided by Apple shows the new iPhone 5's smaller port.
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Getting set up
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