AppleInsider Liveblog

Live from Apple's "Wish We Could Say More" iWatch & iPhone 6 Event

Join us as we join Apple on Sept 9, 2014 for its "Wish We Could Say More" media event, in which the company is widely expected to unveil multiple "iPhone 6" models, preview its so-called "iWatch," and introduce a mobile payment platform backed by the industry's most respected players.

3rd & 7 37yd

Looks like TVs as Keynote secondary displays on the floor.

by Shane 9/9/2014 4:54:50 PM
by Shane 9/9/2014 4:55:24 PM
Inside the theater at Flint Center

by danielerancs 9/9/2014 4:57:29 PM
by Shane 9/9/2014 4:58:35 PM
Shows starting: a new motion graphic depicting Apple's mantra of being original and moving the world forward, differently

by danielerancs 9/9/2014 5:02:30 PM
by Shane 9/9/2014 5:03:28 PM
by Shane 9/9/2014 5:03:46 PM
Tim Cook on stage. "Great to be back in the Flint Center"

by danielerancs 9/9/2014 5:04:43 PM
Home of the into of original Macintosh, 1998 iMac

by danielerancs 9/9/2014 5:05:31 PM
by Shane 9/9/2014 5:06:50 PM
Cook says no status updates this time because too much to show.

by danielerancs 9/9/2014 5:07:03 PM
We usually go through a few updates. I'm dispensing with those other than to tell you, 'everything's great.'

by Shane 9/9/2014 5:07:11 PM
Biggest advancement in the history of iPhone

by danielerancs 9/9/2014 5:07:57 PM
Showing beauty shots. Looks like Liquid Metal seams

by danielerancs 9/9/2014 5:08:27 PM
New iPhone 6, 6+

by danielerancs 9/9/2014 5:09:19 PM
New iPhone 6, 6+

by danielerancs 9/9/2014 5:09:36 PM
by AppleInsider 9/9/2014 5:11:18 PM
by Shane 9/9/2014 5:11:28 PM
by AppleInsider 9/9/2014 5:11:35 PM
by Shane 9/9/2014 5:11:54 PM
New generation of Retina Display: Retina HD. 4.7" & 5.5" 1334x750, 1920x1080, 401ppi

by danielerancs 9/9/2014 5:12:01 PM
by AppleInsider 9/9/2014 5:12:03 PM
by Shane 9/9/2014 5:12:28 PM
by Shane 9/9/2014 5:13:13 PM
Thinnest ever iPhone: 6.9 & 7.1, vs 7.6mm 5s

by danielerancs 9/9/2014 5:13:20 PM
by AppleInsider 9/9/2014 5:13:29 PM
by Shane 9/9/2014 5:14:14 PM
by Shane 9/9/2014 5:14:28 PM
by Shane 9/9/2014 5:14:39 PM
by AppleInsider 9/9/2014 5:14:52 PM
by Shane 9/9/2014 5:14:57 PM
Messages, Mail & other apps now uses extra pixels to show more messages, more stuff, wide Home

by danielerancs 9/9/2014 5:15:37 PM
New "reachability" feature slides content down to use one handed. Also sleep button now on side

by danielerancs 9/9/2014 5:15:48 PM
by Shane 9/9/2014 5:16:05 PM
App Store now has 1.3m apps. Existing apps will get bigger with "desktop class scaler"

by danielerancs 9/9/2014 5:16:39 PM
by Shane 9/9/2014 5:16:52 PM
Messages, Mail & other apps now uses extra pixels to show more messages, more stuff, wide Home

by danielerancs 9/9/2014 5:17:21 PM
App developers can also take special advantage of additional pixels, similar to iPad.

by danielerancs 9/9/2014 5:17:21 PM
by Shane 9/9/2014 5:17:31 PM
by Shane 9/9/2014 5:17:43 PM
by Shane 9/9/2014 5:18:11 PM
Landscape view for apps, as CNN is doing

by Shane 9/9/2014 5:18:25 PM
New Apple A8. 2B transistors, 25% faster CPU, 50x faster than original iPhone. 84x faster than first GPU.
50% more effecient than A7

by danielerancs 9/9/2014 5:18:48 PM
2 billion transistors, 20nm process

by Shane 9/9/2014 5:18:56 PM
Says competitors chips must throttle down to avoid overheating (except when running benchmarks I suppose)

by danielerancs 9/9/2014 5:19:32 PM