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Apple iPhone 5 Launch

  • Hi everyone this is @michaeljosh. We're doing a lot of exciting things tonight... our live blog will feature syndicated content from Mashable and our own team. Plus we'll also be doing a Google+ Hangout. Details in a few. The event starts in 2 hours but we'll start live blogging now, hangout starts at 12:30am. You can watch the hangout here.
  • Hello guys, @rodneilquiteles here. Excited about the iPhone5 launch? If you are here's something to get you even more excited. TechCrunch reports that the Apple site is giving hints to all the products that will launch today. Check it out: techcrunch.com

  • The Apple Store has been down for a few hours now. What new devices will be available when it goes back up?

  • This is so cool. #puyatanmode
  • I've been waiting since this afternoon. Sana kasama na Ipad mini and OS6 para 3GS ko may SIRI na.
  • Turns out, aside from the much awaited iPhone5, a new iTunes, new iPods Nano and Touch will also be unveiled today.

  • Today's Apple event invite says it all: "It's almost here!"

  • And we're ON! Greetings from Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
  • We're heading to the media checkin line!
  • The mood seems kind of subdued this year. Maybe it's just the fog.

  • Checked in!

  • This feels like an exact replay of the new iPad launch. Same location, same crowd.
  • I've somehow moved to the VIP side of the queue. Let's hope no one notices.
  • Saw Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller on the way in, stepping out of a flashy black sports car. Seemed a little tense.
  • Apple execs seem nervous and excited
  • I hope Apple can deliver stellar battery life on LTE. That's the thing I love most about the new iPad -- the battery life is just great, even on 4G. Every other LTE phone I've used, even the Razr Maxx, has not been able to last on LTE.
  • Twitter CEO Dick Costolo is in the house
  • 30 minutes more. Am thinking no matter what Apple announces, I'll want it! :)
  • They should let us in soon
  • @Meghan that would be so sad :(, but would fall in-line with #NYFW's least technological show
  • I honestly feels for the first time the Samsung S3 is real contender to the iphone. Hope today we have a groundbreaking product that put the s3 to shame
  • @Meghan - I definitely agree. After this, other then software advances, battery enhancement, and faster cpu and cameras, what more can they do to the iPhone
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  • This launch will decide who leads the race iOS or Android
  • @Christina no sign of FB execs. Though Costolo is working the crowd like a pro.
  • did some one get hint pics of the new iP5?
  • @Devdatta Bhurewar Yes, here is a video showing the expected iPhone 5 model next to the 4S: mashable.com
  • What we may have to face, if there are no surprises today, is that the great era of Apple secrets is over. That's why I'm pulling for an iTV ...
  • I agree with Christina - the battery life will be essential esp in comparison to the Droid devices
  • Battery life: the last great surprise?
  • Chris: Totally, I think there is actually some REALLY interesting tech happening with battery life, but it's the big thing that keeps needing to improve, as these devices get more powerful
  • @CT This could very well be the end of a product life cycle unless Apple has a new breakthrough in their technologies
  • Expecting a fingerprint scanner to unlock the new iPhone? Thoughts?
  • FYI: For Verizon customers who bought a 4S on launch date, you're upgrade pricing is still a year away. AT&T customers can upgrade in 6 months.
  • since the announcing of iPhone, Apple has not lived up to it's customers expectation when considering WOW factor

  • Packed in line like sardines. Hehe

  • @Christaylor - Is the maps build going to enable Apple to better compete in the geotagging game?

  • The gatekeepers

  • So Apple won't be live streaming the event -- but if some reporter wants to risk future access and live stream from inside, we'll do our part and share the link until said person gets kicked out of Yerba Buena.

  • Camera guys are going in

  • Looking for a brand new design of iPhone. Come on Apple we are bored of the same rounded edge phone from iPhone 4...

  • The scene from the street driving by this morning

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