CNET's Apple event live blog (Wednesday, September 12)
This event has concluded. Apple has officially announced the iPhone 5.
- The final scorecard:
* Hands on with the 2012 iPhone 5
* Eyes on Apple's new iPhone 5 (pictures)
* iPhone 5 price same as 4S: $199/16GB, $299/32GB, $399/64GB
* Preorder Sept. 14, shipping Sept. 21. iOS 6 on Sept. 19
* Meet the iPhone 5, and compare it to the iPhone 4S
* New version of iTunes; new iPods
* Apple by the numbers
* Complete coverage: What's Apple cooking up today?by Rich Brown
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James Martin 9/12/2012 4:51:22 PM
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James Martin 9/12/2012 4:52:33 PM
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Josh Lowensohn 9/12/2012 4:52:34 PMHey everyone. We're all in. Welcome to the live blog -- err at least from us inside.
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Josh Lowensohn 9/12/2012 4:52:58 PMIt's a mad scramble as people find their seats. Things should kick off in a few minues.
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James Martin 9/12/2012 4:53:01 PM
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Scott Stein 9/12/2012 4:53:23 PMBathrooms conveniently located.
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Josh Lowensohn 9/12/2012 4:53:36 PMPress is all in from the looks of it, and now the guests are filing in.
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Scott Stein 9/12/2012 5:09:26 PMWeb traffic share 91%. It's a good question.
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Josh Lowensohn 9/12/2012 5:09:35 PMNo sources from these metrics, by the way. Presumably from IDC.
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James Martin 9/12/2012 5:09:46 PM
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Josh Lowensohn 9/12/2012 5:09:51 PMCook notes that iPads are in 94 percent of Fortune 500 companies.
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James Martin 9/12/2012 5:10:06 PM
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Scott Stein 9/12/2012 5:10:11 PMShowing a variety of custom apps: GE Capital, Mayo Clinic.
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James Martin 9/12/2012 5:10:24 PM
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Josh Lowensohn 9/12/2012 5:10:30 PMThrowing up various companies using the iPad, companies like Ducati.
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James Martin 9/12/2012 5:10:43 PM
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James Martin 9/12/2012 5:11:00 PM
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Josh Lowensohn 9/12/2012 5:11:12 PMEvery app seems to have its fan, or fans, Cook says. 90% of apps are downloaded every month. The average customer is using more than 100 apps.
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James Martin 9/12/2012 5:11:25 PM
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Scott Stein 9/12/2012 5:11:34 PMNow at 250,000 iPad apps.
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Scott Stein 9/12/2012 5:11:43 PM(in the App Store)
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Josh Lowensohn 9/12/2012 5:11:43 PMThese have helped us achieve another huge milestone, Cook says. Last quarter, we sold our 400M iOS device (through June 2012).
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James Martin 9/12/2012 5:11:50 PM
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Josh Lowensohn 9/12/2012 5:11:57 PM"Nobody could have predicted this," Cook says.
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James Martin 9/12/2012 5:12:03 PM
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Scott Stein 9/12/2012 5:12:04 PMAverage customer uses over 100 apps. (I'm over that average.)
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Josh Lowensohn 9/12/2012 5:12:04 PMCook says Apple's taking it to the next level today.
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Josh Lowensohn 9/12/2012 5:12:10 PMExciting news to tell us about iPhone.
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Scott Stein 9/12/2012 5:12:22 PMNow bringing up the iPhone news, right away.
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Josh Lowensohn 9/12/2012 5:12:23 PMComing up now is Apple's Phil Schiller, top marketing exec.
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James Martin 9/12/2012 5:12:31 PM
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Josh Lowensohn 9/12/2012 5:12:46 PMSchiller going over iPhone history -- what an incredible breakthrough this was, he says.
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James Martin 9/12/2012 5:13:00 PM
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Josh Lowensohn 9/12/2012 5:13:08 PMThrowing up a quote from Time Magazine out of 2007 saying it was the phone that "changed phones forever"
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Josh Lowensohn 9/12/2012 5:13:27 PMSchiller: Each year we set a new bar with a new iPhone, and we're going to do that again today
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Josh Lowensohn 9/12/2012 5:13:30 PMOfficial name: iPhone 5.
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Josh Lowensohn 9/12/2012 5:13:39 PMWe're seeing it now.
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Scott Stein 9/12/2012 5:13:39 PMFirst iPhone launched five years ago. Showing iconic iPhone picture. Visual history.
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James Martin 9/12/2012 5:13:43 PM
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Josh Lowensohn 9/12/2012 5:13:45 PMIt's raising up out of a platform out of the ground.
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Josh Lowensohn 9/12/2012 5:13:50 PMVery dramatic.
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Josh Lowensohn 9/12/2012 5:14:00 PM"It's an absolute jewel," Schiller says.
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Josh Lowensohn 9/12/2012 5:14:09 PMJust like the leaks folks
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Josh Lowensohn 9/12/2012 5:14:18 PMMetal back, with two tones. And yep, it's taller.
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James Martin 9/12/2012 5:14:18 PM