iPhone 7 event live: Latest updates as pictures of new Apple phone and release date leak hours before launch
Apple's September event is the biggest of the year, and as iPhone sales decline, this handset could be the most important that it has ever released
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Apple is about to launch its newest phone, shockingly called the iPhone 7 – and potentially other things that might be even more important. It will all be kicking off on Wednesday at 10am pacific time, or 6pm in the UK, according to Apple's mysterious and telling event invite.
- Apple accidentally tweets out the new iPhone at the beginning of the event
- And also spoils the release date
- Everything we think we know so far about Apple's latest handset
- Why the phone will be the least important thing
- There'll also be an Apple Watch 2, which will probably have new GPS features and a bigger battery
Apple's last event took place was WWDC, in June. There, it showed off iOS 10 and watchOS 3 – both of which will secretly have been built for the new products launching this week.
By now it looks like Apple's biggest focus during the iPhone introduction will probably be the camera. But what exactly is a dual-lens camera?
Tim Cook's up early, as ever, and has posted a picture of the centre where today's show will be taking place.
Sun's coming up in San Francisco and we are ready for a big day! https://t.co/PgLZN7ZcrQ
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WE ARE GO. We're watching a Carpool Karaoke with Tim Cook and James Corden.
Tim Cook did actually sing along to One Republic, there.
Pharrell is in the car now? This is getting bizarre already.
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