10.14 - There's a sideways landscape mode for the iPhone 6 Plus, showing this is very much a phablet. Even Android doesn't allow that mostly.
10.13 - Showing the landscape mode for the iPhone 6 Plus: go sideways, you can see both the messages and a preview. Some guys just gasped. Come on guys. Come on.
10.11 - The iPhones have anodised aluminium shells, 4.7-inch / 5.5-inch, 1334 x 750 / 1920 x 1080 screens, and Retina HD displays. A bit low res compared to the competition, but then Apple has always done.
iPhone 6 is 6.9mm thin, the iPhone 6 Plus is 7.1mm which took 'an incredibly amount of engineering'.
10.08 - Two iPhone 6 models. One bigger, one smaller, both exactly as we thought. The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Wow. Didn't think it would be called Plus.
10.07 - We're already talking iPhone. That's how much stuff there is to get through. Apparently it's the 'most loved' smartphone in the world. But today, 'we're launching the biggest advancement in the history of the iPhone'.
10.05 - Talking up Flint Center's place in history. Pointing out this is where the Macintosh was launched, and the iMac. Today, 'we have some amazing products to share with you, we think at the end of the day this too is a very key day for Apple'.
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Not even any updates as there's not even any time for updates. Apart from 'Everything is great'. Hahahahha Tim.
10.03 - Currently watching a video with lots of white spaces and optical illusions. Makes me miss magic eye pictures. Tim Cook is out on stage. Everyone has lost their minds. There's actual screaming.
10.00 - Meanwhile back in the office the live stream has seen better days...
Oops...
09.50 - The doors are opening and I'm filing into the Flint Center.
09.35 - Gosh, we're less than half an hour away. Will we see the iPhone 6, iPhone 6L, iWatch and a new iPad? Or is that just greedy?
09.10 PDT - We really do hope you stick with us here on TechRadar, but it appears our trusty live blog has competition. Some site called Apple.com is running its own version. Shocking.
08.45 PDT - I've officially arrived. Registration is sorted. Good morning Flint Center.
I am in here, for reals.
07.00 PDT - The Apple Store is down. I repeat, the Apple Store is down. What can it mean? Well it's actually pretty obvious. In other news, I'm on a coach to the event. Not long to go now.
05.00 PDT - T-Minus five hours! As Cupertino begins to wake up we ponder, is someone in this photo wearing an iWatch? Prize for anyone who can spot one.
The Flint Centre at Cupertino is looking very, well, Apple
Gareth has been part of the consumer technology world in a career spanning three decades. He started life as a staff writer on the fledgling TechRadar, and has grew with the site (primarily as phones, tablets and wearables editor) until becoming Global Editor in Chief in 2018. Gareth has written over 4,000 articles for TechRadar, has contributed expert insight to a number of other publications, chaired panels on zeitgeist technologies, presented at the Gadget Show Live as well as representing the brand on TV and radio for multiple channels including Sky, BBC, ITV and Al-Jazeera. Passionate about fitness, he can bore anyone rigid about stress management, sleep tracking, heart rate variance as well as bemoaning something about the latest iPhone, Galaxy or OLED TV.
