iPhone launch – LIVE: Apple announces latest updates as new iPhone and other products release date arrives

Apple is about to hold its biggest event of the year.

The company is going to unveil not just one new version of the iPhone X, but three. One of them will be much larger – probably the biggest display that Apple has ever put in a phone – while another will give access to the iPhone X's design at a relatively cheaper price.

Many details about that new phone, including its shiny gold colour, has already been accidentally leaked by Apple.

But it might not be the iPhone that is actually the most interesting thing revealed at the event. Lots more is expected, too, including huge updates to the Apple Watch and long-awaited new accessories.

That new Apple Watch was also leaked during the event, and shows the first re-design of the wearable since it was released.

Despite all that, the most interesting thing could be what Apple doesn't say during the event. Plenty of rumours are swirling around the company that it has yet to address, and perhaps the most important thing will be the ways that it continues to do so.

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2018-09-12T11:35:24.526Z

The Apple Store is DOWN. You won't be able to buy anything for the next eight hours or so, at which point it will come back online – with all the new phones and everything else there.

2018-09-12T11:01:34.450Z

New pictures of the Sim trays from the upcoming phones have been revealed, showing the colours that they might come in. And they look... a little strange?

2018-09-12T09:30:50.233Z

Good morning and a very happy iPhone day to you.

 

It's still night time in Cupertino, where the keynotes are hopefully all ready and the demo phones are sleeping ahead of their big day.

 

The BBC's Dave Lee, who was up late in California to broadcast ahead of the event, shared pictures of the preparations going on at Apple's preparations. And what preparations they are:

 

2018-09-11T15:49:43.076Z

Here's a little more on that super expensive iPhone – which could be made even more expensive as a result of Donald Trump.

2018-09-11T13:28:33.540Z

The iPhone XS Max might be the most interesting part of the new line-up, at least if you're in the market for showing off.

 

First, it will literally be the biggest phone Apple has ever made, or at least the biggest display. It's rumoured to be 6.5-inches – by comparison, the current Plus-sized phones are a mere 5.5-inches.

 

But it might also be the most expensive phone that it has ever made, too. The iPhone X already took that record when it breached the £999 mark last year; it makes sense that this is the new normal, and that the price is likely to stay the same. If that's the case then the bigger phone will also be more expensive: could the one with more memory be the first to cost over £1,500?

2018-09-11T13:14:48.446Z

Just over a day to go now, and the leaks continue to flow. Here's the latest suggestion: the iPhone 9 (that is, the cheaper and middle-sized version) might be short in supply, at least at first. But it's still probably going to be the one most people buy.

 

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