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The iPhone 5 has officially arrived folks, and Apple is making some pretty big promises about it. The first is that it’s the “world’s thinnest smartphone.” In his announcement, Phil Schiller revealed that the iPhone 5 is 7.6mm thick, which is an 18% decrease in thickness over the iPhone 4S.

The iPhone 5 is pretty light too, weighing in at only 112 grams – that’s 20% lighter than the iPhone 4S. The iPhone 5 is the same width as the iPhone 4S is, but it’s a good amount taller. That change was made to accommodate the new screen, which measures in at 4-inches. That’s a pretty significant upgrade, considering that iPhone screens of the past have come in at 3.5-inches.

Of course, the iPhone 5 also features Retina Display, which will undoubtedly be a big selling point for the brand new device. All in all, Apple promises a new iPhone that feels great in your hand, and with those specifications, we don’t doubt that it will. Be sure to hit up our liveblog of Apple’s event for second-by-second updates, and check out our Apple portal for more in-depth coverage of the event!

iPhone 5 revealed as ‘world’s thinnest smartphone’ is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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It’s finally here, the iPhone 5! That isn’t all either as 4G LTE has officially been confirmed for the all new iPhone 5, as if we weren’t already expecting it. Apple has unveiled that their new flagship smartphone will indeed be powered by 4G LTE on multiple carriers here in the US, as well as many others across Canada and more. Check out the details below.

4G LTE for the US will include Verizon, AT&T, and of course Sprint, with T-Mobile no where to be seen. Canada will include folks from Rogers, Telus, Bell, Fido, and Virgin Mobile. They are going fast here guys so stay with us. For Asia we can expect KDDI, KT, SmartTone and more. Then of course for Europe we’ll get EE which made tons of announcements yesterday (just in time) as well as DT. We’ll continue to update with addition details as they are made available.

Obviously we’ll have tons of additional details once things slow down here in Appleland but they’ve touted 8 hours of 4G LTE web browsing in terms of battery life. Sounds great right? More details can be found in the images below. Continue our coverage at live.slashgear.com

Apple confirms iPhone 5 4G LTE carriers is written by Cory Gunther & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Apple has introduced the A6 chip for their next-generation iPhone 5 hardware this afternoon at the event which also showed off several more impressive bits of hardware and software enhancements. The iPhone 5′s A6 chip has been touted as having 2x faster CPU performance than the previous chip and brings on 2x the graphics performance as well. This chip has been shown as bringing on launches of apps at nearly 2x the speed as the previous iPhone on the whole.

With a launch of your Pages app, you’ll be going 2.1x the speed, with an opening of a Keynote app, 1.7x the speed. This device’s chip is also tuned to bring on the best gaming experience the iPhone has ever seen, EA coming to the stage this week to show off its graphics prowess. EA’s Rob Murray showed off Real Racing 3 with “full console quality” and “for the first time, rear view mirrors!”

Have a peek at our liveblog of this event at live.slashgear.com for all your Apple iPhone 5 needs!

A6 chip introduced for iPhone 5 with fastest-ever performance is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Everyone may be waiting for Apple to reveal the iPhone 5 during today’s highly anticipated event, but before the reveals happen, Apple CEO Tim Cook took the stage to boast the latest numbers for the company’s products. Needless to say, if Tim Cook is bragging about them in front of a packed house, you can bet they’re pretty good.

Cook started with OS X Mountain Lion, saying that since its release, 7 million people have downloaded a copy. That makes Mountain Lion the fastest selling Apple release of all time, definitely something worth bragging about. The new MacBook Pro with Retina Display – which Apple says is the best Mac it has ever made – and the MacBook Air have been doing quite well too.

So well, in fact, that Apple says its notebooks are now in first place as far as US market share is concerned. To get specific, that’s a 27% market share for its notebooks, and Cook says that for the past 6 years straight, Mac has grown “significantly faster” than PC has. That definitely isn’t bad, and you can bet that Apple will look to keep that growth up with future Mac releases. Be sure to tune into our liveblog for up-to-the minute updates straight from Apple’s press event, and have a look at our Apple portal for more in-depth coverage!

Tim Cook boasts Mountain Lion numbers at iPhone 5 event is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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On Stage Apple has just confirmed what we all already knew, and that is the iPhone 5. We are jumping right into the excitement here in San Francisco. Apple has just dropped the huge iPhone 5 lettering up on the screen and the crowd let out with a cheer and we’ll have all the additional details coming up shortly.

The all new iPhone 5 will be made entirely of aluminum and glass, and that is it. Well that and magic of course. Apple has just started talking about screen size, resolution, and the fact that this is the worlds thinnest smartphone. Again you’ll want to stay tuned right here to our live.slashgear.com for live blog coverage.

We are expecting to learn tons about the new iPhone 5, iOS 6, wallet and NFC integration and of course 4G LTE so stay tuned for all the juicy details coming hop shortly.

iPhone 5 officially announced is written by Cory Gunther & originally posted on SlashGear.
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