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iPhone X live updates: Apple reveals its most ambitious device ever – latest

Andrew Griffin
Tuesday 12 September 2017 11:47 BST
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Apple just held its biggest event of the year. And it launched its biggest product of the year, the iPhone 8 – before going ahead and announcing an even bigger one, the iPhone X.

There was actually three phones: the cheaper iPhone 8, and the premium and more expensive X.

And that wasn't all – there was also an updated Apple Watch, an even better looking Apple TV, and software updates for most of Apple's products.

Follow along here for all the latest updates from Apple's big event, as well as before and after.

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The FaceID technology went a bit awry there. Software head Craig Federighi came on to talk about how easy it is – and it wouldn't recognise him.

Andrew Griffin12 September 2017 19:33

Anyway, he's in now, and taking us around how the software works. It's fairly complicated, but looks very fluid. My sense is that this is the kind of thing that won't really make sense until you actually use the phone.

Andrew Griffin12 September 2017 19:35

It's dependent on a lot of swipes. You can swipe from the top right to get to control centre, for instance. Or swipe from the bottom to bring up multitasking.

Andrew Griffin12 September 2017 19:35

Andrew Griffin12 September 2017 19:38

Craig Federighi is doing an impression of a chicken at his phone.

Andrew Griffin12 September 2017 19:38

Tim Cook now doing an impression of an alien. "Take me to your leader... Wait a minute, Craig! I am your leader."

Andrew Griffin12 September 2017 19:39

Andrew Griffin12 September 2017 19:40

Andrew Griffin12 September 2017 19:45

Another new product! A special charging pad – called "AirPower" – that you can put your phone, Watch and AirPods onto, and charge them all at the same time.

Andrew Griffin12 September 2017 19:45

AirPower will be coming out "next year".

Andrew Griffin12 September 2017 19:45

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