Apple announces iPhone 5, bigger screen, aluminum and glass ‘best phone ever’

Apple announces iPhone 5, bigger screen, aluminum and glass ‘best phone ever’:

Apple executives are now live on stage at the Yerba Buena Arts Center in California, where the company just unveiled the iPhone 5.
“Today we’re introducing iPhone 5,” said Apple Worldwide Marketing Senior Vice President Phillip Schiller. ”It’s made entirely of glass and aluminum.”
Additional iPhone 5 specs:

• 7.6mm
• 18 percent thinner
• 112 grams
• 20 percent lighter
• 1,136-by-640
• 16:9 aspect ratio
• 44 percent more color saturation

“You see we’re able to add a fifth-row of icons,” Schiller added.

…Developing.
Stay tuned for more—9to5Mac is covering Apple’s Sept. 12 media event live.

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