iPhone 5 launch: live coverage

Apple's invite said 'let's talk about iPhone' and that's exactly what we'll be doing with our live coverage from the iPhone conference in the Covent Garden Apple store.

19:37: It's over. Thanks for your attention and keep checking TechRadar for all the news updates into the evening.

19:36: Cook is back on the stage. Big moment for him. "Only Apple could make such amazing software hardware and services and bring them together in such an integrated package."

19:35: White confirmed: Sizes and US prices: 16 GB, $199, 32 GB $299 and 64 GB $399. iPhone 4 repriced to $99 (with a contract). iPhone 4S UK release date 14 October, along with US, Canada Australia, France Germany and Japan.

19:33: So - it's an iPhone 4 with a slightly better camera, better processor and graphics, Siri and iOS 5. Is that enough to get you to upgrade? Tell @techradar on Twitter.

19:30: It's a 4S video! There's a white iPhone 4S shown in the video. Will that be available from launch?

19:28: It's beta at the start - will support English, Spanish and French.

19:28: "Siri does dictation", says Schiller as he returns to the stage. "It's conversational and understands context, amazing out of the box but learns your voice and gets better."

19:27:"Who are you?" "I am a humble personal assistant." Cute

19:25: Is Cook gonna do a one more thing?

19:24: It's not perfect, says Apple, but there is a guide so you can see what you can (and can't) ask Siri.

19:21: Wikipedia and Wolfram Alpha are partnered in. This time next year we'll all be sat jabbering at our devices. Noisy.

19:21: There's more. Reminders app is brought up again - and it works beautifully. That combined with the geo-fencing is a powerful, powerful tool.

19:20: Siri read your texts aloud. Sneak! You can ask about your calendar before responding to a lunch question. It's nifty. It didn't read out the reply - just put it on screen, so you couldn't check it. It's a minor fail to be honest.

19:18: The voice is still full on freaky, thought. Integration with clocks, Yelp, maps etc - all working well.

19:17: Okay - even with our cynical iPhone 5 missing hats on, this is pretty darn cool. Ask it "will I look mad talking to my phone?"

19:16: Passed the weather question test and brought up the forecast. Second test works too. "Do I need a raincoat" is met with "It sure looks like rain today."

19:15: iPhone 4S has Siri technology. You can talk to your phone, We're being given a demo, Schiller says it's in beta - excuses!

19:14: They are going to announce Siri. Talking about history of voice commands.

19:13: "It's the best iPhone yet."Obv.

19:12: iPhone 4S - entirely new on the inside, says Schiller, again.

19:11: Next. AirPlay. We're keen on AirPlay - so we like this bit.

19:10: Yep. It's video.

19:09: 1080p video, real time video stabilisation, temporal noise reduction. They are gonna show us video aren't they?

19:08: We're being shown some photos from the 4S. There's no iPhone 5 is there? I bet the 4S can get a great photo of our disappointed face.

19:08: Again with the rival phones. This time it's a comparison of picture speeds.

19:07: Apple designed image signal processor that Schiller nearly forgot to tell us about - that's face detection, white balance etc etc.

19:05: iPhone 4S story is now up on TechRadar

19:04: Camera system being discussed; Apple have set sight on digital compact cameras. 8MP sensor, better sensor and a hybrid IR filter for more accurate and uniform colours. Five element lenses, f2,4 aperture.

19:03: iPhone 4s is a world phone

19:03: There's two antennas which can be switched between. This makes better(!) call quality and 2x data download speed. Apple points at comparison with 4G phones by putting up rivals on screen: then says they don't want to argue about it.

19:01: Battery life is 'industry leading'. 8 hours of 3G talk time, 40 hours of listening to music.

18:59: A giant falls on screen. A metaphor? Probably no.

18:57: So a better graphics chip means, erm, better graphics. It feels like a movie, apparently. Like Wayne Rooney's face is accurate in Fifa 12 perhaps.

18:56: So, the question is: is the iPhone 5 still to come or is this it?

18:55: Interesting that Schiller and not Cook has announced the iPhone 4S. We now have Epic Games on stage to talk about Unreal tech on the phone.

18:54: Schiller: nothing has come close to iPhone 4. How do you follow up? It's the iPhone 4S. It's all new inside. The A5 processor is first thing announced. Dual-core.

18:53: iPhone!!!

18:52: White iPod touch has a release date of 12 October.

18:50: iPod Touch: The most popular iPod, says Schiller. Big number slide about it being #1 game platform. It will have iOS 5 obviously - that's the key difference. iMessage is bigged up, it's like a WiFi phone! Sorta. iCloud will also have a major impact. They are releasing a WHITE iPod Touch! Oooooh.