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By Gadgets 360 Staff | Updated: 28 March 2016 16:13 IST

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iPhone SE Launched: Price, Specifications, and More

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9.7-Inch iPad Pro Launched: Price, Specifications, and More

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That's that for the event. We're g off. Thanks for reading this live blog. Stay tuned to Gadgets 360 for more breaking news and updates.

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The next big Apple event will probably be held in Apple's spaceship campus.

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This is probably the last product announcement at from the current venue, Cook says.

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Tim Cook returns.

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12.9-inch iPad Pro also gets a 256GB storage tier. Price: $1099.

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iPad Pro pre-orders begin March 24, available from March 31

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iPad Pro Price: 32GB $549, 128GB $749, 256GB $899

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The iPad Pro also has a 12MP camera, and it s Live Photos too.

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9.7-inch iPad Pro also has a Smart Keyboard accessory and it s the Apple Pencil too.

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And comes with the same A9X processor as the 12.9-inch iPad Pro.

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The smaller iPad Pro has four speakers. A much-needed upgrade.

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It has a new technology called True Tone display. This apparently senses ambient light and changes the screen's colour temperature accordingly.

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iPad Pro comes with a new kind of display that is 40 percent less reflective when compared with that on an iPad Air 2.

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Meet the new 9.7-inch iPad Pro

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He says there are over 1 million iPad apps on the App Store.

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Apple claims to have sold over 200 million 9.7-inch iPads. Schiller says that's the most popular iPad size.

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The smaller iPad Pro weighs just 450 grams.

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Cook hands it over to Phil Schiller, who starts talking iPads.

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Tim Cook's back. It is time to announce the iPad.

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iOS 9.3 update is available from today.

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Some CarPlay improvements - better Apple Maps and Music apps.

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Apple News gets a new top stories feature.

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You can now protect the Notes app. Naturally it s Touch ID too.

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iOS 9.3. All the features were listed on the Apple website. The headline feature is Night Shift - removes blue light at night to help you sleep better, according to Apple.

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iPhone SE in a nutshell

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iPhone announcements are done. Joswiak says iOS 9 is running on 80 percent of active iOS devices while Android 6.0 Marshmallow is running on two percent of Android devices.

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iPhone SE will be available in 100 countries by May.

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iPhone SE Price: $399 for 16GB, $499 for 64GB.

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The iPhone SE s LTE up to 150 Mbps and more LTE bands. Should Indian LTE bands too, although that's yet to be confirmed.

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iPhone SE comes with a 12-megapixel camera

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The iPhone SE can capture 4K video too.

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Meet the new 4-inch iPhone SE

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iPhone SE has a 12-megapixel camera

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Apple just showed a U performance graph - the iPhone SE is as powerful as iPhone 6s.

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That means the iPhone SE has iPhone 5s looks and iPhone 6s' power.

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The iPhone SE comes with a 64-bit A9 processor and looks a lot like iPhone 5s.

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That's cleared up. It's called the iPhone SE.

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Apple's Greg Joswiak is on stage to talk about a smaller iPhone.

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New features for new Apple TV

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iPhone time!

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Siri has more improvements on tvOS. And it's also getting Live Photos feature from iOS.

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First look at the new Apple Watch bands

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Cook has already moved to Apple TV. He claims that it now has 5000 apps.

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Apple Watch just got a price drop. It's down to $299.

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There is a new nylon band for Apple Watch and some new colours for existing bands.

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Unsurprisingly, he claims that people love changing watch bands - about one-third of Apple Watch s.

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Cook is talking about the Apple Watch. He has called it the world's best selling smartwatch.

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PRODUCT LAUNCHES.

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CareKit will also be open source. With that announcement, Williams leaves and Cook returns for...

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CareKit can be integrated with apps, and can be used to share medical information with your family and the doctor. CareKit will be available from April.

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They've just unveiled something called CareKit. This can be used to help track how effective medicines are on individual patients.

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Williams returns to the stage and drives his point home - about ResearchKit being important to advance medical research.

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The video is showing the real-world implications of this software.

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Another look at Liam, the iPhone disassembling robot

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Now they're showing a video about ResearchKit.

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Williams is talking about ResearchKit - how a Parkinson's study became the largest ever of its kind thanks to the software features on iOS.

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Jeff Williams, Apple's COO is on stage to talk about health.

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Tim Cook returns to the stage.

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The company is talking about how materials used to make the iPhone can be reused after recycling.

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Apple is now showing a video about its iPhone recycling program.

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These updates are coming from Lisa Jackson, Apple's environment, policy and social initiatives VP.

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Apple is claiming that 99 percent of the paper in Apple product boxes is either recycled or comes from forests that are sustainably managed.

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That number is 100 percent in China and the US, Apple claims.

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93 percent of all Apple facilities in the world run on renewable energy, Apple says.

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Now Apple is talking about the environment!

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The room applauds Cook.

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He's talking about the US government wanting Apple to create a backdoor to its iOS operating system. He reiterates that the company is taking a stand for encryption to protect people's privacy.

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We built the iPhone for you and we know it is a deeply personal device, Cook says.

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More than 1 billion Apple devices are in use, Cook says.

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The event is on. Tim Cook, Apple CEO, is on stage.

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Lights are dimming at the venue... We're going live real soon.

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The event is about to begin. Apple just asked everyone at the venue to switch their phones to silent mode.

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Those of you tuned in to Apple's live stream - note that Apple is playing Beats 1 Radio instead of the usual recorded music.

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We just reached the launch venue. The auditorium is rather small.

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One can see a picture of Steve Jobs holding the original MacBook Air while entering the launch venue.

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Just a little over half an hour to go for the Apple event. Stay tuned for to-the-second updates.

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In case your Internet connection is fast enough, you might want to watch Apple's launch event live. Here's how you can do that.

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Gadgets 360 Editor in Chief Kunal Dua at the Apple event in Cupertino. Stay tuned for live updates.

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Just in case you weren't sure if we're really in the Apple campus in Cupertino, California...

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There's that Apple logo from the Let us loop you in event invite. Now that we're paying close attention, we can see four colours - silver, space grey, gold and rose gold. Could this be a sneaky hint at what's to be launched?

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Journalists from around the world are here to cover the Apple launch.

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This is the first time an Indian publication has been invited to an Apple launch event in the US. As you'd expect, India's #1 technology publication - Gadgets 360 - is the one.

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Apple's special event from its Cupertino campus is scheduled to begin at 10.30 pm IST and guess what? Gadgets 360 is in Cupertino for the launch!

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