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Bill Lucia Jul 10, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h2><p>If you’ve so much as logged into Facebook or Twitter today, you know that Apple unveiled the iPhone 6, and its new counterpart, the Apple watch, today. You can find a play-by-play of the big reveal here.We won't add to the echo chamber with any more</p></h2>
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            <p>If you’ve so much as logged into Facebook or Twitter today, you know that Apple unveiled the iPhone 6, and its new counterpart, the Apple watch, today. You can find a play-by-play of the big reveal <a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/09/apple-live-blog-new-iphone/?smid=tw-nytimesbits&ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">here</a>.We won't add to the echo chamber with any more details, but here are a few pieces that go beyond your average “APPLE UNVEILED COOL STUFF” article. If you’re wondering why the iPhone 6 is bigger in size than its predecessors, read <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/09/09/346870499/size-matters-why-apple-is-expected-to-unveil-a-bigger-iphone?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Laura Sydell’s piece</a> on <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">All Tech Considered</a> (NPR). If you want to understand more about Apple, and the reason that their unveilings feel like a bigger deal than the apocalypse (and for a matter of hours — a bigger deal than Ebola or ISIS), take a look at <a href="http://www.vox.com/2014/9/9/6126611/why-apple-iphone-announcements-dominate-the-news?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Vox’s coverage</a>. — K.H.</p>
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If you’ve so much as logged into Facebook or Twitter today, you know that Apple unveiled the iPhone 6, and its new counterpart, the Apple watch, today. You can find a play-by-play of the big reveal here.We won't add to the echo chamber with any more details, but here are a few pieces that go beyond your average “APPLE UNVEILED COOL STUFF” article. If you’re wondering why the iPhone 6 is bigger in size than its predecessors, read Laura Sydell’s piece on All Tech Considered (NPR). If you want to understand more about Apple, and the reason that their unveilings feel like a bigger deal than the apocalypse (and for a matter of hours — a bigger deal than Ebola or ISIS), take a look at Vox’s coverage. — K.H.

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By Bill Lucia

Bill Lucia writes about Seattle City Hall and politics for Crosscut. He can be reached at bill.lucia@crosscut.com and you can follow him on Twitter @bill_lucia.