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welcome to the inside scoop for Apple September 9 event I'm Lexus avedis joined by Shara to consume your rider for cnet now Shara what have we expecting since the invites have gone out a couple of weeks ago to this event do we know anything extra about what's coming yeah we think this is going to be a pretty packed event we're definitely going to see the new iphone but we also think we're going to hear about new iPads and the Apple TV as well so just a lot of things for them to get through and in terms of a flagship product to stand out are we going to expect that to be the Apple tea this time around yeah they haven't updated the Apple TV in about three years all of their competitors have come out with new products so it's really really time for an update to the apple TV whether that also includes a new content service where you can watch TV over the Internet we don't know but at the very least we're expecting people to be able to make apps for the Apple TV maybe be able to do some gaming sort of things with it so we're really just going to have to see I want to touch a bit on smartphone fatigue this is something that you covered a lot now a lot of people are saying that this particular event this time around the iphones are not going to be anything exceptional in terms of big upgrades how do you see this playing out for Apple of people kind of over the smartphone iteration wars now yeah we're kind of at this place in the smartphone market where most people who want a smartphone have one so all of the growth in smartphones is coming from emerging markets and traditionally that's been China the issue is that now China is also maturing so there aren't quite as many people who are getting their first smartphones so last year at the sep tember event Apple announced the watch and then it didn't come out for another couple of months into this year 2015 do you think we're going to see the same kind of scenario this time around if Apple talks about as many products as we're expecting the iPhone the iPad Apple TV we can definitely see more of a staggered sort of release the iphone will probably come out first you know traditionally that's come out in September and we can potentially see bigger iPads an apple TV roll out later there also could be something where we see a sort of Apple TV content come at a later time as well where you can access programs over the Internet you know deals with cable providers whatever form that takes it sounds like that's something that could be later sharra thank you so much and if you want to check out the rest of cnet's live coverage starting on September nine at nine a.m. pacific time with the live show and then 10 a.m. pacific for the event here at bill graham and also the live blog which shower will be taking part in as well check out cnet com