After Apple’s iPhone 5 Media Event, Apple posted a iPhone 5 promotion video on Apple.com giving us a look at look the development and manufacturing of the iPhone 5. In the video both Jony Ive and Bob Mansfield make appearances. Check out the video at Apple’s website here. » Apple Posts iPhone 5 Promotional Video

Yesterday we showed you that Apple is decorating the front of the Yerba Buena center in preparation for their September 12th media event. If you take a look at the banner above it looks nothing more than a nice design, but one MacRumors forum visitor believes the facade show stretched iOS icons. He believes that you can see stretched versions of iOS icons including Game Center, iTunes, Music and App Store in the image and Macrumors created a shrinked down version of Apple’s banner where you can see clearly recognizable iOS icons.

Check out after the break for more information about Apple’s Yerba Buena Center banner. » Apple’s Yerba Buena Decoration Shows Stretched iOS Icons, Possibly Hinting at Taller iPhone 5

With only 4 days to go till the “iPhone 5” Media Event, Apple started decorating the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts with its typical banners to indicate the upcoming event. MacStories took some nice photos of the Yerba Buena Center  where Apple will hold their Media Event on the 12th of September starting at 10 AM PST. Take a look after the break for more photos. » Apple Prepares Yerba Buena Center For “iPhone 5” Media Event [photos]

9to5mac posted some photos of San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center that indicate that Apple is already preparing for its September 12th iPhone 5 media event. “While it appears that the exterior banners will be going up tomorrow (based on Cherry Pickers being prepped outside the front), Apple has already put up its logos inside of Yerba Buena.” » Apple Starts Prepping Yerba Buena Center for iPhone 5 Event Next Week

iResQ has been slowly building its own iPhone 5 as parts have been coming in and made some high quality close up photos showing that the iPhone 5 is indeed substantially thinner than the iPhone 4S. You can also see the size difference between the iPhone 5 and the iPhone 4S and the new “smaller” dock connector. Take a look after the break for more pictures. » New Photos Show Difference in Thickness Between iPhone 5 & 4S

It is official, Apple started sending out invitations for its September 12 Media Event where they will announce the iPhone 5. If you take a look at the shadow in the picture above you will clearly see a “5”, suggesting that Apple’s next iPhone will indeed be called the iPhone 5. The media event is scheduled for next week Wednesday, September 12. The event will be held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco and is scheduled to begin at 10:00 AM Pacific / 1:00 PM Eastern. The tagline on the invitation is simply “It’s almost here.” » Apple Send Out Invitations for Media Event on September 12

iMore reports that pre-orders for the device will begin on that same date ahead of the already-rumored first wave of launches on September 21. They also claim that Apple will be holding its media event to introduce the next-generation iPhone on September 12. » Next-Generation iPhone Pre-Orders Planned For September 12