The Final Countdown To Apple's Big Event

The iPhone 6 is coming! The iPhone 6 is coming! In just a few short days the sea of rumors surrounding the release of the iPhone 6 and iWatch will part and Tim Cook will reveal what we've all been waiting for. Probably.

Hype around the new smartphone has reached an all-time high. Google interest is four times higher for the Sept. 9 event than it was for last year's iPhone 5c and 5s announcement. There are approximatly 5,000 tweets an hour about Apple's coming release -- and the excitement keeps mounting with every rumor. To help you focus all that excited energy we've created this countdown clock to the big Apple event:

Will there be two different sizes? How much storage will come standard? Are we really getting a sapphire screen? Do rumors of a NFC chip mean easier mobile payments? We'll know soon enough. "With so many light years to go and things to be found," Europe's Joey Tempest reassures anxiously waiting iFanatics everywhere, "it's the final countdown. The final countdown."

Can't wait and want to know what the new smartphone will look like? Here's IBTimes' best guess.