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Rumor: Upcoming A9 processor could show 20-30% improvement over A8

If nothing else, the A9 processor will offer a nice speed boost over its predecessor. That’s what a graph of the forthcoming processor’s performance seems to indicate, Apple’s upcoming A9 chip beating out Samsung’s 8-core chips with a single-core score of 2090 and a multi-core tally of 3569, compared to the respective averages of 1611 […]

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Refurbished iPad Air 2 now available for purchase

There’s generally some good savings in Apple’s refurbished section. And you can now count the iPad Air 2 as part of this inventory. Apple on Wednesday added several configurations of the iPad Air to to its online store for refurbished products, marking the first time refurbished versions of the iPad Air 2 have been made […]

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Apple TV Fun Rumor

Analyst predicts Apple streaming TV service to be below $40 per month

No one’s quite sure how much an Apple streaming/Web TV service would cost per month, but guesses are being made. Rod Hall of J.P. Morgan issued a note to investors on Wednesday, in which he said a US$40-per-month price tag for a subscription TV service would be too high. In his view, the incremental cost […]

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Hardware iPad Rumor

Rumor: Apple to delay production of larger, 12.9-inch “Pro” iPad until Q2

The larger, “pro” iPad could be pushed back yet again. The 12.9-inch “iPad Pro” that was expected to make its first public appearance around April before being pushed back to Q2 has been postponed according to a Bloomberg report. The new release date is reportedly some time in September, right around the next-gen iPhone launch. […]

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Rumor: 12.9-inch “iPad Pro” to incorporate stylus for user input

The rumored 12.9-inch “iPad Pro” could be getting a stylus to go along with it. Per AppleInsider, well-regarded analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities said numerous stylus-related patents filed by the Cupertino-based company and his own research lead him to believe the iPad maker will launch a stylus in the second quarter of this year […]