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Leaked videos purport to show functioning iPhone 6 units, new 2,915 mAH battery

With only a day left before Apple’s much-anticipated media event, an assortment of leaked new videos show off the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 handset along with a new Passbook icon and a video of the 5.5-inch model’s jumbo 2,915 mAH battery. The videos, released via French web site Nowhereelse.fr and Chinese web site Miaopai, bring new […]

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Leaked component image bolsters rumors of redesigned True Tone flash for iPhone 6

A leaked image could possibly confirm rumors of a redesigned “True Tone’ flash unit for the iPhone 6 handset’s camera. Per AppleInsider, Chinese smartphone repair company ElekWorld posted pictures of newly stocked parts, including purported “iPhone 6” power flex cables with round multi-colored flash assemblies. The cables, which are now available in both 4.7-inch and […]

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Rumor: Apple to incorporate 150Mbps Qualcomm modem into iPhone 6 handsets

One does not sneeze at the idea of a 150 megabits per second cellular modem in the next-gen iPhone. Per AppleInsider and GeekBar, the latest component claimed to be from Apple’s next-generation iPhone is a Qualcomm MDM9625 modem, which would boost cellular download speeds to 150 megabits per second, which would be 50 percent faster […]

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Rumor: Apple unlikely to sell sapphire display iPhones in 2014

If you’re hankering for an iPhone 6 with a nigh-indestructible sapphire display, this may not be your year. Per AppleInsider, J.P. Morgan analyst Rod Hall has issued a note to investors, in which he reacted to a report from last week suggesting that sapphire display costs remain high. The source of that rumor was The […]

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Rumor: Apple to incorporate 2100mAh battery in iPhone 6, offer 45% gain over iPhone 5s

You might see a pretty impressive boost in the battery life between the iPhone 5s and the iPhone 6. Per AppleInsider and GforGames, analyst Sun Chang Xu has posted a note suggesting that the 4.7-inch version of Apple’s next iPhone will boast a 2,100mAh battery. If true, that would represent a huge 45.8 percent increase […]