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Rumor: Apple to debut cheaper iPhone with plastic casing, no Retina display come June/July

There’s gotta be a nugget of truth in here somewhere… Per AppleInsider, analyst Amit Daryanani of RBC Capital Markets issued a note to investors on Friday in which he said he’s received word that Apple plans to launch “multiple new phones” in the June-July timeframe this year. Specifically, he expects Apple to launch a next-generation […]

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Rumor: Next-gen iPads could arrive in April, iPhone 5S to hit in August

The rumor mill continues, but this time it offers a name for the next-gen iPhone as well as potential release dates. Per iMore, Apple is planning the release of the iPhone 5S for this summer, currently for August. Next generation iPads, presumably the iPad 5 and potentially the iPad mini 2, may also debut as […]

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Catcher to invest $2-3 million to reopen Chinese MacBook unibody case plant within November time frame

After local officials ordered the suspension of operations at a Suzhou, China factory that supplies Apple with chassis for its laptops, Taiwanese manufacturer Catcher Technology will invest US$2-3 million with the goal of getting its facility back online in November. Per DigiTimes, details emerged that Catcher had temporarily closed a plant that provides 60 percent […]