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iPhone 6, 6 Plus pre-orders drawing up to $6,000 via eBay scalpers

Well, you’re gotta admit: this is an admirable level of pre-order scalping. Per Computerworld, profiteers hoping to turn a quick buck on the shortage of Apple’s new 5.5-in. iPhone 6 Plus handsets have listed their pre-ordered phones on eBay for as much as US$6,000. While that was the highest asking price for a new iPhone […]

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Hardware iPhone Rumor

Rumor: Apple to include “Phosphorous” coprocessor for iPhone 6’s HealthKit data collection, functionality

This could be interesting. In the mix of the latest series of leaks about the iPhone 6, a note published over on the Geek Bar’s Weibo account and noted by G for Games points to a new coprocessor, code-named “Phosphorus”, which may be incorporated into the iPhone 6 handset and could help power data collection […]

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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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Leaked pictures purportedly show finished iPhone 6 handset

A new set of leaked photos apparently shows the final, finished and working iPhone 6 handset. With less than a month until its anticipated, TMZ was able to grab shots of the upcoming device. 5S. Per The Mac Observer, the photos landed in the hands of the tabloid site TMZ which said the iPhone in […]

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Recent iPhone 6 mockups may not be final design, back panel expected to feature glass similar to 5s model

Following the recent parade of iPhone 6 mockups, a new report by Japanese web site Nikkei (spotted by G Games) claims that the final iPhone 6 design will have straight lines across the back and that the back will look largely similar to the current iPhone 5s model. The report could also explain why most […]