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Samsung patent caught using Apple Watch figures in descriptions

Ok, well, this is just plain embarrassing. After years of legal patent-based squabbles between Apple and Samsung, a recently published Samsung patent application surfaced entitled “Wearable Device” featuring form factor patent figures that were actually Apple Watch designs The Samsung patent, first discovered by Patently Apple, presents patent figures that are clearly Apple Watch designs […]

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Rumor: Apple to drop Samsung, go with TSMC for A10 and A11 processor production

Apple may be dropping Samsung as the manufacturer for its next-gen iPhone processors in favor of TSMC. Back in February, it was rumored that TSMC would be the sole supplier of the A10 chip in the iPhone 7. A new report from Korea claims that the same is true of the A11 chip destined for […]

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Apple Pay rival CurrentC delayed, may never see release following employee layoffs

The CurrentC horse may never even make it out of the gate. CurrentC, the payment platform backed by a group of retailers under the banner Merchant Customer Exchange that caused a kerfuffle when Apple Pay launched, may never see release. The consortium announced Monday that the CurrentC rollout has been postponed and that the company […]

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Hardware iPhone Rumor

Rumor: iPhone 7 to feature edge-to-edge display, other features

The idea of an edge-to-edge screen on the iPhone 7 is a concept at this point. But it’s a pretty cool concept, you have to admit. The current rumor has it that the iPhone 7 will sport a very similar look to the iPhone 6s line, an assortment of major form factor changes arriving in […]

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Hardware iPhone Rumor

Rumor: TSMC finalizing “A11” processor for limited production in Q2 2017

It looks like Apple is starting the queue up design elements for its A11 processor. Apple processor supplier TSMC is rumored to be designing an A11 chip that could be manufactured in small quantities as soon as the second quarter of 2017. Sources have said the chip design is based on the 10-nanometer FinFET process […]