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Repair firms perform first teardowns of iPhone 6, 6 Plus handsets, report initial findings

As per usual, the cool cats at iFixit performed a full teardown of Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus handsets only hours after getting their hands on them at the first launches around the world. Over in another corner of the woods, Japanese blog Mac Otakara performed its own teardown of the smaller 4.7-inch iPhone 6 handset. […]

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Samsung takes swipe at iPhone 6 Plus in snarky web video

If you haven’t seen it yet, take a look at the web video that Samsung posted on its YouTube channel. The video trolls Apple for coming out with a 5.5-inch iPhone (the fabled iPhone 6 Plus) two years after it released the Galaxy Note 2 in 2012. The video highlights early negative reviews of the […]

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iPhone 6 lines shape up in Australia, around the world

With the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus handsets being released tomorrow, long lines have been reported around the world. Per MacRumors, a photo taken by Guardian Australia writer Bethanie Blanchard shows many customers lining up outside the Apple Store Doncaster, as the line is said to have started at 6 AM and stretches around the […]

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Apple releases OS X 10.9.5 Mavericks update

In the midst of the iPhone 6 hype and hoopla, a major operating system update just hit. Late Wednesday, Apple released OS X 10.9.5, which includes the following fixes and changes: – Safari version 7.0.6. – Fix for VPN-related vulnerability. – Fix for file access from SMB servers. – Fix for the reliability of virtual […]

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Apple releases iOS 8.0

At long last, it’s here. On Wednesday, Apple released its long-awaited iOS 8.0 mobile operating system. The update, which varies in size between several hundred megabytes and a few gigabytes and offers a slew of new features, fixes and changes that are described here via the Apple web site.