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Hardware iPhone Rumor

Rumor: 5.5-inch iPhone 6 may see production delays, be delayed until 2015

You might have to wait a bit longer for the larger version of the iPhone 6. Per AppleInsider, Apple may be having production issues with its new in-cell touchscreen panel, as well as color unevenness on the new “iPhone 6” metal casing, thus causing the 5.5-inch version of the iPhone 6 to be pushed back […]

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Hardware iPhone Rumor

Rumor: Apple to begin manufacturing larger iPhone 6 models in July, August

When KGRI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo releases a report about forthcoming Apple products, people tend to listen. Per Boy Genius Report and DigiTimes, Apple, which is expected to release a larger format iPhone in 2014 (rumors pointing towards a 4.7-inch iPhone 6 and a 5.5-inch iPhone phablet), could release the larger devices sooner than expected.

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Hardware iOS Processors Rumor

Rumor: Apple, Samsung sign deal for Samsung to build A9 chips for 2015 iOS devices

From friends to litigants to partners again… Per MacRumors and the Korea Economic Daily, Apple and Samsung on Sunday officially signed an agreement that will see the two companies working together on future A-series chips for Apple’s iOS devices, with the deal specifically covering A9 chips based on a 14-nanometer process node starting in 2015. […]

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Apple to triple franchise stores in India between now and 2015, official Apple Store locations unlikely

Never doubt the power of economic expansion. Per the Economic Times, Apple plans to triple the number of Apple-exclusive franchise stores in India from 65 to 200 by 2015, but the country still won’t see any official Apple Stores. Government regulations mean that branded stores must source 30 percent of their stock from Indian companies, […]

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iPad iPhone iPod Legal News Software

Revised DMCA allows for unlocking of handsets, other exemptions

There’s exceptions to every rule and some of them get pretty interesting. Per the cool cats at Ars Technica, the Digital Millennium Copyright makes it illegal to “circumvent” digital rights management schemes. But when Congress passed the DMCA in 1998, it gave the Librarian of Congress the power to grant exemptions. The latest batch of […]