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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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Sprint, Verizon iPhone 4S units to allow for unlocked SIM cards

If you wanted an unlocked iPhone 4S, you’re in luck. Per Macworld, both Sprint and Verizon have confirmed that consumers will be able to have the GSM side of their iPhone 4S handsets unlocked. On Wednesday, Sprint announced that it plans to sell all of its iPhone 4S units with the micro-SIM slot unlocked, while […]

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iPhone 3GS Hardware Encryption Cracked in Two Minutes

As cool as the recently-released iPhone 3GS may be, there may be room for improvement. According to a blog entry over on Wired’s Gadget Lab, iPhone Forensics expert Jonathan Zdziarski describes how the hardware encryption of the iPhone 3Gs can be worked around and demonstrates how both the passcode and backup encryption can be bypassed […]