The iPhone 6 is looking very tempting for many Android users

Apple is very late to the party when it comes to releasing a phone with a display larger than 5 inches, but apparently not too late to generate interest among Android users. Trade-in website Gazelle tells us that "during the week that Apple announced the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, Samsung trade-ins increased with the announcement of new iPhones, jumping more than 3X week-over-week." What's more the company found that "one in three Android users" who are trading in old devices "say they’re likely to upgrade to the iPhone 6."

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Posted in 2014 at 01:47PM, September 20

This is what a more fashionable Apple Watch might look like

We're at least a few months out from the release of the Apple Watch, but just about everyone has sounded off with their opinions of Apple's first wearable. Whether its watchmakers or the general public, there seems to have been a wide range of reactions. One of the groups that many of us were most interested to hear from was the fashion industry, if for no other reason than to know whether or not we'd look ridiculous wearing an Apple Watch. The response was divisive, but many designers were impressed with the smartwatch.

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Posted in 2014 at 01:15AM, September 20

Chinese workers make $17 a day building the iPhone 6, but it’ll cost them $4,000 to buy one

There’s no doubt about it, the iPhone 6 launch is the biggest handset launch of the year. Apple had sold well over 4 million iPhone 6 units during preorder availability, but that didn’t stop thousands of buyers from lining up in front of Apple retail stores in the various markets, days ahead of the actual launch. But as many reports have shown, not all of them are doing it to buy an actual iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus for themselves.

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Posted in 2014 at 12:00AM, September 20