Apple launches iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s with 3D Touch, iOS 9, better cameras, A9 chip
On September 9th, Apple presented the new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, the new iPhone models that introduce some improvements to the iPhone 6 generation introduced in September 2014. The new phones are therefore very similar to their respective predecessors, but some hardware parts are been updated and there are interesting new features.
Apple also scraps Android and Windows in Italian stores
From Monday 30 March 2015 in Apple's Italian Apple Stores it will be possible to scrap smartphones from other manufacturers, both Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone. Apple is thus expanding the existing in-store 'reuse and recycling' program to encourage users who own a competing smartphone to switch to a new iPhone.
XAgent, new spyware that affects iPhones with iOS 7 and 8
New threat affecting iPhones in corporate environments discovered. Spyware called 'XAgent' hacks the iOS operating system in its latest versions 7 and 8. A new threat affecting iPhones has just been discovered by the security company Trend Micro.
Apple sells more iPhones in China than in the US, according to analysts
The Financial Times reports that analysts expect Apple to confirm in its Q1 2015 earnings report that it managed to sell more iPhones in China than in the United States last quarter. iPhone sales in China accounted for about 36 percent of shipments in the quarter, compared to 24 percent of U.S. sales, according to UBSe analysts.