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You can now buy a refurbished iPhone 6s from Apple

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The iPhone 6s has more junk in the trunk.
Apple is now selling used iPhones.
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Buying a used iPhone 6s no longer requires meeting some shady dude off Craigslist in a Starbucks parking lot.

Apple is selling used iPhones on its online refurbished gear store for the first time ever, bringing big discounts to last year’s models.

The only iPhone case that doesn’t give Apple the middle finger

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Your iPhone deserves a case like this.
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This post is brought to you by SkinCase.

It must drive the designers and engineers at Apple crazy. For all the time and resources they put into the design of the iPhone, tons of people end up hulking it out with an ugly piece of plastic.

It’s a catch-22. The iPhone’s flawless design makes you want to keep it safe, but the cases out there ruin what you love about it in the first place.

Apple may be preparing jet white iPhone 7 for takeoff

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Jet White iPhone 7
Is Apple planning to release a jet white iPhone? Yes, according to a not-so-reliable rumor.
Image: Macotakara

Cupertino plans to launch a jet white version of the newest iPhones, according to a Japanese Apple blog.

Macotakara admits that its source, an unnamed supplier, might not be reliable — but why not let the rumor stir our imagination for a moment?

Apple gets one step closer to iPhones made in India

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Apple supplier is increasing its ability to build masses of iPhones in India
Designed in California, made in India. Maybe.
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Apple has “sought incentives” to set up a manufacturing facility in India, according to a new report.

Apple reportedly made its case to the country’s Department of Revenue and Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeITY).

Campaigners want Apple to block your iPhone while you’re driving

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Feature could save lives, campaigners claim.
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Relatives of four U.K. citizens who were killed by the driver of a truck as he used his phone while driving are campaigning for Apple to introduce a feature disabling drivers’ iPhones from working in the car.

“There is an epidemic of people using their phone at the wheel,” said Doug Houghton, who lost two of his sons in the incident. “And what do you do with epidemics? You cure them.”

Apple was the only smartphone maker that made real profit last quarter

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Apple is making hella bank, as the kids say.
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The iPhone’s market share is down around the world, but you know what’s up? Its profitability related to other smartphones.

In fact, according to a new report from BMO Capital Markets analyst Tim Long, Apple accounted for 103.6 percent of all smartphone industry operating profits in the third quarter of 2016.

Apple sends it off the high-dive in new iPhone 7 ad

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Taking your iPhone to the pool is no longer a risk.
Taking your iPhone to the pool is no longer a risk.
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Apple’s new ad for the iPhone 7 will have you missing the warmth of summer.

The funny new ad shows off the iPhone 7’s new stereo speakers and waterproofing in a scene that follows an old man at the pool. Titled “Dive.” the ad leads up to a dramatic conclusion when the old man reaches the high dive while blasting tunes.

Check out the new iPhone 7 ad, which debuted on Apple’s YouTube channel today:

Awesome Aluminum Apple Watch bands, world’s smartest earphones and more [Crowdfund Roundup]

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Help turn these awesome ideas into reality!
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You can find some incredible new gadgets on Kickstarter and Indiegogo that often go unnoticed. We’re rounding up some of the best every week to help them get the funding they need to become a reality.

This week, we’ve chosen a stunning aluminum band for Apple Watch, the “world’s smartest” wireless earphones, a smart clock that displays your notifications, and an incredibly intelligent bottle that can rid your water of contaminants.

Apple’s spaceship campus nears completion in new drone videos

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Apple is set to move in next year.
Apple is set to move in next year.
Photo: Duncan Sinfield

Construction on Apple’s spaceship campus is finally coming closer to an end. The latest batch of drone videos reveal the construction site now has fewer cranes and a lot more trees.

Apple pushed back the move in date to mid-2017 and it looks like there’s still some serious work to be done. The main spaceship building still isn’t completed and the tunnel to the garage still needs to be covered in dirt.

Take a look at all the new details:

Why freemium apps suck for everyone (and how Apple is killing paid apps)

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Only one of the top 200 grossing apps is a paid app
Paid apps are an endangered species: Only one of the 200 top-grossing apps on the App Store is a paid download.
Photo: Graham Bower/Cult of Mac

I work on an iPhone app called Reps & Sets as a hobby project in my spare time. This week, my partner and I came to the conclusion that there is no future for our app as a paid download, so we have reluctantly decided to make it free.

This was an incredibly tough call, because we have invested literally thousands of hours in developing our app over the years. Giving all that hard work away for free is heartbreaking. But we didn’t feel we had much choice.