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According to a new rumour by Japan’s Macotakara, Apple is nearing the launch of a new 4-inch iPhone as an upgrade to the iPhone 5s, which is being dubbed by the source as 'iPhone 5s Mark II'. The report citing “credible sources” claims that  'iPhone 5s Mark II’ will feature an A8 chip, 802.11ac Wi?Fi, Bluetooth 4.1 and...

In an announcement posted to Apple’s developer portal today, the company notified all iOS developers that any submissions to the App Store after June 1 must include 64-bit support and must be built with the iOS SDK. “As a reminder, beginning June 1, 2015 app updates submitted to the App Store must include 64-bit support...

Apple’s dual-core 64-bit A8 chip that is powering both the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus appears to be capable of handling 4K video playback, despite the fact that neither of the two devices have a 4K display. The video playback capabilities were first discovered by the developers behind WALTR, an app for OS X...

While numerous top rated iPhone games are still not available on Google Play, despite Android's lead in overall unit shipments and attractive hardware specifications of flagship smartphones, AppleInsider notes that Apple's new Metal API and 64-bit application processors in iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have further extend iOS's gaming lead over Google Play. The majority of new higher...

The folks over at AnandTech have compiled a short analysis of the A8 SoC introduced in Apple's new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, with its PowerVR GX6650 GPU and 1GB LPDDR3 RAM. It seems that the A8 will be 1.5x faster than the last year's A7 chip, replacing a 4 core G6430 with the 6 core GX6650...

According to a report by 9to5Mac (via ETNews), Apple is all set to begin production of its next-generation iPad Air later this month, which will feature the same chassis as the current generation iPad Air but will sport a more efficient A8 SoC. The source also claims that the display resolution will remain the same i.e. 2048 x...