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Housewives busted for smuggling iPads into the country
The demand for an iPad in China has been so high that even smugglers have found a way to make a living off them. In China, the WiFi-only version of the iPad is the only pad available for sale in the market. Users who want the 3G experience have resorted to importing 3G versions of the device into the country. And because their government started to tax its people for importing the iPad, even if it was for personal use, they have turned to obtaining these iPads from smugglers instead. Smugglers pay random people with no criminal records to help them ferry goods across the border. In one of the latest cases of smuggling, 14 housewives were busted trying to smuggle 88 iPads and 340 mobile phones into the country! One of the women caught had 65 handphones strapped around her waist, and another 20 in the handbag she was carrying! But this demand of the iPad in China should drop a hint for Apple to focus a little more on their markets other than just America if they intend to make everyone happy, lest the people in China decide to get counterfeit and copy cat tablets instead of spending money on Apple’s own tablet- there’s still a lot of money to be made using the tablet’s potential. Would you purchase a smuggled good if it was the only way you could get your hands on it?
Now here’s an iPhone 6S case that will certainly turn heads, especially when you take into consideration its name which is known as the OnePlus iPhone 6S case. That’s rather weird, don’t you think so? It will certainly take some getting used to before the name rolls off your tongue naturally. Well, we do know that The OnePlus iPhone 6S case can now be purchased for $19.99 a pop, and no, you do not need any kind of invite before you can snag one for yourself.
Each purchase will also be accompanied by an invitation to purchase a OnePlus X, just in case, you know, you would like to tread the Android waters. All in all, it comes in the kind of material as found on the OnePlus One and OnePlus X, which makes it a whole lot harder to lose grip of when you hold it – which is good!
If you are on the lookout for either the iPhone 6S or the iPhone 6S Plus, then here is news for you – chances are pretty high that you can pick up either one, or perhaps even both if you are feeling fat in the pocket, this coming September 18th. First of all, there was a leaked internal memo from Vodafone alongside Japanese site ITHome and German tech experts Macerkopf claiming that the new iPhones 6S models will roll out this coming September 18th in their respective countries
With Japan, Germany and the UK being tier one Apple launch countries, this means that those living in the mentioned countries will receive the iPhones at the same time as folks living over in the US – traditionally speaking, of course. There really isn’t that much time left to wait, as it is less than a month away, and I am quite sure that the time will pass by sooner than you think.
It looks like the folks over at Digitimes have come up with their own interpretation of things to come – that there will be no iPad Air 3 released, at least for this year. Digitimes has had their fair share of hits and misses in the past, so it would be best to take this rumor concerning the non-release of the iPad Air 3 in 2015 with a pinch of salt.
Digitimes also laid claim that the iPad mini 4 will not be as supercharged as some of the rumors that had been going around, as it will bring with it only small and incremental upgrades when compared to its predecessor, the iPad mini 3. This does not seem to bode well for fans of the compact tablet, taking into consideration how the iPad mini 3 itself was improved over its predecessor with a new Touch ID fingerprint reader.
Since Apple tends to roll out a new iPad in October, we will just have to sit tight and see whether this particular rumor has enough “legs” to run.