Apple iPhone 6 Plus: GORGEOUS FAT pixel density - but it's WASTED [ Tue Sep 30 2014]

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A BENDY iPhone 6, you say? Pah, warp claims are bent out of shape:
Consumer Reports
Enough aping around with Apple already
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/28/consumer_reports_bendgate_apple_iphone_6_plus/

Bendgate backlash: Apple claims warped iPhone 6 Plus damage is
'extremely rare'
Give this HUGE POCKET STROKER a little respect. Yes?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/27/apple_responds_to_iphone_6_bendgate_controversy/

Turn OFF your phone or WE'LL ALL DI... live? Europe OKs mobes, tabs
non-stop on flights
Airlines given green light to allow gate-to-gate jibber-jabber
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/26/easa_in_flight_phone_restrictions_lifted/

Apple nurses HealthKit apps back to life, discharges iOS 8.0.2
If you look closely, that .2 looks an awful lot like a bent .1
#bendgate #bendghazi
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/26/apple_ios_802_update/

FBI boss: Apple's iPhone, iPad encryption puts people 'ABOVE THE LAW'
Presumably doors, locks and windows, too?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/25/fbi_boss_slams_google_apple_for_encryption_that_puts_users_above_law/

The Schmidt hits the brand: Apple's iPhone 6 is a year late, scoffs
smug search supremo
Google boss admits competition in phone market 'brutal'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/25/schmidt_hits_the_fanbois_samsung_had_your_shiny_new_toys_years_ago/

Apple 'Genius': iPhone 6? We've had NO COMPLAINTS about our BENDY
iThing
Right, whip out your curved doodah. Let's have a look
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/25/iphone_6_plus_bend_problem_not_yet_reported_in_uk_says_apple_support/

Galaxy Note 4 latest: Samsung rushes iPhone 6 Plus rival to China as
Apple flails in dark
Sadly, no suggestion Sammy's made the phablet bendable
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/25/samsung_tries_to_head_off_apple_pushes_up_asian_release_of_galaxy_note_4/

Speaking in Tech: I swear I didn't fall for the iPhone 6 microwave
charger hoax...
Plus: 'SCREW YOU, respected podcast host!'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/24/speaking_in_tech_episode_128/

Good grief! Have you SEEN BlackBerry's SQUARE smartphone?
Weird as hell, but stuffed with great ideas
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/24/blackberry_passport_first_look/

My TIGHT PANTS made my HUGE iPHONE go all BENDY!
Twisty whoppers pop out of snug bottoms
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/23/iphone_6_plus_tells_fanbois_get_bent/

Apple's new iPhone 6 vulnerable to last year's TouchID fingerprint hack
But unsophisticated thieves need not attempt this trick
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/23/iphone_6_still_vulnerable_to_touchid_fingerprint_hack/

Apple iPhone 6 Plus: GORGEOUS FAT pixel density - but it's WASTED
Cupertino's fuller phablet stopgap solution?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/23/apple_iphone_6_plus_review/

Apple slaps a passcode lock on iOS 8 devices, but cops can still inhale
your iCloud
Don't congratulate yourselves too soon, Apple – securobod
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/23/icloud_hole_in_ios8_passcode_protection/

Ab phab: Apple is Britain's coolest brand YET AGAIN
No sweetie, mummy wants the iPhone 6 plus plus plus
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/23/apple_is_britains_coolest_brand_yet_again/


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*** Software News ***

EE coughs to BROKEN data usage metrics BLUNDER that short-changes
customers
Carrier apologises for 'inflated' measurements cockup
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/28/ee_data_usage_metrics_broken/


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Internet of Stuff: Chip rivals try to stop Cortex-M7 from flexing ARM's
muscle
Processors, microcontrollers start to collide
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/29/processors_and_mcus_start_to_collide_in_iot_as_arms_m7_shows/

Alcatel-Lucent techie: Race for '5G' technologies is 'ridiculous'
'5G' efforts are missing the point of the new mobile networks
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/25/5g_efforts_are_missing_the_point_of_the_new_mobile_networks/


*** Retailers News ***

NSFW: Click here, watch iPhone 6 being TORTURED
Hammers, blenders, thermite - will Jesus mobe rise again?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/24/nsfw_click_here_for_iphone_6_torture/


*** And finally ... ***

Crouching touter, sleeping dragon: Smugglers can't shift unwanted
iPhone 6s
China's grey market reports 'sluggish' sales of Apple mobe
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/29/apple_chinese_pirates_iphone_6_china_grey_market/

MOST iPhone strokers SPURN iOS 8: iOS 7 'un-updatening' in 5...4...
Guess they don't like our battery-draining update?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/23/apples_ios_8_flops_as_fanbois_fail_to_make_the_swap/



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