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Apple is rated eco-unfriendly in China
Apparently Apple has got a pretty bad reputation over in the land of the Great Wall. According to reports online, Apple is under fire from some Chinese environmental groups for ignoring Chinese concerns about health and safety problems in their factories. A report written by 36 environmental groups has placed Apple at the bottom of the list for being environmental friendly in a study conducted on 24 tech companies that have factories in China. Why did Apple make the list? Well apparently one of the factories that manufacture screens for the iPhone and iPad, Wintek, uses poisonous chemicals in the production of the displays.
These chemicals have caused several workers to be hospitalized with nerve damage. Although the workers have since recovered and returned to work and the chemical isn’t being used anymore, Apple has refused to take the blame for the incident by declining to confirm that Wintek is a supplier for their screens. What gives? It’s one thing to neglect responsibility over an incident, but to deny a fact that is pretty well known just gives the company a bad image. One of the environmentalists even told Bloomberg in an interview, “We originally thought that Apple, as a corporate citizen, would take a leadership role, but now we feel they ended up as the most obstructive.” What do you think of Apple’s negligence of their factory’s working conditions and to the environment?
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.