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Apple Sues Owner Of White iPhone Kit
Well it seems that Apple has recently filed a lawsuit against Fei Lam, the New York teenager that sold white iPhone 4 conversion kits on his website and who managed to net a pretty figure of $130,000 from his sales. When word hit Apple about this he shut down his website, presumably by the orders of Apple’s lawyers.
This is the same white iPhone conversion kit that Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak himself, among many others, had ordered. This was probably due to the fact that Apple had been teasing the white iPhone 4 for almost a year before it made its appearance, leaving those who desperately wanted a white iPhone 4 to resort to buying this white iPhone conversion kits.
However at the same time Apple has also filed a voluntary dismissal of the case, probably allowing talks of settlement instead. Now the thing is Fei Lam is just a teenager and Apple probably doesn’t need the money that he made from his sales so what this looks like from the outside is a case of a big company bullying the smaller guys.
However on the other side of the coin, it seems that Fei Lam got his hands on the white iPhone front and back plates from a Foxconn employee which makes it illegal to begin with. Now if Fei Lam had designed the plates himself that would be a whole other story, but in this case what he did was take Apple’s property which wasn’t his to begin with, and sold them for a profit, which does merit the patent infringement lawsuit.
So what do you think? Does Apple look like the bully in this story, or was this lawsuit warranted?
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.