Apple’s upcoming iPhone 6 and iWatch are expected to pack a functionality many people may have been waiting for, including regular customers and retail stores, and that’s NFC-based wireless payments. After revealing that the iPhone maker has already obtained lower rates from card issuers and that Apple plans to use tokenization technology in future mobile payments, Bank Innovation says Apple may also be developing a loyalty/rewards program for its future iWallet program, in partnership with other retailers.

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If Apple really does take the wraps off an iPhone 6 with a sapphire glass display, it will be an even more impressive engineering feat than you think. MIT’s Technology Review has talked with a couple of engineering experts who say that sapphire is a particularly tricky material to work with and that Apple has very little room for error if it wants to use it to mass produce large smartphone displays.

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In addition to live streaming the iPhone 6 event that’s about to start, it looks like Apple is getting ready to live-blog its keynote, the company has set up a special quick news page on its website where it’s already hyping the iPhone 6 launch.

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After 30 years, Apple has decided to return to the Flint Center for the Performing Arts on the De Anza College campus to host what could be the company’s most important event since it unveiled the first iPad four years ago. But with a completely redesigned iPhone 6, a brand new iPhone 6 phablet, a wearable device referred to as the “iWatch,” a new mobile payments platform and more set to be unveiled on Tuesday, the facility at the Flint Center apparently wasn’t the right fit for Apple’s press conference. So what did the company do? Apple built its own facility to house the event, of course.

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Earlier this week, a supposed set of schematics detailing Apple’s iWatch design and other details was seemingly leaked from China. The top-secret documents were said to have come from Quanta, Apple’s manufacturing partner for the iWatch and other iOS devices, though the authenticity of the documents was never confirmed — until now.

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In case you hadn’t already heard, Apple is announcing a new smartphone today. In fact, the company looks poised to unveil two new iPhone 6 models during its big press conference on Tuesday, and we can expect new details to continue leaking right up until the event begins at 1:00 p.m. EDT, 10:00 a.m. PDT. Among the leaks from Tuesday morning is the first photo samples captured with the iPhone 6’s new and improved camera, and you might be surprised by the results.

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We’ve seen leaked pics of the iPhone 6 from just about every angle imaginable so far but this is may be the first time we’ve seen it in gold before. Nowhereelse.fr has posted some new pictures that purportedly show the iPhone 6 in the champagne color that Apple first trotted out with the iPhone 5s last year and it looks just like you’d expect it to.

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With less than 24 hours before the iPhone 6 is finally made official, many iPhone owners are looking to unload their old devices in order to mitigate the cost of a new phone — especially the 5.5-inch iPhone 6, rumored to cost $100 more than the 4.7-inch model. There are countless vendors that would be more than happy to snap up your iPhone 5, but before you take the first offer, it’s worth shopping around.

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It’s new iPhone day, boys and girls, and that inevitably means two things. First and most importantly, it means an end to all the leaks and rumors we have seen trickle out over the past few months. Second, it means that those leaks and rumors will kick into high gear leading up to Apple’s big press conference, which is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. EDT, 10:00 a.m. PDT. Until then, expect the leaks to flow and right now we have a pretty big one to share with you.

For the first time ever, a seemingly authentic, fully assembled and functional iPhone 6 has been compared to an iPhone 5s for the first time ever.

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Even though the iPhone 6 is not yet official, at least one iPhone 6 unit has found its way into a user’s hands in China, and he posted many videos,including a detailed first review of the device. Unsurprisingly, a first iPhone 6 benchmark has been performed by a Weibo user as well, confirming several specs for the handset.

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