Can’t find the setting on your iPhone ? That’s because it’s not there — yet.

Commentary: The hardware is fine, and so is the service. But if your iPhone ever needs replacing, watch out.

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Virgin Mobile subscribers looking for an unsubsidized version of the iPhone 5S or 5C may want to check out a new sale from the carrier.

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iPhone buyers looking for an unlocked version of the 5S or 5C may want to check out a new sale from Virgin Mobile.

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Android generates more mobile ad traffic for smartphones than does the iPhone , according to a new report from Opera Mediaworks.

Looking strictly at smartphone platforms, Opera found that Android scooped up a 36 percent share of all ad impressions during the fourth quarter of 2013. That number beat the iPhone , which sliced off a 28.7 percent share.

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Android generates more mobile ad traffic for smartphones than does the iPhone , according to a new report from Opera Mediaworks.

Looking strictly at smartphone platforms, Opera found that Android scooped up a 36 percent share of all ad impressions during the fourth quarter of 2013. That number beat the iPhone , which sliced off a 28.7 percent share.

But factor in the iPad and (more…)

The iPhone 5S officially lands at China Mobile on Friday.

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China Mobile reportedly has more than 1 million iPhones 5S handsets to offer its customers as its preps for the official launch on Friday.

Citing information from a “person familiar with the matter,” The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that Apple supplier Foxconn shipped those 1.4 million phones to China’s largest (more…)

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Two of China’s mobile carriers have cut the cost of iPhone contracts as the country’s largest carrier adds the phone to its lineup.

Following years of negotiations, Apple and China Mobile finally announced an agreement last month to sell the two new iPhones starting January 17. With a subscriber base of 760 million subscribers, China Mobile is, by far, the nation’s biggest mobile carrier.

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Apple 's iPhone 5S.

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Apple ‘s iPhone 5S and 5C snared around 100,000 preorders from China Mobile customers in just two days, at least based on estimates from an analyst with Wedge Partners.

On December 22, Apple announced an agreement with China’s largest mobile carrier to offer the two new iPhones starting January 17. A tally of 100,000 preorders certainly sounds like a (more…)

Apple 's iPhone 5C lineup.

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Apple and China Mobile are close to signing a deal to launch the iPhone , says analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, but sluggish sales of the iPhone 5C may alter the terms.

Speculation has run rampant that the two companies had already inked a deal, especially after the iPhone 5S and 5C appeared on preorder pages for China Mobile. But the carrier’s chairman, Xi Guohua, said (more…)