December 2014 – Page 2

Save Money on Refurbished iPhone 6 at AT&T

Would you like to get the best iPhone 6 deals in USA? You have such a chance right now as the American carriers AT&T sells the newest Apple smartphone with up to $100 off discount. If you are ok with getting a refurbished deal you can learn how to save money on iPhone 6 inside this post.

The mobile company has both iPhone 6 and 6 Plus available for customers. But both of the discounted versions are refurbished. There is just one catch you have to know about. The company is eager to sell AT&T iPhone 6 refurbished with up to $100 off its original price only if you buy the off contract model or go with the Next plan offered by this U.S. carrier.

It is impossible to find refurbished smartphones at Apple stores at the moment. They are only sold by AT&T and at the rules offered by the company. Besides, it is possible to buy the cell phones at a lower price online only as local carrier stores don’t have the deal on their shelves.
The iPhone 6 can be purchased at a price about $100 lower than the original one while the 6 Plus version can be bought with up to $150 discount. According to the mobile operator, these models are Certified like-new [this is the official description].

Are cheaper iDevices a good deal or not? They are like other Apple products but their warranty is not as full as on brand new models. The looks of the gadgets are the same so you can say one is refurbished and the other one is new by the smartphone appearance.

Just remember that while the new iPhone 6 comes with a 1-year warranty the refurbished AT&T iPhone 6 will have only the 90-day warranty.

If you choose to buy this smartphone and save $100-$150 you can also unlock AT&T iPhone 6 using the affordable and fast service. This way you can get the best deal as your smartphone will be SIM free and its warranty won’t be touched.

T-Mobile Holds Its Uncarrier 8.0 Event on December 16

T-mobile Uncarrier 8.0 is the new event that the American carrier is about to hold and you can watch its live stream pretty soon. This company has already organized several similar events. The previous conferences helped the Magenta network to present its Music Freedom program and Wi-Fi Calling option. iPhone subscribers and other carrier customers expect some other changes.

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Apple Online Store in UK and USA Starts to Accept PayPal

If you live in the United Stated or UK you get a new option from the Cupertino-based compay. Apple Store USA Paypal payment option is also available in the UK. It works on online orders and you can now place your orders and checkout with PayPal just like it happens on eBay and other platforms. This is an additional way to pay for your purchase with Apple.

This is an interesting change added by the infamous iPhone maker. Apple Store US Paypal payment opportunity has been introduced for the first time in the company’s history. The iOS tech giant used to accept only debit and credit cards in its online stores.

It never used to work with PayPal in its iBookstore, iTunes Music store and App Store but everything is already working so you can pay for books, tunes and applications without entering your card number from now on.

Besides, this is not the only innovation. Does Apple Store accept PayPal online? Yes. It also supports the financing options which allow customers paying for the products they buy in several monthly instalments.

Some experts are really surprised by this move because the company has recently introduced its personal Apple Pay system which competes with PayPal. Now the company starts to promote a different option, but customers win in the end and this is what matters.

Tweaks That Help To Find Stolen iPhone

Some of iOS users faced with the not so pleasant trouble how to find stolen iPhone. Here is why thinking whether jailbreak your iOS device or not you’d better choose yes. What to do if your iPhone is stolen? Not just Cydia tweaks push the boundaries far beyond what’s capable in standard iOS. Its magic power lets users to change their default browser or adjust the theme are traits typical of the jailbreak scene and even download torrents. But catching thieves is one of the top feature of jailbroken device. With the help of tweak designed purely for getting back a lost handset any user can find the thief’s location and catch him.

If you don’t know how to find stolen iPhone 5 or 5S you will need tweaks. Also you can find out why iPhone is blacklisted it can be blocked not only of the stolen or lost status. These tweaks will with no doubt help you to retrieve you device. Apps that help users to find lost iOS device are more prevalent now than they’ve ever been. As theft is still alive at present time.

As one Redditor G1ngerbeer told that his wife had no idea how to find stolen iPhone 6 that some woman had taken from wife’s jacket pocket. But he quickly use iCaughtU Pro and set not just about locating , but emailed a picture of the thief as she’d tried to enter a Passcode.

Together with policeman tracked the woman down to a few blocks away. Despite the fact that she protested her innocence, suggesting that she’d found the handset she was arrested, and given the evidence offered by the tweak. G1ngerbeer and his wife’s devices also had the IfFound tweak, which displays certain contact info of an owner if a device is lost.

Of course, in this situation tweaks systems for tracking were really useful. The thief was found and arrested. But in a different city, on a different day, things could quite easily have turned not in so happy way. If you are looking to purchase not new phone it is highly recommended to check blacklist status of it.

No matter if your device is jailbroken or not, it is highly recommended to put at least stock level security measures. And in the case of iOS, turn Find My iPhone on, navigating to Settings > iCloud > Find My iPhone. Because you will never know if you could get into situation how to find stolen iPhone.

Person of the Year 2014 Award Might Go to Tim Cook

TIME 2014 Person of the Year is a big media event and the whole world is following it. Everyone wishes to guess who gets this award this year. It is interesting that Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, is among the nominees.

The annual award will soon find its winner, but for now Time has published the shortlist of all people who are on the nomination list in 2014. What Cook is recognized for? Well, he is well remembered for two things. Firstly, the new iPhone 6 Plus and 6 that were launched in September. Millions of users are already owning one of the two or even both devices by now. Secondly, Cook’s decision to come out as gay was a big thing.

This move was unexpected. But Cook wrote a letter for Bloomberg Businessweek where he mentioned his sexual orientation in order to inspire others.

The Person of the Year 2014 list of nominees also include Taylor Swift, Roger Goodell, Jack Ma, Vladimir Putin and others.

Who has influenced the 2014’s events the most? Who will be the winner? Can you guess his or her name?

Your Apple ID Gets Locked Permanently Once Recovery Key Is Lost

The new option introduced by Apple over a year ago gave the life to new Apple ID lock bypass service. Still there can be a huge problem with this feature. The Cupertino-based company provided the iOS 7 and 8 option to improve security for users’ IDs. The feature is available in the U.S. and in some foreign countries. It is also tied to iCloud.com site but everything is not a simple as it looks like at first sight.

Apple ID gets locked for security reasons and you have to enter your ID and password in order to unlock your iPhone, erase your information, restore and do some other thing with the smartphone.

The new extra security option has also been introduced to enhance user’s protection. It is known as Recovery Key, but this key is pretty dangerous to use because once you lose it you can have your Apple account locked for a lifetime. This is potentially and maybe iCloud locked unlock services will be able to help users who gt locked this way.

If anyone tries to hack your iCloud account, the new two-factor security key should interfere and lock the account. Hacker or whoever tries to hack your account should get denying entry, but you, just as well, will face the same thing. Your access to your account will be denied.

One person, Williams, has already tried to go through the procedure of unlocking his locked iPhone at Apple’s recovery service. He had his Recovery Key, password and a second device tied to his Apple account with him.

He was told that it was impossible to unlock him back without the Recovery Key. So, keep this key in a safe place because without it, you can be locked once and forever without any possibility of becoming unlocked.

If you use two-step security key, take a couple of pictures of yours, write it down on the paper, print it and keep in the safe place where you can always find it. You can read all the details about what to do if your Apple ID has been disabled for security reasons. here: http://support.apple.com/en-nz/TS2446.

What 3G / 4G Network to Choose for iPhone 6 in UK?

Do you have an iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus and planning a trip to the UK? What is the best iPhone network UK can boast? These are typical questions asked by a lot of tourists and businessmen and it’s time to create a list of the Top iPhone 3G / 4G network UK companies to help you ease your choice.

Apple iPhone is one of the most popular smartphones around the world. The company did everything to make millions of people want and dread about this handset. No matter how expensive iPhone 6 and 6 Plus models are, customers continue to buy it and the high demand doesn’t seem to become any less than it was in September when these devices were released. What iPhone carrier in UK is the best one? There are four main networks you can choose from. They are Vodafone, O2, Three and EE.

Of course, each carrier has it pros and cons, but you can also pay attention at the network performance specifically for the iPhone devices. Some companies perform network tests to see what this or that network can offer the subscriber or a user who is using the prepaid SIM card.

Everything is surely depends on your location. If you go to London you will have better connection than if you go to a small town somewhere else in England. These are just common test results that can give you an idea what to expect though your expectations can still be different.

Users who are searching for the fastest network can rely on Three that offers both 3G and 4G coverage. The slowest here is Vodafone, but it’s not that slow, it just couldn’t beet Three during the test as it showed the quickest result of 19.53Mb.

Three is also known as the best 3G network for iPhones, as well as 4G network. Still here, if you need 4G you can also select EE which also shows good performance.

If you need the best coverage, its Three again but EE can also work for you. Vodafone and O2 are also good networks but they can’t offer such coverage as Three.

It’s still up to you which carrier to connect to while staying in the UK.

Sprint iPhone for Life Extended for 30 Months

Sprint iPhone for Life is a plan that allows customers to lease the smartphone. It is possible to buy iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus using Sprint plan and now the mobile operator offers American consumers a 30-month plan which is an extention of the previously offered deal.

The new iPhone for Life Sprint deal lasts 30 months and the monthly cost of your cell phone is reduced to $18 for the 16GB iPhone 6. If you wish to get the bigger iPhone 6 Plus via this option you will have to pay $23 per month for the plan.

While Sprint iPhone for Life is extended users can still get the previous deals that allow leasing the iOS smartphone for 12 months and 24 months. Just like it happens with contract devices, when the time period of your lease plan is over you are able to upgrade to a newer model by trading in your iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus.

Sprint offers an alternative solution. Subscribers are able to purchase their device or keep on with the leasing option.

While you can use the normal financing plan which considers $35 monthly payments, it is cheaper to lease for three years and pay $18 per month and such a plan might be good for users who don’t want to own one iPhone model but wish to upgrade it once in a while.

Fans of low-cost installment plans might enjoy the new Sprint iPhone 6 and 6 Plus for Life plan. What do you think about these changes? Would you agree to lease a modern gadget, pay its full price at once or wish to stick to a contract?

Hour of Code Apple Workshops 2014 Schedule for December

Apple programming guides are available to ordinary users who are planning to visit the company’s retail stores on December 11, 2014. The company is hosting Apple Hour of Code workshops that last only one hour but even within this time, as the Apple iPhone maker assures, it is possible to get acquainted with the basics of programming.

This time the workshop is organized to promote the CSE week. In other works, this stands for computer science education. Are you ready to educate and learn something new? U.S. users just need to be in the right place on Thursday and remember to sign up for the workshop here.

The Cupertino-based company is caring the event along with Code.org. The two organizations promise to explain some coding basics within just one hour. This is just an introduction to coding, but it sounds interesting. Do you agree?

Secure your spot right now because, I believe so, there are a lot of interested people [maybe even some developers or beginners] who wish to participate in the workshops and there are not so many spots left.

Free WiFi On Verizon iPhone And Other Offers On Connection Day

Free WiFi on Verizon iPhone and a day before Thanksgiving named “Connection Day” in the USA were declared by Verizon and some of its partners. Verizon’s first offer is free WiFi On Verizon iPhone in partnership with Gogo, Boingo and Jet Blue.

Between November 24 and December 24, if you’re on a Jet Blue flight, you will get Wi-Fi session for free. Boingo and Gogo each of them offer 30 minute Wi-Fi sessions for free for one-time on the 26th for free — respectively in-flight and in airports.

Verizon subscribers also will get one more special gift. For any Verizon Wireless user who will sign up on webpage of the company’s Connection Day there is very useful offer. He will get on their account credit of 1GB of shareable data for one-time, including another 1GB of data in the following billing cycle.

Verizon has a lot more offers just free Wi-Fi. Some of these free promotional machinations end with a fee. If you decided to try these offers not pay expensive fee please make sure you cancel every service before the free trials end.

Free WiFi On Verizon iPhone Offers

Verizon, with free Wi-Fi, is also offers free movie and TV show that can be viewed with the app called Verizon FiOS Preview. This app goes live in Google Play. It seems that Verizon is also works with Apple. On November 26, the iOS maker will have a special free offer inside iTunes.

Pandora company offers a free week of Pandora One. It is the Internet radio provider’s premium service.

Condé Nast proposes downloads of 17 different magazines for free among them are GQ and Vanity Fair.

It seems that it is all offers of free trial, but you also can get a few ads boosting you to sign up.

Amazon has few tricky offers. If you sign up for a two month trial you can get two free audiobooks from Audible. But after trial period will come to the end you will pay $15 per month for the full Audible service. If you’re a Audible customer at current time you can’t get the free downloads.

But Audible will give you a $10 coupon. It means that you must apply to your account within 60 days. If you have an Amazon account one more Amazon’s offer is for you. It is 10 free songs you can add to your Amazon music library, and also10 free apps in the Amazon App Store.

Another promotion is 30-day free trial of Amazon Prime with all the frills that services offers including free two-day movie and shipping, also TV streaming. If you don’t cancel Prime before the trial ends, you’ll pay $100 for every year.

As you see, except free WiFi on Verizon iPhone you can get more offers from different companies. It is your choice to try them or not.