For Apple, the deal could result in adding up to $10 billion to its annual revenue. For China Mobile, adding the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c to its lineup of smartphones will result in drawing at least 15-20 million iPhone subscribers in 2014.
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Apple has started selling the iPhone 5S unlocked for a $649 starting price through its online store in the U.S.
Apple has acknowledged that a manufacturing issue was behind the iPhone 5S battery drains and promised to replace any affected units.
A tech test and measurement company has found that the Galaxy S3 has a higher touch screen accuracy than the new iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C.
U.S. Cellular has finally offered a launch date for the new iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C. The new Apple smartphones will join its lineup on Nov. 8.
Apple has reportedly cut iPhone 5C orders from suppliers for the fourth quarter, while increasing orders for the iPhone 5S.
Prepaid mobile carrier Cricket Wireless has announced that the new iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C will join its lineup on Oct. 25.
Best Buy has confirmed that it will offer its own iPhone trade-in program, but the offer will only be available from Oct. 13 through Oct. 19.
The Google Nexus 5 will reportedly launch in the last week of October alongside Android 4.4 KitKat, boasting similar specs to the iPhone 5S, but at half the price.
The Moto X, iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C and Samsung Galaxy S4 have gone through drop, slide, and dunk tests, proving their durability. Only one of them is the winner.
Apple has announced that it has sold 9 million iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C units in the smartphones' opening weekend.
The iPhone 5S mostly sold out within minutes of becoming available in China, suggesting low global supply for the handset.
The iPhone 5S' Touch ID fingerprint scanner has raised several concerns, but biometric experts have put at least one to rest: a severed finger would not unlock the smartphone.