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Apple Pay is Now Available with iOS 8.1 Update

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Apple Pay is Now Available

Last week we talked about how Apple Pay was going to make shopping much easier, by letting us ditch our wallets at home and now we’re pleased to announce that Apple Pay is now available with the iOS 8.1 update.

Apple Pay is Now Available

Apple Pay is now available for all the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus owners who update to the new iOS 8.1. The update was rolled out today and it’s about 100MB in size. You can go to your iPhone’s Settings/General/Software Update and you’ll find your update there or you can update through iTunes.

Apple Pay is only supported by iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus because they have the dedicated chip and the NFC connectivity that permits them to communicate with retail terminals. They also feature a secure element that will store credit card data safely and also a unique number called the device account number.

Apple Pay is now available and supports debit and credit cards from Visa, MasterCard and American Express, issued by banks including Capital One, Bank of America, Citi, Chase and Wells Fargo. It was announced last week by Apple that it managed to tie up with 500 banks for the Apple Pay service.

But the new iOS 8.1 update brings us much more than Apple Pay. It debuts the return of Camera Roll, a feature that was cut when iOS 8 was introduced. The users have complained to Apple about and it was brought back.

Apart from these new features, iOS 8.1 also fixes some bugs that the Wi-Fi had. It also fixes a bug that prevented the iPhone to connect to hands-free devices via Bluetooth. Other fixed bugs include bugs that caused the screen to stop rotating and Safari not to play videos.

With iOS 8.1 Apple has enabled HealthKit to access data in the background and it made other minor accessibility improvements.
The iOS 8.1 update is made available for iPhone 4s and newer models, iPad 2 and newer models, the third gen Apple TV and the fifth gen iPod touch.

iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Reach a Record of 4 Million Preorders

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It doesn’t come as a big surprise to anyone that Apple has broken a new record in sales. The recently released iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have reached a record of 4 million preorders, since its launch on Friday last week. Apple has stated that they have received a demand for their new iPhones that have exceeded the initial preorder supply and there are many orders placed to be shipped in October.

Tim Cook, the Apple CEO says that:

“iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are better in every way, and we are thrilled customers love them as much as we do. Pre-orders for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus set a new record for Apple, and we can’t wait to get our best iPhones yet into the hands of customers starting this Friday.”

iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus

Apple sold last year 9 million iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C in their launch weekend. That record broke the previous one that was of 5 million iPhone 5 sold on the launch weekend of 2012.
The new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will launch this Friday and additional units will be available in the Apple stores and other retail partners. The new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will arrive first in the US, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

New record sales for Apple: iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus

Apple also announced that the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will be made available in 20 additional countries including Austria, Denmark, Belgium, Finland, Isle of Man, Ireland, Luxembourg, Italy, Liechtenstein, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Portugal, Russia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates and Turkey.

Last week Apple said that the overnight pre-orders of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have reached new records.

The 4.7 inch iPhone 6 will ship in 7 to 10 days and the 5.5 inch iPhone 6 Plus will ship within 3 to 4 weeks.

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