Monday Apple Rumors: iPhone 6 May Include an NFC Chip

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Here are your Apple rumors and AAPL news items for today:

apple-rumors-yosemite-nfc-iphone-6-salesYosemite: Apple (AAPL) has released the OS X Yosemite Preview 6 to developers, reports 9to5Mac. New to Yosemite in the sixth version of the preview are redesigned icons, new wallpapers, a “Do Not Disturb” option and more. Other changes made to Yosemite in this preview are bug fixes and other minor improvements over the fifth version of the preview build of the operating system, which is expected to be released in October.

NFC: Schematics that are claimed to be for the iPhone 6 could hint at an NFC chip being in the upcoming smartphone, MacRumors notes. The schematics mention an NXP PN65V NFC chip. NXP has already been the subject of rumors that place it as the provider of the iPhone 6’s NFC chip and the company already provides some NFC chips used in Android devices.

Sales: RBC Capital Markets analyst Amit Daryanani claims Apple may sell as many as 70 million iPhone 6s by the end of the year, reports AppleInsider. He also claims that the tech company may be able to sell 10 million iPhone 6s during its launch weekend. Daryanani claims that supply chain data suggests that Apple is looking to have around 80 million of its upcoming smartphone available for sale by the end of the year. However, the analyst’s current estimates set iPhone 6 sales by the end of the year at 56 million.

For more about the company, check out our previous Apple Rumors stories.


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