Here are your Apple Rumors for today:
AIDS: Apple (AAPL) is honoring World AIDS Day by turning its Store logos red, reports MacRumors. This marks the fifth year that the tech company has changed its normal Store logos out for red ones to recognize the day. It also sells (PRODUCT)RED items via its online store. These items include accessories, headphones and more for the company’s products. Funds from these sales are used to help in AIDS awareness. It also teamed up with certain apps for special in-game items. Sales from these items go toward AIDS research.
Watch: British Airways is now using scanners that work with Apple Watches, AppleInsider notes. These devices are able to easily scan the smartwatches to take tickets from passengers. The company said that it decided to use the new scanners due to an abundant amount of fliers presenting their tickets with their Watch. The new scanners will start being used on Dec. 15 and make for faster processing of a person’s digital ticket.
iPhone: A new rumor claims that Apple is testing five different variants of the iPhone 7, reports 9to5Mac. According to this rumor, the different iPhone 7 smartphones that are being tested each have a specific feature that makes them stand out. One of the devices uses USB-C over Lightning ports, another uses wireless charging technology, the third has multi-touch Force Touch, the next one uses dual cameras and the final model has a display with a built-in fingerprint scanner. It’s unknown if any of these new features will actually be present in the iPhone 7 when it’s released.
