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Apple, Google, PayPal Well Suited For eWallet Growth

Using your smartphone for buying goods, with digital wallet apps from Apple (AAPL), Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Google, PayPal (PYPL) and others, will surpass credit card use by 2019, according to payment processing company Worldpay. Global purchases from digital wallets, also called eWallets, is expected to hit $647 billion in 2019, up 67% from $387 billion last year, it said. That will surpass the $577 billion in goods expected to be bought using credit

New 4-inch iPhone seen getting late 2016 release

It looks like Apple’s (AAPL) new 4-inch colored metal iPhone won’t be hitting the market in early 2016 after all. Rosenblatt Securities analyst Jun Zhang said the new entry-level iPhone won’t start production until the third quarter next year. He called the lower-cost handset the iPhone 7C, implying it would be launched next fall with the iPhone 7. Other analysts have called the rumored handset the iPhone 6C, putting it into the current iPhone 6

Apple to swap colored plastic for metal for iPhone 6C

Apple (AAPL) plans to replace its colorful plastic iPhone 5C handsets with upgraded models that have colorful metal casings, according to analyst reports. The new phone series, dubbed the iPhone 6C, would provide a new entry-level model for Apple’s smartphone lineup. It would feature a 4-inch screen like its predecessor, but improved components, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said in a research note this week. The iPhone 6C would use an A9