Government opens Farook's Apple iPhone 5c without Apple's help

The Justice Department announced today that it was able to open up the Apple iPhone 5c that was used by deceased terrorist Syed Farook, without Apple's help. Suspecting that there might be some clues inside the phone about the San Bernardino attack that killed 14, the Justice Department asked Apple to turn over all information it could pull out of the handset that Farook had used. But Apple said that it was unable to do so without building a new version of iOS that was quickly dubbed Govt. OS. Apple was concerned that if it developed Govt.OS, the code would come out allowing hackers to steal personal information from iPhone users around the world.

Apple's decision not to comply with a court order forcing them to unlock the device became a nationwide issue; many sided with Apple, and others were unsure why Apple wasn't punished for contempt of court. A court hearing that was going to be held last Tuesday was canceled after the Justice Department announced out of nowhere that it had found a third party to unlock the phone.

The Justice Department released a two paragraph statement today saying that the government has successfully accessed the data on Farook's phone and no longer required assistance from Apple. Thus, it was a win-win situation. The feds get their data, and Apple does not have to risk the privacy of all iPhone users world wide. But the battle will still go on. Last month, a federal magistrate judge in the Eastern District of New York refused a government request to force Apple to open an Apple iPhone 5s to release information in a drug case in Brooklyn. The Justice Department is appealing that ruling.

The government is remaining silent on how it unlocked Farook's iPhone 5c. Late last week, there was some talk that Israeli software company Cellebrite had entered into a $15,000 contract with the FBI for the purpose of opening the phone, but that has not been confirmed. Some believe that Apple should be given the opportunity to find out how the phone was opened so that it can close the opening and make the phone secure again. But considering how badly the government wanted to unlock this phone, and how it might need to unlock more iPhones in the future, we don't expect the government to be open to that suggestion.

Now that the phone has been opened, the Justice Department has officially dropped its legal case against Apple.

The Government opens Farook's iPhone 5c without help from Apple ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Phone Arena

A quick list of expected features of iPhone 7

Whenever Apple releases any generation iPhone, just after the release, people start to talk about next generation iPhone. The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus weren’t completely rolled out around the world, the speculations about iPhone 7 have started to float at tons of technology blogs. The iPhone 7 release date according to rumours is said to be sometime during September 2015 if Apple follows same  release cycle however it is partially depend upon the sales of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. If the sales of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus aren’t impressive, Apple may launch iPhone 7 prior to that.

There are several reasons why Apple most likely will launch new generation iPhone in September 2015 and the release of iOS9 is one of the major reason. Apple generally release its new generation iPhone with latest iOS. The iOS 9 release date is said to be some sometime in June 2015 during WWDC conference.
The one of the talked feature of iPhone 7 is build-in projector. The iPhone 7 will  have built-in projector that will enable people to show videos or the images on larger screen. The new iPhone 7 will not be the only phone featuring built-in projector, Samsung Galaxy Beam already sports this feature. Since Apple has been bringing innovation to every single device it launches, we are hopping to have built-in projector feature presented in an innovative way. Apart from it, there are several great feature that iPhone 7 may come up with. Have a quick look at all expected features: 

Design – Apple has started to follow the growing demand of big screen phone and we have seen the latest flagship smartphones iPhone 6 and 6 Plus features 4.7 and 5.5 inch massive screens respectively with curved design. Every new iPhone apart from becoming bigger in size getting slimmer in depth as well so the new iPhone 7 could again be slightly slimmer than 7.1 mm and have metallic/ceramic feel body.
iOS – The iPhone 7 will be featuring the latest iOS 9 which is expected to be released in June 2015 during WWDC 2015 conference.
Camera – Talking about iPhone 7 camera, the new iPhone may sport 16 megapixel primary camera with 2 megapixel secondary camera for self shoot.
Processor – Every new iPhone comes with improved processing speed and hardware system. The iPhone 7 is expecting to sport Quad-core processor with Apple’s latest A9 chipset that will smoother entire functioning.
Built-in Projector – iPhone 7 is rumoured to have built-in projector that can be used to showcase pics and videos stored at a larger screen. This is a great feature that can attract people from corporate world who go to the client for giving presentation. Although it can not replace the projector but can be used as a substitute if needed.
Memory – Like iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, the iPhone 7 may come with internal memory of 16/64/128 GB with no option to further expand it as the memory card slot could be missing.
Connectivity – 4G LTE enabled
Battery – Talking about battery, iPhone 7 may feature Non-removable Li-Po battery with higher mAh than its predecessor that will help iPhone 7 last longer with a single charge.