Apple goes small for new iPhone, iPad

Cupertino, United States

APPLE went small on Monday - cutting prices as well as screen size - as it unveiled a new iPhone and iPad aimed at first-time buyers and customers in emerging markets.

The new launches came as the FBI moved to postpone a high-profile court battle with the tech giant on encryption and data protection, saying it may have a way to break into an iPhone at the heart of that case.

On Sunday, "an outside party demonstrated to the FBI a possible method for unlocking (Syed) Farook's iPhone", prosecutors said in a filing asking a federal judge in Southern California to delay a hearing set for Tuesday. "If the method is viable, it should elim…