United flight attendants get iPhone 6+

United, which like most airlines, has equipped pilots with iPads to replace the 40-60 pounds of paper flight and safety materials they used to carry, is now distributing 23,000 iPhones to its flight attendants to handle retail sales, company manuals and policies and official communication. It’s partly a result of Apple’s drive to sell phones in bulk to corporate users, rather than one user at a time. MORE