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The GoPro-ification of the iPhone
Hello friends, and welcome back to Week in Review! Last week, we talked about some sunglasses from a company that many people do not like very much. This week, we’re…
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iPhone 12 mini Review: Tiny package, big bang
Reviewing the iPhone 12 mini and the iPhone 12 Pro Max at the same time has been an exercise in extremes. I noted in my earlier reviews of the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro that it was difficult to evaluate the middle of the lineup without having the extreme ends of the scale available…
Apple reveals the $99 HomePod Mini
Today, during its iPhone hardware event, Apple unveiled the $99 HomePod Mini. The HomePod Mini is clearly a reach for a broader swath of new users. The original HomePod managed…
Next iPhone could be available in grey, white, blue, red and orange
According to a supply chain report, Apple is preparing to release three iPhone lines this fall. One, a 5.8-inch iPhone X with improved specs and lower price. Two, a new…
The headphone jack could still have a future in an iPhone. These leaked pics show an iPhone SE 2 with a glass back and headphone jack. Like the current iPhone…
The iPhone X is now available for pre-order
The iPhone X, the device TechCrunch is calling Apple’s best iPhone ever, is now available for pre-order. In case you’ve spent the last month living under a rock and missed…
Offering to gate the smorgasbord of personal content that lives on a mobile device behind a face biometric inevitably raises lots of security questions, even as always on face-scanning tech…
Apple to remove home button in upcoming high-end iPhone, report says
The home button is headed to the trash bin, if a report by Bloomberg is to be believed. According to the report, Apple is ditching the button to make room for…
What Is The Fate Of Apple’s iPhone 5C?
With Apple releasing new iPhones next week, the question arises: what will happen to its existing models? With recent releases, Apple has kept older devices around to serve it at…
Apple has released a new update to iOS 7 today, a minor point update with bug fixes and improvements. One such improvement beefs up Touch ID performance, which should mean…
Apple Details Touch ID And The A7’s Secure Enclave In Updated iOS Security Document
Apple has shared some information around how Touch ID and its Secure Enclave keeps information private in an updated security document newly posted to its “iPhone in Business” microsite. The…
iPhone 5s Owners Gobbling “Unprecedented” Levels Of Data, Study Finds
A large-scale survey of mobile data consumption in 2013 conducted by JDSU has found flagship smartphone device users are continuing to outpace the data consumption rates of tablet users. But…
Apple Sends Out iPhone Survey, Seeks Feedback On Android, Touch ID And More
Apple has begun to send out a survey asking shoppers who have recently purchased an iPhone to provide some feedback about their purchase and their experience with the device. TechCrunch…
China Mobile Kicks Off iPhone Preorders Thursday, 4G Network Booting Up Dec. 18
Last week, it came out that China Mobile and Apple had finally penned a deal to bring the iPhone to China’s largest mobile network, and now the Wall Street Journal…
The iPhone Quietly Goes Up For Pre-Order On China Mobile
According to Fortune, China Mobile has begun quietly taking pre-orders for Apple’s iPhone 5s and 5c smartphones. The below screenshot reportedly originated on a website owned by a subsidiary of…
Patent Application For Touch ID Shows How Apple Secures Fingerprint Information On iPhone 5s
A new patent application published by the USPTO (via MacRumors) shows some more detail around Apple’s use of Touch ID and the fingerprint sensor in the iPhone 5s. Apple has…
U.S. Cellular Gets The iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c on November 8th
U.S. Cellular, the 5th largest wireless network in the US, has announced today that it will get the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c on November 8th. Subscribers on the network…
Apple Reportedly Reduces iPhone 5c Orders, Increases iPhone 5s Output For Q4
Apple is cutting its orders for the iPhone 5c ahead of the fourth quarter, a new report from the Wall Street Journal claims. Citing people familiar with the situation, the…
Apps Crash More On The iPhone 5s Than The iPhone 5
Despite the fact that you got the newest, fastest, goldest iPhone available, you may have noticed something a bit frustrating. Apps are crashing more often. Turns out, you’re not going…
iPhone 5s And 5c Make Their Way To 35 New Markets Oct. 25, 17 More On Nov. 1
Apple has just announced the next round of launch dates for the iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s, and a total of 52 new markets will get the devices by November…
NTT Docomo Finally Gets The iPhone, But Subscribers Still Flee Due To Low Stock
Japanese carrier NTT Docomo has revealed that it experienced a record monthly drop in subscribers for September, which is somewhat surprising given that the company was the lone remaining major…
What’s there to say? It’s the flagship iPhone 5s. To say that it won’t be wildly successful would be silly. We already know that Apple sold 9 million units of…
Two iPhones Diverged…
What I’m about to say may be considered blasphemy amongst a certain group of my peers: I think I like the iPhone 5c more than the iPhone 5s.
Apple’s iPhone 5c Build Costs Start At $173, Entry-Level 5s At $199, According To Research Firm IHS
Every time Apple builds a new device, search firm IHS takes a look at the parts and tries to estimate the bill-of-materials for the new gadget. The resulting price is…
Apple’s Share Price Opens Up Over 6% On Strength Of Opening Weekend iPhone 5s And 5c Sales
Apple’s stock was up 6.15 percent, or $28.74 at market open this morning, on the back of news that its iPhone 5s and 5c have sold over 9 million units…
Apple’s iPhone 5s And iPhone 5c Sell 9M Units Over Opening Weekend, Topping 5M For iPhone 5 Last Year
Apple has just issued a press release revealing it sold 9M iPhones during the launch weekend of its iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s. As is typical for the company with…
iPhone 5s And iPhone 5c Already Make Up Nearly 1.5% Of Total U.S. iPhones Says Localytics, 5s Leads
Apple’s iOS 7 is really gaining steam when it comes to early adoption, with Mixpanel reporting that it has already passed iOS 6 in terms of traffic hitting its network…
Apple could learn a lot from the fall of Burberry. The once-exclusive fashion brand became associated with trashy youth by greedily licensing out its signature tan chequered pattern for use…
Gillmor Gang: Under My Thumb
The Gillmor Gang — John Borthwick, Robert Scoble, Danny Sullivan, John Taschek, and Steve Gillmor — collected iPhone 5’s from the corners of the tech world. Danny Sullivan ordered the…
Your Nosy Boy/Girlfriend Can Unlock Your iPhone 5s With Your Thumb While You Sleep
The passcode can’t die yet. The iPhone 5s’s Touch ID fingerprint security system can be unlocked with your finger even if you’re asleep. That means a jealous lover could hold…
