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A new report today claims that iPhone 12 volume production will begin sometime in July, as the final phase of engineering validation is expected to be completed by the end of this month. That could build up enough stock for some availability in September. There’s been a lot of speculation about whether the iPhone 12 launch will be delayed beyond the usual September timing … There have been repeated suggestions that the iPhone 12 is about a month behind schedule, and that engineering validation tests have been the cause of the hold-up....

Update: Users in the thread are now reporting that the problem has been resolved. Multiple iPhone 6 owners are reporting in an Apple Support Communities thread that they are unable to add cards back into Apple Pay after their phone has been restored – whether as a new phone or from a backup. According to reports there, Apple has been able to resolve the issue only by replacing the phone....

Apple got in to the high-end phablet game for the first time last year. And just a couple of months back, it released its follow up to the 6 Plus just as Motorola turned its Moto X into a giant. Can the X Pure compete with what many consider to be the best phablet around? [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbkAHRZ3e3M] Like Apple, Motorola has a big focus on design. Although their focus takes them on a slightly different path, the value for aesthetic appeal is there nonetheless....

If you have any of the iPhone games above, iPhone developer Storm 8 might have collected your iPhone number according to a lawsuit investigated by Boing Boing. …the suit claims that the practice is not authorized by Apple and involves the execution of “malicious software code”. Storm8 has written the software for all its games in such a way that it automatically accesses, collects, and transmits the wireless telephone number of each iPhone user who downloads any Storm8 game,” the suit alleges....

Analysts expect iPhone sales in India to grow by more than 50% year-on-year, up from under $2B in Apple’s 2019/2020 financial year to around $3B by the end of the current financial year. iPhone production in India has also increased dramatically since 2017 … Patently Apple cites a paywalled report in India’s Business Standard. Sales in India will have been significantly boosted by the opening of an online Apple Store last September, and the following year should see another substantial leap as the first physical Apple Stores open in the country in 2022....

iPhone screen production has been hit by the on-going shortage of display driver chips, says a new report today. The shortage is set to affect production both this month and next. The issue is expected to run into the millions of display panels… Background The global chip shortage was created by a mix of factors. These include increased demand for technology during the pandemic, COVID-related production disruption, and a growing demand for chips by car-makers; as cars rely on increasing numbers of microprocessor units....

iPhone assembler Foxconn has reported a 31% drop in its Q2 net profit, a hit being attributed to the recent decline in iPhone sales. The company reported net profits of NT$17.7B ($566) against analyst expectations of NT$23.9B, reports the WSJ. There was some good news for the company, however, as its acquisition of Sharp got the government approval necessary to make the deal fully official. The impact on suppliers of reduced iPhone demand was first seen back in May, when it was reported that Foxconn, Pegatron, Sharp, Japan Display and Sony had all seen their fortunes falling....

Bonny Joy, analyst at Strategy Analytics, said, “We estimate the Apple iPhone will account for 6.3 million of the 18.1 million touchscreen phones sold in the United States during January to December 2008, for an impressive 35 per cent marketshare. We expect the release of the heavily-subsidized 3G iPhone 2.0 on July 11 to catalyze a healthy spurt in touchscreen volumes during the second half of the year.” Neil Mawston, Director of Strategy Analytics, added, “Apple is in a strong position today but its rivals are not standing still....

Scratching beneath that similar spec surface A casual glance at the spec sheet of the new iPhones would seem to indicate that the cameras of the XS and the XS Max are basically a photocopy of the iPhone X’s cameras – and this is also a good time to point out that for the first time in iPhone history, both the standard and larger variants of a device have exactly the same set of cameras (in the past, the larger Plus variant of has generally had better cameras)....

iQOO Neo6 has a 64MP OIS main camera with GW1P sensor, which takes amazing motion pictures even when zooming in. OIS can minimize image blurs caused by shaking. In this guide, we have the latest stock firmware flash file for the iQOO Neo 6 PD2199F powered by a Qualcomm SM8250-AC Snapdragon 870 5G processor. To install the firmware flash file, we need a software called the QFil Flash tool which can be helpful to flash the stock ROM on your device....

Between unusual error messages and checks being sent to the wrong bank account, there are still kinks in the IRS’s payment system that the government must work out. Tap or click here to see what you need to do if your stimulus goes to the wrong bank account. But, do you know who seemed to receive their stimulus checks without any problem? Dead people across the U.S.! As it turns out, if a person died between 2018 and now, the government still may have sent them a check....

Disney is gradually removing a lot of its original content from other streaming services prior to the launch of Disney+, so where can Big Hero 6 be found online? Inspired by the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name, Disney’s Big Hero 6 was released in 2014 and is co-directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams who are the same team that would later make modern classic Moana. Set in the futuristic city of San Fransokyo, the film follows a young robotics genius named Hiro (voiced by Titans’ Ryan Potter) who – with the help of an inflatable robot named Baymax (Scott Adsit) – assembles a ragtag team of superheroes to find the villain responsible for his brother’s death....

Across the system, iOS 14 brought a new dial picker that was quite the departure from the tried and true version we had in the years before. As we first reported in June, with iOS 15, Apple has brought back its popular wheel dial picker but with a small twist for those who prefer numpad entry. iOS 14 made a big shift with its dial picker. Instead of the large, wheel-style dial picker, it adopted a small hybrid approach that included both a numpad input and a somewhat hidden dial picker....

iOS 16 beta 6 and iPadOS 16 beta 6 are now rolling out to developers, one week after the fifth beta was released. iOS 16 brings a number of changes, including updates to the Lock Screen, new wallpaper options, and more. iOS 16 beta 6 will continue refining these new features… Update: Also now available to public beta testers. Each new iOS 16 beta usually includes a number of changes, bug fixes, and even new features....

Apple has just released the golden master version of iOS 4.3 and Xcode 4 to developers. iOS 4.3 includes personal hotspot, a faster Safari engine, new AirPlay features and more. iOS 4.3 launches March 11th alongside the iPad 2. Non developers: Interested in having a look? read more below Apple TV 2G – (Apple left it at beta 3) iPad 1G – 596.82MB Multiupload (direct) MegaUpload Deposit Files iPhone 4 – 669....

Find My iPhone was first released in June 2010 initially for the iPhone. Now, Find My iPhone allows you to track the location of your device, be it an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, in case it gets lost or stolen. This is a great benefit because when you locate your device using Find My iPhone, the device makes noise until it is found and will show you were it is located using Apple Maps....

Besides a new suite of enhancements for educational uses, Apple’s upcoming iOS 9.3 release, which went into beta this morning, adds several consumer-facing features. Apple highlights these on a website previewing the update. Notably, the update adds a system-wide Night Mode that uses the device’s time and location to present certain colors around the software optimized for darker environments: Many studies have shown that exposure to bright blue light in the evening can affect your circadian rhythms and make it harder to fall asleep....

FastCompany today posted an in-depth look at the differences between Apple’s MapKit and Google’s recently launched Google Maps for iOS SDK from the perspective of developers. The lengthy piece gets insight from several iOS app developers with apps that rely on the SDKs and sheds some light on a few things that Apple is doing much better than Google despite a perception from users that Google Maps are superior: While noting that Google wins out with location lookup services, 3D buildings, directions, geocoding, and better hybrid satellite imagery, the developers were also quick to point out downsides of the Google Maps SDK such as quotas for the Places API, an increased app size, and limitations with markers, gradient polylines, and overlays....

Since its Sept. 21 launch, the iPhone 5’s shipping time has steadily improved as the holiday season nears. This morning, Apple updated its Australia/New Zealand and some Asian online stores to show the iPhone is now available to ship within “2-4 days”— an improvement from the “1 week” notice that hit at the exact same time last Monday. Just like last week, we expect the ship time changes to roll globally within the next day or so....

iPhone is the most popular US smartphone while the Android army’s march has propelled that multiplicity of devices to become the most popular OS, Canalsys reports today. The analysts note massive growth in the sector – the worldwide smartphone market grew by 95 percent over the year ago quarter. Nokia stays ahead of the pack with 33 percent while Apple grabbed 17 percent worldwide, putting it above RIM. Canalsys’ figures closely match those revealed last week by Strategy Analytics and IDC....