Apple has just released the sixth beta of iOS 15 for developers, and while we don’t know exactly what has changed with this update, the company has confirmed that iOS 15 beta 6 brings another redesign to Safari. This time, the company seems to have reversed some of the changes made to the iPhone version of Safari. According to the release notes for iOS 15 beta 6, today’s update brings an option to show the Safari address bar at the top....
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpjpVAB06O4] Apple’s purchase of Siri in early 2010 and their partnership with Nuance in 2011 has many hoping that Apple has something like speech-to-text or voice-navigation up its sleeve for iOS 5. One of the remaining advantages of Android over iOS is its system-wide Voice Actions technology. Unfortunately, WWDC and the iOS 5 announcement came and went and nothing related to voice-navigation had been announced. Even so, the Apple-Nuance partnership has been confirmed by way of Nuance voices in Apple’s OS X Lion and Nuance speech-to-text functionality that is referenced in Apple’s internal settings modules....
The iOS 9 GM includes a new feature for Siri to help it better recognize your voice when using the automatic ‘Hey Siri’ activation feature. On all current iPhones, you can activate Siri by saying ‘Hey Siri’ when the device is plugged in to power. On the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, the ‘Hey Siri’ activation feature works all the time, plugged in or not, thanks to new dedicated components inside the latest iPhones meaning it can be ‘always on’....
The United States Patent & Trademark Office publicized a year-old Apple patent application today, as noted by Engadget, that described a futuristic iPad cover with a built-in, flexible AMOLED-type display. The Smart Cover notably houses a touch-sensitive user-interface by way of a “sensor overlaid on the flexible flap display.” A small cover display on the front would also show notifications such as “recent emails, instant messages, or upcoming calendar events.”...
Investment bank Piper Sandler says that interest in an iPhone 12 upgrade has more than halved from the level seen back in December of last year … PED30 reports that while 23% of current iPhone owners were planning to upgrade to the iPhone 12 when Piper Sandler conducted its survey at the end of last year, a new one shows that just 10% of owners still plan to do so....
iPhone 13 Design Changes & Camera Bump According to the reports, in September there are four new iPhones will be releasing, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Mini, iPhone 13 Pro, and iPhone 13 Pro Max. From the rumors and leaks, there will be a huge change in the design of the smartphone, as it is said that the iPhone 13 will be much similar to iPhone 12 in size and price. However, there are a few changes and upgrades that might come in the upcoming phone to make it using easier....
New data from Counterpoint Research today highlights the effects that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on smartphone sales. According to the data, smartphone sell-through volumes in the United States fell by 25% year-over-year during Q2 2020, but the iPhone SE represented a “bright spot” for the market. Samsung was least-affected with sell-through volumes declining by 10% in Q2, followed by Alcatel, which saw a decline of 11%. According to the data, Apple’s sell-through volumes fell by 23% year-over-year....
After putting the iPhone XS Max and Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 10+ head to head in a drop test, YouTuber PhoneBuff is out today with the same devices in a speed test. While the Note 10+ beat the almost year-old iPhone XS Max, it wasn’t by as much as you might guess with Samsung’s latest featuring 12GB of RAM. The end result isn’t a surprise here as the iPhone XS Max and its A12 Bionic processor and 4GB of RAM couldn’t quite keep up with the Galaxy S10+ that was released earlier this year....
It’s been revealed that Iron Man, the movie that birthed the Marvel Cinematic Universe back in 2008, very nearly had a different big bad. Since kicking off nearly a decade ago, the MCU has come to be the most successful movie franchise in history, grossing over $12.5 billion at the box office over the course of 16 films. Given the heights that Marvel’s shared universe has reached in the years since, and its insane potential going forward, it’s crazy to think that one little movie starring Robert Downey Jr....
The battery percentage has finally been added back to the status bar with this week’s release of iOS 16 to the public. This addresses one of the most common iOS requests since Apple removed the icon with the release of the iPhone X. iPhone battery percentage is back In iOS 16, you can add the battery percentage back to the status bar. Simply go into Settings, then choose Battery, then toggle on the new Battery Percentage option....
Update: Apple confirmed in a statement to AllThingsD that it is working on a fix for a future software update: Forbes publicizes a bug in the iOS 7 Lock screen and Control Center implementation that could allow a person to bypass the device’s passcode and access the photo library. This bug is more of a potential security issue as it requires users to both be running their camera app (so it shows up in multitasking) and have Control Center activated for the Lock screen....
This week’s iOS 9.3 beta software update for iPhone and iPad is a pretty major release for a mid-cycle version. New features including the F.lux-like Night Shift which lets you change the color temperature of your display and Touch ID plus secure passwords for Notes feel more major version features. Other parts like new 3D Touch quick actions for many of Apple’s stock apps feel more like playing catch up, but overall iOS 9....
Bringing Fortnite to iOS in March helped the survival game hit 125 million players this month. Epic Games announced the stat as it promised big prizes for a series of upcoming competitions … Epic said that last month that it would be offering $100M in competition prizes, and the company has now provided a little more detail. The company says that details of platforms and schedules will be provided soon. iOS-specific competitions seem likely as the company continues to promote the platform....
iPad has officially received its own operating system with the arrival of iPadOS 13. One of the many changes includes new Home screen layout options. Follow along for how to make iPad app icons and their text bigger. You can now fit more apps on the iPad Home screen than ever before. However, some might find the app icons and text becomes too small. There’s an easy way to change the app grid to feature fewer apps that makes them bigger at the same time....
Sticking close to their purported iPhone 5 digitizer, showing a larger display and a thinner bezel, iDealsChina has now posted several “mold engineering drawings” for the fifth-generation iPhone. Interestingly enough, these images depict an iPhone 4-like design – with the same wrap-around antenna – but with a larger display and a thinner bezel. This larger display and thinner bezel goes hand in hand with reports from Digitimes and the Wall Street Journal, respectively....
Facial and gesture recognition could be some of the flagship features of Apple’s new iPhone 8 expected later this year, according to one analyst. Cowen’s Timothy Arcuri (via Business Insider) believes the next iPhone will gain a new front-facing sensor that will be used for these features. Arcuri tells the firm’s clients that the expected iPhone 8 will include a new 5.8-inch model with an OLED wraparound display, wireless charging, “some form of facial/gesture recognition supported by a new laser sensor and an infrared sensor mounted near the front-facing camera”, and Touch ID embedded in the display....
iPhone trade-in values have always been higher than those for Android phones, and last year was no exception. Only one Android smartphone made the top five, and the worst-performing phones lost more than 80% of their value in a single year. The iPhone 12 Pro Max held its value best, with owners able to recoup more than two-thirds of the price they paid a year later… Of course, flagship iPhones are also expensive to buy, so SellCell examined its data to see which phones held the highest proportion of their 2020 purchase price when traded in the following year....
When Apple unveiled its new iPhones last month, I said that the iPhone XS and XS Max were totally overshadowed by the new Watch and the iPhone XR. The iPhone XR reviews, out today, confirm what I thought then. To offer something very close to the iPhone X/XS/Max form factor at a $749 price point is huge. And the near-bezel-free design also meant including the headline feature of last year’s flagship iPhone: Face ID....
Robert Downey Jr.’s cheeseburger scene in Iron Man held a much deeper meaning than initially thought. The 2008 movie, directed by Jon Favreau, served as the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Over a decade later, Downey would be known as one of Hollywood’s biggest action stars for continuously reprising his role as Tony Stark, a.k.a. Iron Man. The character gave his life in a heroic sacrifice to take down Thanos in Avengers: Endgame but there’s still a chance Downey could return to the MCU....
Warning: SPOILERS for The Fate of the Furious below - Back in 2001, no one could have ever expected a humble movie called The Fast and the Furious, based on a magazine article about street racers in Los Angeles and starring two actors who were hardly household names, would spawn one of the biggest franchises ever. 16 years, eight films, and over $4-billion in worldwide grosses later, there is no stopping the Fast franchise....
