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As we’re six months away from Apple unveiling the next generation of iPhones, the iPhone 14 is now at the engineering validation test. That said, a new report shows that the 2023 iPhone line could feature the long-rumored Periscope design with 5x optical zoom. Additionally, the analyst shared some tidbits about the upcoming iPhone 14. He says that the A16 chip, destined for the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max, will feature a larger die size compared to A15, despite the migration to 4nm technology....

Update: Apple has now pulled the images from their site. It seems the iPhone 4S has arrived on Apple’s Japanese website a little bit early. The rough translation tells us the device will be available on October 14th through retail stores starting at 8AM. It appears the price has been cut approximately 30% from the current 13,800 yen down to 10,800 yen. We also just told you about images of the new device that were discovered on the Apple website showing a largely unchanged design from the iPhone 4 in both black and white models....

Earlier today, we had two new rumors coming from different sources about upcoming versions of the iPhone. While leaker Sonny Dickson revealed dummy models of this year’s lineup of iPhones, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo detailed what to expect for the 2022 iPhones. Despite things like design and new features, there’s one specific issue worth thinking about, and that’s the iPhone mini. Apple and the smaller iPhones Ever since Apple introduced the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in 2014, the company has been pushing bigger displays on its flagship phones....

iPhone upgrades are becoming less frequent, according to an analysis by a mobile trade-in company. The average owner is now holding onto their iPhone for almost three years, shows the data … Hyla Mobile says that the average age of an iPhone traded in is now 2.92 years, reports the WSJ. Two factors are believed responsible for the lengthier wait between iPhone upgrades. First, and most obviously, pricier phones. iPhones traded in during the period were an average of 2....

Apple’s new iOS 9.3.2 beta 2, which just shipped to developers a few minutes ago, lets users once again easily enable Low Power Mode and Night Shift at the same time. With each previous release, Apple seemed as if it was tightening the reigns on the ability to use both features together, which forced users to resort to tricks. Now, with the latest 9.3.2 beta 2, the two features can once again exist in relative harmony....

In his security and privacy post regarding iOS’s current music library, Ben Dodson adds a small addendum explaining that with iOS 9.3 apps can now add music that currently exists in the Apple Music catalog directly to a user’s music library. While a small and under-discussed feature, it opens up further possibilities for many different kinds of apps and application developers. Looking at the framework’s revisions, we see that the additions brought in with iOS 9....

However, his order was canceled by the Snapdeal, and the mobile was not delivered to him. He decided to move further by filing a case against Snapdeal rather than being silent. He later filed a complaint against Snapdeal for refusing to deliver him the iPhone 5S as promised at District Consumer Forum in Punjab. Surprisingly, Nikhil won the case, and Snapdeal delivered iPhone 5S to him at the same price, i....

Besides, the company hasn’t made anything official yet, but we have blended almost every possible detail about this upcoming iPhone that is currently present online so let’s delve into the details below. Apple iPhone SE 4: Everything We Know So Far First, let’s discuss its design which is a major component of it. According to many leaker’s reports, iPhone SE 4 is getting huge advancement in its design as it will now look more like 2018’s iPhone XR....

On September 15th our very own Seth Weintraub was in Milwaukee for the iPhone 8 launch, and the scene was underwhelming. However, the crowd at the same store today is more in line with what iPhone X hype would suggest. Earlier this morning we shared a look at the Apple’s 5th Avenue flagship and the long lines of eager customers, but what are smaller stores looking like today? This morning I headed down to the same location Seth was at for the iPhone 8 launch to see how the launches compared....

In a synthetic test of real world app launch times, the iPhone XS Max beats out the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 by a decent margin. PhoneBuff uses robot arms to reliably open and switch apps as each app completes its loading tasks, so it is more scientific than most of these phone speed tests — at least the human error is eliminated. These ‘relay race’ tests involve launching the equivalent apps on the iPhone and the Android phone in sequence, and then opening each again in reverse order....

Netflix launched their corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with season 1 of Daredevil in early 2015, which kicked off their mini shared universe to plenty of critical acclaim and positive responses from Marvel fans. The streaming service followed up the success of Daredevil with the first season of Jessica Jones later that year, while 2016 saw the release of Daredevil season 2 - which introduced Elektra (Élodie Yung) and Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal) - as well as Luke Cage season 1....

iOS 5.0.1 was released last week with promises to fix the issue of battery life that has been plaguing many users and some security issues like the Smart Cover hack. As we originally reported, the update even left some of those without battery issues with quicker battery drains. Over the weekend, even more issues within iOS 5.0.1 have arisen including Wi-Fi signal loss, microphone failures, and cellular network issues. If you head on over to the Apple Support Forum you’ll find a very long list of issues people are having....

Earlier today, Apple released a new iOS 6 beta to developers, introducing the usual “bug fixes and improvements”. Below is a list of all the new buttons and changes we’ve found so far. If you happen to spot any more, send them our way at tips@9to5mac.com. The first thing you’ll see when installing beta 2 is actually a change that was technically made in beta 1: when installing an OTA update, the cogs in the Settings icon on the Software Update page spin (not the ones on the actual home screen, though)....

Besides supporting all iOS 7 devices, iOS 7.1 brings support for a pair of new iPad models: iPad 4,3 (download link) and iPad 4,6 (download link). These models have not been announced by Apple, but they likely represent minor hardware revisions… From time-to-time, Apple silently updates its devices with either improved or more efficient components. These rarely are announced or have any effect on customers. It is also possible that these devices could be devices optimized for overseas networks (China?...

If you write iOS apps and wonder how your earnings compare against those of other developers – or you have an idea for an app, and are wondering whether it’s worth pursuing – it can be tough to find any hard information. We hear occasional stories about hugely successful apps like Flappy Bird making hundreds of thousands of dollars per day, and we know there are some apps with literally zero downloads to their name, but what about the middle ground?...

Beats co-founder Jimmy Iovine responded to a recent fine levied by the NFL against 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick for wearing Beats headphones during a post-game interview. Iovine said that he was glad players considered Beats ‘cool’ and that the company had gotten millions of dollars worth of publicity out of the media coverage surrounding the ban and subsequent fine. Iovine also recounted how the Beats brand got started when he ran into Dr....

The iPhone 13 name would be off-putting to some 18% of iPhone and iPad users, who would describe themselves as triskaidekaphobic – that is, having a fear of the number 13. The preferred alternative name would be iPhone (2021)… The survey was carried out by SellCell, which posed the question, “Could naming the next Apple smartphone ‘iPhone 13 put you off as the number 13 can be deemed unlucky?” One in five iPhone and iPad users (18....

iPhone 13 launch day has arrived and all of the best deals are following suit with $290 bundle discounts on Apple’s latest handsets. That’s alongside a new low on the 12.9-inch iPad Pro at $149 off and Apple’s in-house MagSafe charger for $26. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break. iPhone 13 and HomePod mini bundles now $290 off It’s iPhone 13 launch day, and while there are still all of the best offers for those on a carrier right here, Visible Wireless is now getting in on the savings with its own day one promotion....

Apple hasn’t even announced iPhone 14 yet, but we’re already hearing rumors about the 2023 iPhone models. Right now, the number-one feature mentioned by rumors is a periscope lens for better optical zoom. While analysts first believed that this technology would be exclusive to the 2023 Pro models, Ming-Chi Kuo now claims that only the larger iPhone 15 Pro Max will get the new lens. Periscope lens on iPhone For those unfamiliar, periscope lenses rely on a prism that reflects light to multiple internal lenses at 90 degrees to the camera sensor....

More importantly, Geekbench results (seen below) tell us that iPad 2 is clocked around “25 percent higher than the iPhone 4S”. Overall, the Apple-designed dual-core A5 chip inside iPhone 4S is estimated to run at 800MHz versus iPad 2’s 1GHz A5 processor. This isn’t entirely unexpected due to the battery concerns and the handset’s much smaller 5.25 Whr battery. Furthermore, Apple says iPhone 4S has “up to seven times faster graphics” versus the advertised “nine times faster graphics” on the iPad 2 – another proof that the two device’s graphics processing units are not clocked equally....