Over the years, my iPhone upgrade ritual has developed a few patterns. My routine involves talking myself out of pre-ordering, driving to whatever far-away retail store has launch day inventory, and ending up in New Orleans to try out the new camera system. This year is no exception. I sold my silver 128GB iPhone 12 Pro Max to a local buyer who thought I was joking when I said the charging brick no longer comes in the box....
Also: Apple’s iPhone 14 is official: Goodbye Mini, hello Plus Then there was the 6.7-inch Pro Max model, standing tall over the rest of the lineup, offering the most battery life, and the largest display of the group. This year, however, Apple has changed its approach. The iPhone 14 Mini isn’t an option. Instead, Apple went with a more uniform iPhone 14 lineup. There are now two 6.1-inch models in the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro, and then two 6....
Chinese tech geeks will be happy to hear this. A 32 GB iPhone 4S was reportedly selling for $2000 in China in October. Now, there’s a difference between that and the $399 it will cost via official channels (or $ 199 – 16 GB and $ 399 – 64 GB). It will be available for free at some carriers with a two year contract. Apple also says the device will also be available in 21 other countries: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bolivia, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Cameroon, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, China, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, Guam, Guinea Conakry, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Niger, Senegal, St....
With the launch of Apple’s iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, users now have the option to shoot up 12-megapixel photos and 4K video at 30 fps. This is four times the video resolution found on the iPhone 6, but how does it perform? We’ve put together a new video test to find out exactly what it looks like… In the video below, you’ll find 4K/UHD footage directly from the iPhone 6s....
iPhone Lockdown Mode is an extreme form of security designed to protect people who might find themselves targets of state-sponsored spyware, like Pegasus. However, a privacy activist says it also makes it easy for a website to detect when someone is using it – and has demonstrated this. So what is designed to be protection against rogue governments could actually end up helping them identify people who may be of interest …...
Online gadget resellers are currently experiencing a huge smartphone trade-in surge due to tomorrow’s unveiling of the next-generation iPhone, but they also warn that today’s attractive prices will not last forever (or for another 24 hours, for that matter). Gazelle, which is one such website that noticed the ballooning amount of trade-ins, said it witnessed a 600 percent increase over the last 30 days, when compared to the 30 days prior to the 4S launch, but the company’s chief gadget officer, Anthony Scarsella, said the business growth shows “just how excited consumers are about the iPhone 5....
Over the last four years, iPhone has consistently beaten out Samsung’s flagship smartphones in speeds tests. Now, YouTuber PhoneBuff has put the new Galaxy S10+ up against the iPhone XS Max and it has finally lost its speed test crown. Last year, we saw the iPhone XS Max beat out all other smartphones in app loading-style speed tests. That included wins over the Galaxy Note 9, Google Pixel 3, Huawei’s Mate 20 Pro, and more....
Evidence is mounting for a new Crash Bandicoot title after a recent PlayStation commercial featured a mask that’s never been seen before. The franchise has seen a major revitalization thanks to the release of a remake trilogy for the franchise dubbed the N-Sane Trilogy. The Crash Bandicoot collection has sold over 10 million units since its debut, making it one of the most successful franchises in Activision’s arsenal. The company then followed the nostalgic entry up with a remake of Spyro the Dragon’s original trilogy....
Apple has announced multiple new features for AirPods users with iOS 15, which includes Conversation Boost for AirPods Pro and true Find My support for the first time. While Apple mentioned that users will be able to locate lost AirPods with Precision Finding, iOS 15 will also link AirPods with your Apple ID to ensure that you can easily find them anywhere. Similar to AirTags, iOS 15 will use Bluetooth technology to precisely locate AirPods when you’re near them but don’t know exactly where the earphones are located....
iOS 16 beta 3 and iPadOS 16 beta 3 are here, and they include some further updates and changes to new features first announced at WWDC last month. Head below as we round up everything new in iOS 16 beta 3 and iPadOS 16 beta 3… iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 are slated to be released to the public sometime this fall. We expect Apple to continue making changes and tweaks to the updates in the lead up to that fall release....
New features found in iOS 16 included a brand new lock screen that you can customize, complete with a row of widgets to bring glanceable information to your iPhone’s display. Apple also made an important change to the Messages app, allowing users to edit or delete an iMessage within a set amount of time – a feature that many messaging apps have had for awhile now. After using the beta for a few months, it’s clear to me that the biggest and most impactful change Apple made has been to the lock screen....
Apple included a button in the Music and Videos applications in iOS 5 that took the user directly to the respective section of the iTunes Store app. Now, in iOS 6, Apple includes a new feature to the redesigned Music app that will make purchasing even faster and easier than before. The new button, which appears at the bottom of albums, is a Complete My Album toggle. Rather than pull the user out of the Music app and into the iTunes Store, the list expands to show the entire album and allows for purchasing the songs directly in the new Music app....
Apple iPad Air “It’s so light” are the words you’ll hear spoken by nearly everyone who stops by the new iPads in an Apple retail store. It’s so light, in fact, that Apple gave it a new name alluding to that fact: “iPad Air”. While there’s no substitution for picking it up and feeling for yourself how light this is, I’ll try to convey it in numbers. iPad Air weighs just 1 pound, which is nearly a half pound less than iPad 4, which weighs 1....
iFixit has done its usual trick of hopping over to Australia to get its hands on an iPad Air in the first time-zone to open its doors for business to bring us a look at the innards of the new device. The device is now on sale in the U.S. too, with supplies expected to be good. No surprise that the company found little prospect of success for DIY repair, reporting that even opening the casing was a challenge: when you pack that much technology into so small a space, there’s going to be a lot of glue involved....
Yesterday saw the launch of the all-new iPad 10, as well as updated versions of the 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro, which makes for a rather extensive iPad line-up! This could be viewed in two ways. Apple’s argument would be that the company now offers a model for every need, while a certain Apple co-founder might have been found drawing a 2×2 grid about now … Current iPad line-up With the latest changes, what is Apple’s iPad line-up now?...
The new Safari design has faced a lot of criticism since it was introduced during the WWDC21 keynote. Now, beta 4 of iPadOS 15 shows that the iPad is following the same path as macOS Monterey did with beta 3. With this update, iPadOS 15 shows separated tab bars, so when users start browsing, they will see the main URL at the top, and then all the different tab bars opened just below....
An iPhone 12 battery test shows that the new models take a huge hit to their battery-life when using 5G data. The standard model iPhone 12 lost almost exactly two hours of battery-life when using 5G compared to 4G, and things were even worse with the iPhone 12 Pro … Tom’s Guide put the two new models through its standard battery-life test. But this time, it added in an additional element....
Insurance company Allstate says its iPhone 12 drop tests show that the device is the most durable phone it has ever tested – but you still shouldn’t expect too much. It follows earlier drop tests, scratch tests, and more by a variety of YouTubers. It said that both the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro survived three six-feet drop tests onto a rough sidewalk, one front-down, one rear-down, and one side …...
In addition to those big announcements, Apple also announced an update to the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro lineups. It’s not a huge update, by any means, but it’s one that’s sure to entice people to upgrade from an older iPhone or make the jump from an Android phone. The update? A new color. Apple added Green to the lineup for the iPhone 13 Mini and iPhone 13, joining Pink, Blue, Midnight, Starlight, and Product Red....
1. REvil ransomware shuts down again after Tor sites were hijacked The REvil ransomware operation has likely shut down once again after an unknown person hijacked their Tor payment portal and data leak blog. The Tor sites went offline earlier today, with a threat actor affiliated with the REvil operation posting to the XSS hacking forum that someone hijacked the gang’s domains. Read more » 2. Microsoft asks admins to patch PowerShell to fix WDAC bypass Microsoft has asked system administrators to patch PowerShell 7 against two vulnerabilities allowing attackers to bypass Windows Defender Application Control enforcements and gain access to plain text credentials....
