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In Summary iPhone 12 mini is an answer to the prayers of all those who wanted to go back to a feature-rich, powerful yet relatively small-sized smartphone. But what about the cramped display and more importantly, battery life? Here are our first impressions after using the iPhone 12 mini for around 3 days. Review coming up soon. For all things Apple and iPhone, you can check our Apple hub. This is pretty much how things were going until Apple introduced some smaller than usual iPhones this year....

Regional carrier C Spire Wireless (previously known as Cellular South) has just announced (via MacRumors) they will be the fourth U.S. carrier to offer the iPhone 4S beginning sometime in the “coming weeks”. This is a clear indication that Apple has plans to open up distribution to more smaller carriers in the future. “C Spire Wireless announced today that it will launch iPhone 4S, the most amazing iPhone yet, in the U....

Today we’re getting into the ultimate camera battle between Samsung’s Galaxy Note 5 and Apple’s iPhone 6s Plus. These are without a doubt packing the best camera sensors in mobile right now, but which one will take the throne as 2015’s best smartphone camera? We’ll be taking a look at pictures and video from both devices to find out… On the iPhone 6s Plus we have a 12-megapixel sensor, dual-tone flash, and optical image stabilization, with the ability to shoot up to 4K video at 30 frames per second....

All incoming ACU freshmen for 2008 will receive an iPhone or iPod touch. The video’s interesting, though the use of the word “iPhone” does get a little annoying at times. Here’s what ACU says: “Mobile technology is shaping the way we live, work and learn. Since education can now take place in the classroom or virtually anywhere, ACU is committed to exploring mobile learning technology that makes sense for our students and their future....

This threat has been dubbed ‘Black Dot of Death’ and affects iOS 11.3 and beta versions of iOS 11.4. According to the Mashable channel, this “threat” was apparently created by the EverythingApplePro channel and just like the WhatsApp bug, the message includes Unicode text that is not visible to the user. Once you open the message, the Message app simply locks as you can see in the next video....

Apple announced the end of the iPod earlier this month, ending an iconic 20 years. Consumers have been buying into nostalgia, either by purchasing iPods for collectibles or selling their old music players. SellCell has taken a look at how the iPod has depreciated over the last two decades and where resale values stand today. While retailers are selling out of the last iPods ever, consumers are looking to online marketplaces like eBay to purchase a bit of nostalgia....

Internet Hype As much as certain sections of the population rely on websites like Screen Rant to feed their hype, those people only make up a small portion of the larger movie-going audience. What excites some people doesn’t necessarily excite other people. When certain groups of people become too excited, it can create the impression that everybody’s excited, when really it’s just an outspoken minority. Take, for example, Snakes on a Plane, which is remembered as one of the first “viral” movies....

By default, when making an SSL connection, the client checks that the server’s certificate: has a verifiable chain of trust back to a trusted (root) certificate matches the requested hostname What it doesn’t do is check if the certificate in question is a specific certificate, namely the one you know your server is using. Relying on matching certificates between the device’s trust store and the remote server opens up a security hole....

Popular iOS Twitter client, Leaf, has announced today that the app will no longer be getting updates. With the announcement, the developer iPlop, and app designer Surenix have shed some light on what they’ve been working on, but will ultimately never see the light of day. The duo shared that Leaf’s long-awaited update will never come to fruition due to the recent Twitter API changes. Their official account tweeted: Future updates would’ve included support for the iPhone X screen, full accessibility support, composing 280 character tweets, a completely overhauled direct messages view, alternative icons, and much more....

Fortunately, this is an issue that can be fixed! In this article, we’re covering all of the ways you can fix a slow-charging iPad, as well as how you can charge your iPad faster than normal. 6 Fixes For An iPad Charging Slow 1. Check Your Adapter, Cable, And Wall Outlet The first way to fix your iPad is to pinpoint the problem. Your initial thought might be that something is wrong with your iPad, but it’s more likely that something is wrong with your charging equipment....

Want to add some personality and even some suspense to your iMessages? Read on for how to send handwritten notes in iMessage. We’ll also look at using invisible ink and other effects that can create a neat combination with handwritten messages. iOS offers quite a few ways to spice up your messaging between Animoji and Memoji, Digital Touch, iMessage Stickers, and much more. Another less commonly used option is handwritten iMessages on iPhone and iPad....

I made an early start on an iPhone 12 Diary back in July because reports as of then were leading me to suspect that I was going to choose what we now believe will be called the iPhone 12 mini. But there is one rumor which might change my plans very significantly. The appeal for me of the mini was the pocketability. As I’ve explained before, if I’m planning to do any significant device usage while mobile, I’ll take my iPad, so the key role of my iPhone is to be as pocketable as possible …...

Update: Apple appears to have changed shipping times once again since we originally posted this article. The blue and green unlocked 16GB models are now listed as shipping by September 25 alongside the white, pink & yellow models. Update 2: Now including 32GB models, all unlocked, non-T-Mobile iPhone 5c units shipping Sep. 25. After opening up preorders for the iPhone 5c through its online stores and a number of carrier and retail partners three days ago, Apple is beginning to sell out of several models and continuing to push back shipping times....

Some iPhone 6 owners have found that Apple’s latest and greatest phone comes with an unexpected (but patented!) new feature: flexibility. According to reports, the iPhone 6 is slightly bending beyond repair while in pockets. Some users say that the bending occurred after normal sitting, while other people have had more active lifestyles. Unfortunately, it does not appear that Apple will replace these more fragile-than-expected units at no cost. Some users are reporting that replacement costs are in the hundreds of dollars range....

Cases claiming to be designed for the next-generation iPhones, currently being dubbed the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, have been released online today. Although the cases do not show anything drastically different to what we’ve been hearing for months, with most of the chassis mirroring the appearance of the iPhone 6s, it is interesting nonetheless to see the design formalized into cases that are apparently going to be on sale by the end of the month....

Apple could potentially put Intel processors inside iPhones as early as 2018, according to industry experts. Nikkei Asian Review published a new report today that highlights comments made by semiconductor analysts who believe Intel’s recent embrace of ARM could mean new competition to TSMC and Samsung sooner than previously expected. We reported on Intel’s announcement that it will soon produce ARM-based chips in addition to chips based on its own architecture last week....

Apple has long been one of the most dominant smartphone brands in terms of brand loyalty. New data today from analysts at Consumer Intelligence Research Partners shows that Apple fans continue to remain loyal to Apple, with 90% of iPhone buyers remaining with Apple. According to the data, Apple accounts for just under half of all US smartphone sales in the past three years. In the same period, Samsung captured a little more than half of Android sales....

You’ve likely quickly adapted to the new Home button-less iPhone X and its gesture based user interface. But while there are a lot of improvements, some aspects have become less user-friendly, like pulling up Control Center, Notification Center, and Apple Pay. Luckily, you can use a (mostly invisible) virtual Home button to create shortcuts to make a custom, efficient UI. Notification Center and Control Center being accessed from the top left and right ears of the iPhone X display make the features difficult to get to with one hand....

A new report from CIRP today provides some insight on how iPhone XR, XS, XS Max and more have sold after the first few months of availability. With 32% share of total iPhone sales, the XR took a bit lower share at 32% than the iPhone 8/8 Plus did during the same period in 2017. CIRPs latest report dives into the iPhone sales mix for November 2018 and compares the data to previous years to see how iPhone XR, XS, and XS Max have performed during the holiday quarter....

Research shows that iPhones for the first time often faced with problems than Android smartphones. But, iOS apps crash more than Android apps. iPhones Have More Problems Than Android Devices, Study Says Where Android is known for openness and freedom iOS is known for stability and usability. A Technology Group Blancco performed a brief analysis and after analyzing the performance of millions of smartphones in the second quarter of this year, namely, the research concluded that iOS is much more stable than the popular Android....