When Apple announced the M1 iPad Pro in April with a new mini-LED display, the M1 chip, and up to 2TB of storage with 16GB of RAM, there was only one thing missing: the software that would take advantage of this high-end machine. Two months after introducing the M1 iPad Pro, Apple previewed iPadOS 15 but with no pro apps, no Xcode integration, no windows, or even macOS – as some would suggest it....
Apple officially announced the new iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro. After a bit more than an hour of the “California Streaming” event, there’s still more to discover about the new iPhones. Check out our tidbits about them. Weight and thickness: There was a time that Apple was obsessed with lighter and thinner iPhones. That’s not the case with iPhone 13. For example, all new iPhone models are heavier than their predecessors:...
As previously reported, Apple plans to pretty much ditch Qualcomm’s cellular modems for its proprietary 5G modem starting in 2023. According to a story by the Wall Street Journal, not only does Apple keep aiming for a next-year release, but it’s giving out lots of hints. Apple is known for its secrecy, but when a shift in the chip market comes closer, not even the Cupertino company can hide its moves....
Apple parody videos are nothing new, but they often highlight how normal consumers look at new product launches and in many cases beyond upgraded internals to more superficial features like hardware design. Apple’s new colourful iPhone 5c lineup seems to be getting somewhat overshadowed by the new gold color option for the iPhone 5s, but its new iPhone 5c cases are also receiving a less than great response, mostly due to their appearance to crocs and lack of attention to detail....
Sales channel data from 35 countries compiled by Counterpoint shows that the iPhone 5s remained the world’s best-selling phone as of May, some eight months after its launch. This backs up a report from ABI Research that the phone had retained the number one slot through Q1. The news wasn’t quite so good for the iPhone 5c, which came in at number 5, behind both the Samsung S5 and last year’s S4 – as well as the company’s Note 3 phablet....
New Q2 data from both Strategy Analytics and Kantar shows that the iPhone 6s is the best-selling smartphone in both the USA and worldwide. The 6s accounted for 4.2% of global smartphone sales, says SA, with the iPhone 6 taking second place at 2.5%, just ahead of Samsung’s Galaxy S7 at 2.4%. Kantar’s U.S. data concurs, the company noting that iOS market share was also up … “Apple’s iPhone 6s is currently the world’s most popular smartphone,” said Neil Mawston, Executive Director at Strategy Analytics....
A new report from Korea says that the iPhone periscope lens expected to debut in Apple’s 2023 lineup has hit a snag. Samsung has the most sophisticated technology for those, and Apple wants to use it, but there are patent problems with the optical image stabilization system the iPhone maker wants to include. Periscope lenses are a way to allow longer optical zoom without having lenses that stick out farther from the phone …...
The survey was done by research firm On Device and it shows that the new iOS 6 features aren’t impressive to users, and there’s a slight decrease in their level of satisfaction. If the level of satisfaction was 6.93 out of 10 at the time of the iOS 4 update, growing to 7.75 for iOS 5 and it’s now at 7.65 or iOS 6. This slight decrease may be due to the dissatisfaction with Apple giving up on Google Maps to make room for its own maps app....
Phil Schiller mentioned on stage at Apple’s event today that the new iPhones include the most LTE bands that have ever been included in the company’s smartphones. After taking a look at the Xs and XR tech specs, not only do the new devices include more bands, one of them is new to iPhones this year that can offer T-Mobile users better coverage. For the first time, the iPhone has gained LTE band 71 with the Xs and XR....
The next major update for iPhone is iOS 16 and it comes with a ton of new features and changes like Lock Screen customization, valuable updates to Messages, Mail, and Photos, the ability to use iPhone as your Mac webcam, and much more. Now that we’re nearing the end of beta testing, here’s when to expect the official iOS 16 release date. Update 9/12 10:00 am PT: iOS 16 is now available for all users....
For iOS 9, Apple is launching a public beta in July. You can sign up at beta.apple.com to get listed. The iOS 9 update will be available for free in the fall for all users. Most importantly, iOS 9 will support the same set of devices as iOS 8. Every user on iOS 8 can upgrade to Apple’s next version of the mobile operating system. Features vary per device. You can read everything that’s new with iOS 9, including new split-screen multitasking, smarter Siri and revamped Spotlight, here....
The new Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro packs quite a few features, including backlighting and a built-in trackpad. One complaint from users, however, is the lack of a physical Escape key. Thankfully, there are two easy ways to replicate this functionality. Solution #1 There’s no Escape key on the iPad Pro’s Magic Keyboard, but there’s a built-in key combination to replicate the Escape functionality. I was actually unaware of this key combination until I read Federico Viticci’s piece on MacStories about his early impressions of the new Magic Keyboard....
It’s been an accepted truth for years now: iPad sales are declining. Apple’s own figures show that sales have declined for twelve straight quarters. But that doesn’t tell the whole story, suggests Above Avalon, citing the Fiksu data shown above. It’s actually the iPad mini whose sales are shrinking. Exclude these, and the combined 9.7- and 12.9-inch sales are actually flat to slightly up over the past year … The decline of the iPad mini of course makes perfect sense....
Do you find yourself accidentally changing your ringtone volume level with the physical buttons on your iPhone in your pocket, bag, or purse? Follow along for how to keep your ringtone volume fixed for calls, texts, and more. The handy thing about this feature is it allows you to keep your ringtone volume the same for calls, texts, emails, third-party apps and more. But it still allows the physical buttons to control volume for music and video playback and any other audio output....
We’re just over a month away from the expected announcement and release of the iPhone 11. At an investor event this week, SoftBank President Ken Miyauchi offered a hint at when we might expect the iPhone 11 release. For background, Japan recently outlined a revised Telecommunications Business Law, which will go into effect on October 1st. The law would require carriers to separate data and device plans, ending the practice of carriers bundling high-end devices like the iPhone with overpriced data plans....
In a week, Apple will announce the new iPhone 14 series. While many new features have been rumored for this upcoming smartphone, there are some you certainly won’t see with this release as Apple is readying for a future generation. iPhone 14 won’t be portless Rumors about a portless iPhone aren’t new. It was suggested that the iPhone 13 could have been portless for a brief moment. Back in 2021, we wrote:...
In January, Bloomberg claimed the next-generation iPhone will include NFC (near-field-communication) technology with a “wave-to-pay” system. This last week The Indepedent shot down these claims saying that if NFC appears at all, it won’t be until 2012 alongside the sixth-generation iPhone. Now, Elizabeth Woyke from Forbes is claiming (via SAI) that according to an Apple employee, the iPhone 5 will in fact feature NFC capabilities. At this point it’s difficult to pinpoint which rumors are true and which are false with so many differences flying around the rumor mill lately....
Some iPhone X/iPhone XS users are complaining that it’s too easy to accidentally turn on the iPhone flashlight from the Lock screen … USA Today reports that several hundred users have reported the problem to Apple. The complaints relate to the iPhone flashlight shortcut at the bottom-left of the Lock screen. Users complain it’s too easy to accidentally hit this while simply holding or unlocking the device, with some reporting that it also switches on in their pocket or while removing it from a pocket....
iPhone production in India is being expanded to include assembly of printed circuit boards (PCBs) by Wistron for the first time. Fellow iPhone assembler Foxconn already does this in its own plants for the iPhone XR… PCBs are the heart of the iPhone, holding the A-series chip, RAM, flash storage, radio chip, and so on. Once populated with chips, they represent around half the value of the iPhone. Reuters cites two sources stating that Wistron will begin assembling these....
Apple has released an eighth version of the iPhone SDK, inadvertently revealing plans to introduce remote control software for the iPhone and iPod touch in the process. In related news, China Mobile confirms talks between it and Apple are now focused on the detail, making it possible Apple could launch in China this year. “iPhone SDK Beta 8 is compatible with the final iPhone OS 2.0 release and must be used to build and sign any iPhone OS application to be submitted to the App Store....
