AssistiveTouch can make navigating around iOS and accessing often-used features much quicker and easier. I use my iPhone more than any other bit of kit I own. Every day that thing gets a good 16+ hour workout, but there are times when I feel that certain features that I use regularly are buried from view […]
iPhone 6s battery iFixit Do you have a problem where your iPhone 6s randomly and unexpectedly shuts down for no reason? Apple is blaming air for the issue. Seriously, the problem is down to air. In a support document posted to the company’s website, Apple says it has traced the problem to “a battery component […]
Screenshot by Jason Cipriani/ZDNet In November, Apple announced the company would begin replacing some iPhone 6S batteries that were causing the phone to randomly power off for an unknown reason. According to Apple, the issue is limited to devices manufactured between September 2015 and October 2015. On Thursday, the company published a website for iPhone […]
We’ve about reached parity when it comes to Android and iPhone flagship smartphone cameras, so manufacturers are looking to dual camera lenses to offer unique photo experiences. I’ve spent more than a month with the Apple iPhone 7 Plus, LG V20, Honor 8, and Huawei Mate 9. Each brings something different to the table, and […]
Complaints about various iPhone models’ batteries dying prematurely link the issues to the release of iOS 10.1.1. Image: Apple iPhone owners are complaining that Apple’s latest updates to iOS 10 are causing batteries to conk out at 30 percent. While the company last week agreed to swap out faulty batteries for select iPhone 6s devices […]
iStock Swappa, an online marketplace for buying and selling used electronics, wants to relieve the stress of not having insurance or a protection plan on the used devices a customer buys through the site, by offering a protection plan of its own. Anyone who purchases a smartphone from a seller on Swappa will have the […]
The researchers say they found distinct differences in the personalities of iPhone and Android owners. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto Some people believe a car tells a lot about its owner, so why not smartphones, one of the most personal devices we own? Dozens of mobile analytics firms study Android and iOS users’ preferences, location, and habits, […]
Apple says the iPhone 6s battery problem is not a safety issue and only affects a small number of devices. Image: Apple Apple has kicked off a new program to repair what it says is a “very small number” of iPhone 6s handsets that shut down for no apparent reason. The worldwide iPhone 6s battery-replacement […]
Even before Apple announced the iPhone 7 Plus, I made the decision to go big with this year’s model, despite my reservations. Once Apple confirmed nearly every rumor we’d covered and read leading up to the iPhone 7 announcement, including two cameras on the back of the 7 Plus model and increased battery life, there […]
Given how much product Apple shifts in a quarter, and the dollars that the company brings in, you’d think analysts would be over the moon. But declining iPhone gross margins have some worried. See also: How Apple plans to make more money from its cheap iPhone Back in 2009, the gross margin for the iPhone […]