The iPHONE NEWS
Source code for a core component of the iPhone’s operating system recently leaked on GitHub, according to reports from Motherboard and Redmond Pie. The code, which appears to be for iBoot, or the part of iOS that ensures a trusted boot of the operating …
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The source code in question is for an iOS 9.3.x release, and while you can’t compile it due to missing files, security researchers say that you can analyze it and look for security vulnerabilities on which to capitalize. While the code is for iOS 9.3.x …
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Apple is considering offering rebates to iPhone customers that have paid full price for battery replacements, and it may extend its discounted battery replacement program beyond the end of the year. Early last year, responding to a widespread clamor that …
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Sky always likes to get its customers using as many of its services as possible, and it’s currently offering a nice little perk. Anyone renewing their contract for Sky TV or joining it for the first time will be given the rather juicy carrot of an iPhone …
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Asked if it planned to release a software update that slows down newer iPhones like it did for the iPhone 6, iPhone 6S and iPhone 7, Apple responded: All iPhone models have basic performance management to ensure that the battery and overall system operates …
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Apple has released an update through its public beta program that enables users to check the health of an iPhone’s ($1,099.99 at Best Buy) battery. Currently, the only way to install iOS 11.3 is to sign up for the beta program. Eventually, this same …
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Protecting your iPhone X is an absolute must. Of course, you’ve already spent more than $1,000 on the phone itself, so not everyone is interested in coughing up another big chunk of change for a case. Lucky for you, you don’t have to. Apple might …
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If you have purchased the iPhone X, you do not have to worry about Apple throttling its performance as its battery gets older. Apple has confirmed that the iPhone X, iPhone 8, and 8 Plus do not have the performance management system used in older iPhones.
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… 7 series was just added to the iPhone slowdown “program,” which initially covered only the iPhone 6/6 Plus and iPhone 6s/6s Plus. In its letter to Congress, Apple made it clear that the iPhone 8 and iPhone X handsets that were released last fall …
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Two friends have cracked the facial recognition on the £999 ($999) iPhone X after discovering it accepted both their faces. Joe Clayton, 23, was shocked when best friend Brad Butcher, 22, unlocked Apple’s most expensive phone just by looking at it …
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Even with a list view in watchOS 4, people aren’t really using apps on Apple Watch. I’ve owned an Apple Watch since the day one and I can probably count the number of minutes I’ve spent using apps. From the weird honeycomb grid to the slow loading …
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Apple’s smart devices are often criticized for exclusively running within the company’s own ecosystem — but the market doesn’t seem to mind. The electronics giant shipped 8 million Apple Watches in the fourth quarter of 2017, Canalys research shows, which …
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Sales of the Apple Watch set a new record last year, according to data provided by Canalys, thanks to a growth of no less than 54 percent versus 2016. The newly-introduced Apple Watch Series 3 was the model that powered the growth, as this model alone …
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Apple has released the iOS 11.3.2 second beta for developers and those on public betas. The build gives a detailed look at the battery health performance feature and how users will be able to check if performance management, which was introduced on older …
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(Reuters) – Goldman Sachs is in talks to offer financing to shoppers buying Apple products including iPhones, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Buyers of a $1,000 iPhone X could take out a loan from Goldman instead of charging it to credit …
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“Apple has won the wearables game,” said Jason Low, senior analyst at Canalys. The company shipped 18 million Watch devices throughout 2017, a 54 percent increase on 2016. While Android Wear competitors, like the Samsung Gear S3 and Huawei’s Watch 2 …
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Q. I have one app on my fourth-generation Apple TV that freezes every once in a while, and the only way I can get out of it is to unplug the whole Apple TV box. Is there an easier way to get back to the home screen? If the misbehaving app is not already …
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