The iPHONE NEWS
Apple releasing its top-of-the-line iPhone X later than usual gave a big bump to its biggest competitor, Samsung, in the UK. Numbers from Kantar Worldpanel show that Samsung had market share of 37.5% in the run-up to the iPhone X launch, compared with …
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The head of the US Senate’s commerce committee has written to Apple’s chief executive Tim Cook to demand answers. Image: Congress is set to grill Apple over its iPhone slow downs Apple is set to face a grilling in the US Congress over allegations it slowed …
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Ever since we started getting two iPhones out of Apple every year instead of one there’s been a disparity between each handset. Nowhere has this been more prominent than with their cameras, and in 2017 Apple fractured its iPhone lineup even further with …
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Here’s how to check if your iPhone or iPad is brand new, a replacement unit, or a refurbished model. There’s no additional installations or software required to obtain this information. Most of us have likely been in the situation whereby we have …
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French prosecutors have opened an investigation into Apple over claims it slowed older phones to encourage consumers to purchase newer models. The investigation is being fronted by the finance ministry’s fraud control department and follows a legal …
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Every product here is independently selected by Mashable journalists. If you buy something featured, we may earn an affiliate commission which helps support our work. We know that Apple loves minimalist design, but the company’s site for the iPhone is …
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A French agency in charge of policing consumer fraud has opened up a preliminary investigation into whether Apple engages in planned obsolescence of its products. The investigation follows a legal complaint filed by a French consumer group. The …
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Apple has released security updates for iOS, MacOS, and Safari that help protect against Spectre. Spectre is one of two security flaws that were discovered in chips last week, which affect numerous devices running Intel and ARM components. Amid …
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iPhone and iPod co-creator Tony Fadell criticised Apple and other Silicon Valley firms for not doing enough to tackle smartphone and internet addiction in children and adults. Fadell wrote that Apple and other firms had become good at manipulating people …
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Recent reports of meager Apple iPhone X sales may be accurate, according to one Wall Street firm. Taiwan’s Economic Daily reported in late December the tech giant will cut its forecast for the iPhone X, citing unidentified sources, spurring a sell-off in …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Apple Inc shareholders Jana Partners and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System are urging the smartphone maker to take steps to address what they say is a growing problem of young people getting addicted to Apple’s …
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Here’s what you can expect Apple to launch this year: Apple released the biggest redesign to the iPhone in years in 2017. The iPhone X loses the home button in favor of a facial-recognition scanner and a nearly edge-to-edge screen. In 2018, Apple will …
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Why was Apple’s apology regarding its practice of throttling older iPhones to cover up poor battery performance without informing users not signed by Tim Cook? As Kif Leswing notes on Business Insider, he was ready to publicly acknowledge Apple’s …
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Taking a look back at another week of news from Cupertino, this week’s Apple Loop includes CEO Tim Cook’s lack of response to the throttled iPhone debacle, 2018’s iPhone portfolio leaks with iPhone X2, X Plus and SE2 details , how to rebuild trust …
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As we kick off 2018, it’s perhaps no surprise that some of the biggest Apple news items centered on the iPhone. The week kicked off in a big way with reports that Apple has signed deals with manufacturing partners to build the company a 6.5-inch iPhone …
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And all you need to know about the iPhone battery replacement program. Photograph: Courtesy apple.com While iPhone users across the world are in an uproar over Apple’s recent confirmation about slowing down of old iPhones with software updates, market …
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Apple has admitted that every iPhone and Mac computer is affected by the Meltdown and Spectre chip vulnerabilities, which security researchers say is “the most disturbing” cybersecurity issue in decades. The security bugs, which were first discovered by …
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