If you bought a replacement iPhone battery for $79, Apple might have some good news
As Apple tells it, the company was simply trying to help users when it began throttling CPU performance on older iPhones with degraded batteries. Consumers, …
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This is what Apple’s battery health ‘fix’ looks like
As part of its please-don’t-sue-us apology tour following the iPhone battery throttling revelations, Apple promised to introduce new battery health features to iOS 11.3, as …
DOJ busts counterfeiter who helped sell more than 40,000 fake iPhones and iPads in the US
The DOJ on Friday announced the arrest of Jianhua Li, a Chinese national living in the United States who, over a period of nearly five …
Here’s how Wall Street reacted to Apple’s Q1 earnings
Apple’s fiscal first-quarter earnings report was the very definition of a mixed bag. On one hand, the company managed to rake in record revenue totaling $88.3 …
Tim Cook: We didn’t think about upgrade rates when rolling out the iPhone battery replacement program
During Apple’s earnings conference call yesterday, Tim Cook fielded a question about the controversy resulting from Apple’s admission that it throttles performance on older iPhones …
Apple says an update to fix its iPhone throttling will come ‘this spring’
A few days ago, Apple announced iOS 11.3 and then released the first developer and public betas. They pack various handy new features but the …
Apple posts monster earnings with $88.3 billion in revenue; iPhone sales fall short
Apple today posted its earnings report for the recent holiday quarter and the numbers, as expected, are beyond impressive. For the quarter gone by, Apple …
Apple may be working on a better way to handle iPhone battery replacements
Apple dropped the price of iPhone battery replacements after confirming that iOS throttles older iPhones as soon as it detects possible battery health issues. Chaos …
Apple just banned popular iPhone chat app Telegram for showing inappropriate content
Telegram isn’t just an old-timey way to send printed notes across long distances. It’s also one of the most popular iPhone and Android chat apps …
$1,000 iPhone X was called crazy – now people are worried iPhone prices won’t keep rising
Talk about “damned if you do, damned if you don’t.” Apple unveiled the tenth-anniversary iPhone X last September, and people lost their minds when the …
Apple confirms that government agencies are investigating secret iPhone throttling
Apple late on Tuesday confirmed that unspecified governmental agencies are currently investigating the iPhone slowdown scandal, a few hours after a report said that the …
Renowned filmmaker Steven Soderbergh open to using only iPhones to shoot movies
Apple turned the iPhone into one of the most used cameras out there, upgrading photo and video quality over the years, and introducing new features …
OnePlus has taken iPhone copying to a whole new level
It’s no secret that Android manufacturers “take inspiration” from Apple’s work on the iPhone. It makes sense — Apple does the same thing! After all, …
US government investigating Apple over iPhone slowdowns, report says
The US Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission have opened an investigation into whether Apple violated securities disclosure laws by releasing software …
Why can’t iPhone owners just accept the fact that Google can save them?
There shouldn’t be much question at this point that Apple tends to put a bit more thought into its products than rivals. Perhaps that’s why …
Google’s acquisition of HTC’s design team is all about making the Pixel more like the iPhone
Google’s parent company Alphabet has closed the HTC purchase. Technically, Alphabet only bought most of HTC’s mobile division, some 2,000 engineers that have helped Google …
Top Apple insider reveals details surrounding Apple’s brand new 6.1-inch iPhone
Even though the iPhone X launched a little less than three months ago, we’re already starting to hear rumblings about what Apple’s 2018 iPhone lineup …
Video demos all the new iOS 11.3 features except the one we want to see most
Apple on Wednesday announced the next major iOS update that will soon be available on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, iOS 11.3, and then released …
iPhone battery explodes after idiot bites it to make sure it’s genuine
I can think of only a few scenarios where it’s appropriate to bite objects that aren’t food in public. It’s okay to do it if …
Apple previews iOS 11.3: New Animoji, ARKit upgrades, battery health and more
On Wednesday morning, Apple shared an extensive preview of the upcoming iOS 11.3 software update. Along with the previously announced feature that will allow users …
Qualcomm fined $1.23 billion in Europe over exclusive iPhone chip deal
Remember that boring Apple vs. Qualcomm legal feud over chip royalties that escalated into a complex patent case last year? Well, things aren’t looking good …
Genius chat app links you with other users whose phone battery is about to die
We’re so addicted to our phones that we simply can’t fathom the idea of not being able to use it because it’s out of battery …
Apple might release a cheaper 6.1-inch iPhone without the iPhone X’s killer feature
We’re hardly two months out from the launch of the iPhone X, but rumors for this year’s iPhones have already begun to swirl. In addition …
Top Apple insider reveals specs and pricing for Apple’s third new iPhone of 2018
We’re barely a few weeks into 2018, but rumors surrounding Apple’s next-gen iPhone lineup are already starting to trickle in at a rapid clip. From …
Samsung wants you to know it doesn’t throttle old phones like Apple
A report last week said that an Italian antitrust body is investigating both Apple and Samsung for planned obsolescence. That’s the type of investigation Apple …
Some iPhone 6 Plus owners may be upgraded to an iPhone 6s Plus for free
If you own a relatively old iPhone 6 or 6 Plus model, you can restore it to former glory via a simple battery replacement. Many …
Korean prosecutors launch formal investigation of Apple’s iPhone slowdown ‘feature’
South Korea is just one of the countries where the practice of slowing down iPhones with old batteries has earned Apple special attention from governmental …
AT&T rumored to launch the most affordable iPhone deal we’ve seen this year
The iPhone X may be the hottest new iPhone in town, but it’s not the only new iPhone you can buy right now. Apple has …
Anti-trust authority investigates Apple and Samsung in Italy over planned obsolescence
Ever since users discovered a few weeks ago that Apple has been slowing down iPhones with chemically aged batteries for the most part of 2017, …
You’re not imagining things: Facebook Messenger on iPhone has a weird bug right now
Facebook Messenger is one of the go-to chat platforms on mobile devices, with more than a billion people having it installed on their mobile devices. …
