There are two reasons to buy a product from a local electronics store as opposed to ordering online: Either you need something immediately or there’s a sale price that makes buying in-person worth the hassle of doing so. It’s comparatively rare for a store to claim jacking up the price …
Read More »Apple’s iPhone X Repair Fee is Over Half the Cost of the Phone
Apple’s iPhone X is supposed to represent the future of technology. Unfortunately, it appears that future isn’t going to be one any of us can afford. The company’s service pricing page for its upcoming phone makes it clear that anyone who breaks their iPhone X can look forward to paying …
Read More »Apple Denies Lowering Face ID Camera Quality to Boost iPhone X Production
Quality — or the appearance of quality — has always been a critical component of Apple’s marketing and brand appeal. Other companies emphasize specs and promise to give you more: More speed, more storage, more screen, etc. Apple tends to de-emphasize raw specifications and promises you something better. Whether you …
Read More »Steve Wozniak Won’t Be Lining Up to Buy the iPhone X
Steve Wozniak may not have been a regular Apple employee in decades, but his comments on the company continue to shape public perception of its products. Earlier this week, Woz announced he wouldn’t be buying an iPhone X, despite having jumped for Day 1 upgrades in every previous event. “I’d …
Read More »FBI Unable to Access Half of All Confiscated Smartphones Due to Encryption
Accessing mobile devices used to be trivially easy for the FBI back in the days of flip phones, but the modern world is much more security conscious. According to newly minted FBI director Christopher Wray, the agency has failed to access more than half of the devices it confiscated in …
Read More »Rumor: iPhone 8 Production Slashed in Half On Weak Demand
We’ve said from the beginning Apple could be facing a serious problem with the iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and iPhone X. As demand for the first two has failed to materialize, and with Apple X shipments still far below what the company will need to meet demand, Apple’s decision to …
Read More »Microsoft: ARM-Based Windows Laptops Will Have Amazing Battery Life
Last year, Microsoft demoed a number of ARM-based system running Windows 10 on a Snapdragon 820 processor. The company promised this new breed of machine would be vastly different from the Windows RT debacle that killed its plans for a separate ARM-derived computer market. This week, the company shared additional …
Read More »First Batch of iPhone Xs Is Reportedly Just 46,500 Units
From the moment Apple unveiled the iPhone X, there’s been concern over whether demand for the new device would pull sales away from the iPhone 8/8 Plus, and leave Apple scrambling to fill orders with what was initially intended as a halo product. We saw a similar situation with the …
Read More »Researcher: It’s Easy to Steal iOS Passwords, Just Ask for Them
Anyone who’s spent more than a few minutes using iOS has been prompted to input their iTunes password. This can ensure that no one but you has access to your important account data. However, iOS tends to ask for your password quite often, and security researcher Felix Krause points …
Read More »Apple May Drop Touch ID in the Next iPhone
Apple was the first smartphone maker to integrate high-quality fingerprint sensors into its phones, but it may also be the first to stop using fingerprint sensors. According to a new report from KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple could drop its Touch ID system completely in the next iPhone. Instead, …
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