Apple

Most of the time, product reviews follow an entirely predictable pattern. If the reviewer likes the device, they recommend it. If they don’t like the device, they don’t. Apple’s iPhone 8 is bucking that trend, with plenty of reviews singing its praises, and precious few strong “Buy” recommendations following up. …

Apple launched its refreshed iPhone 8 and 10th-anniversary-edition iPhone X yesterday. Samsung, of course, launched the latest Galaxy Note 8 a few weeks ago. But how do the devices compare with each other, and which one is the right choice for you? Let’s take a look. It’s impossible to cleanly …

Apple’s newest iPhones all support wireless charging, and that means automakers will move to make this a standard across most of their fleets. Never mind that dozens of Android phones already embed wireless charging. Overnight, Apple made it a standard. US automakers have deployed, slowly, wireless charging in their cars …

  Apple’s upcoming $1,000 phone (or $1,100, or $1,200, depending on which rumors you believe) has been leaked as the iPhone X. Opinions are divided as to whether the company’s iPhone will dominate sales, but at least one prominent analyst is predicting it won’t — mostly because it’s going to …

  HTC’s phone business has been in freefall for years, despite the firm’s early leadership position in the Android market. In August, the company made just $100 million, its lowest monthly revenue in 13 years. Worse, the handset that was meant to boost its fortunes, the U11, may have already …

  Rumors about Apple’s iPhone 8 (aka iPhone X, aka iPhone Anniversary Edition), began to spread last year, almost before the print was dry on Apple’s iPhone 7 announcements. With Apple’s September 12th unveil now less than a week away, some of those rumors have reached a fever pitch. But …

For the past few years, Google has pushed a particular technology for implementing augmented reality in phones. Known first as Project Tango and now as Tango, Google’s AR platform used to have specific requirements for its cameras that required specialized hardware. This reliance on custom sensors doomed Tango in the …

For almost a year we’ve heard rumors that Apple would launch multiple iPhones this year. The 10th anniversary of the original iPhone’s debut is almost upon us, and the company is supposedly prepping a top-end device to showcase new and emerging technologies. This new technology, however, comes at a price …

For almost a year we’ve heard rumors that Apple would launch multiple iPhones this year. The 10th anniversary of the original iPhone’s debut is almost upon us, and the company is supposedly prepping a top-end device to showcase new and emerging technologies. This new technology, however, comes at a price …

Beta testers evaluating Apple’s upcoming iOS 11 have discovered new emergency SOS functions, as well as what some are calling a “cop button.” Press the power button five times on an iPhone running iOS 11, and the device will do two things. First, it brings up an option to dial …