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After unboxing your shiny new iPhone 8 ($162 at Amazon) or 8 Plus and powering it up, the daunting task of transferring all of your accounts, messages, contacts and other assorted information is staring you right in the face. With iOS 11, however, Apple is doing its best to make the process easier. Automatic Setup speeds up the process, at least somewhat, …
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The launch of a new iPhone, an annual rite in the tech calendar, comes twice this year. The iPhone 8 and 8 Plus, Cupertino’s latest iteration of the device that changed the way we communicate, went on sale at Apple stores on Friday. As always, fans around the world used the launch to celebrate New iPhone Day, an unofficial but …
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It’s a meaningful day for iPhone fans around the world. Apple’s iPhone 8 and 8 Plus have arrived, and despite shorter lines and smaller crowds than previous launches, some die-hard fans have queued as long as 10 days to be among the first to lay their hands on the new phones. Enlarge Image A user posts photos taken outside the …
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Intel made waves last August with Project Alloy, a truly wireless VR headset with no cords, controllers or need for a separate PC. You’d just walk around a room naturally, and reach out with your hands to interact. But it seems like those waves didn’t travel very far, because Intel has decided to cancel the project. Originally, the company was …
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After a giant leak, a huge reveal and a full week with Apple’s new iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, you’d think we’d know everything about the company’s latest phones. But new details keep trickling out. (Did you know you can charge faster with a USB-C cable?) Now, we’re seeing the first teardown experts rip apart the iPhone 8 to show us …
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You can now watch Netflix videos in Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) videos on the iPhone X, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPad Pro (2nd generation), following the release of iOS 11. Some Android phones already enjoy HDR streaming, including the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, the Sony Xperia XZ and the LG G6. HDR expands the range of contrast …
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You probably know that Apple’s new Face ID feature will unlock the iPhone X and secure mobile payments with Apple Pay. You might even know that the front-facing camera behind Face ID can apply portrait mode to selfies and also breathe life into animated emojis, or “animoji.” But did you know that Face ID knows when you’re looking at the screen, and then makes …
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Apple’s iPhone 8 Plus camera has earned high praise from DxOMark, a website that publishes in-depth reviews of camera sensors, lenses and phone cameras. “The Apple iPhone 8 Plus is the best-performing mobile device camera we have ever tested,” DxOMark’s David Cardinal said in the review of the phone’s camera the site published today. DxOMark just revamped the way it …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. It’s made of sterner stuff. JerryRigEverything/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET It seems a lifetime ago that the devoted foamed at the gills, as the iPhone 6 was bent out of shape in torture tests. iPhone 7 had a much stiffer upper lip. Now, with the …
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