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How to preorder the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus

Following some of the most extensive iPhone leaks ever, Apple announced three new iPhones Tuesday: the iPhone 8 ($162 at Amazon), iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X. While the iPhone X won’t be available until November, the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus will start shipping September 22.  The new phones come with the newer A11 …

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iOS 11’s storage tools help you get by with a 16 GB iPhone

With each major iOS release, Apple has consistently added features to help users identify items taking up storage space and how to best get rid of them. As of iOS 11, Apple is taking that approach one step further and providing a clear break down of those items along with tools to offload unused apps or data. iOS suggestions The Storage …

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iPhone X, iPhone 8, Apple TV 4K and all Apple just announced

iPhone 8 and iPhone X unveiled: Pictures, photos from the Apple event +47 more See all photos Another year, another iPhone. Maybe it’s getting to be a little ho-hum, but this is also the event that determines a lot of peoples’ phone-buying plans for the next 12 months. And then there’s the big device that’s been languishing for a while, …

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Want to unlock the iPhone X? Just stare at it

Smile! Apple just introduced a facial recognition system for its latest marquee phone. The arrival of facial recognition on the new iPhone X signals a shift in how Apple fans can get access to their devices. Rather than tap your finger on the home button (which is gone), you simply look at the phone to get out of the lock …

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7 reasons you should keep your current iPhone

iPhone 8 and iPhone X unveiled: Pictures, photos from the Apple event +47 more See all photos The new iPhones are here! The new iPhones are here! Shiny! Fancy! Want want want! Hold on, there, tiger. It’s easy to get sucked up in Tim Cook‘s Hype Machine (TM) — “This is the best iPhone we’ve ever made” — but there …

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The costly iPhone X tries to reinvent the phone

Ten years ago, Steve Jobs stood on a stage in San Francisco and promised, “Apple is going to reinvent the phone.” That turns out to have been the understatement of the decade. Though Apple certainly wasn’t the first to make a mobile phone, or even the first to use touchscreen technology, the iPhone’s blend of slickly designed hardware and software …

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iPhone X vs. Galaxy Note 8: Note 8 ain’t dead

Weeks before Apple announced the iPhone X, Samsung threw down its own top-tier challenge: the Galaxy Note 8. The Note 8 is a tremendous phone, powerful and packed with features that include a dual-camera setup, a pretty good portrait mode and the signature S Pen stylus. But it also plays it safe, blending last year’s disaster-stricken Galaxy Note 7 and this …

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How to preorder the new Apple TV 4K

It’s been two years since Apple released the fourth-generation Apple TV, complete with more storage, a new remote and applications and games in tow. Surprisingly, the fourth-gen Apple TV was missing one very important feature: 4K. Today, Apple remedied that with the Apple TV 4K. Not only will it stream movies and TV in 4K, it also boasts some pretty …

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These iPhones and iPads work with ARKit

You don’t need the new iPhone X or even the iPhone 8 ($162 at Amazon) or 8 Plus to use and enjoy the AR apps that are set to hit with iOS 11. When Apple previewed iOS 11 earlier this year, it introduced ARKit for developers to create AR apps for the iPhone and iPad. With iOS 11 set to be released in a week, I expect ARKit apps to be the buzz of …

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10 iPhone X secrets spilled by Apple’s superleak

It’s the biggest leak since Apple left an iPhone in a bar. Heck, it might be even bigger. This weekend, journalists and developers got their hands on a leaked version of Apple’s latest iOS 11 operating system… and found it chock full of details about Apple’s next iPhone, Apple Watch and even a new Apple TV.  Combined with the huge …

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