Early this morning Apple launched preorders for the iPhone 8, 8 Plus and Apple Watch Series 3 and so far demand has mildly outstripped supply. With an original delivery date set for September 22, several versions of the cellular range of the Apple Watch Series 3 are now listed as “Shipping in 3-4 weeks” while …
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The 2017 iPhone cohort is here, which means it’s the second-best day of the year for Apple fans. The best day of the year, of course, is yet to come. It’s the day the newest iPhones become available, which isn’t until Sept. 22 (although you can preorder from Sept. 15). It’s set to be kind of like Christmas, except rather than getting …
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The new iPhone X from Apple has generated some pretty strong reactions, from amazement at its face-powered animojis to shock at the sky-high price to disappointment at the loss of the Touch ID fingerprint sensor. Still, many of the early naysayers will no doubt end up buying an iPhone X when it’s available in November — though the phone is …
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Remember that nasty Equifax data breach? Turns out it may affect your ability to upgrade to the latest and greatest iPhone. That’s because Apple’s iPhone Upgrade Program needs to run a credit check for you to be eligible to upgrade to the new iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 Plus when pre-orders open today (iPhone X pre-orders open October 27). But …
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iOS 11 has plenty of goodies in store for iPhone 7 Plus photography enthusiasts, providing greater control over the big phone’s second camera lens. In addition to the regular, wide-angle lens, the iPhone 7 Plus has a telephoto lens that provides a 2X optical zoom and an additional camera setting called Portrait mode that blurs the background for that artsy …
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Now playing: Watch this: iPhone X’s hidden security trick 1:34 Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image Before this happens, squeeze. Apple/Screenshot by CNET And the doubts have begun. Yes, Apple claims that Face ID on the iPhone X is far more secure than Touch ID ever was. Yet the …
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You thought we’d be talking about the iPhone, right? OK, we did end up discussing Apple’s new iPhones, and we got Roger’s impressions from his time in the demo room that was set up after the keynote presentation. We also talked about whether that $1,150 price tag for the iPhone X (who’s buying the 64 gigabyte version?) is too much …
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Apple has made it harder than ever to chose an iPhone. In addition to launching the iPhone 8 ($162 at Amazon) and 8 Plus this year, the company added a super-premium iPhone X to its lineup. So, what are the differences between the three phones and which one should you buy? While we haven’t reviewed these devices in-depth just yet (stay tuned, …
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After sitting in the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple’s Sept. 12 event and looking at the iPhone X and its new technology for myself, I kept thinking about that front-facing camera array. TrueDepth, it’s called. It’s a bundle of sensors. It can detect faces, or moving muscles. It can see 3D objects. It can enable more advanced augmented reality. And, I can …
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When Apple debuted Face ID, one of the iPhone X‘s headline features on Tuesday, it appeared to go… wrong. Ask most people who watched as Craig Federighi, senior vice president of software engineering, was forced to reach for a backup device to show off the facial recognition tool, and they would probably say that the demo failed. But not so …
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