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Now playing: Watch this: 6 most-wanted iPhone 8 features 2:07 The iPhone’s home button has been rumored to be on the design chopping block for a while, but it now seems it might go beyond just removing it. Apple’s next iPhones $1,000 for iPhone 8? Here’s why you shouldn’t freak out What the Galaxy Note …

Now playing: Watch this: Downgrade from iOS 11 public beta to iOS 10 1:20 Of the iOS public betas I’ve used the past number of years, the iOS 11 public beta feels particularly buggy. Animations are choppy. Graphic elements are often broken. Apps frequently crash.  In one frightening episode, my entire photo library disappeared after I took a video (thankfully, …

Apple Pay can be used to pay online or at stores, but it’ll soon get peer-to-peer payments, too. That means payments to friends or anyone else you have on your contacts list. The feature was announced in June at Apple’s developer conference, where it was marketed as one of the big upgrades in iOS 11. That update to iPhones and …

The BlackBerry KeyOne will soon get a pal. BlackBerry phone manufacturer TCL will release a companion to the KeyOne in October, with at least one major difference — it won’t have a keyboard. “Two months from now, we will have a touchscreen solution to show,” François Mahieu, head of global sales for TCL, said in a briefing at the IFA tech …

Now playing: Watch this: ARCore is Google’s augmented-reality platform for Android 1:17 Google wants to get augmented reality on more phones with ARCore.  Google If Google knows one thing, it’s how to get a lot of people to use its technology. The search giant has seven products with more than a billion users, including Google Maps, Gmail and its iconic …

We just saw the first fruits of Apple‘s labors to turn your phone into a window to other worlds. The Walking Dead is coming to the App Store as an ARKit game, where you’ll fight zombie and human alike alongside AI versions of Michonne, Rick and even Negan. No release date yet. Next Games In the corner of a real …

Now playing: Watch this: Try out the iOS 11 public beta right now 2:30 iOS 11 is set to launch this September (likely, but not confirmed), but if you can’t wait for the new operating system, you can install the beta now. Apple makes iOS 11 available as a public beta, which means anyone with an Apple ID can install it for free. …

Rumors that the new high-end 2017 iPhone would cost upwards of $1,000 have persisted for so long that I can’t even remember where or when they first started. But with the recent New York Times report from Brian X. Chen that the Apple lineup will include “a premium model priced at around $999,” that price tag has been elevated from …

Samsung just raised the bar in smartphone screens. Again. A year after DisplayMate awarded the Samsung Galaxy S8’s screen its first-ever A+ grade, the screen tester has crowned the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 as the best performing smartphone display, awarding it its top grade as well.  The feature-packed phone, unveiled last week, is Samsung’s follow-up to last year’s disaster-stricken Galaxy …

Now playing: Watch this: The iPhone 8 could be announced on September 12 5:00 The world will get its first look at the 2017 iPhone models on September 12, according to the Wall Street Journal. The paper reports that Apple will unveil three new iPhones that day, citing anonymous sources “familiar with the matter.” Apple may host the event at …