Apple’s iOS 13 launch has been, well, a little confusing. There haven’t been any show-stopping bugs or issues, but just five days after the launch of iOS 13, we’re already getting iOS 13.1, with new features and performance improvements. Typically, Apple releases a major OS update — like iOS 13 — and a week or …
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Screen-to-body ratio is used to denote the amount of screen compared to the size of the phone chassis itself. The higher the screen-to-body ratio, the smaller the bezel. The iPhone 11 Pro has a screen-to-body ratio of 82.1% thanks to its big ol’ notch. Huawei’s Mate 30 Pro’s ratio is 94.1%. The Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus? 91%. On Monday, …
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With Tuesday’s release of Apple’s iPadOS — a dedicated operating system for the iPad, offering the tablets a suite of new features — Apple not only helps position the iPad as a laptop competitor, but ups the ante on data security during a time of escalating mobile malware threats. The new operating system, first announced at the company’s Worldwide Developers …
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The folks from EarFun, which includes some former employees from budget audio favorite Tribit, have been trying to get me to review the startup’s new Free true wireless earbuds for a while. Unfortunately, with the first review sample I received, I could only pair one of the earbuds to my phone — the buds wouldn’t join up into a stereo …
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After unboxing your new iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro or iPhone 11 Pro Max, and setting it up using Apple’s new transfer tool, you may be asking yourself… What now? Well, there are a couple of settings you should double-check before test-driving the iPhone 11’s most important update, the camera. We’re going to walk you through the most important five. …
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Apple’s latest iPhone software, iOS 13, is already available — but on Tuesday, you’ll already be able to download its first big update, iOS 13.1. And you’ll be able to revitalize your iPad with the launch of Apple’s new iPadOS software created exclusively for its tablets. Both iOS 13.1 and iPadOS were originally scheduled to be released on Sept. 30, but …
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Apple’s powerful, premium Mac Pro will follow its predecessor and continue to be manufactured in the United States, Apple announced Monday. The company says the decision to keep manufacturing in the US was “made possible following a federal product exclusion Apple is receiving for certain necessary components.” Apple CEO Tim Cook has been in conversation with the Trump administration over …
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The iPhone 11 may not be Apple’s highest-end phone, but it’s still packing some iPhone 11 Pro tech and a more powerful battery than the iPhone XR, an iFixit teardown has found. The phone was also found to have only one connector on the battery, leading iFixit to speculate that the two cables in the 11 Pro may have been for …
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The iPhone 11 review and reviews for the 11 Pro and Pro Max are out, with praise for everything from the impressive cameras to improvements in battery life. Now that the phones are on sale, we have some more details about the hardware inside. In this week’s Apple Core roundup we uncover some lesser-known details about every version of the …
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For the better part of 2019, the iPad 9.7 (not to be confused with the iPad Air and iPad Mini) was on something of a pricing rollercoaster. Apple continued to charge $329 for the 32GB model, but vendors such as Amazon, MassGenie and Walmart frequently sold it for $249. Then came the new iPad 10.2, which sort of reset the pricing …
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