A teardown of an Apple iPhone 7 has found an Intel mobile cellular platform inside. Earlier this year, reports speculated that some versions of Apple’s flagship phone would include an Intel wireless chip rather than one from Qualcomm. Apple makes its own processors for the brains of its devices, but companies like Qualcomm and Intel build components that connect the …
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Just FYI, Apple’s new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus come in two new colors: black and black. But there’s a difference. We have both here at the office, and I’ve been living with them for a week. Black is a nice, matte anodized aluminum, much like Apple’s iPod Nano used to have way back. It looks sharp, and a lot …
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Now playing: Watch this: iPhone 7 launch leaves some fans disappointed 1:32 For some, Apple launch day didn’t bring the usual joy and excitement. The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus officially went on sale as the clock ticked over to Friday morning in time zones around the world. The first big moment fell to Australia, with Sydney’s George St. …
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Three news organizations are suing the FBI to learn how the agency broke into an iPhone used by one of the terrorists involved in last year’s San Bernardino, California, mass shooting. Vice, the Associated Press and Gannett, the parent of national newspaper USA Today, are seeking details about source of the security crack that the FBI used and about government …
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It’s new iPhone day, which means that people are already hard at work tearing the shiny new phones apart and feasting (their eyes) on the gooey innards. Chief among the deconstructionists is repair site iFixit. Apple plays its cards quite close to the chest when it comes to the build on its products, so iFixit’s teardowns are usually the first …
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Got an older iPhone? Don’t install Apple’s latest iOS software on it, US carrier T-Mobile warned Thursday before instructing users later in the day how on how to resolve the issue. “iPhone 6, 6+ & 5SE customers — Do not download iOS10. We are getting reports of connectivity issues & Apple is working on a fix,” T-Mobile tweeted Thursday. “If …
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Now playing: Watch this: Apple sold out of iPhone 7 Plus, jet black iPhone 7 1:03 Enlarge Image About a dozen spots were being saved as of 9 a.m. PT on Thursday at San Francisco’s Union Square store, about 24 hours before the iPhone 7 was available. Shara Tibken/CNET If you’ve got your heart set on an iPhone 7 Plus …
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Apple’s new iOS 10 software for iPhones and iPads has a nifty new feature: you can search for and insert animated GIF images directly from the Messages app. It appears to have turned not-so-nifty though as people discovered it can be a conduit for porn, too. Deadspin flagged a My Little Pony image for adults, not kids, with a search …
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Now playing: Watch this: iOS 10: What’s new in Messages 2:22 Apple added a ton of new features to Messages on iOS 10, from apps to sticker packs to fancy animated effects you can apply to individual messages. If you’re not completely up to speed on what’s new, be sure to read through our complete guide to Messages on iOS …
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Flicking up on my iPhone, tapping the Timer button from Control Center, tapping the Alarm button and then tapping to turn on my alarm is a familiar sequence, but that’s no longer the last thing I do at night before going to bed. Thanks to iOS 10’s new Bedtime alarm, my iPhone wakes me up at the same time each …
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