Back in 2014, a five years old Moriah Modisette died in a car accident caused by one Garrett Wilhelm using FaceTime on his iPhone when driving. While most normal people would admit their guilt and promptly see themselves go to jail, Moriah Modisette’s family turned to blaming Apple for not enabling any lockout features in the device. Their point was that it was Apple’s responsibility to put a detect motion features into their phones as well as make it so that some of their functions, like FaceTime, are disabled while driving – techology which Apple have had at the time but ...

iPhone X was and still is a very popular smartphone, so it is no surprise that soon after its release Apple released its close successor, iPhone XS. What is a surprise is that Apple did not fix the one feature of the older phone that many people have complained about, namely its notch. What is even more of a surprise is that Apple not only kept the notch but then also decided to hide it in the smartphone’s advertisement video. Take a look at the video, then at the graphic above. Notice anything odd? Apple must have counted on people not noticing, and it may have been correct… ...

Latest update to Apple’s operating system expands its e-SIM support to additional carriers. The update also contains other features, such as introducing Live Photo capture to FaceTime calls or real-time text during the Wi-Fi calls on iPad and iPod touch. Apple also threw in a bunch of bug fixes, because why not. Tweet Vote on HN ...

iPad version of a popular video game sim Tropico is coming out on December 18th. The game’s creator, Feral Interactive, have also promised that an iPhone version will be available sometime in 2019. The game, trailer of which can be watched here, will support fifth and sixth generation iPads as well as every generation of iPad Pro. It is already available for pre-order via App Store, where it costs $11.99. Tweet Vote on HN ...

iPhone XS, XS Max and XR are not selling very well. What can Apple do? Sell more of the older, more successful models! Encouraged by the good sales figures of iPhone X last year, Apple has decided to renew the production of that device, presumably at the expense of its newer smartphones. What is more, Apple also wants to lower the price of iPhone XR in Japan. Will this plan work? Will people flock to buy an year old model if there are newer, if more pricey, ones available? We shall ...

I am so excited, it has been a while since I wrote about a smartphone blowing up and now it is not even a Samsung! Christmas came early this year. Today’s victim of a lack of absolute, impossible to reach precision of fabrication is one Rocky Mohamadali from state of Washington, U.S. Mister Mohamadali has decided to update his iPhone X to OS version 12.1. He begun the process, plugged the device into the charger and got very surprised when the phone begun to very quickly overheat. Soon smoke begun to erupt from beneath the phone’s frame, and since where there is smoke, there is ...

That is how you do it! Well, at least if your goal is to piss people off… A funny little story recently popped up online about a Russian who wanted to buy an iPhone XR. The man went to the Apple store, chose the phone he wanted and paid up, no big deal. The funny part is how he decided to pay – instead of using either his credit card or hard paper money, the man paid for the iPhone XR in change; 100 thousand rubles that managed to fill half a bathtub. Kudos for nice trolling, although if I were the shop’s manager I would consider kicking the man out. What would you ...

For whatever reason imaginable, Apple ID of some users have been locked ever since earlier today. Rumours on the Internet are that it may be the work of a large scale attack on Apple’s security systems. Thankfully, in most cases answering a security question and entering a trusted phone number for validation is enough to regain access.We will let you know more as soon as there is any official information. For now, though, do not panic and know that you are not alone. Tweet Vote on ...

iPhones may have only held the bronze medal for the most popular smartphones globally, with Samsung and Huawei beating it to the pedestal, but Apple’s brand is still strong in its motherland. According to the Kantar Worldpanel data, iPhone 8 achieved the 9.4 percent share of smartphone sold in 3rd quarter of this year, while Samsung Galaxy S9 ruled in the EU. Apple also recorded increased iPhone 8 sales in Germany, Australia and China. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Two new Apple watch bands have been added to Apple online store, Single Tour and Double Tour Hermès. Single Leather Band Tour costs $339, while Swift Leather Double Tour band is priced $489. Both are available in a new Amber-Capucine-Rose Azalée colour combo. They will work with, respectively, 38 and 40mm and 42 and 44mm Apple Watch models. Both bands should become available in retail soon. More colour variants will probably arrive at a yet specified date. Tweet Vote on HN ...