Apple iPhone XR, a budget flagship that costs more than most flagships, does not sell well. Who would have thought? According to the stock market index Nikkei, customers interest in XR turned out to be lesser than Apple anticipated, and the company was forced to lower the number of XR production lines. Unfortunately, we do not have the specific sales numbers. What we have is knowledge that Apple has increased the production rate of iPhones 8 and 8 Plus. This repeats last year’s scenario, in which iPhone 7 became a much more popular choice after its price dropped due to the release of ...

An atypical and quite interesting story. A helium leak took place in one of Chicago’s hospitals, probably due to a malfunction of an MRI scan device. Thankfully the leak has proven to be harmless to hospitalized as well as personnel… but not so much to their Apple devices. Most of Apple’s devices in the hospital turned off and refused to turn back on; some of them did not respond when connected to a charger; some worked but their touch screens did not respond to touch. Most of the devices begun to work properly again after a few days, although one iPhone suffered major ...

You surely remember last year’s scandal with Apple lowering its older smartphones’ performances in order to ”keep them working longer, not to make you buy new models, honest”, right? It ended with Apple lowering prices of battery changing as well as giving us a software option of deciding whether we want to lower our phones’ performance or use them to their fullest capabilities. Up until recently, there was no such option for iPhones 8 and X, but now, with the 12.1 iOS update, they have received it. Apple even states that the management feature will work better ...

Beta tests of iOS 12.1 are over and the update is now available for every Apple device owner out there. What changes does it bring? Well, not a lot:– 70 new emojis,– eSIM support,– ability to change the sharpness of pictures while taking a shot,– FaceTime group chats.Today at 15:00 Apple will hold a conference on which the update will be talked over in details. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Hip hip hooray I guess. It was seventeen years and five days ago that Steve Jobs first presented the original iPhone to the world. iPod was one of the milestones that made Apple what it is today; compact music player with large memory and simple, intuitive (for 2001) controls, as well as auto-sync with iTunes. The $399 device that could hold ”1,000 songs in your pocket” was released following a successful marketing campaign. After its success, Apple took to releasing new iPod models every year, although the series is seemingly nearing its end, what with Apple closing off the ...

People and their problems nowadays… It looks like iPhones Xs and Xs Max are making people happy whether they want it or not. Not only there is no option to turn off Depth Control, feature that controls background softening in autoportrait mode, but their 7mpx smartphones automatically, without our consent nor knowledge, even out our face’s imperfections. Cool, I guess. Apple recognizes the issue (sarcasm aside, not having control over your own phone is definitely an issue) and promises that the upcoming iOS 12.1 update will fix it. Personally I wonder whether it is actually a ...

It is exacly one week now before Apple officially presents its iPad Pro 2018. Before that happens, though, we will be able to feast our eyes on some concept graphics of the device made by one Viktor Kádár. Mister Kádár has reportedly based his work on leaks and rumours available. According to him, iPad Pro 2018 will have thin bezels, rounded corners and FaceID built into the TrueDepth camera. Graphics also depict USB-C connectivity and Smart Connector interface placed on the device’s back. ...

If you wanted to conquer and create empires without having to sit before your PC, you are in luck: Civilization VI, the newest entry in Sid Meier’s famous series, is now available on iPhones. The game was ported to iPhones by Aspyr Media, whom have already ported it to iPads a while ago – speaking of which, those of you who own the iPad version of the game can download it on their iPhones free of charge. The rest of us will have to pay $23.99, a 60% off the game’s usual price. The game will work on iPhones 7 and newer, as well as iPads Air 2 and newer and any iPad Pro. ...

I first wrote about this problem yesterday, and today I am happy to announce that it has been fixed. Not overly happy, though… because while Apple did fix the problem, it did so in a bad style. Apple has just released an update to its OS, and iOS 12.1 beta 2’s description is somewhat, how to put it, laconic. iPhone Xs owners were quick to notice, though, that downloading the update caused their smartphones to charge correctly. That is great – I am very glad that Americans were so quick about fixing such an important issue. What I am not happy about is how untransparent ...

Long story short is that a large number of newly sold iPhone Xs units refuse to charge. Upon plugging the charger, new iPhone can freeze, ignore the charger, charge for a few minutes and then stop or charge only after you wake the phone up from screensaving. Right now it is unknown whether the issue is hardware or software. The exact number of phones affected is also unknown, but seeing how many people complain about the problem online, it is considerable. Even exchanging your phone for a new one at Apple store does not guarantee that the new device will be working properly. At least ...