iPhone and Android cameras don’t care for Vic Gundotra | #PNWeekly 264 (LIVE at 3pm Eastern)

Are Android phone camera experiences really "years behind" the iPhone experience? That's what one former executive Googler said. We dive in on our show.

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Apple can’t convince judge to dismiss class action lawsuit alleging intentional FaceTime crippling

That FaceTime-related class action lawsuit is getting serious, as Apple fails to win over judge in attempt to relinquish all accusations of wrongdoing.

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Class action lawsuit points the finger at Apple for intentionally crippling FaceTime on iOS 6

Yet another class action lawsuit alleges intentional Apple damage of FaceTime functionality on iOS 6 a few years back to force iOS 7 updates.

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Verizon iPhone 7 trade-in deal explicit includes Plus model eligibility

Sprint and T-Mobile are offering free 32GB iPhone 7 devices with the trade-in of an iPhone 6 or iPhone 6s. These promotions don’t really help out those with the Plus models looking for a way to upgrade and they certainly take a bite out of perpetual iPhone lease-to-upgrade programs.But at least we can say that everyone,

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Apple’s Trade Up with Installments grows in Europe

Three countries in Europe are now “trading up with installments” with anticipation that more will be on the way. Apple’s new combined trade-in and financing program is no longer exclusive to the US — if only for a limited time.France, Italy and Spain are the latest territories to roll-out the scheme, all with the same promise: give your working iPhone (4s or later) in good condition and you’ll pay less for an

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An all-glass iPhone in 2017, as sold by KGI

More from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo as we’ve heard from him about iPhones old and small in investment note after investment note. This one follows on from a previous note talking about the 2017 iPhone, whatever it will happen to be called.Kuo is following up on a branch he left concerning the main build material for that iPhone. ...

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Apple introduces Trade Up With Installments, its iPhone trade-in program

Apple is offering more people another way to pay for that new iPhone that they’ve been thinking about getting, but can’t afford to tank their bank accounts to attain.In addition to the existing upgrade program the company currently offers, it is now also accepting trade-ins of Android, Windows or older Apple ...

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Apple pulls out iPhone 4s and 5c from India retail to boost local profitability

As the US market stagnates, and China matures, the second-most populous country in the world is quickly becoming number one in mainstream appeal for both smartphone-producing veterans and rookies.After all, there are now

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37 percent of Apple customers cling to four-inch iPhones

Mixpanel‘s latest tracking survey shows that a healthy contingent of iPhone users don’t want to make an upgrade that will strain their hands. After publicized cases of “texting thumb” making the news and in a stark face-off against the growing trend of the growing phone, data says more than 37 percent of iPhone toters have a ...

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Performance boosts from iOS 8.1.1 look minimal at best

Earlier this week we saw Apple distribute iOS 8.1.1 to its userbase, resolving a few bugs and delivering what were supposed to be performance improvements for older Apple hardware like the iPhone 4S, which had been struggling to meet the demands of iOS 8 with aging A5 SoCs and just 512 MB of RAM. Did Apple succeed in its goal? Some real-world testing suggests it did to an extent, though even these tweaks are insufficient to bring these models back to previous levels of performance.In an array of ...

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iOS 8.1.1 released to fix legacy iPhone 4s and iPad 2 performance

Many boast that Apple’s support for legacy devices is better than its competitors, and in a way, we could say that is true. You can walk into any Apple Store and notice customers still getting support for Macs and iPhones that are years old, which is great, but that doesn’t mean that Apple doesn’t try to convince you to upgrade through some planned obsolescence. Many complained that even though the legacy iPhone 4s and iPad 2 were still supported by iOS 8, this slowed their devices to a crawl, and it seems that Apple has decided to address that.Apple has just launched iOS ...

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iOS 8 stagnates according to Apple’s own statistics

Apple’s launch of iOS 8 has been met with some polarized reviews. While this is surely a more mature version of iOS 7, legacy devices like the iPhone 4s have nearly been crippled by the update, and on the other hand, a lot of the features are still not fully present, like Continuity for example. If you’re wondering just how well iOS 8 is doing, you’ll be shocked to know that even Apple doesn’t admit good numbers.Apple has just published its ...

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