Is Apple setting itself up for an iPhone mini next year?

Posted on by Taylor Martin

This thing is entirely too small.That was my initial impression of the very first iPhone I ever used. It was the iPhone 4 I picked up on Verizon’s off-beat January launch day. Over the course of three years and two different iPhone models, my opinion never changed. I upgraded to the iPhone 4S that fall and later to the “larger” iPhone 5.Even the iPhone 5 was way too small for my tastes. It wasn’t the height of the iPhone display that was the problem, but rather the width.

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With the iPhone 6, Apple has become a ‘me, too’ company

Posted on by Taylor Martin

A time not too far into the past, Apple’s mobile products were the gold standard of the industry. The iPhone dictated the direction of the coming year, and it was one of the few smartphones with incredible design and a consistent and reliable user experience. Further, tablet-optimized applications were made almost solely for Apple’s iPad.However, Apple has been slow to update its software, hardware innovation has almost slowed to a crawl, and other OEMs are closing the gap in many areas – tablet market share, tablet-optimized apps, and even customer satisfaction.

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iPhone 6 compared to iPhone 5 in leaked photos?

Posted on by Jaime Rivera

We’re just a couple of weeks away from the rumored announcement of the iPhone 6. The device reportedly entered mass production a couple of weeks ago, so the amount of leaks that show us some finalized hardware will only start to grow. We’ve seen a couple ...

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Plane evacuated after passenger’s iPhone 5 catches on fire

Posted on by Rithvik Rao

You never know when your pocket will burst into flames, it seems – we’re learning today of an incident that occurred on a Prague-bound flight where a passenger’s burning iPhone 5 caused the entire airplane to be evacuated.According to a report from TN CZ, about 150 passengers were preparing for a departure from Tel Aviv when smoke started coming from a woman’s handbag. After flames popped up, the jet’s crew decided to evacuate all of the passengers back into the main terminal building in the Tel Aviv airport (what a relief the plane hadn’t departed ...

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Pocketnow Week in Review: week 27 news recap of 2014

Posted on by Adam Doud

The technology world is a fast moving one, and hence, there are more than 100 stories we publish on a weekly basis here on Pocketnow. Those include reviews, videos, editorials, news, and more. With this new, weekly series, we’re making it easier for you to look back at the most interesting, exciting, and popular topics of the week, in case you missed anything.Look for the Pocketnow Week in Review every Saturday morning. It contains the most popular ten stories of the week printed on the portal, as well as top ...

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Apple cuts the “Reuse and Recycle” iPhone 5 price to an all-time low

Posted on by Jaime Rivera

Apple has garnered some fame for its “Reuse and Recycle” policy for iPhones and iPads. You can trade devices as old as the iPhone 3G from 2008, to the iPhone 5 of 2012 and get some credit for your iPhone upgrade. With prices ranging from $99 for an iPhone 4, to $199 for an iPhone 4s, upgrading to another device could be free on contract in some cases, and that deal was much ...

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A week on iOS 8 beta 1: love it or hate it? (Video)

Posted on by Taylor Martin

Last week, we loaded all our iOS devices up with iOS 8 beta 1 and gave you a preview of the software you can expect on your iDevices this fall.We made it very clear the software was riddled with bugs and not everything was activated yet. A lot of what Apple announced at WWDC is missing from the first beta of iOS 8. It’s understandable and expected. But how have we fared with the software? What do we love and

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iOS 8 beta 1 hands-on (Video)

Posted on by Taylor Martin

On Monday, Apple started its annual WWDC conference with a bang. It unveiled the newest Mac OS update, Yosemite, and an update to its mobile OS, iOS 8.Like many had predicted, Apple has once again brought the two platforms closer together through what the company calls Continuity. In the future, those with more than one Apple device will be able to start messages on one device and finish on another, start browsing a Safari Web page on the iPad and pick up later on the iPhone.However, this is only beta 1 and not everything is working ...

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Top 5 reasons you should look forward to iOS 8

Posted on by Taylor Martin

Each year around the same time, we look to Apple to bring some new features to its mobile platform. Each year, our anticipation for more useful, innovative features on iOS grows immensely.Maybe we’re just demanding and ungrateful. Or maybe it’s because, even for some strong Apple proponents, the software is beginning to feel a little stale. Last year’s face-lift brought very few helpful changes to the platform; among the most notable were Control Center, folders with no app limitation on the Home screen, and AirDrop. But the brunt of the changes were dramatic visual ...

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Apple replacing certain iPhone 5 sleep/wake buttons due to issues

Posted on by Jaime Rivera

It’s uncommon for Apple to issue a replacement program for faulty units, especially after the company’s odd solution for those unhappy with the iPhone 4 and its Antennagate. Still, there comes a time when the company is forced to do this, and it seems it’s currently happening with iPhone 5 users. We haven’t really come across significant complaints regarding the sleep/wake button on the iPhone 5, but Apple is recalling certain iPhone 5 units because of this issue. According to Apple’s statement: “Replacement of the sleep/wake button mechanism is done at ...

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iOS 7.1.1 reported to improve iPhone battery life, but to all iPhones?

Posted on by Jaime Rivera

Apple has never been famous for making battery life a priority on its iPhone line-up. Almost every publication praises Apple for how well the iPad line-up and even its Mac line-up performs in that department, but sadly we can’t all say the same about the iPhone. iOS 7 proved to be tough on the iPhone’s battery, and even though some of this was fixed with iOS 7.1, it seems Apple did some additional optimizations. Reports in some publications have found dramatic improvements in how the battery performs on the iPhone after iOS 7.1.1. The company didn’t publicly mention this ...

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Your move, Apple: taking a risk on the iPhone 6

Posted on by Taylor Martin

Smartphone manufacturers have turned it up to 11 this year. For many, it’s do or die. Take HTC for example. Its sales, revenues, market share, and mind share have all been consistently dwindling over the last several years. Even while the company has remained relevant and maintained its habit of creating spectacular, beautiful, competitive devices, its stance in the market, particularly in comparison to Samsung and Apple, is paltry. And despite bringing home handfuls of awards with the One ...

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Pioneer to support CarPlay on some 2014 in-dash systems this summer

Posted on by Jaime Rivera

Apple’s launch of CarPlay came with a couple of basic complications, mainly because the launch didn’t include any vehicle that actually supports it. With Car manufacturers launching compatible models until later this year, it’s hard to see a mainstream adoption of the service if you have to purchase a new vehicle to enjoy it. Luckily manufacturers like Pioneer are looking to solve this problem for many of us that don’t plan to buy a new car, and the company has just made its launch plans official. Pioneer has just announced that it’ll provide a firmware update ...

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Ultrakam allows you to record 2K video on your iPhone

Posted on by Jaime Rivera

For those of you that thought that 1080p video would be dead on high-end smarpthones this year, well that’s not entirely the way things went with product launches. One thing that is becoming common is for smartphones to be able to record video in up-to 4K resolution, but that is of course, unless you’re using an iPhone. The good thing about the developer community though, is that they always ...

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Apple announces CarPlay in its plan to take-over your dashboard

Posted on by Jaime Rivera

We’ve seen a ton of leaks of what iOS in the car is going to be like on iOS 7.1, but none of us were quite sure of how Apple was planning to implement it. Some assumed that the company would build a specific version of iOS that would work on your dashboard, and others expected this to be a special “Car mode” that you could activate on your iPhone. As it turns out, iOS in the Car was named “CarPlay” today, and it’ll be something a little different than expected. So CarPlay is actually a service that will launch on new Ferrari, Honda, Hyundai, Jaguar, ...

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