Remember that hilarious but cruel online prank about iOS 7 software updates making iPhones waterproof? It’s a little sad to look back at it now, as Apple remains somewhat behind rival companies like Samsung, Sony or even Motorola when it comes to actual hardware-improving steps in the general direction of outdoor friendliness.Rumors of
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If you think you’ve got the iPhone 7’s in-line audio situation figured out, just wait a minute. Really. It’s how fast the rumor flows can change at times.If you’ve scrolled down a bit from our main page today, you would’ve seen this article talking about a dual-SIM iPhone 7 ...
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We now have a clearer idea of what the next iPhones looked like — in the minds of designers — earlier this year.NowhereElse.fr‘s Steve Hemmerstoffer is back at it, this time leaking more computer-aided design renders of both the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. The renders are supposedly from Taiwanese design subcontractor Catcher and reflect Apple’s blueprints from January. UK site uSwitch commissioned Hemmerstoffer for publication.Regarding the regular iPhone 7, we can see a protruded camera port that has been seen in
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Big changes are coming to the way we listen to music on our smartphones, and the analog headphones we’ve been using for years are feeling the pressure from new, digital alternatives. Most of the conversation we’re hearing these days is centered around Apple and rumors that it will ditch the analog headphone jack in favor of a Lightning-only solution for the iPhone 7, but headphone-makers have ...
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The iPhone 7 — and iPhone 7 Plus, let’s not forget —may get a few new holes torn into it, thanks to the theoretical, but much ballyhooed loss of the 3.5mm headphone jack.It’s been assumed by most talking heads that the jack would be
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Sure we have wireless charging and cloud data back ups, but we still rely on cables for a lot of our power and data management. iOS users went through a connector transition several years ago, moving from the wide, flat, 30 pin dock connector to the smaller lightning connector. Now the rest of the smartphone industry is migrating to USB Type C. Which cable design offers the better feature set? Which connector has more longevity? Can we call something a “standard” when certain companies remain holdouts?
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We are still not ready to abandon the 3.5mm headphone jack. But Apple might be. Whether the company’s for USB Type-C, which it has extensively supported on its newest MacBook, or the Lightning connector, well, we know ...
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Over the past decade, we’ve witnessed no shortage of advancements that have brought us smaller, more compact mobile devices. Today’s phones are thinner than ever before, with dense high-resolution screens are processing power that belies their slender construction. But for as stunningly sleek as phones have become, have we hit a brick wall? How do we make stuff smaller still? We’ve been wondering just how far Apple might be willing to take things, especially after seeing the company ...
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Okay, before you scroll like mad down to the source link, please, at least let us have a chance to give some context for you.Michael Fisher is known for complaining about how devices that support Micro-USB Type-C will devilishly decline his old Type B cables. But the convenience of not having to recklessly damage your non-reversible Micro-USB jack or port (in committing the crime of plugging in your charger in the dark) is there. And a firm called Codistas has answered to this demand by creating a reversible Type ...
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I recently wrote a piece on the things I’d still like for iOS to do before I’m ready to fully commit and move from my One M9 to an iPhone. Most of those things were features I’d essentially just like to see ported over from Android, but if that’s the case, why wouldn’t I just stick with what I have? I mean, if Android already has the features I want like custom launchers, tight Google ...
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Apple has been sitting on a gold mine for more than a decade since it launched the “Made for iPod” licensing program. Today, the “MFi” standard is all about iPhones and iPads, but ever since the launch of the lightning port with the iPhone 5, the acceptance of third party accessories that support it has been rather sluggish. We really can’t understand why Apple has decided to take its time with this, but things are about to change.Apple’s yearly ...
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When Apple launched its MFi standard to allow for third-party headphone manufacturers to deliver higher-quality audio through the iOS Lightning port, many people thought this had everything to do with Beats. The purpose for Apple’s acquisition of Beats is still a ...
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Reversible USB isn’t a thing yet, but the only way to make that happen, is if companies begin supporting it. Apple may not be famous for adopting technologies first, but we’ve learned that this highly depends on how mature or smart the ...
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Just a little earlier this week we were thinking about USB cables, and specifically, ones that could be inserted into a device regardless of their orientation: double-sided connectors, just like Apple introduced with its Lightning cable a couple years back. That new USB interface will ultimately arrive as part of the USB 3.1 Type-C spec, but with the details only just now going official, it’s still going to be a ...
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