Bluegrass Cellular, a regional carrier based out of Kentucky, announced on Tuesday that it will begin offering the iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S on Nov. 2. It doesn’t offer a robust LTE network, or the kind of blanket coverage you’d get from a Big Four alternative, but the price of admission is certainly attractive enough. A two-year $99/month commitment will net consumers an iPhone 5 for $149...
Apple's overblown iOS 6 Maps fiasco hasn't affected iPhone 5 sales one bit. That's nothing new. But what's interesting is the fact that 90 percent of users have said they haven't once experienced any problems at all. That would suggest the Cupertino company's lack of map know-how wasn't quite as bad as initially thought, and in fact it's improving by the day. ChangeWave, a market...
Apple has today begun shipping its new, fifth-generation iPod touch. The device was announced alongside the iPhone 5 on September 12, and the first orders are expected to arrive on October 15 — more than a month after they first went on sale. Like the iPhone 5, the new iPod touch boasts a larger 4-inch display, with a widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio. It also features a dual-core A5...
Jon R. is back with an all new show where he rants and raves on various topics in and out of the tech world. On this week's episode, Jon discusses sim cards – specifically, what Apple has done to them. When the iPhone 4 was released, Apple introduced to the mobile world the Micro-Sim. Since then, it has been recognized by some folks as the "new standard" and loads of sim adapters and...
The strange data leak experienced by some iPhone users might not be exclusive to Verizon. Reports from AT&T customers, as indicated by multiple tweets, have surfaced from users who claim they've been hit with hundreds of dollars in overages due to the same Wi-Fi issue. It doesn't appear the issue is specific to the iPhone 5, as one iPhone 4S owner running iOS 6 on AT&T said...
Apple's in-demand iPhone 5 has continued its rollout today, reaching a further 22 markets in Europe and New Zealand just one week after making its debut in the United States and other larger international markets. Those countries receiving the iPhone 5 today include: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania,...
Verizon’s decision to launch Apple’s iPhone 5 unlocked was not a mistake. The carrier on Monday made a statement to the AP reaffirming folks that Verizon has no future plans to lock up the immensely popular handset. Because the iPhone 5 is compatible with GSM bands, users can sample carriers around the globe — or even AT&T and T-Mobile here in the States — and forget about paying...
According to PC Mag, Apple's new iPhone 5 is "the fastest smartphone" the publication has ever tested. In a series of performance-based evaluations — browser, general purpose and graphics — the device overshadowed every iPhone before it (expected) and also "Top Android Smartphones," including the Galaxy S III. For the most part, the iPhone 5 easily outpaced the competition,...
Apple said the iPhone 5's camera is much improved despite keeping the same megapixel count. We're taking the company up on that challenge. Ever since the iPhone 4 hit, Apple's handsets have excelled at taking still images and video. The 4S was even better, taking the smartphone realm further into point-and-shoot territory (select Android devices have pushed the technology forward, too...
With the iPhone 5 coming out on Sept. 21, those without the dough to purchase Apple’s latest handset will have the opportunity to go for the slashed prices of the iPhone 4 or 4S. At least at some places. If you go into a Sprint retail store after Friday, you’ll find the carrier lacking in the iPhone 4 department. According to a document obtained by 9to5Mac — and further corroborated by...