The Apple and Qualcomm legal battle took a new turn, this time with Apple taking the loss. After Qualcomm won a court ruling in Germany, Apple has been forced to pull two iPhone models from its stores. Apple has stopped selling the iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 from its website and in stores in Germany. The move comes after Qualcomm won a similar ruling in China, but Apple never stopped...
Lost in the shuffle of Apple’s new premium flagships was the introduction of the low-cost iPhone XR. It is meant to replace the iPhone 8 Apple offered last year with some key upgrades. Let’s see what’s different. We’re mostly comparing the iPhone XR and the iPhone 8 to see the differences because any which way you cut it, the iPhone XR is a better phone. That’s not a knock against the...
The iPhone X may be Apple’s best available smartphone, but it is not its most popular. That title belongs to the iPhone 8 Plus, which was Apple’s best-selling iPhone during the second quarter of the year. According to data from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners, Apple’s trio of iPhones—iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X—accounted for 54-percent of its iPhone sales during the...
Apple is at the top of the mobile industry again. Following the latest report from Counterpoint Research, we can tell you the best-selling smartphone in the world as of May 2018 is the iPhone 8. The data revealed it’s the affordable iPhone model, not its pricey sibling, that was more popular than anything else in the market during that month. In fact, the iPhone X didn’t even land in...
Entering the hot stretch of summer means we’re just a couple of months out from the release of Apple’s next iPhones. It goes without saying that if you want Apple’s newest iPhones, you should probably just wait and see what Apple has in store this September. But we also know that people don’t always care about the latest and greatest and sometimes just want an iPhone that works great...
Today, Apple head Tim Cook announced all the updated software coming to the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV. In doing so, the event was devoid of hardware announcements, including any updates on two products it had previously announced: AirPower and the revamped AirPods case. This begs the question: Where the hell are they? Last fall, during its annual iPhone announcement...
The iPhone X remained the most popular smartphone for a second consecutive quarter. Research firm Strategy Analytics released estimates of smartphones shipped during the second quarter of 2018, and unsurprisingly, Apple’s latest flagship took the top spot. According to the data, Apple shipped an estimated 16 million iPhone X units during the first three months of 2018. That’s the...
Your iPhone could use a little more juice. The iPhone 8 lasts pretty long on a single charge, but you know it’s often never enough. Portable chargers are useful if you deplete battery life quicker than usual, hate being limited to wall outlets, or just want a backup in case of an emergency. With a portable charger, you can charge your iPhone 8 from anywhere and at any time. The days of...
Right now you can purchase the iPhone 8 in red, which provides the One Campaign with funds toward the fight against HIV/AIDS. It’s an organization that Apple’s been involved with for more than a decade, assisting people struggling with the disease all around the world. So far you’ve probably seen the product talked about on social media and covered by several media outlets. But Apple...
Repairing iPhone displays is very expensive if you don’t have AppleCare+. The iPhone X display alone costs $279. The iPhone 8 and 8 Plus is much more doable, but still pricey at $149 and $169 respectively. That’s assuming you’re going through Apple to do the repair. The cheapest solution is to go through third-party repair services that will charge much less. Unfortunately, you may...