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Introduced in 2007 by Steve Jobs, iPhone is Apple's flagship iOS device and easily its most popular product around the world. The iPhone runs iOS and includes a large collection of mobile apps through the App Store.

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Introduced in 2007 by Steve Jobs, iPhone is Apple’s flagship iOS device and easily its most popular product around the world. Software wise, it runs iOS and includes a large collection of mobile apps through the App Store.

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Since its introduction, Apple has released at least one new phone every single year. In recent years, that has typically been in the fall. iPhones are sold through multiple retail channels including Apple Stores, cellular stores, Best Buy, and other major electronic retailers. iPhones can be bought with a single up front payment, financed through the iPhone Upgrade Program, or financed through a cellular carrier.

Apple’s smartphone has become much more than just a phone since its debut. The iPhone can act as your primary camera, music player, GPS device, email client, mobile banking system, messaging device, movie player, and much more.

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Foxconn profits down 90%, coronavirus impact on smartphone demand ‘enormous’

Avatar for Ben Lovejoy May 15 2020 - 4:05 am PT
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Foxconn predicts enormous coronavirus impact on smartphone demand

Foxconn says that the coronavirus impact on smartphone demand is set to be ‘enormous,’ and recovery will take ‘a very long time.’

Company chairman Liu Young-way made the comments as Foxconn reported first-quarter profits down 90% year-on-year as a result of production shutdowns in China at the height of the coronavirus crisis there …


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Apple considering massive shift of iPhone production from China to India

Avatar for Ben Lovejoy May 11 2020 - 5:25 am PT
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iPhone production set to massively ramp up in India

Apple has reportedly been in talks geared to shifting up to a fifth of iPhone production from China to India over the next five years. Most of the production would be for export.

This would represent a massive ramping up of the Cupertino company’s efforts to reduce its dependence on China, following a report that the company is to make AirPods outside the country for the first time …


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Apple Watch and iPhone can automatically send vital Medical ID info to first responders in iOS 13.5

Avatar for Zac Hall May 6 2020 - 11:19 am PT
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Apple is moving quickly to release new software features that improve lives during the COVID-19 health pandemic. One new feature that’s aimed to help first responders will be useful for iPhone and Apple Watch users even after we reach the other side of the coronavirus outbreak. The change is coming in iOS 13.5 and watchOS 6.2.5 later this month.


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iPhone how to change passcode, skip Face ID, more

iPhone: How to change passcode, skip Face ID to enter passcode, more

Avatar for Michael Potuck May 5 2020 - 3:30 pm PT
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With Apple’s iPhones that rely on Face ID for security, the pandemic has created a clunkier experience since masks create problems with facial recognition. Since most users have to enter their passcode every time they unlock their iPhones, follow along for how to change your passcode to a shorter one, skip right from Face ID to enter your passcode, and some other tips and tricks.


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Opinion: The ‘Apple is doomed’ messages are booming, but are entirely wrong

Avatar for Ben Lovejoy May 1 2020 - 7:16 am PT
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Apple is doomed messages boom without good reason

The idea that ‘Apple is doomed’ has been a constant refrain from some quarters throughout the decades, and has been given something of a boost during the coronavirus crisis.

First, there was the opening quarter of the year – Apple’s fiscal Q2. There was a dramatic difference between Apple’s original guidance and the actual numbers …


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Global smartphone shipments in Q1 fell 10% or 11.7% or 13% or 16.8%

Avatar for Ben Lovejoy May 1 2020 - 4:25 am PT
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Global smartphone shipments fell as stores closed

Three market intelligence companies have provided their estimates of global smartphone shipments in Q1, putting yesterday’s Apple earnings report into perspective.

Apple yesterday announced that iPhone revenue for calendar Q1 (fiscal Q2) was down from $31.05B in 2019 to $28.96B this year, a relatively modest fall of 6.7%. The comparative estimates from IDC, Counterpoint and Omdia follow an earlier one from TrendForce …


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How to mute background noise zoom Skype FaceTime video calls Mac iPhone iPad

How to mute background noise for audio and video calls on Mac, iPhone, iPad

Avatar for Michael Potuck Apr 30 2020 - 1:30 pm PT
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Now that video calls and conferences are becoming the norm for many and they’re happening from home in lots of cases, one of the challenges is finding a quiet spot to do them. Fortunately, there’s a great piece of software to save the day. Read along for how to mute background noise in Zoom, Skype, FaceTime, and pretty much any video or audio call on Mac, iPhone, and iPad with Krisp.


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Smartphone production expected to decline 16% year-over-year as coronavirus impacts demand and supply

Avatar for Benjamin Mayo Apr 30 2020 - 3:34 am PT
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Chinese OLED iPhone displays closer

The smartphone market is expected to decline as much as 16.5% in the second quarter, according to the latest estimates by TrendForce. Of course, the cause of this precipitous drop is the continuing economic impacts of the coronavirus.

TrendForce believes the first quarter of 2020 saw a 10% decline in smartphone output, and that will worsen in Q2 as businesses feel the brunt of a full quarter of coronavirus lockdowns. The firm currently estimates an 11.3% decline for the full year, which means it expects some degree of recovery in the second half of the year.


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Kick off Earth Day 2020 by recycling your old iPhone, iPad, MacBook, and more

Avatar for Stephen Hall Apr 22 2020 - 1:04 pm PT
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It’s Earth Day 2020, and that means there’s pretty much no better day than today to think about how your iPhone, iPad, MacBook, or other Apple device will affect the planet. Whether it’s an old iPhone 5 sitting in a drawer that you want to recycle, or a relatively new Apple Watch that you’d like to sell to upgrade to the latest model, we can help you make sure your old devices end up in the right hands.


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Report: iPhone Mail app zero-day exploits found in the wild, Apple has fix coming in next public iOS release

Avatar for Michael Potuck Apr 22 2020 - 9:15 am PT
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A new potentially serious software vulnerability has been discovered in iOS 13 that works via the default Mail app on iPhone and iPad. The security group ZecOps (via Motherboard) says that one of the two vulnerabilities is a zero-click exploit (no user interaction needed) that can be performed remotely.


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