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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.

Current Lineup for 2019:

Discontinued Models:

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Apple supplier Foxconn profits rise as Japan Display hits five years of losses

Avatar for Ben Lovejoy Nov 13 2019 - 5:26 am PT
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Foxconn profits rise despite all in iPhone revenue

Two Apple suppliers yesterday delivered their earnings reports, with rather different outcomes. The reports saw Foxconn profits rise significantly while Japan Display hit five straight years of losses.

While Foxconn’s fortunes are strongly tied to those of Apple, its strong Q3 performance may be despite, rather than because of, the Cupertino company …


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New iPhone 12 renders imagine slab sides, smaller notch, four ‘cameras’

Avatar for Ben Lovejoy Nov 11 2019 - 4:19 am PT
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iPhone 12 renders

We’ve already seen one set of iPhone 12 renders, though we noted at the time that the notch-free design shown isn’t feasible for next year’s models.

Today, though, new iPhone 12 concept images give us a more realistic idea of how next year’s flagship iPhone design might look, based on reports from noted Apple supply-chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo…


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How to manage kids' texts, calls, contacts iPhone iPad iPod touch

How to manage kids’ texts, calls, and contacts w/ Screen Time on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

Avatar for Michael Potuck Nov 7 2019 - 2:58 pm PT
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Apple is expanding its Screen Time software that gives parents more control of their family’s devices with a highly requested feature: the ability to manage kids’ texts, phone calls, FaceTime calls, and even contacts on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Read on for how to set it all up in iOS 13.3 and later…


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How to remove Memoji Sticker from iPhone keyboard

Tired of seeing Memoji Stickers on your emoji keyboard? There’s a fix for that

Avatar for Michael Potuck Nov 6 2019 - 1:34 pm PT
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Along with iOS 13’s new features and changes came Memoji Stickers, and they show up in the frequently used section of the emoji picker on the default keyboard. For those who don’t want them there, Apple is going to make it possible to remove Memoji Stickers from the iPhone and iPad keyboard. Follow along for the step-by-step details.


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iOS 14 concept call screen UI split view more

iOS 14 concept teases what a new call screen UI, Split View, complications, and more could look like on iPhone

Avatar for Michael Potuck Nov 6 2019 - 11:47 am PT
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A new iOS 14 concept shared today visualizes what some highly requested features from Apple customers could look like on iPhone including a new call screen UI that doesn’t take over the entire screen, Split View and drag and drop support, a truly customizable Home screen, always-on display with complications, and more.


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Apple asks Trump administration for tariff relief on iPhone parts, AirPods, Apple Watch after last denial

Avatar for Michael Potuck Nov 1 2019 - 11:18 am PT
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Mac Pro tariff exemption Trump Tim Cook

Apple has officially asked for more exemptions on tariffs that went into effect in Septemeber as part of the US-China trade war. As reported by Bloomberg, Apple’s latest formal requests seek another round of exemptions, this time for iPhone components, AirPods, Apple Watch, and more from the current 15% duties.


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iPhone shipments fell despite high revenues, say three big intelligence firms

Avatar for Ben Lovejoy Oct 31 2019 - 6:36 am PT
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iPhone shipments fell in Q3 despite record revenue

Yesterday’s record-breaking Q4 earnings report might have suggested the opposite, but reports from all three of the big market intelligence firms say that iPhone shipments fell year-on-year during the quarter.

Apple’s fiscal Q4/calendar Q3 numbers were all good. Revenue was $64B, which was at the very top end of the company’s guidance and well above Wall Street expectations. iPhone revenue was back up above 50% of total income, at $33.36B. And Tim Cook said that iPhone 11 sales were off to “a very, very good start.”

But there was one clue that all was not what it seems in what Cook didn’t say…


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Comment: Apple is gradually selling more and more of us an iPhone subscription

Avatar for Ben Lovejoy Oct 31 2019 - 5:23 am PT
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Apple effectively has two iPhone subscription plans

An iPhone subscription would once have sounded like a bad joke. But these days it’s a growing reality.

Apple has long faced a problem. Its biggest cash cow is the iPhone, historically generating the majority of the company’s revenues. But where people once bought a new iPhone every couple of years on average, that upgrade cycle has been gradually lengthening. It’s now in the 3-4 year range for the average buyer…


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Digitimes: 2020 iPhone to feature 120Hz high refresh rate ‘ProMotion’ display

Avatar for Benjamin Mayo Oct 28 2019 - 3:22 am PT
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As iPhone 11 season continues, rumors begin to pick up about what is in store for the 2020 iPhone. Many are expecting significant design changes after three years of the same iPhone X series chassis (perhaps with a more squared off design reminiscent of the iPhone 4).

The Chinese version of a new Digitimes report claims that next year’s iPhone will feature a 120Hz screen like the ProMotion iPad Pros, except the iPhone will be a high refresh rate OLED panel whereas the iPad is LCD. All iPhones to date include 60Hz displays.


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20% of US iPhone buyers bought iPhone 11 in Q3; two money-saving tactics used

Avatar for Ben Lovejoy Oct 24 2019 - 7:22 am PT
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20% of US iPhone buyers bought iPhone 11 in Q3

Consumer Intelligence Research Partners says its data suggests that around 20% of US iPhone buyers in Q3 opted to buy one of the three iPhone 11 models despite availability being limited to the final week in the quarter.

The market intelligence firm says more budget-conscious consumers had two different approaches to balancing features against price…


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Google says unlimited full-res HEIC photo backups for iPhones is a bug

Avatar for Ben Lovejoy Oct 21 2019 - 4:16 am PT
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HEIC photo backups won't last long on Google Photos

There was apparent good news for iPhone owners last week when it turned out that you could get unlimited free storage of full-res HEIC photo backups in Google Photos. This was causing some consternation because the same wasn’t true of Google’s own Pixel 4 smartphones.

However, Google now says this is a bug, so don’t expect it to last for long…


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