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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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For the first time, most Thanksgiving online purchases were made on smartphones

Avatar for Ben Lovejoy Nov 23 2018 - 5:59 am PT
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Black Friday sales

It seems the Black Friday sales got off to an early start yesterday, Adobe Analytics data showing a record online spend yesterday of $1.75B as of 5pm, a pattern expected to see yesterday’s total online spend hit $3.7B once all the data is processed.

Check out the 9to5Toys deals hub for the best Black Friday promotions spanning all retailers, which will easily beat Apple’s first-hand sales with real discounts and savings on the latest iPhones, Macs, iPads and more …


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Verizon memo says Dual SIM and eSIM rollout to start in early December

Avatar for Benjamin Mayo Nov 21 2018 - 9:43 am PT
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eSIM on iPhone XS and XR

Dual SIM is one of the big new features for the iPhone XS and iPhone XR and it was technically enabled with iOS 12.1. However, the big US carriers held back on supporting Dual SIM activations due to various reasons.

In an internal memo shared with 9to5Mac, Verizon is telling its employees that it now expects to launch Dual SIM activations for eSIM and physical SIMs in early December.


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Foxconn cutting costs citing ‘very difficult and competitive’ 2019 outlook amid iPhone sales fears

Avatar for Benjamin Mayo Nov 21 2018 - 4:18 am PT
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As many suppliers and analysts raise concerns about iPhone sales outlook, Foxconn is setting out to cut costs according to an internal memo seen by Bloomberg. Foxconn is Apple’s biggest assembler of iPhones so its performance is often seen as a proxy for Apple itself.

Foxconn aims to reduce costs by almost 20 billion yuan ($3bn) for the 2019 year, which includes laying off about ten percent of its ‘non-technical’ workforce.


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How to adjust flashlight brightness on iPhone and iPad

Avatar for Peter Cao Nov 21 2018 - 12:01 am PT
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The flashlight feature on iPhone and iPad is super useful and handy when you need to see in the dark but don’t want to turn on the lights, potentially waking up others or pets.  Fortunately, Apple lets you adjust the flashlight brightness on iPhone and iPad, so that you can dim the flashlight and further improve your chances of not waking anyone up.

Follow along to learn how to adjust flashlight brightness on iPhone and iPad.


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Poll: Would you accept a slightly thicker 2019 iPhone in return for three benefits?

Avatar for Ben Lovejoy Nov 19 2018 - 4:42 am PT
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Macworld has a wishlist piece on the 2019 iPhone. Some of it is uncontroversial and very likely to happen – things like a better neural engine and improved Face ID (including landscape operation, like the new iPad Pro).

But the site’s Jason Cross also proposes something Apple is extremely unlikely to do: making the 2019 iPhone a little thicker …


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Apple seeking to poach Qualcomm chip engineers, likely for its own iPhone radio chips

Avatar for Ben Lovejoy Nov 15 2018 - 7:33 am PT
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iPhone radio chips

Apple appears to be trying to poach Qualcomm chip engineers, likely to work on its own design for future iPhone radio chips. The company is said to be ‘aggressively’ hiring in Qualcomm’s home base of San Diego.

Apple has been involved in a long-running – and at times very heated – battle with Qualcomm, which has long made iPhone radio chips which provide mobile data, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity …


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Zuckerberg forced Facebook execs to switch to Android after being ‘infuriated’ by Tim Cook, report says

Avatar for Michael Potuck Nov 14 2018 - 2:27 pm PT
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tim cook zuckerberg

A new piece by The New York Times goes in-depth on how Facebook has handled its repeated breaches and blunders. But one detail in particular is fascinating relating to Apple, Mark Zuckerberg apparently forced his management team to give up iPhones and switch to Android after Tim Cook made some comments that “infuriated” the Facebook CEO.


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