Apple has ostensibly acknowledged a microphone issue with certain iPhone 7 models.
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Russians are hopping on the anti-Apple bandwagon
Moscow-based law firms NLF Group and Lex Borealis have collected a number of iPhone owners who will be soon taking the company to court over the iPhone slowdown debacle.
Jim Cramer: Apple has become a punching bag
It definitely feels like it’s going to be a while before the iPhone throttling scandal goes away.
US and France investigating Apple over the iPhone throttling scandal
United States Senator John Thune (R–S.D.), chairman of the Commerce Committee, has sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook seeking, among other things, clarification on how his company has decided to throttle performance of iPhones with worn-out batteries in iOS 10.2.1 and later.
Apple’s discounted $29 battery replacement service is limited to one repair per iPhone
Apple has slashed its iPhone battery replacement service fee to $29 from $79 after admitting to slowing down older models with worn-out batteries, but those looking to take advantage of the offer should know that the discounted pricing is limited to one repair per device.
Geekbench finds a link between sluggish iPhone performance and battery age
John Poole, founder of the popular synthetic benchmark known as Geekbench, has discovered a curious correlation between the oft-reported performance issues that some owners of older iPhones have been complaining about and battery age/changes to iOS.
Apple has lowered carbon intensity of aluminum in latest iPhones
The latest iPhones have lower carbon intensity of the aluminum than the previous models.
Has Apple intentionally limited Portrait Lighting effects to iPhone X & iPhone 8 Plus?
Irish developer Steven Troughton-Smith has discovered that old Portrait Mode photos currently cannot be enhanced using Apple's new Portrait Lighting effects without resorting to trickery.
The addition of a second battery gives iPhone X two extra hours of run time than iPhone 7
The first thing iFixit noticed when they tore apart their iPhone X were two lithium-ion batteries powering this phone—a first in an iPhone—both of which are rated higher than the cells providing power to iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus.
Futuremark debunks speculation that Apple intentionally slows down older iPhones
Long-running speculation that Apple deliberately slows down older iPhones in software in order to supposedly push people into purchasing its latest models has been officially debunked and put to rest by Finnish computer benchmark developers Futuremark.
Apple: it’s impossible to enable FM reception in iPhone 7 & iPhone 8
Apple cannot magically flip a switch to turn on FM radio in your iPhone because latest iPhones lack FM radio chips in the first place and their antennas are not suited to support FM signals.
How to use new one-finger zoom gesture in Apple Maps
Over time Apple Maps has certainly grown in complexity, both in terms of software layers and controls. With iOS 11 and the addition of indoor maps, that statement rings truer than ever. That in mind, it is great to see whenever new software simultaneously makes a concerted effort to level it out by introducing simpler ways to perform basic tasks.