Prominent Apple blogger John Gruber says that “white glove folks who clean every demo unit” botched Craig Federighi's onstage demo of Face ID during Tuesday's iPhone X keynote.
Folks who clean demo units threw off Face ID during iPhone X keynote
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iPhone X & 8 support FLAC playback, iOS 11 brings it to iPhone 7
Apple's new iPhone X, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus have hardware codec support for FLAC, a lossless audio format. iPhone 7 owners will be able to enjoy FLAC-encoded audio with iOS 11.
macOS High Sierra Golden Master build drops ahead of September 25 public release
Apple on Thursday released a golden master candidate of macOS High Sierra 10.13 to its registered developers, members of the Apple Developer Program and public beta testers.
$69 AirPods wireless charging case rumored to arrive in December
Apple didn't discuss its wireless earbuds at Tuesday's event beyond announcing an AirPods wireless charging case that, however, was not on display for the press.
Discontinuation of Series 2 widens the gap between cheapest and priciest Watch models
One year after it was introduced, Apple's second-generation wearable has now been discontinued as the Cupertino company on Tuesday unveiled an all-new Apple Watch Series 3 with optional LTE connectivity, a speedier in-house designed S3 chip and more.
Apple explains what happened with the flubbed Face ID demo
As we posited yesterday, the flub that was the first demo of Face ID on stage by Craig Federighi during the iPhone X event wasn't caused by a shortcoming of Apple's new authentication feature, but rather happened by design.
Geekbench: A11 Bionic smokes past Android rivals, beats iPad Pro, on par with 13″ MBP
Almost a year has passed following iPhone 7's debut and the Apple-designed A10 Fusion system-on-a-chip powering it has only recently been marginally outperformed by a few rival devices. However, Apple is already out with a game-changing A11 Bionic chip in the new iPhone X, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, now ranked as by far the fastest mobile chip out there.
Poll: what new Apple devices are you planning on buying?
Apple yesterday unveiled several new gizmos, some of which are priced higher than their predecessors. We're interested to hear your opinion about the latest iPhones, the new Apple Watch Series 3 models and Apple TV 4K. Specifically, what new device(s) are you planning on buying from Apple’s announcements yesterday, and why?
iPhone X and iPhone 8 support fast charging, but it comes at a price
One place iPhone has seriously lagged behind Android is wireless charging, which Google's ecosystem has supported for years. It took until now for Apple's smartphone to receive wireless charging and the same can be said for a fast charge feature.
iPhone SE can now be had for $50 less
While the new iPhone 8/Plus will start at $699/$799, resulting in a price bump of $50 for those who want the latest thing, Apple's most affordable handset can now be had for $50 less.
Jet Black finish now available on 32GB iPhone 7/Plus models starting at $549
As part of Apple's broader iPhone family shakeup following yesterday's keynote, customers who don't need more than 32 gigabytes of storage can now opt for one of the newly added 32GB iPhone 7/Plus models available in the glossy Jet Black finish, starting at $549.
Apple TV 4K no longer has USB-C port
The new Apple TV 4K has brought back the speedy Gigabit Ethernet port (the previous box uses the slower 10/100 Mbps Ethernet for wired Internet), but it's lost the handy USB-C port.