Apple CEO Tim Cook sat down for an interview with BuzzFeed News to talk a range of topics, among them the rumored iPhone X production bottlenecks and availability.
Tim Cook on rumored iPhone X supply shortages: “We’ll see what happens”
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Apple predicted to ship just 20 million iPhone X units in 2017, around half the planned number
Due to production woes with the dot projector and other TrueDepth camera components, Apple is now predicted to ship just 20 million iPhone X units in 2017, around half the planned number.
Apple will have iPhone X available for walk-in customers at launch, if they arrive early
Apple today announced that its stores will have iPhone X available for walk-in customers when the handset arrives November 3, encouraging would-be buyers to “arrive early.”
Apollo is a fantastic new Reddit client developed by a former Apple employee
Reddit users rejoice! Apollo is an astonishing new third-party client for iPhone and iPad developed by a former Apple engineer, and when you launch the app for the first time, you’ll recognize why we didn’t even have to tell you that.
The attention to detail in Apollo is stunning. Right down to the smallest details in the app’s user interface, Apollo meshes so well with the native iOS 11 user experience that you’d think Apple themselves made this app to ship with iOS 11 out of the box.
Delta switching 30,000 crew members from Nokia phones & Surface tablets to iOS hardware
Delta Air Lines is switching nearly 30,000 flight crew members from Microsoft's Nokia Lumia 1520 devices to iPhones and iPads, according to a leaked internal email.
FBI couldn’t retrieve data from more than half of the mobile devices it attempted to break into
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has failed to extract any data or personal information from nearly 7,000 devices because of strong encryption.
Reminder: Facebook now lets you order food for takeout or delivery
Facebook recently launched a feature that allows customers in the United states to order food for pick-up or delivery using the company's mainland mobile app or the desktop website.
Twitterrific 5 for Mac gains management for muffles and mutes & other new features
The popular third-party Twitter client, Twitterrific, today added a host of new features following its recent Mac App Store relaunch, including two most popular feature requests: management for muffles and mutes, plus a setting for keeping timelines scrolled to the top.
Google launches new app payment platform “Pay with Google”
Google today announced that its new mobile app payment platform, dubbed “Pay with Google,” is now ready for commercial release following a sneak peek of the feature during the Google I/O conference in May 2017.
Nintendo to host a Direct event for its upcoming Animal Crossing mobile game
Gaming giant Nintendo announced via its Japanese Twitter account this morning that it will be hosting a fifteen-minute Direct event for its upcoming mobile Animal Crossing game.
Apple’s op-chief: AI will transform healthcare
Operations boss Jeff Williams is in Taipei today for the 30th anniversary of Apple's key semiconductor foundry partner, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), which fabricates the new A11 Bionic chip powering iPhone 8 and iPhone X.
Google is investigating reports of Pixel 2 XL screen ghosting
Some owners of Google's new Pixel 2 XL phone are complaining about significant ghosting caused by the persistent software navigation buttons, showing after just a few days of use. Google is aware of these reports and is “actively investigating” them, it told The Verge.