Apple posted an ad to its official YouTube channel yesterday highlighting a new Portrait Lighting shooting mode on iPhone 8 Plus. Portrait Lighting simulates professional studio lighting with a shallow depth-of-field effect in five different lighting styles.
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.
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.
There’s no two ways about it: unsolicited texts are an issue. Be it outright spam, carrier notifications or simply unpalatable contacts, more often than not your phone fails to protect you from some rather unsavoury messages.
Interestingly, text message security is an unusual topic rarely broached, either because it remains forced to live a sad existence in the shadow of the seemingly more profitable email bubble, or because it’s decidedly trickier to contrive a service that genuinely satisfies text message users.
For all intents and purposes, SMS Shield has pulled off that feat. Once downloaded and set up (subscription fees range from $5.99 yearly to $0.99 monthly corresponding with a 1-year, 1/2-year and 1-month package), you can’t help but feel that your iPhone’s Messages app just battened down the hatches.
Apple has confirmed in a statement to The Verge that an upcoming iOS update will fix an annoying software bug affecting some iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 owners who have reported hearing intermittent crackling sounds or static noise during both cellular and FaceTime calls.
Like we said before in our video overview of the top 15 features of new iPhones, and as noted on Apple's own official technical specifications for iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X, the latest handsets from Cupertino have picked up global support for Galileo satellites named after the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, as well as the QZSS constellation in Japan only.
iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X are all fast-charge capable, allowing users to achieve up to fifty percent charge in 30 minutes with the right cable and power adapter.
The cost of material used to make the 64GB version of iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus has slightly increased, compared to previous models. According to research firm IHS Markit, the estimated bill of material (BOM) of $247.51 for iPhone 8, and $288.08 for iPhone 8 Plus, "is the result of slower annual component cost erosion tied in with additional features."
Apple's new iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus reportedly feature the next-generation Enhanced Voice Services codec that brings vastly improved HD voice quality and fewer dropped calls, plus support for advanced features like customized ring-back tones, sharing live music over voice calls and more.
Many people are still waiting for the premium iPhone X to hit the market in November. But in the meantime, iPhone 8 shoppers have started to receive their brand spanking new phones.
On Friday, September 22, Apple's latest iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus smartphones and the new Apple Watch Series 3 smartwatches went on sale around the world at 8am local time.
Apple on Friday shared a nicely done promotional video through its official YouTube channel that goes through some of the best new features of iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus that the company thinks would-be shoppers might appreciate.