Sébastien Page

Sebastien is the Founder and Editor in Chief of iDB. Once a BlackBerry user, Sebastien instantly fell in love with the iPhone when it was first announced in 2007. Shortly after, he decided to start sharing his knowledge of the iPhone and its nascent ecosystem, which led to the creation of this blog. Sebastien currently owns 14 iPhones, 4 iPads, a MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, a MacBook Air, 2 Apple Watches, 3 Apple TVs, countless HomePods and AirTags as well as a few pairs of AirPods.

Download the 10 new official iPad Air 5 wallpapers here

Sébastien Page ∙ March 14, 2022
iPad Air 5 wallpapers

With the release of iPadOS 15.4, Apple made the brand new wallpapers for the iPad Air 5 available. Similar to the wallpapers of the iPad Air 4 that we shared with you in the past, these bring a slight variation to an otherwise identical look and style.

You can download the new iPad Air 5 wallpapers right here. These are the official wallpapers. They come in 5 different colors, each in both Light and Dark mode, making for an impressive collection of 10 backgrounds you can add to your Home or Lock screens.

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The Nomad Base One is the most beautiful (and expensive) MagSafe charger you can buy

Sébastien Page ∙ March 1, 2022
Nomad Base One

It’s hard to get excited about a new wireless charger for iPhone in 2022. I mean, we’ve all seen our fair share of round or square-shaped devices on which you can lay your iPhone to wirelessly charge it. So at this point, the main thing that can set a charger apart from all the rest is design.

So when Nomad emailed me about their new Base One charging station, I paid close attention, because when the fine folks from Santa Barbara, California release a new product, it’s often with a different spin on things.

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‘California Streaming’ event debriefing [podcast]

Sébastien Page ∙ September 15, 2021

After a few months hiatus, Cody and Sebastien got the old band back together for a special episode. After sharing what happened to Cody and discussing the future of the podcast, Cody and Sebastien talk about Apple's September 2021 event where the company unveiled a new 10.2-inch iPad, a new iPad mini, Apple Watch Series 7, iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro.

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It’s not just you, TestFlight is down for some users [Update: issue resolved]

Sébastien Page ∙ July 21, 2021
testflight down

No, it's not just you! TestFlight is currently down for some users, including yours truly. While Apple took a bit of time to acknowledge the issue, the System Status page has now been updated to reflect the issue.

Update: the issue has now been resolved!

According to Apple, the issue started at 8.35 AM Pacific Time and is currently ongoing.  The company notes that "Users are experiencing a problem with this service. We are investigating and will update the status as more information becomes available."

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