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iPhone 12 Ceramic Shield torture test finds similar scratch resistance as previous iPhones

Christian Zibreg ∙ October 28, 2020

Apple has teamed up with Corning Glass to create a new optically transparent material, called Ceramic Shield, to protect the iPhone 12 display. According to Apple, the new Ceramic Shield front cover provides "the biggest jump in durability ever on the iPhone" and is "tougher than any smartphone glass." But as a new torture test shows, the actual scratch resistance of the new iPhone 12 displays is comparable to the previous iPhone smartphones.

Apple’s FCC filing indicates iPhone 12 may have inactive support for reverse wireless charging

Christian Zibreg ∙ October 28, 2020

VentureBeat's Jeremy Horwitz points us to a new Apple filing with the United States Federal Communications Commission in which the Cupertino technology group hints at a possible new feature that appears to be similar to wireless power sharing on Samsung’s recent phones.

Apple caught spamming iPhone 12 owners with free Apple Arcade offers

Christian Zibreg ∙ October 28, 2020

Once again, Apple has resorted to tactics that border with spam to inform new iPhone 12 owners that they are eligible for three free months of the Apple Arcade subscription.

The iPhone 12 series adds support for Personal Hotspot over faster 5GHz Wi-Fi connections

Christian Zibreg ∙ October 27, 2020

If you have one of the new iPhone 12 models, you'll be pleased to learn that your handset boosts the Internet performance of devices that are connected to its Personal Hotspot by using a faster 5GHz Wi-Fi connection (if available) for hotspot tethering.

Apple says ‘make movies like the movies’ in latest ad promoting Dolby Vision and iPhone 12 Pro

Evan Selleck ∙ October 26, 2020

As has become par for the course with any new iPhone, the camera is one of the major selling points. That's certainly the case with the iPhone 12 lineup, which adds quite a bit to the camera's capabilities this year.

Here’s what all the different 5G icons in the status bar of your iPhone mean

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated June 3, 2024

With the arrival of the iPhone 12 came an alphabet soup of abbreviations and different 5G icons in the iOS status bar, ranging from 4G masquerading as 5G to 5G Ultra Wideband. Follow along with our tutorial to learn the meaning of all those iPhone 5G icons.

iPhone 12 Ceramic Shield cover glass holds up well in early tests

Evan Selleck ∙ October 23, 2020

One of the new elements of the iPhone 12 lineup is Ceramic Shield, a cover glass that's meant to make the display itself more durable.

Apple’s new MagSafe technology found charging at half the speed of the wired solution

Christian Zibreg ∙ October 23, 2020

Apple's new MagSafe charger for the iPhone 12 family doubles the wireless charging speed but is still slower compared to the wired solution. Concretely, the Wall Street Journal's Joana Stern found out in her video review of the new iPhones that the magnetic charger charges an iPhone 12 more than 2x slower than a 20-Watt USB-C charger with fast-charge support.

iPhone 12 mini: 12 things you need to know

Christian Zibreg ∙ October 23, 2020

With the iPhone 12 mini, Apple is introducing a brand-new size to it smartphone lineup. Thanks to its compact, easily pocketable form factor, we think the iPhone 12 mini will become a hot seller. That being said, we thought you might be interested in the essentials of the iPhone 12 mini before buying it so we've asked our videographer Harris Craycraft to put together a video in which he discusses several things you need to know about the iPhone 12 mini.

iPhone 12 Pro confirmed to have 2,815mAh battery in new teardown video

Evan Selleck ∙ October 22, 2020

It's not a secret that Apple doesn't go out of its way to reveal certain details in the specs list for its devices. The precise size of its batteries, for instance, usually doesn't make the cut. But it never takes long before the internet reveals the information anyway.

Apple reportedly plans to enable 5G in Dual SIM mode with iPhone 12 lineup later this year

Evan Selleck ∙ October 19, 2020

The iPhone 12 lineup supports 5G, but there's a limitation with one of the previous features Apple introduced some time ago: Dual SIM mode.

Some cases you can buy right now for the iPhone 12, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro Max

Evan Selleck ∙ Updated December 31, 2020

Earlier this week, Apple announced the iPhone 12, iPhone 12 mini, the iPhone 12 Pro, and the iPhone 12 Pro Max. It didn't take long before the cases started cropping up, too.