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.
Apple caught spamming iPhone 12 owners with free Apple Arcade offers
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The iPhone 12 series adds support for Personal Hotspot over faster 5GHz Wi-Fi connections
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
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.
Tips and tricks for using your brand spanking new iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro
Apple's first 5G-enabled iPhone models are here, with the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro available since last Friday and the iPhone 12 mini and the iPhone 12 Pro Max arriving next month. Whether you already have a new iPhone or are planning on buying one soon, here's a selection of useful tips and tricks for making the most out of your shiny new Apple handset.
Here’s what all the different 5G icons in the status bar of your iPhone mean
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 and 12 Pro hold up in Allstate’s six-foot drop test thanks to Ceramic Shield
While smartphone manufacturers have adopted glass and metal for their premium handsets, the companies also like to promote upgrades to make the devices more resilient. Because sometimes drops happen, and glass doesn't typically hold up all that well when it's dropped on a hard surface.
iPhone 12 Ceramic Shield cover glass holds up well in early tests
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.
iFixit is tearing down the iPhone 12 Pro live
The iPhone 12 and the iPhone 12 Pro went on sale today. As such, the crew at iFixit is starting the teardown process.
Apple’s new MagSafe technology found charging at half the speed of the wired solution
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 Pro confirmed to have 2,815mAh battery in new teardown video
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.
Halide Mark II photography app improves the experience with new features like XDR Analysis and more
The camera system in Apple's iPhone lineup is already impressive, but some photographers out there prefer a more in-depth app experience to get the shots they want. Halide, developed by Lux Optics, has been one of the go-to apps for years now, and now there's a whole new, improved option.
This tweak provides jailbreakers with the new iPhone 12 Pro wallpapers
If you’ve seen any of the Apple’s advertisements for the latest iPhones, then you’ve undoubtedly observed the new wallpapers showcased on those handsets in those advertisements. Those wallpapers aren’t available out of the box on older or current handsets, but if you’re jailbroken, then the news news is that you can obtain them rather easily.
iPhone 12 Pro Wallpapers is a newly released and free add-on by iOS developer sunchipnacho that ports all of those shiny new wallpapers to pwned handsets on iOS 13 or 14.