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.
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.
Once you've decided to pick up the new iPhone 12, the last thing you want to do is get a big bulky case that's going to hide that beautiful refreshed design. But what if I told you there was a case that was so thin, you could barely tell it was on the handset?
There is, and it's made by Totallee. You've probably heard us mention this California-based brand a lot on this site over the years, because we're huge fans. Their cases are ultra-thin, branding and pattern-free, and they've been updated to fit the new iPhone.
It is the year of blue. Apple launched four flagship devices in four different blue colorways. iPad Air, Apple Watch Series 6, iPhone 12, and iPhone 12 Pro all enjoy their own blue hue. Celebrating the dedication, this blue wallpaper pack is a great way to match up your new devices with an alternating blue color. From rich dark blue hues, to light soft matte blues, there is a myriad of blue choices. This iDB Wallpapers of the Week collection is blue perfection.
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.
Last September, talented hacker and security researcher iBSparkes made headlines after becoming one of the first to crack the A13-equipped iPhone 11 Pro lineup with a working tfp0 exploit.
Just this afternoon, however, the jailbreak community was touched with an ounce of déjà vu after iBSparkes Tweeted a teaser of what appeared to be successful pwnage of Apple’s shiny new A14-equipped iPhone 12 lineup.
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.
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.
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.
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.
When you get a case, it needs to provide access to the key hardware elements of the device it's meant to protect. For a smartphone, that's definitely the built-in speakers. But some early adopters of Apple's case for the iPhone 12 are running into some issues.
While the iPhone 12 (and the whole iPhone 12 lineup) looks similar to some older iPhone models, and the new iPad Pro, it's technically an all new design. And now the first teardown of the handset reveals how it came together.