The 6.5-inch custom-built OLED panel in Apple's new iPhone XS Max has earned the “Best Smartphone Display Award” with near perfect calibration and performance, according to display testing and calibration experts over at DisplayMate Technologies.
The new iPhone XS sports some creative battery geometry, but that won't change the fact that the Apple smartphone continues to be perceived as having a weaker battery than comparable Android handsets. This may come as a surprise given Apple designs its own chips and optimizes the hardware and software for battery consumption. What exactly is going on here?
The Chinese phone maker Huawei has pulled quite a smart marketing stunt today by taking to the streets outside Singapore's Apple Store to hand out free power banks to buyers who queued to be one of the first to get the new iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max smartphones.
Welcome to a special edition of Wallpapers of the Week! Today, Apple drops the newest in iPhone hardware and I've got my hands on a shiny new iPhone XS Max 256GB version. Wow! This OLED screen pops, all 6.5" of it.
As we all know, the best way to showcase that beautiful screen is by downloading this pack of 25 wallpapers. Spanning several genres, I was just going for a smattering of incredible wallpapers that can last you through the holiday season. Load up with these great new images to enjoy on your brand new device, or your old one if you chose to skip this year's upgrade.
If you take panoramic images, especially vertical panoramas, you're going to digg the improved cameras on the new iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max smartphones. According to travel photographer Austin Mann, vertical panos taken with these latest Apple smartphones retain focus uniformly across the shot and no longer suffer from exposure issues.
Is the long-delayed AirPower wireless charger still delayed or no longer under consideration? No one but Apple knows for sure. Nonetheless, two new clues suggest it will launch -- someday.
As Twitter user Gavin Stephens was the first to note, the manual for the iPhone XS Max mentions the charging device. In a "getting started guide" are the words: “Place iPhone with screen facing up on AirPoweror a Qi-certified wireless charger.”
https://twitter.com/ccgavind/status/1042917075675541504
Additionally, 9to5Mac has discovered some information in the first iOS 12.1 developer beta that suggests the AirPower project continues to move forward.
Looking into iOS 12.1, we noticed that the component of iOS responsible for managing the charging interface that appears when using AirPower has been updated, which means that Apple is still actively working on the project.
The AirPower was first announced on Sept. 12, 2017, and was designed to inductively charge multiple Apple devices at once, including many that were also announced on that date, such as the third-generation Apple Watch, iPhone X, iPhone 8, and iPhone 8 Plus.
Earlier this year, Bloomberg said Apple planned on releasing the wireless device before the end of September. It said continued problems with AirPower’s multi-device charging mechanism was the reason for the device’s long delay.
I don't believe the AirPower mention in the iPhone XS Max manual means that much. This document could have been printed weeks ago, and Apple could have decided that republishing them before the iPhone XS Max release would be too costly.
The information 9to5Mac found in the iOS 12.1 beta, however, is not as easy to discount. If the AirPower was no longer under consideration, I'd think any reference to it would have been removed from a new iOS beta.
Hopefully, we'll hear more from Apple soon.
What do you think? Will we ever see an AirPower charging pad in the wild? Let us know your opinion in the notes below.
If you've recently purchased an iPhone XS or iPhone XS Max, you're going to want to protect it with a case. If you want your case to also serve as a wallet, you've come to the right place. Here are some the best iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max wallet cases you can buy right now for these two mobile devices.
Looking for the best leather case for your iPhone XS or iPhone XS Max? You've come to the right place. We've put together a small, carefully-curated roundup of what we believe are the best leather cases available for Apple's two new handsets.
Loyal iDB readers need no introduction to Totallee, the California company that makes ultra thin and minimalist cases for iPhone. We've reviewed a few of their cases in the past, and quite frankly, despite the company sponsoring this message today, Totallee makes the only cases I use on my iPhone.
Learn more about the workings of HDR, Auto HDR, and Smart HDR on your iPhone, which lets you capture balanced shots in high-contrast situations.
We're just days away from the launch of the Apple iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max. Beforehand, regulatory filings in China have revealed two of the final unknowns about the handsets, the size of the batteries and internal RAM. The documents, which also include information on the iPhone XR, were first published by China's MyDrivers website.
The early iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max reviews are now being posted online. Not surprisingly, most focus on the subtle differences between the two handsets and the 2017 iPhone X. Each reviewer also suggests would-buyers should wait until the iPhone XR is released next month before making a purchasing decision.