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  • This is how Samsung needs to transform iPhones into its Galaxy Z Fold gadgets…

    Samsung is focusing on Apple customers with a novel replace to its Try Galaxy app, enabling iPhone customers to simulate the expertise of utilizing a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold by putting two iPhones aspect by aspect, as per a report. While it’s a advertising transfer, it underscores Samsung’s deal with foldable gadgets in competitors with Apple. 

    According to a report by CNET, the current replace for the Try Galaxy app, developed by the South Korean tech large, allows customers to copy the utilization expertise of Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold by putting two iPhones subsequent to one another. It is accessible on Android telephones as nicely. However, Samsung has now prolonged the compatibility of the Try Galaxy app to incorporate iPhones.

    Reportedly, Samsung gives a QR code of their press launch for iPhone customers to scan when utilizing the app. This QR code allows the addition of a shortcut to Samsung’s Try Galaxy app on the iPhone’s house display screen. Upon launching this shortcut, a simulation of Samsung’s One UI Android software program is displayed. For customers with two iPhones out there, it’s potential to make the most of them collectively to imitate the looks of the software program as it will seem on Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold.

    The report additional provides that there are a number of temporary demonstrations which are accessible to experiment with on this mode. These embrace an air hockey recreation and an animated ocean scene that includes a whale and different aquatic creatures gliding throughout the screens. While these demos could not completely emulate the actual expertise of utilizing the Galaxy Z Fold, Samsung’s intention is clear: to showcase the potential look of apps when spanning two shows, says the report.

    As per the report, the demonstration from the Korean large illustrates how apps perform in split-screen mode, providing precious insights for people considering a transition to a foldable machine. 

    Within this demo, customers are guided to launch the messages app on one iPhone and the photograph gallery app on the opposite. Subsequently, a immediate directs customers to pull and drop photographs from one iPhone into the messages app displayed on its paired machine. This simulation gives a fairly genuine depiction of the expertise of using Samsung’s multitasking capabilities, additional provides the report. 

     

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    Updated: 23 Aug 2023, 11:10 AM IST

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  • Apple iPhone SE 4 might characteristic iPhone 14-like design: Here’s what to anticipate

    The upcoming iPhone SE 4, the fourth era of the smartphone collection set to succeed the iPhone SE (2022), is rumored to characteristic a USB Type-C port, as indicated by a dependable supply. Apple’s transfer to interchange the Lightning port with USB Type-C is anticipated to be launched with the purported iPhone 15 lineup subsequent month, and this transition is more likely to prolong to forthcoming fashions as effectively. Notably, the Apple iPhone SE 4 can be predicted to combine Face ID performance and may embrace an Action button, a characteristic anticipated to premiere on the iPhone 15 Pro later this yr.

    As per info from tipster Unknownz21 (@URedditor on X), the design of the iPhone SE 4 is anticipated to bear similarities to the beforehand launched iPhone 14. This means that the speculated machine might be the primary within the SE collection to undertake Apple’s notch-based show design. However, the supply signifies that, akin to its predecessors and all different SE fashions, the fourth-generation Apple smartphone will come geared up with a single rear digicam.

    Apple had beforehand confirmed its intention to transition future iPhone fashions to make use of the USB Type-C port, transferring away from the proprietary Lightning port. The firm is slated to unveil the iPhone 15 collection, comprising the iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max, at an occasion scheduled for September 12. The tipster additionally asserts that the iPhone SE 4 will incorporate a USB Type-C port, marking it because the inaugural SE-series smartphone to characteristic the modern USB port.

    Earlier experiences had indicated that the iPhone SE 4 would incorporate a Touch ID sensor; nonetheless, as per Unknownz21, the purported machine will help Face ID as an alternative. The preliminary and second-generation iPhone SE fashions boasted a front-facing fingerprint sensor that doubled as a house button. Yet, it seems that Apple may go for facial recognition because the biometric authentication technique for this new telephone.

    The iPhone 15 Pro is anticipated to introduce an “Action” button, harking back to the one launched within the earlier yr on the Apple Watch Ultra. This button is anticipated to be programmable for particular duties, shortcuts, functions, and accessibility options. The supply means that the iPhone SE 4 may also undertake this Action button, doubtlessly changing the well-known mute change discovered on current iPhone fashions.

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    Updated: 15 Aug 2023, 11:10 AM IST

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  • Russia bans use of Apple iPhones and iPads for work functions: Report

    According to a report from the Interfax information company (through Reuters) on Friday, Russia’s Ministry of Digital Development, led by Minister Maksut Shadaev, has instituted a prohibition on using Apple iPhones and iPads by workers for work-related functions.

    Shadaev said at a digital convention, “A restriction has been introduced against the utilization of (Apple) mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets, for accessing work-related applications and exchanging work-related emails.” He additional defined that the utilization of iPhones for private necessities continues to be permitted.

    The ministry enacted this ban roughly two months following assertions made by Russia’s main home safety company, the FSB, which claimed {that a} substantial variety of Apple gadgets had been compromised because of a U.S.-orchestrated espionage operation. Apple refuted these allegations, whereas the U.S. National Security Agency, reportedly implicated by the FSB, selected not to reply to the claims throughout that interval.

    In one other information, Apple is anticipated to host its 2023 iPhone launch occasion on September 12. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the much-awaited launch occasion for the Apple iPhone 15 sequence is rumored to happen both on September 12 or Wednesday, September 13 of this yr. If the knowledge holds true, pre-orders for the brand new iPhones are mentioned to start on September 15, with the Apple iPhone 15 sequence seemingly hitting the marketplace for sale on September 22.

    An further report from 9to5Mac final week corroborates this schedule, stating that numerous provider companions have already forbidden their workers from taking time without work on Wednesday, September 13, because of expectations of a major smartphone announcement on that day.

    Alongside the iPhone 15 lineup, the September occasion is anticipated to showcase up to date variations of the Apple Watch, together with the Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 fashions. Moreover, it’s anticipated to unveil the ultimate particulars and launch dates for iOS 17 and different associated working system updates. Excitement and anticipation are build up for Apple fans worldwide as they await the official unveiling of the newest improvements from the tech large.

     

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    Updated: 12 Aug 2023, 02:45 PM IST

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  • Apple begins mass manufacturing of iPhone 15 show panels: Report

    Apple has reportedly began the mass manufacturing of its iPhone 15 sequence show. According to a report by The Elec, a South Korean publication, Apple’s show provider Samsung has began mass producing the OLED panels for the brand new smartphones. It says that Apple has granted approval to Samsung Display for the manufacturing of 4 distinct OLED panels supposed for the iPhone 15 sequence. 

    As the first provider of OLED panels to Apple, Samsung Display might be liable for manufacturing shows for all 4 fashions: iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, and that iPhone 15 Pro Max.

    The report signifies that the iPhone 15 launch is continuing as scheduled for September. In distinction to the earlier 12 months, the place the iPhone 14 sequence confronted delays as a result of pandemic, Apple plans to unveil and launch the iPhone 15 sequence inside its common timeframe.

    Recently, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman acknowledged that Apple will use a brand new know-how with the show of Phone 15 Pro and Pro Max fashions with a view to create the corporate’s ‘dream iphone’ that’s really all-screen.

    Apple is predicted to make use of a brand new know-how referred to as ‘low-injection pressure over-molding’ or ‘LIPO’ to shrink the border dimension on iPhone 15 Pro and that iPhone 15 Pro Max fashions from 2.2 millimetres to 1.5 millimetres. The course of was first used within the Apple Watch Series 7 with a view to enhance the show dimension and make borders thinner and can be ultimately anticipated to make its solution to iPad gadgets.

    All telephones beneath Apple iPhone 15 sequence are anticipated to come back with Dynamic Island characteristic. It is at present obtainable on the Pro fashions of iPhone 14. Apple may embody a periscope digicam on the iPhone 15 Pro Max with as much as 10x optical zoom, surpassing the present 2.5x zoom on the iPhone 14 Pro Max.

    The upcoming iPhones are anticipated to run on the sooner A16 chip primarily based on a 3nm course of. It is probably going that Apple could reveal the brand new iPhone 15 sequence in early September. As far because the pricing is anxious, the corporate could enhance the worth of Pro fashions by as much as $200.

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    Updated: 02 Aug 2023, 05:55 PM IST

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  • This sealed unique Apple iPhone will get bought for whopping ₹1.3 crore

    Over the previous 12 months, there was a noticeable improve within the variety of sealed unique iPhones showing at auctions. However, the preliminary hype surrounding these auctions appears to have diminished in latest months, following a peak in February when a record-breaking sale reached $63,000. Since then, each demand and costs for these units have skilled a decline.

    But lately, a manufacturing unit sealed unique 2007 Apple iPhone was put up for public sale. Surpassing all information, the gadget bought for a whopping $158,000 (approx. ₹1,29,80,000). 

    Auctioned by LCG Auction, it was a really uncommon mannequin. The bought iPhone was the 4GB model of 2007 Apple iPhone that was solely produced for a few months. The gadget was put up for public sale in June. Bidding began at $10,000 on June 30 and reached a peak of $42,000 quickly. The public sale ultimately turned intense with bidding leaping from $67,000 to the ultimate worth of $158,644. 

    Now, the unique iPhone 4GB mannequin was priced at $499. This signifies that the sealed mannequin bought for the value which is roughly 318x costlier than the launch worth.

    Here’s how LCG Auction described the 4GB sealed unique iPhone:

    “Our providing is an exceedingly uncommon, manufacturing unit sealed, first-release 4GB mannequin in distinctive situation. Virtually flawless alongside the floor and edges, the manufacturing unit seal is clear with appropriate seam particulars and tightness. Labels on the reverse are accurately pristine beneath the seal. Outstanding coloration and gloss. Brand new, by no means activated. The cellphone’s provenance is pristine because the consignor was a part of the unique engineering staff at Apple when the iPhone first launched. Collectors and traders could be exhausting pressed to discover a superior instance. Relevance and rarity comprise a profitable formulation for this red-hot collectible. Model A1203, Order MA501LL/A 4GB).

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    Updated: 17 Jul 2023, 10:51 AM IST

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  • Apple iPhones could quickly get satellite-powered web and calling function: Report

    A report by PCMag means that iPhones could get extra satellite-powered options sooner or later. In an FCC submitting, Apple companion Globalstar indicators that the Cupertino-based firm is looking for to increase satellite-powered options on iPhones.

    Apple launched the emergency SOS by way of satellite tv for pc function with iPhone 14 collection. Using the function, one can ship Emergency SOS by way of satellite tv for pc to textual content emergency companies when he/she is out of mobile and Wi-Fi protection. One can even use the Find My app to share location with folks by way of satellite tv for pc.

    As per the report, the function could also be prolonged to voice name and web. The FCC submitting weighs in on a plan from T-Mobile and SpaceX to energy satellite tv for pc web companies for “unmodified” T-Mobile smartphones.

    “Globalstar’s MSS (cellular satellite tv for pc service) system will proceed to evolve over time to assist a rising array of direct-to-handset options and companies in its licensed spectrum,” Globalstar says. The assertion hints that Globalstar could possibly be engaged on a plan to deliver satellite tv for pc voice calls and web connectivity on Apple iPhones.

    How to make use of Apple’s Emergency SOS by way of satellite tv for pc function

    Emergency SOS by way of satellite tv for pc is free for 2 years after the activation of iPhone 14 or iPhone 14 Pro. It is presently accessible within the US. If you could contact emergency companies, comply with the following tips to assist join your iPhone to a satellite tv for pc:

    Hold your telephone naturally in your hand. You needn’t increase your arm or maintain your telephone up, however do not put it in a pocket or backpack.Make positive that you simply’re outdoors with a transparent view of the sky and the horizon.Be conscious that timber with gentle foliage would possibly decelerate the connection, and dense foliage would possibly block it. Hills or mountains, canyons, and tall constructions can even block the connection.In case you could flip left or proper or transfer to keep away from a blocked sign, your iPhone gives steerage—simply comply with the onscreen directions.The satellite tv for pc connection could be maintained even when your telephone display screen is locked.

    Once you’re related, your iPhone begins a textual content dialog with emergency responders by sharing important data like your Medical ID and emergency contact data (when you’ve got set them up), the emergency questionnaire solutions, your location (together with elevation), and remaining battery life in your iPhone.

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    Updated: 02 Jul 2023, 11:58 AM IST

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  • YouTuber creates record-breaking 8-foot iPhone, claiming world’s largest ever

    YouTuber Matthew Beem and his staff have efficiently constructed the world’s largest iPhone, measuring a staggering 8 toes. While it could appear unbelievable, the advantages of bigger smartphones are simple. Apple itself deserted the iPhone mini idea final yr, opting to launch a non-Pro iPhone 14 Plus with the identical dimension because the iPhone 14 Pro Max. 

    Currently, the most important iPhone obtainable out there is the 6.7-inch Pro Max fashions. Matthew Beem proudly claims that his creation is the most important iPhone ever made, surpassing the earlier document set by YouTuber ZHC, who constructed a 6-foot iPhone in 2020.

    Surprisingly, the colossal 8-foot iPhone created by YouTuber Matthew Beem features identical to another common iPhone. It possesses all the same old options, together with the flexibility to take images, make funds by means of Apple Pay, make the most of varied apps, set alarms, and even play video games.

    In a video shared by Matthew Beem, he took the outsized iPhone on a visit to New York City to gauge individuals’s reactions. He rode the subway, captured selfies and footage of iconic landmarks, and even had it reviewed by in style tech YouTuber MKBHD. Despite its huge dimension, this iPhone offers an expertise akin to utilizing a regular iPhone, albeit with a grandiose twist.

    Contrary to in style perception, the 8-foot “iPhone” created by YouTuber Matthew Beem just isn’t an genuine iPhone. Instead, it’s a mixture of various elements from varied merchandise. The huge display contains contact panels sometimes present in TVs, enabling it to operate equally to an precise iPhone show. To create a seamless expertise, a laser is positioned across the display. This outsized TV show is then related to a Mac mini, which runs the identical apps generally used on iPhones. 

    All the acquainted options, such because the lock button, quantity buttons, and mute button, function identical to these on an iPhone. The gadget even sports activities a glass end on each the back and front, and the front-facing digital camera is supplied with FaceTime performance.

     

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    Updated: 26 Jun 2023, 04:16 PM IST

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  • Apple and the which means of “spatial computing”

    No one reveals off a brand new gadget fairly like Apple. But the machine that Tim Cook unveiled on June fifth was billed as one thing extra vital. The Vision Pro, a pair of smooth virtual-reality goggles, represents “a wholly new spatial-computing platform”, mentioned Apple’s boss, evaluating its launch to that of the Macintosh and the iPhone. Apple’s message is evident: after desktop and cell computing, the following large tech period might be spatial computing—also referred to as augmented actuality—through which pc graphics are overlaid on the world across the consumer.

    The presentation was each jaw-droppingly spectacular and oddly underwhelming. The Vision is full of improvements that eclipse each different headset available on the market. Clunky joysticks are out, hand gestures and eyeball monitoring are in. Instead of legless avatars, customers get photorealistic likenesses, whose eyes additionally seem on the surface of the glasses to make carrying them much less delinquent. The product is dusted with Apple’s user-friendly design magic.

    Yet the corporate had surprisingly uninspiring ideas for what to do with its miraculous machine. Look at your photographs—however greater! Use Microsoft Teams—however on a digital display screen! Make FaceTime video calls—however along with your buddy’s window in area, not the palm of your hand! Apple’s imaginative and prescient primarily appeared to contain taking 2D apps and projecting them onto digital screens (whereas charging $3,499 for the privilege). Is that it?

    Patience. Mr Cook is true that spatial computing is a brand new platform, however it should take time to take advantage of. Consider the iPhone’s launch, 16 years in the past. Like the Vision, its know-how sparkled, however its boring preliminary makes use of have been inherited from earlier platforms: make calls, write e-mails, browse the online, take heed to music. It was years earlier than builders unlocked cell computing’s killer use-cases: group chats, ride-hailing, quick video, informal gaming, cell funds and all the opposite issues that at this time persuade individuals to spend $1,000 or extra on an iPhone (whose $499 launch value in 2007 was thought of surprising).

    Other platforms have taken simply as lengthy to succeed in their potential. Television producers started by filming individuals showing on stage. Internet pioneers began off by sharing recordsdata, earlier than spinning the online and far more. Apple’s personal smartwatch was a moist squib till shoppers determined that it was a well being and health machine. It now sells 50m watches a 12 months.

    No one but is aware of what spatial computing’s killer use-case may be—or if it even has one, although that appears probably. It could possibly be business (surgeons, engineers and designers have dabbled within the tech) or academic (Apple previewed a “planetarium” in its demo) or in leisure (Disney made a cameo with concepts for interacting in movie and sport). Vision Pros may even change into high-end porn goggles, if Apple relaxes its ban on such content material. Artificial intelligence will enable programmers to make eerily reasonable content material in all these classes, and extra.

    The strategy to velocity up this course of is to get the {hardware} into the palms of builders—and that’s the actual goal of the Vision. Apple is not going to promote lots of the costly first-generation items, and doesn’t care. Its purpose is to get the product to the individuals who will work out what spatial computing can do. It is uniquely properly positioned. Meta, its chief rival within the headset recreation, lacks Apple’s hyperlinks with builders, who like making software program for Apple’s best-in-class {hardware} (and its richest-in-class shoppers).

    The flawed however extraordinary Vision reveals that the technological wrestle to make spatial computing a actuality is being received. The subsequent race is to find what it’s for. Apple has simply fired the beginning gun.

    © 2023, The Economist Newspaper Limited. All rights reserved. From The Economist, revealed beneath licence. The unique content material could be discovered on www.economist.com

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    Updated: 08 Jun 2023, 05:26 PM IST

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  • Apple’s AirDrop within the Crosshairs of China’s National-Security Crackdown

    BEIJING—Apple’s AirDrop and related file-sharing packages that had been utilized by protesters in China and Hong Kong in recent times face tighter controls underneath guidelines proposed by Beijing, the most recent communications know-how to fall foul of a broadening national-security clampdown.

  • WWDC 2023: Apple may add a wise display-like iPhone lock show display with iOS 17

    Apple is reportedly planning a model new lock show display interface for iPhones with iOS 17. According to a report by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the interface may current calendar appointments, local weather and notifications in a wise present mannequin.

    The view, nonetheless, could be obtainable solely when the phone is locked. It could be positioned horizontally and might current widgets on a darkish background with vibrant textual content material. With the model new present on the iPhone’s lock show display, the thought is to make the machine further useful when saved atop a desk or on a nightstand. 

    The present could be identical to devoted reveals provided by Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Amazon.com Inc., primarily based on people conscious of the mission. The attribute is already obtainable on Pixel items when used with a Pixel stand. Pixel items moreover present Google’s At a Glance widget which reveals the date, calendar appointments, and completely different notifications from the home and lock show display.

    As per the report, along with iPhones, Apple may carry this good present attribute to iPads as correctly. The Cupertino-based agency will also be engaged on a magnetic mount that may be utilized with the machine.

    The attribute could be launched with iOS 17 that is set to be launched the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) 2023. The annual developer event could be organised on June 7. Apple iOS 17 is internally codenamed Dawn.

    According to experiences, Apple is planning to hold vital changes with the newest working system. This may embrace sideloading of apps, enhancements to Wallet app and Find My app amongst others. As per Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the iPhone maker is extra probably to focus on updates to core system apps with the iOS 17. He says that there could be enhancements to ‌Find My‌ app with a a lot larger push on location.

    The agency has already revealed quite a lot of latest accessibility choices for its iPhone, iPad and Mac items. These embrace Assistive Access, Live Speech and Personal Voice Advance Speech Accessibility, and Point and Speak.

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