It’s no secret that Dell is planning to launch an XPS 17 laptop with a svelte design (as well as a Precision 5750 model aimed at professional). But it looks like someone at Dell France jumped the gun and set a website for the upcoming laptop live a little early. The page is gone now, […]
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Apple iPhone 8 teardown reveals an iPhone 7 (with better CPU & cameras)
For the past few years Apple’s iPhone release schedule has been fairly predictable: release a new model one year, and follow it up with a similar-looking phone featuring a spec bump. That’s how we went from the iPhone 4 to 4S, 5 to 5S, and 6 to 6S. But this year the company is shaking […]
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Apple’s new phones are playing catch up, but that’s a good thing
Apple’s phones have a reputation for featuring some of the fastest mobile processors around, some of the best smartphone cameras, and sturdy construction. The original iPhone was also the first major smartphone to feature a finger-friendly capacitive touchscreen that changed the way we interact with phones. But for the past few years, Apple’s been playing […]
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Apple launches iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus
Apple’s latest mainstream smartphones have improved screens, better cameras, and louder stereo speakers with better bass than their predecessors. The iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus also have updated cameras (with a single-lens camera on the iPhone 8 and a dual-lens camera for the iPhone 8 Plus). But the bigger news may be the new […]
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iPhone 8 may know when you’re looking at it (and mute audio notifications)
Rumor has it that the upcoming iPhone 8 will support facial recognition, which means it’ll have hardware and software that can tell one person from another when you’re looking at the phone. It won’t be the first smartphone with facial identification features, but it’ll be the first from Apple. And it’s starting to look like […]
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Bezel-free phones with camera cut-outs are now a thing (thanks to Sharp, Essential, Apple… probably)
14 Comments on Bezel-free phones with camera cut-outs are now a thing (thanks to Sharp, Essential, Apple… probably)Essential may have been the first company to unveil a smartphone that’s nearly all screen on three sides… but which makes up for the lack of a top bezel by leaving a cut-out for the camera. But rumor has it that Apple plans to take a similar approach for at least one of its upcoming […]
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iPhone 8 face unlock, unusual design revealed by HomePod firmware
Apple’s first smart speaker is coming later this year, but the company has released an early build of the HomePod’s firmware, possibly by accident. And developers have started digging into it… and finding surprising things, such a details about the upcoming (and unannounced) iPhone 8. For example, it looks like Apple’s newest iPhone will features […]
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Report: Apple places order for 70 million OLED displays (for iPhones)
There’s been speculation for a while that at least some versions of the upcoming iPhone 8 would be Apple’s first phones with OLED displays. If a report from Nikkei is correct, it seems like those rumors were spot on. Nikkei says Apple has placed an order with Samsung Electronics for 70 million OLED panels. A […]
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Report: Apple to release 3 iPhone models in 2017, one with OLED screen
Apple used to release one new iPhone each year, but for the past few years the company has been offering at least two models: one with a larger screen and better specs, and a smaller, cheaper model. Now there are indications that Apple could shake things up again in 2017 by introducing three new iPhones. […]