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Face ID unable to approve family purchases, reasons for this unknown

This is a bit strange. A number of iPhone X owners have discovered that Face ID isn’t available as an authentication method for the “Ask to Buy” feature, which allows parents to approve their kids’ iOS purchases and downloads. At present, the parent, or controlling Apple ID account holder, must enter their entire Apple account […]

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battery Hardware iPhone Legal News

Apple now involved in eight U.S.-based lawsuits, one Israel lawsuit following iPhone battery slowdown scandal

When it rains it pours. Apple is presently facing no less than eight individual lawsuits over claims it artificially slowed down iPhones with aging batteries. The cases were filed in U.S. Federal Courts in California, Illinois, and New York. Each of these cases is pushing for class action status. The first cases were filed in […]

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Hardware iPhone Legal Rumor

Rumor: Apple could look to MediaTek for iPhone modem components as legal dispute with Qualcomm drags on

Amidst the ongoing legal kerfuffle between Apple and Qualcomm, Apple may be eyeing a partnership with Taiwan’s MediaTek, which could supply baseband modem chipsets for iPhones beginning in 2018. The story was first broken by DigiTimes, which has a hit-or-miss track record on stories such as these, but has landed some good scoops where iPhone […]

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Rumor: Next-gen iPhones to feature upgraded TrueDepth camera system, larger-capacity batteries

It’s thought that an upgraded TrueDepth camera system in a next-gen iPhone, while spiffy, will require larger-capacity batteries. Per KGI Securities’ Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple is capable of designing new system for large-capacity batteries. The analyst offered the following quote regarding the topic:

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Apple admits to throttling iOS performance on older iPhone models since 2016, cites battery-related/altruistic reasons for practice

Well, this isn’t good. Following years of suspicion from critics, Apple may have admitted to secretly stifling the performance of older iPhones. After years of anecdotal evidence that the company was purposely slowing performance to compel users to upgrade to the latest iPhone model, Apple admitted to the practice on Wednesday, offering the following comments […]