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iPhone X inventory improves at Apple Store retail locations

If you’re hankering for an iPhone X, the odds of your being able to hoof it over to an Apple retail location and pick one up have dramatically improved since the handset’s launch at the beginning of November. The cool cats over at The Mac Observer used Appleā€™s own inventory availability checker to see where […]

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Apple releases iOS 11.1.2 update, offers fix for iPhone X display being unresponsive in cold temperatures

If nothing else, the iOS 11 updates are arriving fairly quickly. Apple released its iOS 11.1.2 update on Thursday. The update, which can range from a few hundred megabyte to a 2.43 gigabyte download, offered the following fixes and changes:

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AppleCare+ Hardware iPhone News

Apple announces $279 price for non-AppleCare+ iPhone X screen repairs

It’s best not to drop your brand new iPhone X. Or, if you do, make sure it has an AppleCare+ plan covering it. Apple has announced that a repair for the iPhone X screen will retail for $279 and $99 for any other damage up to two instances without an AppleCare+ plan.

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Developer Hardware HomePod iPhone News

Leaked HomePod firmware hints at resizable virtual Home button for iPhone 8

It’s the leaked firmware that keeps on giving. In a recent discovery, developer Steve Troughton-Smith found code strings within the HomePod firmware that indicated a virtual Home button for the iPhone 8. The Home button can apparently be hidden and resized as needed. There apparently isn’t a way to change the Home button’s color, and […]

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J.P. Morgan analyst predicts September launch for next-gen iPhone, units to be available in lower quantities

He’s straying from the pack a bit, but analyst Rod Hall of J.P. Morgan has offered a statement predicting that Apple will continue to support the concept of a “super cycle” after the “iPhone 7s” family and “iPhone 8” launch. However, because of possible OLED screen issues related to Touch ID, launch quantities will likely […]