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Samsung cites nearly 60 percent return rate for faulty Note 7 devices

The Samsung recall on the Note 7 device and its affected batteries seems to be working. As of Monday, 57 percent of Note 7 owners had swapped for new devices, Samsung Europe said. Note 7s were available for pre-order only days before the recall, limiting the number sold in the region, it said. Most of […]

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Apple announces Q4 2016 earnings call for Thursday, October 27th

Apple on Monday noted that it would hold its fourth quarter earnings call on Thursday, October 27th. The call will be held at the standard time of 2PM PT/5PM ET, with the earnings release itself being sent out roughly thirty minutes before then. The earnings call will be important in that it can show how […]

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Some iPhone users fall for tutorial video, attempt to drill headphone jack into iPhone 7 handsets

This started as a joke. And then some people took it seriously, thereby damaging their new iPhone 7 handsets and violating their warranties in the process. A recently released tutorial video claims to show a user securing his iPhone 7 with a clamp, then drilling into the iPhone 7’s case with a 3.5 millimeter drill […]

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Hardware iPhone iPhone iPhone SE News

Speed test comparison of every iPhone released

Since no one can ever get enough of speed tests and comparisons, the cool cats at EverythingApplePro released a comparison video of the iPhone SE against every model iPhone ever made. All in all, 13 iPhones were tested including the newly released iPhone SE in order to demonstrate not just how fast the iPhone SE […]

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Hardware iPhone News

IHS completes initial teardown, estimates iPhone 7 component costs around $220

They’ve run the numbers and after a preliminary teardown, iPhone 7 component costs are estimated to start at $219.80, which is $36.89 higher than iPhone 6s, according to a preliminary teardown of a 32GB model by IHS Markit. According to the report, the display remains the most expensive component, clocking in at an estimated $43 […]