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Estimate data surfaces as to Apple Vision Pro component costs

The estimates are in and it looks like Apple’s making a tidy profit on each Apple Vision Pro headset sold. While it’s no secret that the device starts at $3,500 for 256GB of storage, new data from research firm Omdia estimates that Apple’s cost to build a Vision Pro headset comes in at just over […]

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Rumor: Some iPhone 16 models could use larger batteries, offer expanded capacities

If you were hoping for an extended battery capacity for the iPhone 16 models, you might just get your wish. In a recent post, an X user known as “Majin Bu” leaked purported specs that the ‌iPhone 16‌ and iPhone 16 Pro Max will feature larger batteries than their predecessors, but the ‌iPhone 16‌ Plus […]

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iFixit publishes written and video teardowns of Vision Pro headset

Once again, the supremely cool cats at iFixit have torn into Apple’s newest hardware and have now published both a written as well as a video teardown of the new Apple Vision Pro headset, offering a list of the components to be found inside the mixed-reality headset. The teardown report reveals several internal components, including […]

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Apple to issue class action payments following iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus “loop disease” audio issues

If you slogged through audio issues with an iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus, compensation may be en route to help make things right. Apple last year agreed to pay $35 million to settle a U.S. class action lawsuit that alleged that the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus were prone to audio issues due […]

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Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro Max component costs broken down, unit is about eight percent more expensive to make than the iPhone 14 Pro Max

When the component cost, of “blended bill of materials,” of Apple’s new iPhone 15 Pro Max is calculated, the handset costs about eight percent more to manufacture than the iPhone 14 Pro Max. Per Counterpoint Research’s report, which was published yesterday, Apple spends around $502 to make the base model iPhone 15 Pro Max with […]