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Engineering specs, discussions emerge for Apple Watch Series 4 LTPO-OLED screens

Following Apple’s announcement last week, you may have notice that the Apple Watch Series 4 unit incorporates a “LTPO-OLED” screen. Here to explain what that is, a quick engineering discussion screen cap offered the following details: Appleā€™s watch comparison [Source : 0] Section 1: What are backplanes Before we can understand what the LTPO OLED […]

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Rumor: Apple to continue selling current-gen iPhone throughout 2018

The rumor mill has changed and Apple may in fact stick with its usual strategy of selling the current model iPhone X as opposed to replacing it with a second-gen model later this year. According to unnamed industry sources, Korean publication The Investor reported on Friday that Apple will be launching two new OLED iPhone […]

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Hardware MacBook News USB-C

Hyper launches Indiegogo campaign to create world’s only USB Type C-compatible battery pack, adapter

This could turn into something cool. Hyper, the makers of the HyperJuice battery, have put together an Indiegogo fundraiser to raise US$50,000 to create a HyperJuice battery that will effectively charge Apple’s 12-inch MacBook with a USB Type C power adapter interface. The Magic Box units being worked on will allow conventional battery packs to […]

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Hardware iPhone News

British iOS device repair firm finds connection between third-party USB adapters and damage to iPhone 5 power management components

You know those nice, cheap third-party iPhone cables you can buy for dirt cheap at the check out line at the convenience store? They might be capable of damaging a power management component in the iPhone 5 handset. Per iOS device repair firm mendmyl, a series of damaged power management components in Apple’s iPhone 5 […]