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Apple Hardware MacBook News Patents

Apple patent hints at transparent glass keycaps to boost keyboard durability

A recently published Apple patent application, entitled “Transparent Keycaps,” hints at how the company might use transparent glass keycaps to improve the MacBook’s keyboard durability. The patent acknowledges the difficulties inherent in trying to design a keyboard that is both thin and durable: A pleasing exterior appearance of an electronic device is often difficult to […]

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SquareTrade completes iPhone SE durability tests, finds device less durable than iPhone 6s, 6s plus

How durable is your new iPhone SE? The best answer might be “fair to middling”. Recently, extended warranty provider SquareTrade subjected the iPhone SE, iPhone 6s, and iPhone 6s Plus to a series of excessive bend, drop, tumble, and water tests, and the results show that its compact design does not necessarily make it more […]

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A compelling case for using a case

If you stacked one of every different mobile device case end to end, I bet it would reach Mars. Ok, maybe not, but there are an overwhelming number of choices for protecting your device. Even with all the options, ranging in price from just a few dollars to hundreds of dollars, many people choose not […]