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Apple thought to have sold 3.9 million Apple Watch units in Q3, strong LTE sales cited

At its most recent earnings call, Apple stated that its Apple Watch sales had grown 50 percent year-over-over, although the company has never revealed exact sales numbers. Estimates from Canalys suggest that unit sales almost hit 4 million for Apple Watch in the third quarter. Canalys stated that the cellular version of the Apple Watch […]

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iFixit publishes iPhone X teardown, finds logic board that’s been folded in half, other interesting changes

Once again, the cool cats at iFixit have gotten their mitts on the new iPhone and published a full teardown of their findings. Some of the highlights of the teardown included the following: Battery: The iPhone X uses a two-cell 10.35 Wh battery. Previous iPhones use a single-cell battery.

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Supposed watchOS 4.1 GM notes released, include music streaming over LTE, other changes

The golden master release notes for watchOS 4.1 apparently leaked out on Wednesday, the update list confirming that streaming support will arrive for Apple Music and iCloud Music Library. The notes, posted to Twitter by developer Guilherme Rambo, include a list of new features, improvements and bug fixes slated to debut when watchOS 4.1 sees […]

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Apple, AT&T partner to activate Band 8 to help improve communication following Hurricane Maria

This could definitely come in handy. Apple and wireless carrier AT&T have joined forces and are apparently enabling LTE Band 8, a provisional LTE band that’s been approved but not activated or licensed in the United States or Puerto Rico, to help with communications within the territory following Hurricane Maria. LTE Band 8 will work […]

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Chinese telecom companies cut Apple Watch Series 3 access to LTE, cite government security concerns

China has terminated LTE access for the Apple Watch Series 3 without explanation. Per the Wall Street Journal, all three major carriers in China have closed off LTE access, apparently over the government’s security concerns over the device. The WSJ reports that LTE functionality was available on China Unicom at launch, but new subscriptions were […]