Many kids have smartphones these days, and that can make parenting tricky. Check out the best parental control apps to monitor smartphone and app activity.
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Emergency SOS via Satellite is a helpful feature that may have saved three people’s lives over the weekend after a canyoneering trip went wrong.
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Need to make an international call, but don’t know how to do it on your iPhone? Don’t worry, it’s easier than you think — we show you how.
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Your iPhone 14 Pro is a big, beautiful hunk of metal and glass. Be sure to protect it with some of the best cases available. We suggest a few here.
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The iPhone 15 Pro has popped up online in the form of CAD-based renders, and from the looks of it, this one is quite some divisive eye candy.
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Ever forget your own mobile phone number? We walk you through the steps of finding your phone number on an iPhone and an Android smartphone.
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We’ll show you how to get better cell reception and ways to increase your cell phone signal strength so you can stop running around looking for that extra bar.
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Samsung’s mid-range Galaxy A54 does one particular thing way better than Apple’s more expensive iPhone 14. And I need to talk about it.
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Rumor has it that the iPhone 15 Pro is going to get a multi-use Action Button instead of a mute switch. Here’s why that would be a good (and bad) thing.
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There are plenty of ChatGPT iPhone apps, but a new one called Perplexity AI is surprising and impressive in all the right ways. Here’s why I love it.
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Apple has released iOS 16.4! Here are some of the best new features that are coming to make your iPhone even better.
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Apple is set to release iOS 16.4 any day now. Here are some of the best new features that are coming to make your iPhone even better.
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Apple got something perfect with the iPhone X and iPhone XS. And all these years later, the iPhone 14 Pro still can’t beat them in one important way.
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The iPhone 14 now comes in yellow. And it looks great! But there are a few other colors I wish Apple had released instead.
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I spent a few weeks in the foothills of the Himalayas. Instead of carrying a DSLR to preserve my memories, I took the Galaxy S23 and iPhone 14 Pro Max.
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The Galaxy S23 Ultra has Corning’s Gorilla Glass Victus 2, while the iPhone 14 Pro Max has Ceramic Shield. Find out which is better in this drop test!
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This is what happens when the cameras on two of the best phones you can buy — the Galaxy S23 Ultra and the iPhone 14 Pro — are tested against each other.
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Want to show your non-tech-savvy relative how to do something without having to do it all for them? We detail how to screen record on an iPhone or iPad.
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As Black History Month comes to a close, here are five of some of the most thought-provoking apps made by Black developers in the U.S.
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Many iPhone users are noticing green and orange dots appearing on the top of their screens. Luckily, understanding what they mean is very straightforward.
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OtterBox’s new OtterGrip case has an integrated phone grip that doesn’t interfere with your iPhone’s MagSafe compatibility, and it’s amazing.
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Here’s a first look at what the iPhone 15 Pro could look like, based on an early CAD model rendering.
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With yesterday’s Galaxy S23 announcement, Samsung showed yet another way it’s copying Apple’s iPhone — and we love it.
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Have a Windows PC and an iPhone? Here’s how to sync an Outlook calendar with your iPhone, so you can get all your appointments on the same page.
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The feature gap between the iPhone and iPhone Pro could widen with the 2023 models. According to a leaked antenna design document obtained by MacRumors, the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max will include WiFi 6E connectivity, while their more affordable siblings will not. The document, a schematic outlining the iPhone 15 line’s antenna architecture, shows iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus will continue to use the older WiFi 6 standard.
Some of Apple’s latest devices, including the recently announced M2 variants of the Mac mini, MacBook Pro and iPad Pro, sport WiFi 6E connectivity, but the company has yet to roll out the feature more broadly. Provided there’s a compatible WiFi 6E router for your device to connect to, the standard promises faster connectivity speeds and lower latency than WiFi 6. The potential omission of WiFi 6E from the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus probably won’t hurt most consumers given that the majority of homes and businesses are running older WiFi 5 and WiFi 6 routers.
As MacRumors notes, in the past Apple hasn’t restricted the availability of new WiFi standards to iPhone Pro models. Before the iPhone 14 line, the differences between the Pro and standard models were fairly negligible unless you had an interest in photography. However, as of last year, only the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max came with Apple’s new A16 Bionic chip, Dynamic Island cutout and ProMotion display. It now appears the company is trying to find even more ways to differentiate its Pro models from their more mainstream counterparts. Per past reports, other features that could be exclusive to the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max include Apple’s upcoming A16 chipset, a titanium frame and more RAM for multitasking. The phones could also sport solid-state volume and power buttons.
The ideal iPhone car mount can securely hold your device and keep it in sight without blocking your view of the road. These are the best options for everyone.
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Are you looking for the best iPhone apps? We take a deep dive into what the App Store has to offer, finding you the best options sorted by category.
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Lunar New Year is Sunday, January 22, and OtterBox has a stunning new iPhone case to commemorate the Year of the Rabbit. Here’s what it looks like in person!
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The AMBER alert system is important, but there’s a way to toggle off this notification. We show you how on iPhones and Android devices.
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Is the iPhone SE (2022) the right phone for you? We revisit it after several months on sale to find out if it’s still a great value iPhone.
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Apple has reportedly canceled the development of a new iPhone SE. According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the company recently told suppliers it would not release a fourth-generation SE model sometime in 2024. In a Medium post spotted by MacRumors, Kuo said the device would have been the debut of Apple’s first in-house 5G modem, adding that the company had planned to test and fine-tune the chip on the SE before rolling it out more broadly to the iPhone 16 and beyond. Instead, Kuo suggests Apple is now more likely to continue using Qualcomm modems through 2024.
Kuo doesn’t say why Apple shelved the fourth-generation iPhone SE or if the performance of its own 5G chip had anything to do with the decision. For the better part of a decade, Apple has tried to reduce its dependence on Qualcomm. In 2019, the two ended their bitter patent feud and signed a “multiyear” wireless chip supply deal. Months later, however, Apple bought the majority of Intel’s mobile modem business. Then, at the end of 2020, the company disclosed it was working on its own cellular chipset. There’s been little news about the project since.
Whether you’re looking for the most comprehensive data or something on the fun side, we’ve put together a list of the best weather apps for your iPhone.
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The iPhone 14 Pro’s Dynamic Island has become rather dull very quickly. But one iOS 16.2 feature is quickly turning things around.
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With iCloud album sharing, you can create an online gallery and invite others to contribute their own media to it. Even those without an iPhone can play a role.
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The iPhone 14 Pro’s A16 Bionic chip uses a similar architecture to the A15 in the iPhone 13 Pro, but that was only Apple’s fallback plan, according to a report from The Information. The company wanted to add a next-generation GPU that supports ray tracing, but the silicon team discovered crucial design mistakes late in development. It allegedly had to scrap its plans and opt for the A16 we got.
The botched plans can reportedly be traced back to Apple’s silicon engineers being “too ambitious with adding new features.” The planned 2022 silicon would have supported ray tracing, the technique that makes light in video games behave as it does in real life. Software simulations had suggested it was feasible, and the company moved forward with prototyping. But test hardware drew more power than the engineers had expected, which would have hurt battery life and overheated the device.
Because Apple caught the mistakes late in development, it had to scrap the plans for this generation and opt instead for the A16 that shipped this fall. (In Apple’s September keynote, rather than puffing up the new chip’s monumental gains, as it typically does, it only briefly mentioned that the GPU had 50 percent more memory bandwidth.) The report’s sources described the screwup as “unprecedented in the group’s history.”
The Information‘s report connects this incident to bigger-picture struggles within the Apple Silicon team. It details the effective but highly demanding leadership under the senior vice president of Hardware Technologies, Johny Srouji. He runs the group “like a well-oiled machine,” but it’s also struggled with the limits of Moore’s law and a talent exodus to startups and rival chip makers. It allegedly lost the most talent to Nuvia, founded by former Apple chip designer Gerard Williams III — a well-liked leader among Apple’s silicon engineers. (Qualcomm bought Nuvia in 2021.) The designer who replaced Williams, Mike Filippo, then “clashed with engineers” before leaving to join Microsoft. Apple hasn’t yet replaced him. Additionally, the company reportedly tried to limit the talent exodus by showing presentations to engineers highlighting the riskiness of working for chip startups, warning that most fail.
Ever wonder exactly where your money has gone? If you use an Apple Card, this yearly recap may be the best or worst recap you’ve seen so far.
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When you shoot an iPhone Live Photo, it captures 1.5 seconds before and after you tap the shutter. We show you how to convert that photo into a video.
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The iPhone 14 Plus is big, bulky, and prone to being dropped. Here’s how to protect it with some of the best cases and covers for it!
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We’ve learned a lot about the iPhone over the years, but it’s good to have a strong grasp on the basics. Here’s a simple guide on how to reset your iPhone.
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Apple has acknowledged that a COVID-19 restriction in a factory in China may impact shipments of the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max, but they’re worth the wait.
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If you’re willing to use Straight Talk, the Apple iPhone SE (2020) is only $ 149 right now — What a steal!
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Apple finally releases iPadOS 16 to everyone, as well as iOS 16.1 for compatible devices.
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The Pixel 7 is Google’s latest attempt at beating Apple at its own game, but does it beat the iPhone 14? We find out in this head-to-head comparison article.
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The Google Pixel 7’s camera impressed in our review, but how does it compare to the Apple iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus? We put them to the test.
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A piece of tech history in the form of a first-generation iPhone has been auctioned off for a price that makes today’s iPhone 14 look like a bargain.
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The iPhone 14 Pro and Pixel 7 Pro both have very promising cameras. But which one comes out on top? We put them to the test to find out.
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The iPhone SE (2022) is an Apple phone that delivers high-grade performance at a lower cost, but make sure you protect it with one of these screen protectors.
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At a fraction of the phone’s cost, you can protect your iPhone against dust, dirt, fingerprints, and scratches with one of these screen protectors.
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