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A prank text can freeze your iPhone. Apple has another odd iOS bug to fix after someone found that iPhones running iOS 10 will crash upon receiving a text with just three characters, including waving white flag and rainbow emoji. Unfortunately, there’s nothing iPhone owners can do to prevent a ...

Closeup of the headphone jack on the iPhone 6s. iFixit Last year I wrote about how Apple’s decision to drop the headphone jack from the iPhone 7 meant the beginning of the end for the humble 3.5mm port, and I gave it a decade until the port was extinct. Must ...

When it comes to smartphones, Apple’s iPhone is the device that’s been setting the standards for almost a decade. But there are plenty of areas where Apple is lagging behind the competition. See also: It’s time to stop dreaming: iOS and Android have won the mobile war CES 2017 recap ...

Your iPhone apps are about to get more expensive, in the UK at least. Image: CNET Apple is increasing the price of apps for UK customers, apparently in response to the fall in the pound following the vote to leave the European Union. The changes to Apple’s pricing structures will ...

Image: ZDNet Anniversaries are opportunities to reflect on what has come before — and to imagine what may transpire in the future. For some, an anniversary is a time for reconfirmation and reaffirmation of beliefs; for others, it is an opportunity to acknowledge the past and to move on. This ...

It’s been several weeks since Kevin and I recorded a show, but we kicked off MobileTechRoundup show #388 with the Apple iPhone 10th anniversary discussion. Image: ZDNet Happy 10th anniversary to the iPhone Samsung Gear S app comes to iOS: Ignore it and only use a S3 with Android Apple ...

Image: CNET The iPhone has come a long way since it was unveiled to the world a decade ago. The screen resolution has increased to the point where the individual pixels are no longer discernible to the eye. The processor and graphics chip have increased in performance to the point ...

Yesterday the internet was awash with claims that as a result of a new patent awarded to Apple, the next iPhone will be transparent. I can only guess that these claims were made by people who just skimmed the patent before writing hyperbolic headlines. I actually took the time to ...

iOS hardware units sold will probably reach two billion by 2018. Image: Asymco At some point before June, Apple’s revenues from its mobile platform, iOS, will exceed $1 trillion, according to Asymco mobile analyst Horace Dediu. The bulk of that revenue has come from the 1.2 billion iPhones that Dediu ...

Using Apple AirPods on a Sounder commuter train I’m sorry. I made fun of all of you with Apple AirPods sticking out of your ears and thought Apple made a ridiculous accessory that would only price gouge consumers when there are other Bluetooth headsets available for much less. It turns ...