iPhone 5 out of stock in India within 24 hours
Just days after the iPhone 5 went on sale in India, most retailers are already out of stock. “We were sold out within 24 hours of launch. It’s all gone,” said Himanshu Chakrawarti, chief executive of The MobileStore Ltd., a […]
Hon Hai’s Explanation for iPhone 5 Shortage
“The iPhone 5 is the most difficult device that Foxconn has ever assembled. To make it light and thin, the design is very complicated,” said an official at the company who declined to be named. “It takes time to learn […]
iPhone 5 website teardown: How Apple compresses video using JPEG, JSON, and
Why would Apple do something so absurd!? They co-created the h.264 standard, and wrote Safari, so clearly they should know how to do this the “easy way”: use a element. But the element just won’t work here. elements can only […]
Screens test: Apple iPhone 5 vs. Samsung Galaxy SIII
The two top dogs in the smartphone world right now are the Apple iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S3. My doughty CNET colleagues have thoroughly reviewed and compared each one, but so far we hadn’t actually sat down to measure […]
Apple iPhone 5 vs. Samsung Galaxy S III showdown: Which is the superior smartphone?
Well, well, well; look what we have here. It’s the two phones that everybody loves to hate, the Apple iPhone 5 and the Samsung Galaxy S III. Android lovers usually despise the iPhone 5 and iOS lovers usually despise the […]
The iPhone 5 Is a Miracle
When Apple unveiled the iPhone 5 last month, many tech pundits called it “boring.” I was one of them. In fact, I was so bored that I called the iPhone boring way back in July, on the basis of the […]
Mark Zuckerberg received free iPhone 5 from Tim Cook
In the interview (via Business Insider), Zuckerberg commented on how the iPhone 5 and iOS affects Facebook interaction: iPhone is a great platform. There are more people who use Facebook on Android — because Android is just — more people […]
Google’s “iLost” Motorola ad faked an address to “lose” iOS 6 Maps
The problem, as noted by reader AMD Pettitte, is that 315 E 15th Street is not an actual address in Manhattan. A public park sits on that side of the street, making none of the block’s odd numbers a valid […]
iPhone 5: Audio Accessories Compatible; Some Require Adapters
So, what does this mean for those of you who use audio accessories for MIDI and recording? Fortunately, not too much. Obviously, it’s a fair bet that we’ll soon see new accessories with the Lightning connector – and, in turn, […]
iPhone 5 To Go On Sale in China Next Month, Earlier Than Expected?
Earlier this week, two models of iPhones had received the China Compulsory Certificate approval — one with model number A1429, which is likely for China Unicom’s WCDMA network; the other model is A1442, which would be geared for China Telecom’s […]
iPhone 5 Display vs. iPhone 4 Display
However, looking at higher magnification is where you can really see the difference in images. It turns out that the pixels in the iPhone 5 are *precisely* the same size as the iPhone 4 pixels, but the iPhone 5 pixels […]
Apple’s Lightning port dynamically assigns pins to allow for reversible use
Some features of the Lightning cable, such as USB power connections, are symmetrical on each side of the plug. That means that if the pins on Lightning are numbered from one to eight on each side, pin one on the […]
Apple iPhone 5 – the A6 Application Processor
Much has already been covered about the Apple A6 processor, whether it be the move to Apple-designed ARM cores or the possible fab transfer from Samsung to TSMC. Our job with these teardowns is to provide evidence-based information so as […]
iPhone 5 review (with photos!)
A new iPhone release is always fun but as a travel photographer the most exciting aspect is new & improved abilities of the new camera. The 4S was a pretty big upgrade from the 4 and the iPhone 5 has […]
Local Search in the iOS 6 Maps App is Broken
I sat down to play with the Golden Master release of iOS 6 tonight so I could familiarize myself with the software before our customers download it next week. While the majority of my interactions have been perfectly good, there […]
Record 2M iPhone Pre-Orders in First 24 Hours
“iPhone 5 pre-orders have shattered the previous record held by iPhone 4S and the customer response to iPhone 5 has been phenomenal,” said Philip Schiller, who is Apple’s worldwide marketing chief. “iPhone 5 is the best iPhone yet, the most […]
Why Apple Couldn’t Go to Micro USB Charging
Here’s the problem: The micro USB pins are very small, and the power-carrying connectors, pins 1 and 5, are rated to carry 1.8 amps at 5 volts DC. That means that the maximum charging power that can safely flow across […]
iPhone 5 Benchmarks Appear in Geekbench Showing a Dual Core, 1GHz A6 CPU
The total Geekbench 2 score comes in at 1601. Poole notes that the average score for the iPhone 4S is 629 and the average score for the iPad 3 is 766. A comparison chart of previous iOS devices can be […]
Line already forming in New York for iPhone 5
Demand for the iPhone 5 appears to be white hot. Lines are already forming outside Apple stores. In the very early hours this morning, people hoping to buy the handset — swaddled in sleeping bags or heavy coats — were […]
Surprise! Apple Fans Turn Samsung’s iPhone 5 Attack Ad on Its Head
Samsung isn’t taking the iPhone 5 launch lying down, and it shouldn’t surprise you to learn that nobody else is taking anything lying down either, ever. Not long after Samsung released its hackle-raising iPhone-basher, the ad was being flipped on […]