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Original Boxed & Sealed Apple iPhone 1 Goes Up for Auction!
While many would make the argument, quite rightly I think, that Apple isn’t an innovative company anymore, it’s impossible to deny the impact the original iPhone had on the market. In terms of ‘smartphones’, it was truly revolutionary and in no small part due to its unique and user-friendly menu.…
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Apple iPhone 15 Rumoured To Be Targeting A Huge Leap Forward in Image Quality
Although the Apple iPhone 15 is not expected to be released until sometime around Summer/Autumn 2023, speculation is already high as to what the tech giants might be planning for its next-gen flagship smartphone design. – And, in something that’s hardly surprising, it seems that camera technology is once again…
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Apple Confirms They’re Moving to New USB-C Standard – (In Europe At Least)
Earlier this month, the EU formally mandated into law that all battery-containing tech products sold within the region would require USB-C support by the end of 2024. – Now, for the vast majority of companies, this wasn’t a problem. Most things these days are USB-C compliant right out of the…
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Sealed Original Apple iPhone Sells for $40,000 at Auction
Say what you will about Apple, but it’s hard to deny that the iPhone was one of the most iconic tech products ever released. – Offering functionality and features well beyond anything else available on the market at the time, while it has, of course, spawned many revisions over the…
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Razer Launch its Kishi V2 Controller for iPhone
Following the release of the award-winning Razer Kishi V2 for Android earlier this year, Razer has now announced the brand’s latest addition to the popular mobile gaming controller lineup – the Razer Kishi V2 for iPhone. This new addition brings console-quality controls to all mobile platforms for the ultimate mobile…
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Apple Faces New Legal Challenge in UK Over iPhone Throttling
Taking a small trip down technologies memory lane, you may recall that back in 2017 Apple got into some exceptionally hot water when it was found that they were applying updates to iPhone devices that reduced their performance. – Unlike an ageing PC filled with years worth of bloat, your…
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Apple to Finally Dump Lightning Port in Favour of USB-C by Late 2023?!
While Apple has continued to press forward with its proprietary Lightning charger connection port, the writing has been on the wall for more than a little while now that, sooner or later, and by either choice or mandate, they would eventually have to transition or at least offer out of…
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Apple Officially Launches its Self Service Repair Store!
For many years now, Apple has been the subject of a lot of criticism (both from customers and consumer groups) over the, basically, total lack of options when it comes to fixing a product of theirs that is either faulty or broken. – Putting things like screen replacements to one…
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Apple Starts Pruning its Store With New Controversial App Requirements!
While there are many excellent programs to download on the Apple App Store, I think it would also be fair to say that there is also a lot of stuff there that has probably long overstayed its use, or, indeed, welcome. – With this in mind, therefore, it seems that…
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‘Dumbphone’ Sales Soar as People Grow Tired of Overcomplicated Smartphones
It often surprises many people who know me well to learn that while I absolutely love technology (it would be a pretty stupid job for me here at eTeknix if I didn’t!), I absolutely loathe smartphones. – It’s not that I necessarily have a problem with them per se. I…
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Apple Made an Extra $6.5 Billion by Scrapping iPhone Accessories
Back in 2020, Apple announced that as part of a supposed environmental move, moving forward, they would no longer supply their smartphones, and similar tech products in general, with accessories such as chargers or earphones. In other words, when you opened the box, all you’d likely find is your iPhone,…
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Apple Offers Customers iPhone Repair Kits But the Elephant in the Room Remains!
I’ve never personally been a fan of Apple products. While there are many reasons behind this, reliability and durability have undoubtedly been some of my biggest concerns. It’s a lot of money to throw at a piece of technology that seems happy to break, and worse, Apple has always loved…
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Apple to Fight EU Proposal For Universal USB-C Phone Chargers
The European Union has been making strong indications for over a year now that it was, at the very least, considering implementing new laws that would specifically look to target the reduction of electronic waste. One key factor in these proposals was the requirement for all smartphones sold in the…
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Apple iPhone 13 Pro To Feature 1TB of Storage?
With Apple expected to announce the launch of its iPhone 13 Pro models this week (and perhaps today if some of the sources are correct), we should clearly expect to see some pretty impressive features contained within and particularly so in terms of its frankly amazing camera technology. – Following…
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Apple Issues Patent for Screen Crack Detection System
It’s the stuff of nightmares for many smartphone owners, but it’s hard to deny the general ethos that as technology gets more advanced, it (largely) becomes a lot more susceptible to breaking. With this in mind, I daresay many of you reading this might have a cracked screen on your…
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