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Topic: iPhone

Apple to start mass production of new low-cost iPhone in February

The new cost-effective model will look similar to iPhone 8, with Touch ID, and have the same processor as iPhone 11.

Incoming call on iPhone can’t set steel wool on fire, viral video is edited

The video that shows a ring of steel wool, placed around an iPhone, catches fire when a call is received is an edited one.

Digital forensics firm Cellebrite releases tool that helps jailbreak iPhones, access data

The company pushed out an update to its UFED Physical Analyzer software that helps law enforcement agencies and other customers extract and analyse information on iPhones.

FBI can unlock Florida terrorist’s iPhones without Apple

Experts say FBI can exploit a range of security vulnerabilities — available directly or via providers such as Cellebrite and Grayshift — to break into iPhones.

Samsung’s answer to Apple’s iPhone 11 — a fancier phone camera in 2020

The upcoming Galaxy S11 will sport a 108-megapixel sensor for the main camera — versus the iPhone 11’s 12 — flanked by three more on the back of the device.

Apple finds new ways to boost iPhone sales in saturated smartphone market

Instead of focussing on iPhone’s sleek design and breakthrough technology, Apple Inc. executives are now talking about installment plans, trade-in programs and giveaways.

Apple’s lower prices and user’s ageing handsets are pushing iPhone demand

Amid launch of newer models, hundreds of millions of iPhone users are looking to upgrade handsets hobbled by slow processors and weak batteries.

iPhones’ average selling price likely to see big fall, say analysts

Reduced prices of the new iPhone 11 and the older iPhone 8 will contribute to the drop in average selling prices.

Apple unveils new iPhone 11: Are people spending money to buy the same phone again?

Apple unveiled iPhone 11, iPhone 11 pro & iPhone 11 Pro Max this week. While iPhone 11 is priced at Rs 65,000, the other two models cost nearly Rs 1 lakh.

Era of iPhone ‘super cycles’ is gone, even for 5G

In the biggest smartphone markets, such as China, the US and Europe, a large share of people already own smartphones, and are waiting as long as three years to replace them.

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Instagram reels on stoicism are the new rage — they can battle burnout and bigotry

The Romans’ version of stoicism is rapidly picking popularity on Instagram — Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, and Seneca are some names that get thrown at you when you fire up your screen.

Government allows export of onions to six countries, sets buffer stock target

The government had imposed an export prohibition in order to ensure adequate domestic availability of onions in the country.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.