Apple boosting some iPhone trade-ins by $100 toward iPhone XR and XS
If you’re holding onto an iPhone 5s, you’re not getting any extra credit and neither are iPhone X owners. But you’ve lucked out if you’ve got an iPhone 6s.
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Nearly seven years later, we may finally have reached the end of this argument between two bickering tech giants. That and a really big phone this week on our show!
Apple internally knew about iPhone 6 bendgate, touch disease
Despite the public front that Apple put up about the structural integrity of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, court documents say the company knew all about the truth.
iPhone X is top-selling smartphone in March, four others join top ten list
Three Android smartphones in the budget range flank the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ for top sales in that OS, but it’s Apple all the way in these rankings.
Samsung brilliantly taunts Apple yet again with hilarious new Galaxy S9 ad
Samsung’s always imaginative marketing department strikes again, pitting the Galaxy S9 against the archaic iPhone 6 to remind the world of Apple’s performance throttling scandals.
iPhone battery replacements now happening “without delay,” kind of
Apple Stores and Apple Authorized Service Providers can now order replacement batteries for your throttled iPhone and receive them without delay. What does that mean for you?
Apple’s iPhone X ‘comfortably’ dominated Europe’s ‘fatigued’ Q1 smartphone market
Both Samsung and Apple contributed to Europe’s shrinking Q1 2018 smartphone shipment numbers, but the iPhone X was easily the continent’s most popular model, according to Canalys.
HTC uses iPhone 6 components in U12+ event teaser for a cheeky purpose
People have noticed that parts from the iPhone 6 and other phones were featured in a teaser image for HTC’s next big phone. The company says that’s exactly the point it wants to make.
Apple captured 86 percent of Q4 2017 smartphone profits, 35 percent came from the iPhone X alone
Apple is the unrivaled world heavyweight champion of smartphone profits, according to the latest Counterpoint Research analysis, with the iPhone X proving particularly lucrative during Q4 2017.
At least 59 iPhone throttling lawsuits could turn into one giant class action lasting many years
Legal experts don’t expect courts to find Apple guilty in a class action lawsuit relating to the iPhone throttling scandal, but Cupertino obviously doesn’t need the prolonged bad publicity.
Apple fails to explain why iPhone throttling was not disclosed to Canadian government
The behavior was covered under umbrella language explaining the measures it took to stop iPhones from suddenly shutting down with the iOS 10.2.1 software update.
iPhone 6 Plus battery replacements are reportedly unavailable until March or April
If you’re looking to replace your crumbling iPhone 6 Plus battery and hopefully improve CPU performance in exchange for just $29, get ready for a long wait.
$29 iPhone battery replacement limited to one per device
Apple confirmed that it was offering a $29 iPhone battery replacement to anyone with a iPhone 6 or newer model regardless of the diagnostic result of the device. There’s more to the story, however.
Apple now facing at least 26 lawsuits for undisclosed iPhone throttling
Untimely disclosure of its throttling practice has garnered Apple some vitriol and litigation from unhappy customers hearing about this for the first time.
