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.
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.
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 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.
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.
Class action lawsuit filed for iPhone 7 slowdown, Apple’s battery strategy
Apple is slowing down the performance of older iPhones as far back as the iPhone 6 for the sake of “prolonging” usability, but these people don’t see it that way.
It’s not a bug, it’s a feature: Apple defends performance reductions on old iPhones
Apple has quickly reacted to iPhone slowdown accusations, admitting it intentionally put a cap on the 6, 6s, SE and 7 performance to “prolong their life.”