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Steve Wozniak waiting in line overnight for the iPhone 4S
He may be the co-founder of Apple who helped provide the technical wizadry behind the Apple I and II, but Steve Wozniak is waiting in line overnight at an Apple Store in Los Gatos, California to get his mischevious hands on the iPhone 4S. And it’s not because he has to, it’s because he wants […]
Continue reading...iPhone 4S teardown reveals few changes – slightly larger battery, new vibration motor
Thursday, October 13, 2011
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iFixit got their hands on an iPhone 4S and wasted no time in tearing Apple’s next-gen smartphone apart. There’s really all not that much new from the iPhone 4 but here are a few notes of interest. Though checking in at 1GHz, Apple’s A5 processor is underclocked to help conserve battery life. Further, the worldmode […]
Continue reading...Apple ups iPhone 4S orders from Pegatron by 5 million units
Thursday, October 13, 2011
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With the iPhone 4S already the most successful iPhone launch to date, Apple is upping its orders for its next-gen smartphone. Sources in the supply chain have informed the Commercial Times that Apple recently upped its iPhone order by 5 million with Pegatron Technology, upping its previous order of 10 million units to 15 million. […]
Continue reading...Microsoft’s Andy Lees sees the iPhone 4S as a misstep from Apple and an opportunity for Windows Phone 7
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
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Not too long ago we highlighted the absurdity of analysts and tech enthusiasts bemoaning the iPhone 4S as lukewarm upgrade. The problem with this line of thought is that it tends to focus on arbitrary features Apple chose not to include – a larger screen for instance. The reality is that the iPhone 4S raises […]
Continue reading...iPhone 4S reviews start rolling in
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
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On Tuesday evening, various media outlets began publishing their official iPhone 4S reviews. This short of it? This phone is poised to be a monster. Some of the more noteworthy excerpts are below: The New York Times: Speech recognition. Crazy good, transformative, category-redefining speech recognition… Apple won’t admit that it’s using a version of Dragon […]
Continue reading...The lunacy of the “iPhone 4S is a disappointment” crowd
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
A week ago, Apple unveiled the iPhone 4S, which despite housing a significant number of improvements, provoked yawns from a number of pundits and even technology enthusiasts who saw the update as nice, but nothing special. It seems that many were hoping for a larger screen iPhone with a tapered design. Not so much because […]
Continue reading...iPhone 4S still sporting 512MB of RAM
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
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AppVV got their hands on a pre-release version of the iPhone 4S somehow and are confirming that the device only sports 512MB of RAM. Well, perhaps “only” isn’t the proper choice of words given that early benchmarks of the iPhone 4S are incredibly impressive, with early reports suggesting the 4S is 68% faster than the […]
Continue reading...First 8-megapixel iPhone 4S photo taken outside of Apple
Monday, October 10, 2011
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During Apple’s media event last week, Phil Schiller and Scott Forstall really made a point of explaining how great the 8 megapixel camera on the iPhone 4S is. But it wasn’t just the inclusion of a larger 8 megapixel sensor that Apple was bragging about. Apple rightfully explained that there’s more to taking great pictures […]
Continue reading...Apple announces 1 million iPhone 4S pre-orders in just 24 hours
Monday, October 10, 2011
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When AT&T announced 200,000 iPhone 4S pre-orders in just under 12 hours, we assumed that the iPhone 4S was a bonafide hit. And now we know for sure. Apple today announced that they received over 1 million iPhone 4S pre-orders in the first 24 hours the device was available. So much for all of that […]
Continue reading...AT&T and Apple working to put ‘4G’ icon in iPhone 4S status bar
Sunday, October 9, 2011
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This is my Next has some interesting news for us. It turns out that AT&T confirmed to them that they’re working with Apple to put an 4G indicator icon on the iPhone 4S status bar. Even though AT&T’s current HSPA+ network isn’t technically 4G, the company has been branding it as such – and with […]
Continue reading...iPhone 4S already the most successful iPhone launch ever, says AT&T
Saturday, October 8, 2011
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After being on pre-order for less than 24 hours, the iPhone 4S is already on its way to being the most successful iPhone launch ever. AT&T announced yesterday that demand for Apple’s newest smartphone has been overwhelming, with the company having already processed over 200,000 preorders in the first 12 hours alone. AT&T has seen […]
Continue reading...Hands-on impressions of the iPhone 4S
Friday, October 7, 2011
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Our invitation to Apple’s iPhone event this past week must have gotten lost in the mail. But it’s all good, I’m sure Apple will hit us up next time. In the meantime, some of the lucky outlets that did get an invite to Apple’s town hall meeting began publishing some of their initial impressions of […]
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
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