As consumers, we tend to focus on the more obvious new features when assessing the improvements being made to a new device. In the case of the iPhone 6, we've mainly concentrated on the slicker, thinner form factor and larger display, but as per the sizeable pile of evidence relating to Apple's next handset, there's plenty else to look forward to besides. It has been mentioned on several occasions that the device will pack improved connectivity, with faster Wi-Fi and cellular, and a new tidbit of info may finally have offered some key details on the latter.
Apple has just seeded iOS 8 beta 6 to testing partners, and in a decision apparently taken due to the imminent nature of the GM release, the tech giant has opted not to seed this one to developer. It's usually the case that beta releases can be downloaded and tested out by those subbed to the Developer Program, but with the public release of iOS 8 now just a matter of weeks away, this sixth beta is preserved only for testing partners.
The higher echelons of the Android market were once completely dominated by Samsung, and after several marked failures, Taiwanese outfit HTC stopped being 'quietly' brilliant and actually delivered a device worthy of some fanfare. The HTC One M7 last year has since been followed up with the One M8, and with a slick design and great features, is a worthy competitor to the Samsung Galaxy S5. With Android fans having been catered to, HTC has decided to broaden its horizons, releasing a Windows Phone 8.1 edition exclusively to Verizon. Specs, pricing, and other such details can be seen below.
When we told you about Apple's rumored reversible USB Lightning cable, plenty of people were rather excited at the idea. With good reason too, because we've all had that brain-melting moment when we have tried to plug a USB cable in only for it to inevitably be the wrong way around. It's a fact of life that nobody can plug a USB cable in the right way first time, and we've known it take three goes before people have managed it - and there are only two orientations to choose from!
When you carry something around that's likely to spontaneously combust then you usually get a little hazard pay, but it's becoming increasingly possible that many of us are doing it without even realizing it, after yet another iPhone was found alight, apparently of its own volition.
If you've even had a passing interest in the build up to any iPhone release over the last few years, then you'll already be well aware that the will they, won't they discussion about Apple bringing NFC to the platform is old news. In fact, at this point, it's safe to say that many people have just decided that NFC will come when it comes and that debating its inclusion is just pointless.
If you have an iPhone, iPod touch or an iPad, then you more than likely browse the iTunes App Store few times a day in search of good apps to download. One thing that you might come across quite frequently, is that mostly, the apps featured by Apple or listed in new and noteworthy are generally paid, setting you back a buck or two. Well, since these paid apps keep going free from time to time, you can count on us to hunt down the best deals for you for all iOS devices in our daily feature like this one.
You'd have to have been living in a cave earlier this year to miss the whole Flappy Bird saga. Becoming hugely popular on the App Store and Play Store almost overnight, Flappy Bird raked in huge sums of money for its creator Dong Nguyen on an apparently daily basis. Unfortunately that wasn't enough to keep him happy though, and his newfound fame - or should that be infamy - caused him to pull the game and almost disappear.
A few days back, we told you reports (read: leaked information) of a claim that Apple’s new iPhone 6 will ship with a reversible Lightning cable, in that the cable will be pluggable into a USB port either way up. At that time, it was uncertain whether the cables will actually come with the upcoming iPhone or a later iteration. Today, a number of images for the new Lightning cable retail boxes have been leaked that show that the new Lightning cable might be closer than it earlier seemed.
Another day and another leak related to the upcoming iPhone 6; it seems it’s pretty much raining leaked information related to the purported device these days. Today’s leaks basically comprises of an alleged schematic of the new device that shows the iPhone 6 to be featuring a 1GB RAM chip instead of a larger module, putting it at par with the iPhone 5, iPhone 5s and the iPhone 5c.
















