Throwing phones to the ground is becoming quite the YouTube hit these days, but few can compete with someone dropping an iPhone from 12,000 feet.
Apple's new iOS 8 software is literally rammed with features and perks, but actually finding them all and learning how to use them once you've located them can be quite a trying task. To ease the burden, we've been running you guys through a series of tutorials and tips, helping you make the very most out of your new device and / or software, and with the Health app having been a major talking point in the months leading up to iOS 8's showcasing at the Worldwide Developers' Conference back in June, we're going to show you how to set up your emergency Medical ID right now.
Apple's iOS 8 software has only been lurking for about a week, but the time period has presented us with ample opportunity to get a proper look at it. As well as a an abundance of new features, it would seem that the software is equally laden with bugs and performance issues, and according to newly-published crash analytics data, its crash rate is significantly higher than the preceding iOS 7 software.
Social media has been abuzz over the past 24 hours with reports that the iPhone 6 Plus has a bit of a problem, in that the aluminum shell appears to bend while in users' pockets with apparently very little force being applied. The controversy has sparked a fierce debate on Twitter, and while some believe that Apple's own design is at fault, others are of the opinion that if you sit on your device or place it in a precarious position, then you're basically asking for trouble. Apple has yet to make a comment, and given that the scale of the issue doesn't seem to be widespread, there's no telling whether the company will release a statement on the matter, but for the sake of entertainment / argument, one YouTuber has also carried out the 'bend test' on a Samsung Galaxy S4. Does it bend? Find out after the fold.
The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are the two hottest topics in the mobile industry right now, and although the only legit way to determine a device's real-world performance is to use it for a sustained amount of time, we as geeks cannot resist a little benchmark test or two. Today, an interesting new set of benchmarks have hit the blogosphere pitting the two new iPhones against one another, as well as drawing comparisons with previous iPhones, and for a sense of perspective, the stats also include some benchmark results gathered of current, rivaling high-end smartphones.
Apple has just released iOS 8.0.1 download links. Apple's recent iOS 8.0 roll-out passed without too much by way of negative feedback, but as should be expected of a fledgling piece of software, there have been one or two glitches. Notably, users have encountered issues with HealthKit, Wi-Fi, and that oh-so incessant battery drain snag that regularly seems to arrive on cue at about this time of the year, and with quite a few users having been afflicted, Apple has acted swiftly in releasing the remedial iOS 8.0.1 update. Details, as well as information on how you can pick up the latest software release for your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, can be seen below.
Up until a couple of years ago, the idea of having a smartphone that was waterproof was just a pipe dream, but now both Sony and Samsung have been at the forefront of offering devices that not just take to water in a somewhat duck-like fashion, but are also equally happy to waddle around in dust, too. Water and dust resistance is a feature that many had hoped would come to the new iPhones when Apple announced them a couple of weeks ago, but it wasn't to be.
In adding a bunch of new features to its OS X and iOS software just lately, Apple also made time for the oft-forgotten Apple TV, which was pushed to software version 7.0 a short while ago. But one of the flagship features to be integrated with the wider Apple device family - peer-to-peer AirPlay - is limited only to the very latest revision of the Apple TV hardware released in 2013, which is a bit of a downer for those in ownership of what they believed was a compliant 3rd-gen Apple TV.
Although one probably wouldn't go as far as to suggest that Apple's new iOS 8 software is strewn with bugs, it's certainly had its customary dose of teething issues, with a number of devices and apps affected by those early imperfections. Still, Apple has apparently been hard at work on iOS 8.0.1, and while a minor, bug-fixing update was always likely to follow the end user roll-out of iOS 8, we now have a few details on what exactly said update may contain. So if your iOS 8 experience has been a bit of a rocky ride thus far, there's a good chance that the antidote is on the way, and below, we've the full round-up.
The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are without a doubt Apple’s greatest smartphones to date, and with a thin profile of just 6.9 and 7.1mm, respectively, bringing these devices to life wasn’t a walk in the park. And Apple’s design and engineering team had to make use of very limited space to squeeze everything into one place, but that came with a trade-off, apparently, that might leave iPhone 6 Plus users thoroughly disgruntled.
