Eight years ago today, on the 9th of January, the first iPhone keynote was delivered by Steve Jobs at Macworld in San Francisco, and not many could have imagined the revolutionizing player this little gadget would prove to be in shaping the mobile phone industry.
Apple, like any mobile manufacturer, is always seeking new ways to improve its range of products, and of its expansive line-up, the iPhone remains the focal point. Thus, despite a radical redesign allied to some major enhancements under the hood with the iPhone 6, the company is already looking ahead to what's new, and where the Mac maker has stuck faithfully with LCD IPS displays - despite the market trend of using variants of OLED - it now appears that Apple is ready to make the jump.
2014 has been one of Apple's strongest years so far. More record-breaking early sales of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus threw the gauntlet to its competitors, particularly Samsung, and to cap off a great twelve months, the Cupertino company has also pushed some very impressive numbers this holiday period. A total of 51 percent of mobile device activations over Christmas were of Apple products, and with the company's inaugural smartwatch effort looming, the Mac maker looks set for yet more dominance as we head on into 2015.
You all know how it is. Christmas comes around each year and you have to find a way of entertaining yourself when you're stuck with a house full of your nearest and dearest. What could possibly make that fun?
Here's a list of the top 10 best smartphones from the year 2014, ranked in the order. For the complete list, simply head past the jump.
Using a case with your smartphone is all well and good, mainly because it should help to protect your pride and joy from any unsightly bumps and scrapes during the course of its working life. If you choose the right one it might even keep your phone safe from some more severe treatment, but the thing about keeping phones in cases is that we rarely take them out, if at all.
Seven years later since its release, the very first iPhone from Apple, is as obsolete as a device can be. However, being a rarity, Apple's first smartphone is now treated as a collector's item that is worth thousands of dollars in today's age. If you can wrap your head around it; a pair of original iPhones were just sold for $25,436.24 on eBay.
As far as the evolution of the smartphone is concerned, manufacturers have begun to hit a bit of a brick wall. Every high-end handset is packed with the latest features, and release cycles are occurring more regularly than the exciting new technologies within them can be evolved. As Amazon has already demonstrated with the Fire Phone, 3D display tech. could well be the next big thing as far as the mobile world is concerned, and a new patent given the green light by the United States Patent and Trademark Office indicates that Apple is also considering such a move.
Want to get a real-time estimate of remaining battery time instead of percentage on iPhone or iPad running iOS 8? Predix can give you a time estimate for when your battery will die and charge back up. Here's how it works.
Here's a step-by-step guide on how to remotely turn off Find My iPhone and bypass or disable Activation Lock from an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.
















