The iPhone 5 has been criticised for being a boring and marginal update to the iPhone 4S—at least in terms of design, since the new handset looks a lot like its predecessor. The two phones are so similar, that when Jimmy Kimmel showed the iPhone 4S to random people on the street, passing it off as the iPhone 5, no one realised the ruse. Read More >>
The iPhone 5 is tall and beautiful in all those Apple product shots, but how does it look compared to the iPhone 4S in real life? NYT's Jenna Worthman took this image, raw and unretouched, during the post-event hands-on session. Read More >>
Apple made a historic and much-needed step forward today; it's finally putting its old, terrible headphones to rest. The new ones, dubbed "EarPods" mark a bit of a shift, but still retain their iconic, white, hey-look-at-me-I've-got-an-iPhone-in-my-pocket colour. Unlike the previous 'phones, these guys are the in-ear type, and will hopefully sound and fit a little better than the good old-fashioned kind. In addition to coming bundled with the iPhone 5, they'll also be on sale separately for around £25. Read More >>
Featured comment by Jynto:
"If Apple tries to build Cybermen, they'll no doubt claim that they invented them first. The Doctor Who writers should have bought up all Cybermen-rela..." More »
The new iPhone is finally here. Yes, people would line up to buy it even if it was made of bottle-caps and dog-poo, but it isn't. It's predictably a very good phone. How good? Let's see how it compares to the top competition. Read More >>
When is an NFC antenna not an NFC antenna? When it's reportedly attached to an iPhone 5. Contrary to recent speculation, Apple's newest handset will not feature an NFC payment system. Read More >>
Featured comment by tsjmcgrath:
"Oh yeah, I've seen Barclaycards with something like NFC in them... Not sure if it is actually NFC. Strangely, my grandma has one of those, and she kno..." More »
A Chinese case manufacturer is showing what looks to be an iPhone 5 in their product shots. It looks like the white 3D prototype we published a while back — complete with its new 19-pin dock port. But could this really be a unit smuggled out of Foxconn's factory? Read More >>
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"Well, it's clearly not going to look like the render if it looks like the one in the case - the headphone jack is on the opposite side..." More »
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