Apple News and iPhone Rumors Blog

If you’re in the mood for some Apple nostalgia, you’re in luck. Two Spigen cases inspired by classic Apple devices are now available on Amazon. Earlier this year, Spigen made headlines by debuting a series of cases inspired by retro Apple devices. The company ran a successful IndieGoGo campaign —... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Deals

Three Massachusetts State Police troopers were arrested this week and charged for their alleged role in a massive federal theft scam, culminating in the officer’s stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional pay stemming primarily from fallacious overtime records.  Federal prosecutors ... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #FastTech

When Apple announced it would replace Google Maps with its own mapping and navigation solution for iOS devices at WWDC 2012, the company was probably not expecting to face so much criticism over what many users determined was a shoddy, incomplete product — riddled with bugs, glitches, and data i... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Rumors

A new report out this week asserts that famed YouTube star Mark Rober, whose science and technology channel has amassed a whopping 3.4+ million subscribers, might also be working for Apple as an engineer with the company’s highly-selective “special projects” group. Without citing sources, but poi... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Rumors

Following a government probe into the U.S. telecom-giant’s handling of multiple 911 service outages, AT&T on Thursday announced in a joint statement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that it will pay a $5.25 million fine, while promising to improve its internal practices to ensure ... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #FastTech

Today only, you’ll be able to save 15% on select Apple devices that you might’ve been planning to purchase anyway. The coupon code will work with nearly every product on the site, but you’ll have to spend at least $25 to get the 15% off discount, and your savings will be maxed... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Deals, #News

Smartphone cameras have evolved substantially over the years, with both Apple and several high-end Android OEMs investing heavily in the development of enhanced components, sensors and software meant to maximize image quality.  Back in November, Apple let loose its most ambitious camera ... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #FastTech, #iPhoneX

It’s a nightmare for many of us: losing or having our iPhones stolen. And there’s no doubt that it’s a situation we hope never to find ourselves in. But it can happen. But before you get too anxious about misplacing your device, there are a few things you can do to bump up your... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Gallery

Smartphone users probably don’t want their personal photos being sent out at random. But unfortunately for some Samsung users, that may be exactly what’s happening. According to a slew of reports on Reddit, there appears to be a new bug in Samsung’s native Messages app that causes photos to be se... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #FastTech

Amazon on Thursday announced plans to acquired PillPack, an online pharmacy and medication delivery service. PillPack lets users purchase prescriptions in pre-made doses, which are then delivered in personalized packets to a customer’s doorstep. The service also helps coordinate refills and r... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #FastTech

Apple is on the cusp of inking a fresh new deal with LG Display. The South Korean display-maker will supply Apple with [potentially] millions of high-end organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays for this year’s plus-sized iPhone X-styled flagship, according to a new Bloomberg re... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iPhone, #iPhoneX, #Rumors

Apple has made an effort in recent years to keep its older, legacy and discontinued devices like the iPad 2 and iPhone 5s relevant — and iOS 12, which was built specifically to bring CPU level speed and performance enhancements to these aforementioned devices, is merely the latest indication t... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

Ever take a look at your cell phone bill and wonder how that low monthly payment all of a sudden became a painfully large chunk of change? For many, this may be an all too familiar situation. According to Forbes, an average consumer may end up paying $225 more per year over their original... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #FastTech, #Gallery

AT&T has raised the so-called “administrative fee” — a monthly surcharge assessed to all of the carrier’s 64.5 million post-paid wireless customers — by $1.23 per month so far in 2018 — a move that will reportedly see the Big Blue carrier net an estimated $800 million in additional revenue th... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #FastTech

Apple’s AirPods have been one of the company’s best-selling products since they launched. But while AirPods are excellent, and some of the best wireless headphones on the market today, they do have a downside. Namely, the fact that they cost $159 a pair. If you want AirPods style at a fraction of... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Deals

Apple and Samsung have settled their seven-year-long patent dispute over smartphone designs. According to court documents filed today with the U.S. Northern District of California, the two tech giants said that they have agreed to settle on the remaining claims and counter-claims in the... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

By the most recent reports, Apple’s first-party AirPower wireless charging mat is due to launch in September of this year. That’s about a full year since the charging accessory was first teased in 2017, and it’s still quite a long time from now. In the meantime, you probably... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

Apple’s upcoming lineup of lower-priced phones may be the biggest threat to the company’s Android-based rivals. Research shows that about 15 to 20 percent of iPhone sales each quarter is made up of consumers switching from Android to iOS. That’s a healthy and steady market for Apple’s flagship de... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Rumors

After bringing its voice driven personal assistant platform to Android devices via a dedicated Google Play app earlier this year, Amazon promised it would eventually bring similar functionality to select iPhone and iPad devices via a routine update to its Alexa app for iOS. Nearly five-months... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Apps

For the second year in a row, Apple was able to hold onto its position as the second-most valuable brand in the United States, according to Brand Finance’s annual U.S. 500 analysis for 2018, which sets out to rank the most valuable American brands based on their growth and other key m... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

The 2018 FIFA World Cup is in full swing in Russia right now and football fans everywhere are soaking up the excitement of the world’s most popular sport. Networks across the world are giving home viewers full coverage of this event that fans only get to enjoy every four years. For those not l... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Apps

Apple on Monday released the first build of iOS 12 to the general public, allowing everyday iOS users to sign up and participate in early-stage testing, enjoy the many new features as they become available, and provide the company with crucial feedback to help it make iOS 12 even better before... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Gallery, #iOS12

Well-connected analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, formerly of KGI Securities, released a new set of predictions on Tuesday related to Apple and its products. Kuo, who now works at TF Securities International, detailed quite a few aspects of Apple’s 2018 and 2019 product lineups in a new research note. But a... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

Renowned analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has a strong track record of accurately forecasting Apple’s moves, is back with a new set of predictions. Kuo, formerly a well-connected analyst with KGI Securities, now works for TF International Securities. And despite murmurs that Kuo would shift his focus a... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Rumors

With the continuous popularity of social media apps, a new challenge has risen for parents as tech savvy teenagers have taken to living “secret lives” on the Internet. According to an article by the Associated Press, experts are warning about the double lives kids are living through social media ... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #FastTech

Apple has begun mass producing iPhone 6s models in India to combat recent hikes in import duties, according to a new report. Production kicked off last week at Wistron’s Bengaluru facility, according to industry executives cited by the Economic Times. It’s the same India-based plant that pro... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

Apple on Tuesday announced the availability of its all-new Schoolwork app for iPad, which in conjunction with the company’s previously announced Classroom app, is designed to help teachers simplify and streamline the process of creating and assigning new homework tasks, tracking student progress ... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Apps, #iPad, #News

A sketchy new report is suggesting that a future version of the AirPods case could wirelessly charge an iPhone. That rumor comes out of a new report by Nikkei Asian Review, citing an anonymous “industry source” who is familiar with the plans. According to Nikkei, iPhone users will “soon be able t... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Rumors

With the pivotal 2018 U.S. midterm elections just around the corner and political tensions still taut as a rope, Apple hopes to provide news seekers with a robust and trustworthy new platform from which to obtain it.  Accordingly, the company on Monday announced a new section in its Apple News ... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

A group of high-profile tech giants will meet this week to discuss “growing questions and concerns” about online privacy. Members of the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), a trade group representing major tech firms, will convene this Wednesday, June 27 in San Francisco, according to ... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

Apple has officially released the first public beta version of iOS 12 on Monday, giving non-developers the first opportunity to try out the new update. As of the writing of this piece, the iOS 12 beta should be available to public beta testers. The first public beta should roughly correspond to... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iOS12, #News

A security researcher allegedly discovered a way to successfully “brute force” an iPhone’s passcode lock, but Apple has since pushed back. Matthew Hickey revealed the supposed exploit on Twitter Friday, tweeting that the method could be used to bypass an iPhone’s incorrect password limits — even ... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iPhone, #News

Few things are as deflating as venturing into an area lacking cellular service. Although cellular service has improved over the years and even with 5G slowly launching here in the United States, there are times and places where cellular service can be unreliable. Whether it’s on an off-road tr... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Reviews

Apple’s rumored over-ear premium headphones could officially debut in 2019, according to a new report. In February, former KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo first reported that Apple was developing over-ear headphones scheduled to launch later this year. But a Bloomberg report from March su... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Rumors

Following an onslaught of customer complaints, culminating in massive online petitions and class-action lawsuits, Apple has finally acknowledged that “a small percentage” of 2015-2016 MacBook and 2016-2017 MacBook Pro keyboards are susceptible to becoming stuck or breaking. The company is now pro... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Mac, #News

Apple is working on a new lineup of audio accessories for 2019, including an updated version of AirPods. The next-generation version of AirPods, which are slated for a release sometime next year, could include several new features over its predecessor, sources familiar with Apple’s plans told B... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Rumors

For years, Samsung Semiconductor was the exclusive supplier of Apple’s A-series Systems on a Chip (SoCs) — the heart and brains of every iOS device since the original iPad and its zippy A4 debuted back in 2010. But as competition and legal warfare between the world’s two largest smartphone manuf... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iPhone, #Rumors

Even if you own an Amazon Echo or a HomePod, there’s a good chance that you don’t use your speaker to control smart home devices. A recently published study revealed that only around 6 percent of people with smart home speakers do. That’s shocking considering all of the great... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Gallery, #HowTo

Google released its shiny new accounts page update today, featuring a sleek redesign with emphasis on transparency, as well as upgraded privacy and security settings. The new update retools the account hub giving users an easier way to navigate and control their privacy options, allowing for... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #FastTech

Most reports agree that this year’s lineup of iPhones will all look, more or less, like iPhone X-style devices. But a new set of renders suggest that there could be slight differences. Tech outlet BGR obtained a set of renders from case maker Ghostek, which are reportedly based on factory files —... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iPhone, #Rumors

Back in 2014, Apple launched a unique “peek and pop” function with the introduction of the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus called 3D Touch. By applying a certain amount of pressure while interacting with an image, app, email, or icon, the user could launch shortcuts and additional options.... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that law enforcement organizations will need warrants to harvest location data from smartphone users. It’s the first case involving smartphone location data that the Supreme Court has rendered a decision on. The 5-4 decision on Friday reversed a previous ruling m... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #FastTech

A Toronto, Ontario man is levying a lawsuit at Apple for scratches that he made himself on his Apple Watch. Dean Lubaki, 21, filed a small-claims court application with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, blog iPhone in Canada reported. The Lawsuit Lubaki is alleging that Apple’s marketing of ... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #AppleWatch, #News

Apple’s default Weather app for iOS has been with us since the beginning. It features beautiful imagery, is easy to use, and is overall a great tool for knowing what to expect from Mother Nature’s playbook. But sometimes you want something a little more robust, or to try something fresh. Like man... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Apps, #Gallery

Nazrin Hassan, founder and CEO of Malaysia-based tech-industry upstart, Cradle Fund, has reportedly succumbed to his death at the hands of his Blackberry or Huawei smartphone, which allegedly exploded in his bedroom last week while juicing up on the charger as he slept nearby — prompting injury, ... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #FastTech

Almost two years ago, Niantic, Nintendo, and The Pokémon Company introduced the world to Pokémon GO. The game was an instant hit and its popularity resulted in many players being unable to play the game due to strain on the game’s servers. This week, Niantic released an update for the pocket mon... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #FastTech

It was nearly a year-ago, alongside the iPhone 8, 8 Plus and iPhone X, when Apple announced the “upcoming availability” of AirPower, its proprietary Qi-based wireless charging solution for up to three capable devices. Those devices would include a wireless charging iPhone, an Apple... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Rumors

Amazon’s latest Fire TV Cube device is officially shipping out to customers starting today, June 21. If you haven’t pre-ordered the device, should you buy one? Well, reviews for the Cube are in — and for the most part, they’re glowing. Here are the key takeaways and conclusions for Amazon’s lates... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #FastTech

In a closely divided vote, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that states can begin collecting sales taxes from online retailers. The 5-4 decision on the case of South Dakota v. Wayfair Inc. overturns a previous 1992 ruling. That ruling prevented states from collecting tax on firms that did... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #FastTech

Apple considered killing the Lightning port — and wired charging — on last year’s iPhone X flagship, a new report suggests. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman revealed that tidbit of information in a report mostly about the delayed AirPower charging mat. In that report, published Thursday, Gurman wrote that... View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iPhone, #Rumors