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Remember the RAZR? Well, the ultra-thin mobile phone that was all the rage throughout the aughts may be making a triumphant return. While previous reports have suggested that Motorola would be bringing back the classic mobile device next month, a tweet today by prolific phone leaker Evan Blass may have just given us our first […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #FastTech

Activists are praising Apple for new emoji options that the company has introduced in its latest iOS 13.2 software update. More specifically, the company has taken steps to make its own software-specific emoji characters more inclusive with the addition of various gender-neutral options. iOS 13.2 Emojis When it comes to new emoji, iOS 13.2 is […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iOS13, #News

Users are finding that their iPhones need to reload apps in the background much more frequently after updating to iOS 13.2. That’s according to a slew of reports spread across social media and various Apple forums. Here’s what you should know. Aggressive App Killing According to a large and growing number of user reports, iOS […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iOS13, #iPhone, #News

If there’s anyone who shouldn’t go to an Apple Store for help with a forgotten iPhone passcode, it’s a presidential cybersecurity adviser. Yet, just one month after he was informally named a cybersecurity adviser by President Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani went to a brick-and-mortar Apple location seeking help with a locked iPhone. Reportedly, Giuliani had […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iPhone, #News

If you’ve followed the Apple Watch Series 5 at all, you know that the most significant new feature this year is the always-on display (AOD). But does that make the Series 5 worth upgrading to? We’ll discuss that and more below. Always-on Display The Series 5 is what many of us hoped the Apple Watch […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #AppleWatchSeries5, #Opinion, #Videos

As usual, Apple announced record earnings yesterday, with over $64 billion in revenue — its highest fourth quarter ever — and it’s probably not a big surprise that a good chunk of that came from Apple’s ultra-popular AirPods. In fact, Apple’s newest AirPods Pro didn’t even quite hit the market in time for the latest quarterly […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

With Apple’s AirPods Pro having made their debut earlier this week, this leaves the elusive 16-inch MacBook Pro as the next Apple product we’re likely to see, but while lots of signs point to it coming very soon, the actual release date remains shrouded in mystery. Firstly there were the original rumours earlier this year […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Mac, #Rumors

Earlier this week, Apple released the last remaining iOS 13 update for its devices in the form of iOS 13.2 for the HomePod smart speaker, but unfortunately no sooner did the update roll out than reports appeared that it was bricking a lot of HomePods, forcing Apple to pull the update to avoid rendering everyone’s […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

It doesn’t take an expert to use an iPhone, because Apple’s devices are well-known for their simple, intuitive, “it just works” philosophy of design. With that being said, there are definitely some expert things you should be doing to your iPhone. Or, more accurately, true Apple experts will avoid doing these things to their own […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Gallery

CarPlay is a system that brings many capabilities of your iPhone’s operating system to your car’s infotainment system, traditionally using a Lightning cable. But what about wireless CarPlay? The CarPlay system is meant to connect to your iPhone via a wire or wirelessly. But even if you have a CarPlay infotainment system in your vehicle, […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #HowTo, #News

Apple is readying a new MacBook model with a scissor-switch keyboard for release in the second or third quarter of 2020, TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said in a note to investors on Wednesday. That’s pretty much in-line with previous forecasts made by Kuo. But based on the timing of the note and the absence […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Mac, #Rumors

The iPhone SE 2 is almost a reality. After years of waiting, it seems like we’ll finally get the more affordable, yet ultra-powerful second-generation iPhone SE 2 next year. Fans of the first iPhone SE and older iPhones are incredibly excited about it. Still, since we don’t know everything about the upcoming device, it’s a good time […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Gallery, #iPhone, #Rumors

Apple’s AirPods Pro have begun arriving in Apple Stores and even showing up on the doorsteps of those who were quick to order them after they were announced on Monday. Delivering Active Noise Cancellation, a new in-ear design, and Adaptive EQ, Apple’s newer high-end AirPods promise to live up to their “Pro” moniker, as well […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Gallery, #News

It’s already pretty much guaranteed that Apple will be entering the 5G race next year with its entire 2020 iPhone lineup, and now it turns out that the company isn’t planning on cutting corners here either, but will actually be going all-in on 5G in a pretty big way. A new report out of the […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iPhone, #Rumors

It’s only two days until Apple’s highly anticipated Apple TV+ streaming service launches, and now Apple has just announced its first service bundle, and it sounds like a great deal — if you’re a student, that is. Apple has been offering discounted Apple Music subscriptions to students for a few years already, allowing college and university […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

Folding smartphones are still a nascent technology. And, at this point, they’re still fairly problem-prone. But that doesn’t mean OEMs aren’t looking ahead. Samsung is currently spearheading foldable smartphones. Earlier this year, it debuted the Samsung Galaxy Fold. Early display issues aside, it’s still the only real foldable flagship handset currently on the market. The […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #FastTech

Apple’s upcoming Bluetooth tracking accessories may be called AirTags, according to several pieces of evidence uncovered this week. While Apple has yet to hint at or confirm the existence of the devices, there’s pretty clear evidence that they’re in development. And now, we may just know what Apple will dub the devices when they actually […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Rumors

Apple today launched watchOS 6.1, the first major update to watchOS 6 since the wearable operating system was released back in September. The update appears to be a fairly minor one. During the beta testing cycle, no one spotted any significant user-facing features. And in Apple’s release notes today, the company notes that watchOS 6.1 […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #AppleWatch, #News

Apple on Tuesday released macOS 10.15.1, the first major point update to the macOS Catalina operating system. macOS 10.15.1 is actually a fairly significant update and introduces a number of user-facing features. New macOS Features For one, it introduces the more than 70 new emoji characters that were added to iOS 13.2 earlier this week. […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Mac, #macOSCatalina, #News

Apple’s new AirPods Pro are sure to be a hit success. After all, they’re following in the footsteps of the original AirPods, which have easily risen to become the dominant true wireless earbuds on the market, but they also check all the right boxes in terms of adding the new features that many folks have […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

Apple this week officially unveiled its highly-anticipated AirPods Pro headphones via press release just a few of days ahead of the Oct. 30 release date. AirPods Pro are a revamp of Apple’s standout wireless headphones with a number of new and advanced features (though they retain the convenience and overall “feel” of past AirPods). They […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Gallery, #News

Apple has just released iOS (and iPadOS) 13.2, the highly anticipated update that finally delivers most of the remaining features that Apple had announced for iOS 13 back in June. This year has been a rocky release cycle for Apple’s major mobile operating system updates that was no doubt at least slightly exacerbated by the […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

Apple has officially released its highly-anticipated AirPods Pro featuring active noise cancellation and improved water resistance. As expected, the new AirPods Pro feature an entirely new in-ear design that provides better passive noise isolation, which allows for Apple’s new Active Noise Cancellation implementation. This delivers what Apple promises is “superior, immersive sound” while still retaining […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

News is heating up about the next model of Apple’s AirPods, which have been dubbed the “AirPods Pro,” and could be arriving as soon as this week despite the lack of the October Apple Event that many were expecting. We already know quite a bit about the new AirPods Pro, including that they’ll feature a whole-new […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Rumors

Even if you’re using a shiny new iPhone 11 Pro, there’s a good chance that somebody in your family or circle of friends is still humming along with an older iPhone model, be it your elderly parents or one of your kids or younger siblings that you’ve given an old iPhone to as a hand-me-down. […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iPhone, #News

Which browser you use really comes down to personal preference. But unless you’re particularly tied to one platform, you may want to give Firefox a go. Firefox is an open-source browser maintained by the Mozilla Foundation. And while we’ve previously covered why you should use Safari or Firefox instead of Chrome, there may be additional […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Apps, #Gallery, #Mac, #News

People who are looking to buy new Apple products at a discount tend to look ahead to Black Friday deals, but wonder if it’s actually worth waiting. While Apple isn’t known for crazy Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, they do exist. You can get a variety of discounts and other benefits by shopping around […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Deals, #Gallery, #News

Being a freelancer can be tough. After all, you’re the boss, the employee, the assistant and even your own personal cheerleader. Just like any other business, you need to work hard if you want to succeed. And most of the time, you’ll have to do it on your own. So you’ll need to be prepared […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Apps

The Apple Watch is not only the world’s most popular smartwatch — it’s the world’s most popular watch period. And there are plenty of reasons for its success, many of which you’re probably familiar with. But the Apple Watch is also a lot more capable than you might expect. There are a slew of small […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Gallery, #iPhone, #News

Apple may adopt a new display technology in future iPhones that could improve their already stellar battery life. More specifically, the Cupertino tech giant is reportedly planning to adopt a new lower-power backplane technology called LTPO in a future handset, according to Korea-based outlet The Elec. While Apple doesn’t use LTPO on its current iPhones, […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iPhone, #Rumors

The U.S.’s big four carriers announced a new partnership to push a next-generation messaging standard that could eventually replace SMS text messaging. AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint announced the “Cross-Carrier Messaging Initiative” (CCMI) in a joint press release on Friday. That initiative focuses on the RCS messaging protocol — which could simultaneously replace SMS and […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

Black Friday is a little over a month away, but Walmart is already kicking off the holiday shopping season this week with its own Early Deals Drop. As of midnight on Friday, you can find discounts on a wide range of products from 4K Smart TVs to coffee makers. Walmart is also slashing prices on […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Deals, #News

Although Apple Arcade launched to much fanfare and rave reviews last month, Apple hasn’t quite yet reached its promise of delivering over 100 games on the fledgling gaming subscription service, but with new titles being added every week, it’s rapidly closing the gap, and shows no signs of slowing down afterward. Almost all of the […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

Earlier this month, we saw an indication that at least some Apple TV users were seeing emergency alerts on their set-top boxes, leading to speculation that Apple might have quietly hidden an emergency alert feature in tvOS 13. Although on closer analysis it was much more likely that the users who saw these emergency alerts […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

As a trillion-dollar company, it’s no surprise that Apple has a battalion of lawyers who are responsible for looking after everything from intellectual property and trade secrets to licensing and content deals. In fact, the company even has a senior counsel who looks after setting and monitoring the company’s policies on insider trading, but now […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

Apple is largely expected to release a new version of AirPods with significant upgrades and features sometime very soon. The new, so-called “AirPods Pro” may even be coming a lot sooner than later. We’ve compiled everything we know so far about the upcoming Apple wireless headphones — including features, price and release date. Continue reading […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Gallery, #Rumors

Popular video app TikTok is fun, addicting, and according to two U.S. senators, a potential threat to national security. Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) wrote a letter to the acting director of national intelligence on Wednesday, asking for the U.S. intelligence community to investigate TikTok and any potential threats it may pose. […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #FastTech

Some iPhone 11 users are reporting that the Qi-based wireless charging feature on their new handsets is broken. The reports, spread across the Apple Support Communities, suggest that the problem isn’t necessarily tied to any sort of user error, but is instead an actual issue with the iPhone’s hardware or software. iPhone 11 Wireless Charging […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iPhone, #iPhone11, #News

Mobile security researchers have found a total of 17 apps on the iOS App Store that contain a malicious clicker trojan. While most of the apps have since been removed from the App Store, there’s a chance that they still may be on your device. Here’s what you should know. What Does the Trojan Do? […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iPhone, #News

Sometimes it’s too easy to underestimate exactly how big the existing base of Apple device users is. Apple sold its billionth iPhone back in 2016, and although that naturally included upgraders, Apple was still able to boast at the time that it had over one billion active iOS devices, since that also included the iPad […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

There’s no getting around the fact that this year’s iOS and macOS software releases have been much buggier than normal. But why? David Shayer, a former Apple software engineer who spent 18 years at the Cupertino tech giant, has a few ideas that could explain the problems with iOS 13 and macOS Catalina. To be […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iOS13, #macOSCatalina, #News

When Apple unveiled its insanely powerful new Mac Pro last spring, it showcased a powerhouse of a machine that not only boasted impressive hardware specs, but also marked a return to the more traditional form factor of Apple’s ultra-high-end professional-grade desktop Macs — something that many users had been clamouring for, and Apple had been […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Mac, #Rumors

With only a little over a week to go until Apple’s highly anticipated streaming service launches, the company wants to make sure that you’ll be able to tune in to its hits like The Morning Show regardless of your choice of streaming device. Apple has already recently added support for Roku devices, which the company announced […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

The iPhone 11 Pro is much more water-resistant than past Apple handsets, at least according to Apple.. Now, one news outlet is putting that claim to the test. Every iPhone this year carries an IP68 dust- and water-resistance rating, which means they’re certified to withstand immersion in up to two meters of water for about […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iPhone, #iPhone11, #News

You’ve heard Apple’s claims. You’ve read reviews. You’ve seen battery life tests. But what does the battery life of the iPhone 11 Pro actually look like for real-life users? In short, it may just blow away your expectations. In the battery life department, the iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max are massive upgrades […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iPhone, #iPhone11, #News

If you’re in the market for a new pair of headphones or earphones, now’s a great time to stock up on offerings from Apple’s own Beats brand like the new Powerbeats Pro. You can think of Powerbeats Pro as heftier and more athletic versions of AirPods. They feature all of the convenience of AirPods with […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Deals, #News

While we’ve been inundated with news lately about Apple’s November Apple TV+ lineup, there are still quite a few projects that the company is quietly working on behind the scenes, and despite the lack of much news about them, it seems like most are still on track. One such example is Apple’s extremely ambitious TV […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

Time is running out for Apple to actually announce another fall event — with only eight days to go before the end of the month, if Apple were going to hold an October event, we should have definitely seen press invites by now. While it’s not yet outside of the realm of possibility, it looks […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Rumors

There is little doubt that passwords are a horrible anachronism from an era of green screens and mechanical keyboards, but yet they keep on holding despite the fact that as users are forced to use them in dozens, if not hundreds, or places, they’ve become more of a security risk than a solution. The problem, […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

This is the iPhone 11 Pro. It’s easily the best iPhone Apple has ever created (and it should be). It’s their newest flagship, but in some ways, it’s still a year-over-year incremental update.  It has the same form factor, same stainless steel band, same-ish display, but in other ways, Apple has taken an enormous leap […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iPhone, #iPhone11, #News, #Videos