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Group FaceTime feature resurfaces for public and developer iOS 12.1 beta 1 distributions

It looks like Apple might be getting its much-anticipated Group FaceTime feature underway sooner than expected. Just two days after releasing the first developer beta for iOS 12.1, Apple has now made its public beta of iOS 12.1 available, as well as tvOS 12.1. The latest betas comes with a few notable changes. Following Group […]

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Dutch web site FixjeiPhone completes teardown of iPhone XS, finds L-shaped two-cell battery

Sometimes the Dutch beat everyone else to the punch. Dutch repair site FixjeiPhone today shared a teardown of the iPhone XS, providing the first look inside the 5.8-inch model. A side-by-side comparison shot with the iPhone X reveals that the internal layout of the iPhone XS has not changed significantly, with the most obvious difference […]

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iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR, offer Apple’s largest iPhone batteries to date while iPhone XS incorporates slightly smaller battery capacity

While Apple shares battery specifications for each iPhone battery via talk time, Internet use, video playback and more, it doesn’t share the actual battery capacity for each model. This may have changed, as MyDrivers has published documents from TENAA, China’s FCC equivalents which reveal that the iPhone XS features a smaller battery capacity than the […]

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Rumor: iOS 12.1 developer beta 1 hints at new iPad Pro models due this fall

It’s the beta code that sometimes reveals the nifty things down the road. In this case, the iOS 12.1 developer beta 1 code seems to be hinting at new iPad Pro models en route for this fall. The code shows Face ID in landscape mode is coming, which isn’t possible with any iPhone. Steve Troughton-Smith, […]

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Apple settles Irish tax dispute via $15 billion lump sum payment

Getting ahead of an upcoming 2016 tax ruling, Apple has paid the equivalent of more than $15 billion to the Irish government to settle claims of underpayment of tax to the European Union. The company’s 13.1 billion euro outstanding balance of its disputed balance to the government of Ireland, according to the country’s finance mirror. […]