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Apple Touch to Pay on iPhone feature becomes available in France

If you’re traveling through France, this could definitely come in handy. Apple has begun rolling out support for Tap to Pay on iPhone in France, allowing French merchants to take contactless payments via their smartphones. As expected, the NFC technology allows retailers to take contactless payments from smartphones and enable credit and debit cards through […]

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Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro Max component costs broken down, unit is about eight percent more expensive to make than the iPhone 14 Pro Max

When the component cost, of “blended bill of materials,” of Apple’s new iPhone 15 Pro Max is calculated, the handset costs about eight percent more to manufacture than the iPhone 14 Pro Max. Per Counterpoint Research’s report, which was published yesterday, Apple spends around $502 to make the base model iPhone 15 Pro Max with […]

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Allstate Protection Plans releases dunk/drop test results for high-end Apple, Google, and Samsung smartphones

Since Allstate and other insurance companies tend to win up insuring (and footing the bill) for a number of devices, they’re now the ones shattering them to see which holds up to inevitable accidents the best. Device insurance provider Allstate Protection Plans on Monday shared the results of one of its annual device drop tests, […]

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Apple to announce Q4 2023 returns on November 2

Apple announced on Wednesday that it would announce its fourth fiscal quarter earnings on Thursday, November 2 via its usual conference call with CEO Tim Cook and CFO Luca Maestri. The fourth fiscal quarter is a historically slow one for Apple as consumers hold their breath for a new iPhone. However, new Macs with M2 […]

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Shipping times begin to decrease for iPhone 15 orders

If you’re hoping to snag an iPhone 15 handset, there’s better news, as the post-launch shipping times are beginning to improve, but aren’t quite at the levels of the iPhone 14 collection. The third week of J.P. Morgan’s Product Availability Tracker indicates delivery lead times have started to moderate. This is fairly typical to observe, […]