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Apple adds accident and hazard reporting feature for Apple Maps in Germany

If you’re an iPhone user in Germany, this should come in handy. Apple has updated Apple Maps in Germany, allowing users within the country to now be able to report road hazards and/or traffic accidents within the app. While users of Apple Maps in the United States and China have been able to do this […]

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Foxconn claims chip shortage could extend into second half of 2022

The chip shortage could extend well into the second half of 2022. Per iPhone supplier Foxconn, the chip manufacturer is struggling to keep up with consumer demand. Apple has been dealing with the chip shortage for the past several quarters, but it only started significantly impacting Apple’s business in the most recent quarter. The shortage […]

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Rumor: iPhone 13 availability expected to improve for the holiday season as supply chain gradually improves

It may be a bit easier than you thought to snag an iPhone 13 this holiday season. According to sources within Apple’s supply chain, suppliers have managed to ease the shortage of certain components, thereby allowing production of the smartphone to accelerate. At present, estimated shipping times for the ‌iPhone 13‌ were spanning weeks, if […]

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iFixit notes that replacing your iPhone 13 display with a third party unit could disable Face ID feature

You may love your brand new iPhone 13, but the cool cats at iFixit have learned through a recent teardown that replacing the smartphone’s screen through a third party repair service could disable the Face ID feature. Via the recent teardown, iFixit noted that Apple has added a small microcontroller to the iPhone 13 screen. […]

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Rumor: Apple in “active development” of products featuring mini-LED displays

Although Apple has yet to release a product with a micr0-LED display, sources have stated that Apple is in an “active development program” of new products with this technology. Per Nikkei Asia, Hideaki Ryugen offered the following tidbits about the differences between OLED and mini-LED displays: Midsize OLED panels for tablets and notebooks, in particular, […]