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iOS 12.1 to allow iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR units to use eSIM features

Apple’s latest iOS 12.1 beta apparently introduces support for the eSIM, or a digital SIM that lets you activate a cellular plan from your carrier without needing to use a physical SIM card. In the iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR, the eSIM pairs with the included nano-SIM to enable dual-SIM functionality. The eSIM feature […]

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Beddit to shut down cloud service on November 15th, Apple thought to be incorporating company’s technologies into its product line following acquisition

Here lies the fate of Beddit. Sleep tracking product company Beddit, which Apple acquired last year. is officially killing off its cloud service on November 15, 2018. As of Friday, September 21st, new users were unable to sign up for Beddit Cloud. In addition, existing users have until November 15, 2018 to use it before […]

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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 […]