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Rumor: iPhone 15 Pro Max could incorporate 5-6x optical zoom feature

Apple’s next-gen iPhone could boast an even more capable optical zoom feature. While the iPhone currently maxes out at 3x optical zoom, the rumor mill has it that the iPhone 15 Pro Max camera will feature a so-called “periscope lens” that would allow for up to double the optical zoom. Last July, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo […]

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Rumor: Apple to offer periscope/optical zoom lens in highest-end iPhone model in 2024, 2025

Per noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple is expected to release its first iPhone with a periscope lens with this year’s iPhone 15 lineup, although the lens itself may be limited to only the highest-end iPhone 15 Pro Max. A periscope lens is one that relies on a prism to reflect light to multiple internal lenses […]

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Rumor: Apple may be considering a price cut for some iPhone 15 models

The iPhone rumor mill never really takes a break (even over the holidays) and Yyeux1122, a leaker with a decent track report, has reported that Apple is considering an iPhone 15 price cut, when compared to iPhone 14 pricing. The reduced prices would, they say, apply to the base model iPhone 15 and the larger […]

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Researcher notes Zoom access privilege exploit at DefCon, advises Mac users to update their software immediately

You definitely want to update the Zoom application on your Mac. An exploit noted by Mac security specialist Patrick Wardle and disclosed at the DefCon tracking conference on August 12 has noted a loophole that could be exploited to offer an outside user full access to your Mac. Since Zoom has to be run with […]

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Apple Studio Display 15.5 firmware reviewed, appears to offer moderate improvements in webcam image quality

The good news is that the Studio Display 15.5 firmware appears to have improved the Studio Display’s webcam performance a bit. The bad news is that there’s apparently still some work to be done. The firmware update, which arrived as part of macOS Monterey 12.4. During the beta phase, Apple continued to iterate on updates […]