The A13 chip in Apple's cheapest iPhone SE beats the most expensive Androids

Several years ago, Apple's best chips began decisively beating the performance of the best chips available to high-end Android phones. Now, even Apple's $399 iPhone SE uses a more powerful brain than even the most advanced Android flagships with prices above $1,000. How is this possible?

Daniel Eran Dilger 6 years ago 70

Apple and Google evolve Exposure Notification to boost privacy, enhance encryption

Apple and Google have refined technical details surrounding the joint COVID-19 exposure notification effort, with the pair releasing not just a FAQ for consumers, but also updating cryptography, Bluetooth communications, and the API framework for developers.

Mike Wuerthele 6 years ago 1

Compared: iPhone SE versus Galaxy A51 versus Pixel 3a

Apple's 2020 iPhone SE delivers premium-tier features at a low price, posing a serious threat to rival devices like the Pixel 3a and Galaxy A51. Here's how the three stack up.

Mike Peterson 6 years ago 16

Will the COVID-19 disaster sink Apple's premium hardware?

The same people who have consistently failed to comprehend Apple's business model over the last few decades are now postulating that COVID-19's economic devastation will make Apple's products broadly unaffordable on a global level.

Daniel Eran Dilger 6 years ago 64

Apple's iOS sees highest share of US activations since 2016, report says

According to a report from research group CIRP on Friday, Apple's iOS accounted for 44 percent of U.S. smartphone activations during the first quarter of 2020, beating similar metrics last seen in 2016.

AppleInsider Staff 6 years ago 19

Apple & Google's contact tracing won't stop COVID-19, but it will help

Using smartphone contact tracing to track and mitigate the spread of COVID-19 has been floated as a possible way out of the outbreak — but there are plenty of signs suggesting that its effectiveness is an open question.

Mike Peterson 6 years ago 39

Corellium exploits iOS jailbreak to install Android on iPhone

Cybersecurity startup Corellium, which is being sued by Apple over alleged copyright infringement, on Wednesday revealed Project Sandcastle, a beta product that leverages the checkra1n jailbreak to launch a version of Android on older iPhone models.

AppleInsider Staff 6 years ago 25

Huawei hit hard by coronavirus in China, new criminal charges in U.S.

There's lots of bad news piling up for Huawei, the firm often considered to be Android's best hope of challenging Apple's leadership in smartphone design and business competency.

Daniel Eran Dilger 6 years ago 90

Coronavirus to hit Android's hopes for 5G, folding screens the hardest

As Apple deals with interruption of the COVID-19 epidemic in China, its Android competitors face all the same issues; except that they make far less money and operate on much thinner margins across fragile shipment volumes.

Daniel Eran Dilger 6 years ago 22

iCloud.com update adds native mobile browser support for Android and iOS

The iCloud.com website now works natively on mobile browsers for both iOS and Android, giving users access to some of iCloud's most popular features to Android devices such as Find iPhone via a mobile-friendly interface.

Amber Neely 6 years ago 7

Ring's app caught spying on users, sharing data with third-parties

Amazon's Ring for Android app is loaded with third-party trackers harvesting a "plethora" of customer data, a new investigation claims — and an Amazon engineer for the product wants it completely shut down.

Mike Peterson 6 years ago 32

Google now lets iPhones act as FIDO hardware keys for better security

Following an update to Google's iOS Smart Lock app, iPhones can now be used as a Fast Identity Online (FIDO) security key. This replaces the physical hardware keys previously required — and brings the iPhone into line with Android phones.

William Gallagher 6 years ago 27

App Store dominates Google Play on Christmas Day app sales

Apple's App Store enjoyed a bumper holiday season, with iPhone and iPad users spending more on Christmas 2019 than in 2018 by 16%, a rise that has also helped boost global app spending across all of December over the previous year.

Malcolm Owen 6 years ago 5

Editorial: How Steve Jobs' 'Thoughts On Flash' gave iPad a head start in tablets

In 2010, Steve Jobs detailed why Apple would not be investing any efforts to make Adobe Flash run on iPad. Rather than agreeing, Apple's competitors seized on Flash as something they could hold up as an exclusive feature that Apple's iOS products lacked. That strategy backfired badly.

Daniel Eran Dilger 6 years ago 19

A4 to A5: How Apple outflanked its fragmented competition in silicon

Apple's A4 project helped deliver the custom silicon for the very first iPad, positioning the company in a race against time with the world's leading mobile chip designers. Although it ran into stiff competition along the way, Apple succeeded with an implementation that was markedly different from its peers. Here's how they did it.

Daniel Eran Dilger 6 years ago 24

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