Apple's iPhone found to infringe on Qualcomm modem patent in German court

Apple is facing another potential sales ban in Germany, as the German court in Munich has ruled that the company stands in violation of a Qualcomm patent.

Mike Wuerthele 7 years ago 41

Class action suit alleges Apple lies to customers over size & resolution of iPhone X, XS & XS Max

A class action lawsuit launched on Friday accuses Apple of making fraudulent marketing claims about both the size and pixel count of its OLED iPhone displays, claiming the company literally cuts corners.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 83

Qualcomm could still win an iPhone ban in the US at the hands of the USITC

A panel of judges at the US International Trade Commission is reviewing a previous ruling that the agency made, and it could overturn a decision that an iPhone ban is not in the public interest if Apple infringed a Qualcomm patent.

Mike Wuerthele 7 years ago 24

Qualcomm wins import & sales ban on iPhones shipping with iOS 11 in China

Qualcomm has won a preliminary order in a Chinese court banning the import and sale of iPhones with older versions of iOS installed out-of-the-box, over software patents that Apple was found to have violated in iOS 11.

Mike Wuerthele 7 years ago 14

Nomad launches Rugged Case with support for Moment lenses

Nomad this week released its latest leather Rugged Case for Apple's iPhone models, designed with a built-in mount for the popular line of Moment lenses.

Andrew O'Hara 7 years ago 1

Apple's largest supplier reported 24 percent surge in revenues from OLED display, components sales

Apple's largest supplier— and the primary source of the flexible OLED panels used in iPhone X and the new iPhone XS lineup— reported 24 percent year-over-year growth in its Q3 revenues from its semiconductors, memory, and display panel unit, an increase it attributed to "increasing demand for flexible [OLED] panels." That supplier was Samsung, and the "major customers" it credited clearly included the world's largest seller of high-end OLED phones. Why aren't Samsung's results attributed to being an "iPhone supplier"?

Daniel Eran Dilger 7 years ago 25

Apple rumored to have restarted iPhone X production, but motive not clear

Apple has restarted production of last year's iPhone X, according to one of the nation's most prominent financial publications, which claims the company is doing so out of international demand and a questionable obligation to fill a sales quota with OLED supplier and smartphone rival Samsung.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 60

Safari vulnerability lets hackers swipe recently deleted photos from iPhone X

White-hat hackers Richard Zhu and Amat Cama at the Mobile Pwn2Own contest on Wednesday leveraged a previously unknown exploit that allowed the pair to extract a supposedly deleted photo from an iPhone X running the latest iOS 12.1.

Mikey Campbell 7 years ago 16

Apple investigating iPhone X that exploded after updating to iOS 12.1

Apple is reportedly working with the owner of an iPhone X to figure out why it exploded immediately after being updated to iOS 12.1.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 16

Drive-by shooting suspect remotely wipes iPhone X, catches extra charges

A woman from Schenectady, N.Y. accused of being the driver in a shooting used Apple's remote wipe feature to destroy evidence on her iPhone X that might have been related to the event.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 35

Apple activates iPhone X display module replacement program for touch issues

Apple on Friday initiated a service program to address an iPhone X display issue that causes the device's touchscreen to behave erratically.

Mikey Campbell 7 years ago 15

iPhone XS versus iPhone X - which phone unlocks faster with Face ID

The iPhone XR, XS, and XS Max are all packing Apple's second-generation Face ID, an updated version of the biometric authentication system which is supposed to be faster than the version introduced with the iPhone X. Is there actually a noticeable difference between the already-fast and the potentially faster versions in the real world?

AppleInsider Staff 7 years ago 23

iOS 12.1 adds battery management features to iPhone 8 & iPhone X

Apple's latest iOS update brings battery management routines including throttling phones that have chemically depleted batteries to the iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and X, though the company is optimistic most people won't notice any difference.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 2

Should you buy an iPhone XR or used iPhone X?

Preorders for Apple's iPhone XR go live in a matter of hours. If you're looking to upgrade, but don't want to spend $1,000 on an iPhone XS, the XR delivers many of the same technologies at a relatively affordable entry point. But what about a used iPhone X instead?

Vadim Yuryev 7 years ago 11

Analysts change tune, now say $1,000 Huawei Mate 20 Androids are a bargain

Analysts and commentators who spent the first half of 2018 insisting that Apple's $999 iPhone X was suffering from "disappointing" sales because of its premium price, a supposed "lack of innovation," and controversial design choices that included a camera "notch" are now telling us that Chinese companies that struggled to profit from high volumes of cheap phones will now successfully sell expensive models with an imitative notch.

Daniel Eran Dilger 7 years ago 44

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