Tata could soon be making iPhones in India
Tata Group is close to taking over a major plant in southern India in a deal that would give the country its first homegrown iPhone maker.
The airline-to-software conglomerate has been in talks with the factory’s owner, Taiwan’s Wistron Corp., for...
Apple kills upcoming affordable iPhone — Report
Apple no longer plans to release a next-generation iPhone SE in 2024, according to well-known tech leaker Ming-Chi Kuo.
In a Medium post over the weekend, Kuo said that Apple's supply chain had received instructions to cancel the production and...
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 and Flip4 trade-in deals — up to R5,000 discount
Samsung is offering up to R5,000 credit when trading in high-end devices for the Galaxy Z Fold4 and Flip4, allowing customers to save a fair portion of the cost provided the device they want to trade in is up to standard...
The 2022 edition of MKBHD's "best smartphone camera" contest.
Really interesting twist this year: A new contest format compared to previous years. Much more scientifically/statistically interesting.
Apple fixed actively-exploited zero-day security flaw on iPhones
Apple recently fixed a zero-day security vulnerability affecting the iPhone 8 and later that the company said was actively exploited, TechCrunch reports.
The company rolled out iOS 16.1.2 on 30 November 2022, which it said...
Goodbye Lightning port
The European Union's (EU) recently-passed legislation stipulating that all devices sold in Europe must feature a USB-C port will come into effect in late 2024.
According to Softpedia News, the new legislation has now been set in stone, having been published in the...
Intel Inside — Smuggler tried to hide over 200 CPUs in fake belly
Chinese customs authorities recently caught a woman trying to smuggle over 200 Intel chips and several iPhones in a prosthetic belly attached to her body, Mydrivers reports.
The woman was apprehended at the Gongbei Port in...
This app creates 3D models of real objects using the iPhone's camera
Epic Games' free RealityScan app — which lets users scan real-life objects and convert them into 3D models — is now available on iOS, the company announced in a blog post.
The app could be a valuable tool for developers...
Expect a lengthy delay on your iPhone 14 Pro shipment
Apple Inc.’s iPhone 14 Pro models are taking longer to deliver than ever as the company’s key assembly plant in China’s Zhengzhou weathers Covid lockdowns and worker unrest.
Customers buying Apple’s most premium devices in the US this year...
Musk vows to produce own smartphone if Apple and Google boot Twitter
Elon Musk has said he will produce his own smartphone if Apple and Google decide to remove Twitter from their app stores.
While the Twitter CEO said he hoped that would not be the case but added that he would not have a...
iPhones in Brazil stores seized after Apple fails to add chargers
Brazil's federal consumer protection regulator has started confiscating iPhones from retail stores after the country's justice ministry ordered that they may not be sold without chargers.
According to a report from Brazilian...
Chinese city with biggest iPhone factory locked down
Zhengzhou, home to Apple Inc.’s largest iPhone manufacturing site, will be largely locked down for five days as officials in the Chinese city resort to tighter curbs to quell a swelling Covid-19 outbreak.
Mobility control s— a euphemism for...
Biggest iPhone factory hit by violent protests
Hundreds of workers at Apple Inc.’s main iPhone-making plant in China clashed with security personnel, as tensions boiled over after almost a month under tough restrictions intended to quash a Covid outbreak.
Workers at the Foxconn Technology...
Apple approves first car-mount MagSafe charger — but it will cost over R2,000
Apple has certified the first car-mount MagSafe charger more than two years after launching the wireless charging standard on the iPhone 12 in 2020.
The Belkin Boost Charge Pro wireless charging mount is now...
Foxconn factory walkout spurs fears of further supply strains
Foxconn Technology Group’s main listed arm fell as much as 2.4% Monday after reports of workers leaving a Covid-stricken iPhone-making campus in China stirred concerns about worsening disruption.
Social media erupted over the...
5G smartphone speeds — Huawei, Samsung, and Apple battle for top rankings
Analytico’s 5G speed comparison shows that Samsung and Huawei have the highest average speeds, but Apple’s iPhones dominate the peak speed rankings.
For this analysis, Analytico used data from MyBroadband’s Android and...
Samsung reigns supreme in 4G speeds, with Xiaomi and Oppo doing well
Analytico’s 4G speed comparison shows that Samsung dominates the rankings with nine out of the top ten places.
For this research, Analytico used data from MyBroadband’s Android and iOS speed test apps collected between...
The price of going all-Apple in South Africa
The difference in price between kitting yourself out with all the top Apple products and choosing high-end alternatives is around R9,500, a MyBroadband analysis has revealed.
We compared the cost of buying high-end Apple products, including the...
Smartphone data speed shootout — Apple, Samsung, and Huawei
New research from Analytico revealed that Huawei P40 Pro users enjoyed the best average speeds in South Africa, while an iPhone 12 Pro Max achieved the highest peak speed.
For this research, Analytico used data from MyBroadband's...
Most popular smartphones on MyBroadband
The most popular smartphones using MyBroadband's Speed Test apps are the Samsung Galaxy A32, the iPhone 11, and the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra.
MyBroadband launched its Android and iOS speed test apps in 2017 to give South Africans an easy way to test...