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iPhone 12 teardown reveals how 5G has changed things

The first two models from Apple’s iPhone 12 have started shipping, and of course the folks at iFixit are busy taking them apart. As of this writing the detailed teardown is still incomplete, but they’ve exposed enough of the details to get a good look under those screens. The iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro are surprisingly similar inside, as iFixit points out that the cheaper model has a plastic…
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Download Apple’s new iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro wallpapers right here

Like every year, the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini offer a new collection of slick wallpapers for you to use. We’ve extracted the new wallpapers directly from iOS 14.1, and you can download them for your iPhone model below. Update October 20: We’ve updated this post with the stock wallpapers from the iPhone 12 Pro as well. There are four wallpapers, in light and dark mode variants, to match the…
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iOS 14: How to change default email and browser apps

A notable change with iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 that didn’t see hardly any stage time during the WWDC keynote was that Apple will allow users to change their default email and web browser apps. Let’s take a look at how the option to change default email and browser apps works on iPhone and iPad in iOS 14. Up until now, Apple hasn’t allowed iPhone and iPad users to change the default account that…
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iPhone 12 battery test shows 2-hour hit when using 5G

An iPhone 12 battery test shows that the new models take a huge hit to their battery-life when using 5G data. The standard model iPhone 12 lost almost exactly two hours of battery-life when using 5G compared to 4G, and things were even worse with the iPhone 12 Pro…
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Apple’s neat solution to selling the iPhone 12 with EarPods in France

Apple has found a neat solution to the problem caused by being forced to sell the iPhone 12 with EarPods in France … Background The Cupertino company made the decision to omit EarPods from this year’s iPhones, claiming that it is more environmentally friendly – but is actually illegal to do this in France. The reason? It’s considered potentially harmful for the brain to absorb…
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