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iFixit details which parts you can swap between the iPhone 8 and iPhone SE

On Thursday, an early teardown video of the new iPhone SE detailed the internal similarities the device shares with the iPhone SE. Now, has published a more in-depth look at how you can even swap parts between both of the phones. As the report points out, backwards compatibility between iPhone models was virtually unthinkable until now. This time around, however, the iPhone SE and iPhone 8 can…
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Weekly poll: Are you buying an Apple iPhone SE (2020)?

The Apple iPhone SE (2020) is now on sale in more than 40 countries and we’d like to know if you plan or getting one (or perhaps you already did). You could knock Apple for refurbishing a phone from 2017, with a design from 2014, but the iPhone SE (2020) is the…
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Google 3D animals: How to record videos and take pictures w/ Android and iPhone

Google’s 3D animals have become a viral trend, but many people have been recording videos and taking pictures with them simply by taking screenshots or screen recordings. What you might not have realized, though, is that this feature has a built-in option for recording and taking pictures. Here’s how it works. How to use Google’s 3D animals ‘in your space’ First things first, let’s…
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Vergecast: reviews of Apple’s iPhone SE, Magic Keyboard, and Logitech’s Combo Touch

Last week, we saw Apple announce an addition to its smartphone lineup as well as a new keyboard case for the iPad Pro. This week on The Vergecast, co-hosts Nilay, Dieter, and Paul discuss The Verge’s reviews of those products: the new iPhone SE and the Magic Keyboard. Starting at $399, the iPhone SE joins a group of smartphones in a competitive price range far below flagship phones. Does…
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How to buy the new iPhone SE 2

The iPhone SE 2 is now available. If you were thinking about getting one, or are just curious about the various improvements over the 2016 model, check out Dieter Bohn’s video review above. Suffice it to say, he liked it. The 2020 version of the iPhone SE has powerful…
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A new iOS text bug is again crashing iPhones

A new iOS text bug has been discovered that causes iPhones to crash. The flaw involves several characters from the Sindhi language that cause iOS to lock up and an iPhone to crash. The character string has been circulating this week on Discord servers and Telegram, and The…
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Apple downplays iOS Mail app security flaw, says ‘no evidence’ of exploits

Apple has found no evidence that recently discovered security flaws in the native iOS Mail app were exploited by hackers, the company said in a statement. “We have found no evidence they were used against customers,” the company said. It also cast doubt on whether the issues, which it admitted were present on both the iPhone and the iPad versions of its Mail app, were enough to bypass the two…
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