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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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Halide Mark II takes iPhone photography to the next level with new RAW features, XDR Analysis, more

The developers of the powerful iPhone camera apps Halide and Spectre have announced their latest project: Halide Mark II. This is an all-new iPhone photography app that takes technology from Halide and Spectre, and combines it with its own set of new features. Halide Mark II includes a completely new interface that combines powerful features with intuitive gestures and a focus on ease of use.
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iSH Shell app lets you locally run a Linux shell environment on iPhone and iPad

If you always wanted to have a fully functional Terminal on your iPhone or iPad, now you can. Today the new iSH Shell app was officially released on the App Store to let iOS users locally interact with a Linux shell environment. The iSH project started a few months ago with a beta app, but now the developer was able to release it on the App Store for everyone. iSH Shell runs on usermode x86…
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Apple shares official photos as iPhone 12 arrives in stores

We’ve already seen customers tweet photos as their pre-ordered iPhone 12 arrives, as well as photos of people waiting in line at Apple Stores. Apple has now shared some official photos, not just in-store, but also of the shipping and distribution process used to get…
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Tests suggest MagSafe charger could be super-slow for iPhone 11 and older

Tests suggest that using Apple’s new MagSafe charger with previous-generation iPhones could result in super-slow charging compared to normal Qi wireless chargers. Testing on the iPhone 11 Pro, for example, showed a charging rate as low as 0.96W against the 7.5W it should have drawn. Apple says that the MagSafe charger launched last week is Qi-compatible, and thus suitable for older iPhones ……
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