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There have been multiple reports citing that Apple’s iPhone won’t be getting a 5G modem until the 2020 models. However, a new report from Reuters says that this year’s iPhone 11 may include it… According to the report, Apple has considered Samsung, MediaTek, and its current wireless chip provider Intel to supply 5G modem chips for the 2019 iPhones. The claim comes from a testimony during Apple’s ongoing trial between Qualcomm and the U....

How much did your iPhone cost? If you said $199, $299 or even $399 you’re somewhere near $350 off. As some consciously forget, the carriers often shield the owner from the real total cost of the iPhone. That may not last. iPhone sales could be hurt as carriers switch from so-called subsidized contracts, where customers pay only a fraction of the cost a new iPhone up-front, to deals where the true cost of the phone is more visible, argues a piece in the WSJ....

CIRP has released a new report today with its estimates for how well each iPhone model sold during Apple’s Q3 (calendar Q2). In addition to the iPhone XR being far and away the most popular iPhone in the US ahead of the upcoming iPhone 11 launch, the firm has data on how well Apple’s Services are doing with iPhone owners. Headlining the report are the results on iPhone sales in the US for the June quarter....

Apple this week officially introduced the iPhone 11 as the successor to the iPhone XR. With the iPhone XR sticking around in the lineup at a lower price point, however, many buyers will likely struggle to pick between the two. Read on as we break down the iPhone XR vs iPhone 11 battle. iPhone XR The iPhone XR was first introduced last year alongside the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max....

Apple’s TV plans continue to split the broadcast industry, at least in the US where any such service is most likely to appear first. News from industry insiders show Apple in an increasingly isolated place with its plan, with Disney (on which Apple CEO Steve Jobs sits on the board) ready to roll withh 99-cent show rentals. All the other networks aren’t convinced at the plans, leaving just one global multimedia firm in position as kingmaker for the iTunes initiative....

Apple is reportedly facing an investigation from the Fair Trade Commission in Japan. The news was first reported by the Mainichi newspaper, with the investigation focusing on Apple’s relationship with its Japanese suppliers. As detailed by Reuters, Japan’s Fair Trade Commission is investigating whether Apple “abused its position of power” and violated antimonopoly rules when pressuring Japanese part makers. A survey conducted by the Fair Trade Commission says that Apple signed contracts “forcing firms to provide free technology and know-how for parts manufacturing....

“Anytime you want to build something — any web application, any website — you must choose JavaScript,” says Vladimir de Turckheim, Infosec Skills author and data engineer at Datadog. “There’s almost no alternative in web development. Virtually every company in the world and anyone doing anything on the internet is using JavaScript.” Other technology drives the server side and is used for things like database access, but the web interfaces to interact with that technology are likely JavaScript, says Turckheim....

Joker is a movie that has taken both the box office and social media by storm, with the disturbing story of Arthur Fleck garnering mixed viewpoints among fans. While some of what he does is understandable, Fleck ends up crossing line after line and, by the time the credits roll at the end, he’s a very different man from what he started the blockbuster as. With that in mind we now take a look at the 10 worst things Arthur does throughout the movie to turn him not just into a bad person, but Gotham City’s feared Clown Prince of Crime....

Xiaomi has recently launched the MIUI 11 skin officially based on the Android 10 OS version. The MIUI 11 has been started rolling out on Xiaomi and Redmi devices via batches with all core features. Meanwhile, Black Shark phones are also expected to receive the MIUI 11 core features on JoyUI. Black Shark is a gaming smartphone brand partnered with Xiaomi with flagship specifications. There are a couple of Black Shark devices available in the market....

A press release by the company announces that no less than five million of the new smartphones have been sold in the first three days after its release. This is an incredible figure even by Apple’s standards. The the last model before the iPhone 5, the iPhone 4S, had sold around four million units in the first days after its release. In case you’re dying to get an iPhone 5 and haven’t already, Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO says that the initial supply has been sold, stores will get shipments on a regular basis and online orders are possible and customers will get a date when they can pick it up at an Apple Store....

I argued almost exactly two years ago that we were approaching the point at which Apple might have to think the unthinkable on iPhone pricing. Yesterday’s news suggests that crunch time may now have arrived … But players like Google, Huawei, Xiaomi, Lenovo and OnePlus are learning fast […] So while Apple’s current dominance of the premium end of the market gives it a massive head-start, it can’t count on forever remaining the automatic choice....

More new toys for Avengers: Endgame have been unveiled, including a wearable Power Gauntlet from Tony Stark. The latest MCU film is about to enter its third weekend of release, and is still shattering the box office. Although the Infinity Gauntlet appeared in a few cameos over the years, it made its impact in Avengers: Infinity War. Thanos acquired this glove to channel the powerful Infinity Stones and then used the Gauntlet to wipe out half of life in the universe, which directly led to the events of Avengers: Endgame....

Apple Records partnering with Peter Jackson to direct a new Beatles documentary edited from the hours of footage recorded for the 1970 film, Let It Be is great news for the band’s fans, but could this new edit of the Let It Be footage be rewriting the story of The Beatles’ breakup? Let It Be is a documentary about The Beatles rehearsing and recording the album of the same name. Filmed in the early part of 1969, the band would break up later that year before officially dissolving in 1970....

Set Your iOS Backup in iTunes It’s very easy to set this up. First, just launch iTunes on your Mac or PC and go to the Preferences. Next select the devices tab. After that, right-click and select archive for the backup you want to keep. Make sure you’re selecting the most recent one that you want to always have archived when you back up in the future. Now, when you perform a backup, you will have a new backup, but you will have an archive of the one you would like to restore to in case the need should arise....

It’s interesting timing for Jamf to go public as it comes on the heels of Apple purchasing Fleetsmith. If you aren’t familiar with how Apple management in the enterprise works, it uses APIs provided by Apple. So Apple’s own MDM would operate on the same APIs that Jamf has available to build around. I spoke with Jamf CTO Jason Wudi about the IPO, and as one of Jamf’s longest-tenured employees, he was ecstatic about today....

But think about it for a minute. This is your smartphone. It has all your photos, your contacts, your messages, your passwords and personal data on it. Do you really want to be sticking any old cable into its data port? Hackers and infosec experts have proven that it’s possible to hijack a public charging station with a malicious device. You’ve heard of credit card skimming at the gas pump, right?...

Over the past two years, it’s become clear the Snyder Cut of Justice League is more complete than many of its detractors have suggested, and that includes Tom Holkenborg AKA Junkie XL’s score. Holkenborg was replaced by Danny Elfman for the version of the movie audiences saw in theaters, marking one of the more criticized departures from Snyder’s original vision for the film. Zack Snyder completed principal photography and several months of post-production on Justice League before leaving the project in the wake of a family tragedy....

Though many have worn Jason’s hockey mask in the Friday the 13th movies, Kane Hodder has embodied the role so well that nobody else can compare. Jason Voorhees is a difficult character for an actor to portray for many reasons. First, he doesn’t speak. Second, his face is usually covered by a hockey mask, which doesn’t have any personified features like other masked villains such as Michael Myers and Ghostface, whose masks are still somewhat human-like....

My initial plan for an iPhone 12 Pro Max video test was to shoot handheld using the stock camera app. However, given that I’m a video novice – as I will amply demonstrate below – I decided I could use a bit of help. In this case, from the Zhiyun Smooth X gimbal and the FiLMiC Pro app. While some might object that such a test is unfair, I don’t think it’s unreasonable....

Apple’s deal with Japan’s largest carrier, DoCoMo, saw the iPhone’s market share in the country climb from 25.5 percent last year to 36.6 percent in the year ending March of this year, reports Bloomberg. This full-year figure underestimates the current position, as it reflects only six months of sales through DoCoMo. Japanese companies Sharp and Sony took second and third places, with 13 and 12.3 percent respectively, while Samsung was in sixth place at just 5....