One thing you can guarantee about a new iPhone is that people will rush out to try to break it. We’ve already seen three iPhone 11 drop tests, and there’s now a fourth one, with rather surprising results. Despite dropping the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro seven times onto hard concrete, the glass on both the front and back of each phone remained intact… CNET carried out the tests....
A new report from Reuters today, citing data from Counterpoint Research, claims that the iPhone 12 mini accounted for just 5% of total iPhone 12 sales during the first half of January in the US. This is only the latest report in a growing catalog of data suggesting weaker-than-expected demand for the iPhone 12 mini. Reuters says: The report also includes comments from J.P. Morgan analyst William Yang, who speculated that Apple could stop production for the iPhone 12 mini during Q2....
A report says that iPhone 12 production will start in India soon, with Foxconn assembling models for both domestic sale and export. Up to 10% of production is said to be moving to India from China, with Pegatron also set to begin iPhone assembly in the country later in the year. The Foxconn plant named in the report currently makes the iPhone 11 and iPhone XR … A paywalled Business Standard report is summarized by MoneyControl:...
Just off the heels of rumors pointing to Apple repositioning the iPhone LED flash to the top-right side of the next-generation iPhone, purported iPhone 5 camera parts have appeared online. The above image shows the iPhone 5’s front-facing camera sensor in addition to the rear-camera sensor. The front-facing camera piece is re-designed, but we can’t tell any technical details, but the juicy information comes from the rear-facing camera… The back camera sensor also appears to have a re-design but is lacking two critical elements from the iPhone 4’s piece: the LED camera flash and the piece that blocks camera/flash interference....
I’m a big fan of our Neato Botvac D7 Connected robot vacuum cleaner. At 8.40am each weekday, it vacuums the entire apartment automatically, and does a great job of it. But it still needs to be manually emptied every couple of days, something iRobot has solved with its latest Roomba model … The Roomba i7+ is essentially an automatic vacuum cleaner that comes with … an automatic vacuum cleaner. Instead of a simple charging dock, there’s a large built-in bin with its own suction unit....
The demand for waterproof smartphones is increasing day by day. Due to this demand, many smartphones companies are stating giving official IP68 certifications to all its major products. Well, let’s see if that’s the case with the new Motorola One Action. We will check whether the new Motorola One Action comes with IP68 waterproof ratings. We will also conduct a quick Motorola One Action waterproof test to find out the waterproofing features of the device....
Warning: Spoilers ahead for the IT novel and possibly IT Chapter Two. What happened to Bill Denbrough in Stephen King’s 1986 horror novel, IT? The character was played by Jaeden Martell in Andy Muschietti’s 2017 film adaptation, IT. Actor James McAvoy plays the adult version of Bill in the movie’s sequel, IT Chapter Two. Bill Denbrough was the leader of the Losers’ Club when the group was originally formed. He was a very brave kid but he was often the target of torment from Henry Bowers, due to his stutter....
Out of the many, many well-known characters and faces set to return to the big screen this year, one of the most unexpected and anticipated is that of Pennywise the Clown from Stephen King’s terrifying, beloved IT. Following the iconic miniseries adaptation from the 1990s - which featured Tim Curry giving one of his best performances ever as Pennywise - director Andrés Muschietti will be bringing the terrifying story to life in live-action form once again, with an R-rated, atmospheric take that has already received the stamp of approval from none other than Stephen King himself....
Boy Genius Report and their trusty sources claim Apple will be adding a major cloud and wireless component to iTunes and this is described through a threefold: Wireless streaming of iTunes content (tunes and flicks) from Apple’s servers to your devices. -Your purchased content will be housed at Apple’s server farms and streamed to you. This will stop all those 1.5 GB movies from killing your HD space. Wireless streaming of content from your computer to your other computers or devices....
iZombie season 5, episode 2, “Dead Lift” was a step up from the season premiere, and it brought about even more questions as the series finale inches closer this summer. The CW’s fan-favorite zombie TV series - based on the DC Comics series of the same name - finally returned after almost a year of being on hiatus, but the slight delay was understandable for getting the story just right for its final season....
Former Disney Channel actor Jake Paul wants to fight YouTuber KSI in a boxing match after defeating AnEsonGib. KSI had defeated Paul’s brother, Logan, so this fight could be a case of avenging his family in the ring. Paul became internet-famous through the Vine app, producing his own videos and earning over five million fans. He then tried his hands at acting on the Disney Channel series Bizaardvark, which fittingly centers around a group of online personalities....
It looks like it will be double the Dancing with the Stars’ babies. Jenna Johnson and Peta Murgatroyd are determined to (and planning on) experiencing motherhood together, expressing that they want to get pregnant at the same time so they can support each other. The two pros have been dancing together on Dancing with the Stars since 2016, have more in common than just their career choice. Peta and Jenna are married to dancers as well, the Chmerkovskiy brothers....
MTV’s Jersey Shore: Family Vacation has relit the flame that sparked back in December of 2009. The original series ended three years later in December of 2012, but fans got their wish when the self-proclaimed guidos and guidettes made a comeback in 2018. With the third season over, we wanted to celebrate the most dramatic breakdowns, fallouts, and comebacks on Jersey Shore: Family Vacation. This season of Jersey Shore: Family Vacation definitely had a lot going on....
The cast of the Joker has come together to tell the origin story for the Clown Prince of Crime. The movie is directed by Todd Phillips (The Hangover trilogy) and stars Joaquin Phoenix as the man who becomes one of the most recognizable villains in comics history. Joker offers up a new backstory for the legendary Batman antagonist. The movie isn’t adapted from any DC Comics arc, but does include familiar characters from the world of Batman....
The Jurassic Park franchise has been thrilling movie-going audiences for over a quarter of a century now and it’s showing little sign of slowing down. It centers around an overall concept that requires the audience to suspend a lot of disbelief just to go along with the plot. But, with such great results, people are rarely bothered. However, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t other offenses to logic within the movies that people are less forgiving about....
[highlight color=”blue”]Interested in formal iPhone forensics training? Check out our 3 day iPhone and iOS forensics course now available. [/highlight] In the first part of this article, we covered techniques for reading iTunes backups. In the second part of this article, we disclosed the procedure to extract protection class keys from the Backup Keybag and covered the techniques and tools for decrypting the protected backup files and the encrypted backups....
Those who follow my various diary series’ (Apple Watch, iPad Pro, Apple Music, iPhone SE, Smart Home, Drone) won’t be too surprised that I’m beginning this one before the device has even been officially announced. The idea behind the diary format is that a single review will always provide an incomplete impression, and sometimes even a misleading one. It represents one particular slice in time. With things I use as heavily as Apple kit, it’s almost certain that my views will change over time....
A new report today from Macotakara sheds more light on the iPhone models to be introduced later this year. The blog says the 6.5-inch ‘iPhone X Plus’ is roughly the same size as the current iPhone 8 Plus, and offers a few more tidbits of information… The report cites a “reliable supplier information source” and claims that the rumored 6.5-inch OLED iPhone X model coming this later this is roughly the same size as the iPhone 8 Plus, which features a 5....
Two Apple analysts examining the same supply chain data have reached very different conclusions about what they mean for iPhone XR sales. Supply chain analyst Cowan said that although it sees some issues in display panel shipments, the firm believes that production indicates that iPhone XR sales will account for fully half of all iPhones sold … Philip Elmer-DeWitt says the firm has cited six different factors in support of this....
Avengers: Endgame wraps up the Marvel Cinematic Universe as we’ve known it for almost the last 11 years - but is it suitable for kids to see? Anticipation of the final Avengers installment is at fever pitch, and everyone is clamoring to see it, including kids. For a lot of kids, Marvel movies have become a staple of their childhood. Even if they’ve not watched all the movies, characters like Iron Man, Captain America, Spider-Man, and, more recently, Captain Marvel, have entered popular culture in such a way that even the very young know who they are and what they do....
