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Apple Caught Throttling Old iPhone Performance, Calls It a “Feature”

Kellen December 20, 2017 121

So Apple got caught slowing down the performance of older iPhones, including the iPhone 7. They admitted to doing so today, but in the most Apple of ways, called it a "feature." There are already plenty of scorching hot takes defending Apple and those people...

Apple Confirms Purchase of Shazam, Price Estimated at $400 Million

Tim December 11, 2017 21

It was reported late last week that Apple made a move to acquire Shazam, the song recognition service. Well, unlike many of Apple's other acquisitions, the company actually came forward and publicly confirmed that this one is indeed a reality, but that...

DxOMark Ranks iPhone 8 and 8 Plus Cameras Highest for Smartphones

Kellen September 22, 2017 117

DxOMark scores are a thing. I'm not sure how much they mean to most of us around here, but there is no doubt that select Android manufacturers and super fans of them like to trot out their favorite phone's DxO score as it sits close to or at the top of DxO's...

Removing a Fingerprint Reader From Your “Future” Phone is Such a Terrible Idea

Kellen September 12, 2017 195

Last year, Apple attempted to justify their removal of the headphone jack in the iPhone 7 with one word: "courage." In Apple's mind, it was going to take guts for someone to move the audio industry forward, and that someone was going to be them. Of course,...

Specs Comparison: Apple iPhone X vs. Samsung’s Finest

Kellen September 12, 2017 232

Now that all of Apple's new iPhone X details are confirmed, it seemed like the perfect time for the ol' iPhone X vs. Galaxy S8 battle, aka Apple vs. Samsung's finest. Well, to be clear, we also included the Galaxy S8+ and Galaxy Note 8 as well, since those...

Apple iPhone 8 and iPhone X Event Live Chat!

Kellen September 12, 2017 110

There are only a handful of days throughout a tech calendar year that bring us true snark-filled joy. Almost all of them include Apple events, because there are few companies quite as obscenely self-obsessed whose purposely comical facade to surroundings,...

Huawei Overtakes Apple as Second Largest Smartphone Brand, Both Still Lag Behind Samsung

Tim September 6, 2017 16

According to consulting firm Counterpoint Research, Huawei has surpassed Apple for the first time in global sales, making them the #2 smartphone brand in the world, for the time being. While Huawei is not the most popular brand here in the US, the China-based...

Here’s a Fun Take: I Don’t Give a Sh*t About Disappearing Headphone Jacks

Kellen August 8, 2017 483

Include one, don't include one. I don't care. I don't care because it's just not that big of a deal. Like really, you are going to end a relationship with a company over a little 3.5mm port that they were probably putting in the wrong place to begin with (#...