Month:February 2025

For this week’s giveaway, we’ve teamed up with GRID Studio to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win a 128GB iPhone 16 Pro from Apple. For those unfamiliar with GRID Studio, it is a company that recycles discarded Apple products into art that celebrates Apple’s history. GRID Studio is having a special spring sale on …
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iPhone 16e reviews are now out, and Apple’s custom-designed C1 modem has been put to the test. The results so far are quite surprising, as the C1’s speeds are not as slow compared to Qualcomm modems as originally expected. While the C1 does not support ultra-fast mmWave 5G in the U.S., it appears to offer …
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Today is the iPhone 16e‘s launch day, and Apple has shared a new ad promoting its most affordable iPhone. The short spot features an inflatable air dancer holding an ‌iPhone 16e‌. Designed for social media and other quick ad placements, the ad features the song “Talk” from Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco. It’s focused on …
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On this week’s special episode of The MacRumors Show, we answer your listener questions. Subscribe to The MacRumors Show YouTube channel for more videos Responding to your queries from over the past few weeks, we talk pocket cameras, our own devices, the Mail app, visionOS, foldables and our dream iPhones, TV shows, hobbies, and more. …
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Microsoft today announced that it will officially retire Skype on May 5, 2025, concluding its 14-year tenure as the owner of the once-dominant internet calling and messaging service (via Bloomberg). Microsoft acquired Skype in 2011 for $8.5 billion in what was then its largest-ever acquisition. At its peak, Skype had more than 300 million monthly …
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Apple’s new entry-level iPhone 16e has inherited the Action button first seen on the iPhone 15 Pro and now found on all iPhone 16 models. The Action button replaces the traditional Ring/Silent switch – a staple of the iPhone since it launched in 2007. For users unfamiliar with the Action button, here’s a rundown of …
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Apple is collaborating with the National Hockey League (NHL) to equip on-ice officials with Apple Watches featuring an app designed to help officiating during games (via The Verge). The NHL Watch Comms app allows referees to receive in-game updates by syncing with the NHL’s Oasis system. Officials can track the game clock and receive alerts …
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YouTube channel REWA Technology today shared an iPhone 16e teardown video, providing a look inside Apple’s new entry-level smartphone. In its iPhone 16e announcement video, Apple said the device has a new internal design that allowed for a larger battery. The video shows that the iPhone 16e has a 4,005 mAh battery capacity, which is …
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Apple has offered a reason why the iPhone 16e doesn’t include MagSafe, one of the more notable omissions from its latest entry-level smartphone. According to Apple representatives who spoke to Daring Fireball‘s John Gruber, MagSafe is not included in the iPhone 16e because “most people in the iPhone 16e’s target audience exclusively charge their phones …
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Apple is expected to embrace a new camera system design for some models in its upcoming iPhone 17 series, and the latest purported CAD images don’t deviate from what we have been hearing lately about Apple’s new lineup. If you do not like the sound of an iPhone with a camera bar, look away now. …
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