Apple has finally released a long awaited feature: Digital ID, a way to carry proof of your identity on your iPhone or Apple Watch starting today. If you have a US passport you can create this digital version in the Wallet app and show it at TSA checkpoints in over 250 airports for domestic travel.
Apple has just introduced a new way to carry an iPhone, and it comes from an unexpected source. The company collaborated with Japanese fashion house Issey Miyake to design the iPhone Pocket, a flexible knitted pouch that fits over the phone like a sleeve. This attachment, available beginning Friday, November 14, transforms the smartphone into something you can wear rather than stuff in your jeans pocket.
Apple offers AirPods 4 in two versions. The low-end one has come down to $89 (from $129), and gives up on active noise cancellation. The more expensive one is $179 and includes that feature. Lots of reviewers make a strong case for the pricier model. They point to noise blocking and wireless charging as the key things you can’t live without – fair enough if you’re stuck in a noisy city or always on the move. But after living with both models for a while now, the base model is still the smarter choice for everyday life.
Almost two months have passed since the iPhone Air debuted on store shelves, and the rumour mill is already buzzing with speculation about what’s next. Those who were among the first to pay nearly a $1,000 for the thin flagship had one significant complaint: they thought they were getting a rather basic camera system on a phone that was intended to be a premium product. Apple appears to have finally listened. According to insiders, the iPhone Air 2 will include a second rear camera, a tweak that has the ability to significantly improve a product that has been extremely polarizing.
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On October 31, a Category 4 typhoon known as Kalmaegi devastated Cebu. By sunrise, the entire neighborhood was submerged in a murky brown slurry that smelled like a mix of diesel fumes and raw sewage. That neighborhood was home to a person who posts on Reddit under the username “bricksandcanvas”; he’d lost his house, his furniture, and, most importantly, almost his life. But three days later, he was able to dig out his iPhone 17 Pro Max from the dirt, and it was still functional.
Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman sent a Tuesday newsletter, and the entire internet caught fire. Apple, the corporation that once offered an absurdly pricey $10,000 gold watch, is quietly working on a laptop that will cost far less than $1,000. Not a clearance sale Air or refurbished Pro, but the real deal: a brand-new MacBook with an iPhone brain inside.
When you put the Apple Watch SE 3, priced at $199.99 (was $249), on your wrist, the first thing you notice is how light it is—27 grams for the 40mm version, so light that you forget it’s there until your phone vibrates and the screen goes on without your touch. That always-on display, which was previously reserved for more expensive models, now glows at 1,000 nits, bright enough for a sunny sidewalk and dim enough for a midnight scroll through tomorrow’s weather.
Scratches on a smartphone screen reveal the story of drops, drags, and daily wear. For refurbishers, those marks have resulted in additional hours of disassembly, glass replacement, and reassembly, which has cost them time and money. This is where the TBK-938 Intelligent Polishing Machine comes in, a Shenzhen-made piece of machinery that completes the task in a single sealed, slurry-fed operation.
In a world where most smartwatches feel more like fragile extensions of our phones, the Apple Watch Ultra 3 comes along as the rugged one that can take a pounding and keep rolling. For $699.99 (was $799), you get a device that can handle everything from weekend hikes to daily commutes without missing a beat – or so the promise goes. But does it really live up to that tough-as-nails reputation, especially for people like you and me, and not just hardcore trail runners?
A YouTuber named Kingmi Mobile got his hands on a brand new iPhone 17 Pro Max and cracked it open to cram a liquid cooling setup from a RedMagic 11 Pro+ gaming phone inside. The result? An 8% boost in benchmark scores, which makes you wonder why hasn’t Apple done this.