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The iPhone XS and XS Max will experience slight animation stutters after about ten seconds of inactivity. This is usually most visible when swiping to go home after reading static content in the foreground app for more than ten seconds without touching the screen. We’ve been tracking this issue for a few months now and the problem continues to be present in the iOS 12.2 betas. Seemingly most, if not all, iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max units experience this problem....

During a live stream on Mixer, Phil Spencer, vice-president of gaming at Microsoft, stated that Control was coming on Xbox Game Pass. Now, the news has been denied by Remedy, the developer of the game. This new title combines elements from Remedy’s previous games, but features a completely new storyline and a female protagonist, Jesse. Control takes place in Manhattan, where Jesse is trying to solve unresolved mysteries from her childhood....

Following an official unveiling of its new second generation iPad Air at its press event today, Apple has now confirmed the device will start at $499 and ship next week. Preorders for the new iPad Air 2 kick off tomorrow, Oct. 17. The $499 starting price for the new iPad Air is for the 16GB, Wi-Fi only model matching the prices of the previous generation iPad Air. Apple will also offer 32GB ($599), 64GB ($699) and 128GB ($799) variants for the usual $100 premium....

From one citizen you gather the idea that Mauritius was made first, and then heaven; and that heaven was copied after Mauritius. “ Apple might have gotten their order of operations in Mauritius reversed as well. Orange is selling the iPhone in Mauritius but without an iTunes store. That means that you can’t buy anything from Apple, but you can use the iTunes application to upload media. Without a jailbreak there is no way to get your hands on any of those 100,000+ apps out there....

Tony Stark is the guy of guy who tends to bring out the extremes in people. He’s brash, arrogant and confident to a fault. Throwing that in the faces of his enemies as a distraction allows him to use his brilliance and technology to defeat them. It’s those same negative qualities that rub many of his allies the wrong way, too. There are those friends who have found a way to look past his faults and see the hero he truly is....

Huawei P30 Pro was a fascinating smartphone in 2019. It had received great support and love form the smartphone community. So Huawei has launched a new variant – Huawei P30 Lite this year. It is supposedly a mid-range segment version of the original P30 Pro device. But since P30 Pro was IP68 rated waterproof smartphone, most people suspect that the new Huawei P30 Lite is waterproof as well. Well, today, we will test that speculation in our Huawei P30 Lite waterproof test....

We reported last month on an iPad keyboard with a trackpad, seen above, noting that it appeared to offer interesting-looking competition to Brydge. It now seems it may not be competing for long: Brydge has issued a lawsuit accusing the company behind the device of patent infringement. Although Brydge’s iPad keyboards don’t include a trackpad, its models for the Microsoft Surface and Google Pixel Slate do, and the company has been working for some time on an iPad model with trackpad…...

(Click for full size) Earlier this month we posted a concept from Curved.de that showed its take on what new Apple TV hardware might look like accompanied by a touchscreen iPod-like remote. Today the site is back with another concept, this time for the much rumored larger iPad sporting a 12.9-inch display. The site didn’t just pull the idea out of thin air, as there have been a few rumors in recent months suggesting that Apple could truly be gearing up to launch such a device....

Paper, the popular sketching app for iPhone and iPad, has today been updated with optimization for the latest iPad Pro and Apple Pencil. Starting today, users of the second-generation Apple Pencil can take full advantage for the device’s new double-tap functionality. While some applications have added their own in-app settings and options for double-tap Apple Pencil controls, Paper keeps things basic by adhering to the built-in iOS options. This means that double tapping on the Apple Pencil in Paper will perform the action you’ve picked in the Settings app on your iPad:...

Apple announced iPadOS 15 earlier today at the WWDC 2021 opening keynote with multiple new features, including widgets on the home screen, enhanced multitasking, App Library, and more. However, one small but interesting detail is that iPhone apps can now run in landscape mode on the iPad with iPadOS 15. Previously on the iPad, if you had installed an iPhone app that did not fully support the tablet’s larger display, it would run in the iPhone format with black borders around it instead of full screen....

Apple’s new iPhones were the top three best-selling smartphones in the US in November, says Kantar, despite the high price of the iPhone X. In contrast, Samsung’s flagship phone, the Galaxy S8, only managed 6th position. There was more good news in other countries, says the firm … The iPhone X achieved ‘stellar’ performance in China, Japan and the UK. China was singled out as a market in which Apple achieved high switching rates from Android....

Sony announced a new imaging sensor today that the company says will improve smartphones cameras. The Exmor RS IMX230 is a stacked CMOS sensor that packs 21-megapixels into a small 1/2.4-inch design. One of the key talking points of Sony’s new chip is its 192 point phase detection autofocus, which makes it easier to shoot photos or video of a fast moving subject with your smartphone. Sony’s new hardware also supports High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging for high-resolution photos and 4K video recording....

DxOMark today revealed their official score for rating the iPhone XR’s sole rear camera, awarding the shooter a mark of 101, the highest ever for a single-lens smartphone. The score even got Apple’s Marketing chief Phil Schiller’s Tweet of approval, which is notable because previous DxOMark’s often ambiguous scores were disavowed by many in the Apple community after the company often rated relatively inexpensive Android phones consistently higher than flagship iPhones....

Apple is reportedly investigating a massive fraud by Foxconn managers who sold iPhones made from rejected parts. The scam is said to have netted an incredible NT$1.3B (US$43M) over a three-year period… Taiwan News reports. Details are sketchy, but local-language reports suggest that a management team responsible for destroying defective parts instead arranged to sell them to a crime ring that assembled them into working iPhones, subsequently sold to unsuspecting buyers....

The shop – situated at a flagship location – will cover 700 square metres. We first reported Apple’s French national treasure intention in January, and later learned the new shop will extend across two floors, replacing two previous shops, Résonnance and Lalique. The Louvre location is one of a bevy of new store openings planned as part of Apple’s international retail extension plan. Over half the new shops to open in the current financial year will open outside of the US, the company’s recent financial filing reveals....

After a long wait, Crash Bandicoot is making a comeback with new leaks about its launch showing up every day. There is no official word on the launch so far, but the continuous leaks are suggesting that we will see this game come out in the later part of 2020. But even this is not concrete, though. All that we have are leaks, and all these leaks are suggesting a version coming soon to PlayStation and Xbox....

A new iPad app for public housing tenants is expected to cut repair times, increase engagement between tenants and staff – and could potentially even prevent tragedies caused by uncorrected property defects. A repair report can now be filed by using the iPad to take a photo of the defect and uploading it through the app … Housing staff in Australia are being issued with iPads and a custom-made app called IVY....

While whether or not closing apps on the iOS actually has any performance, there are some reasons why it might be useful. For example, if an app is not responding or it drains a ton of battery (Facebook?). Follow along to learn how to do it… iPhone & iPad: How to force quit apps On an iPhone X or an iPad (running iOS 12), swipe up from the bottom and hold to bring up the App Switcher....

We’ve already seen customers tweet photos as their pre-ordered iPhone 12 arrives, as well as photos of people waiting in line at Apple Stores. Apple has now shared some official photos, not just in-store, but also of the shipping and distribution process used to get devices to stores and to customers … Apple shared photos of its Orchard Road store in Singapore, which opened in 2017. One customer had an expensive morning, showing off their iPhone 12, MagSafe charger, iPad Air, Magic Keyboard and Apple Pencil....

A new supply-chain report backs suggestions of an iPhone 12 launch in October rather than the usual September timeframe. Previous reports said that Apple bans on staff traveling to China earlier in the year means there have been delays to two phases of tests needed before mass-production can begin … At the time, it was suggested that Apple might still be able to launch in September, with limited availability. Subsequent reports indicated that the iPhone 12 launch might have to be pushed back to October, and today’s Digitimes report supports that....