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All these Apple products are getting USB-C

September 12, 2023
Apple introduced a USB-C port to the iPhone 15 finally ditching the Lightning connector. However, the company is introducing a slew of accessories for fast charging speeds or data transfer speeds as well. The obvious ones are the company’s new smartphones: the iPhone 15 the iPhone 15 Plus the iPhone 15 Pro the iPhone 15 […]

iPhone 15 Pro Max gets 5x optical telephoto lens and other treats for photo lovers

September 12, 2023
At Apple’s event today, the phone maker showed off its new iPhone 15 Pro Max, with its flagship camera capabilities. Sure, Pixel owners might giggle to themselves, muttering something about how they’ve had 5x telephoto lenses for a while, but photography aficionados will be celebrating the introduction of a 120mm-equivalent lens. Despite Apple’s claims in […]

iCloud+ adds a 6TB and 12TB storage plan

September 12, 2023
Slipped at the end of its announcements for a new line of iPhones, Apple revealed two new tiers for iCloud+, its cloud storage subscription. Now, subscribers can store 6 terabytes or 12 terabytes of data with these new subscription tiers. While the average consumer won’t need that much space, these plans could be useful for […]

Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro will capture 3D ‘spatial videos’ for the Apple Vision Pro

September 12, 2023
Apple announced today it has a new iPhone feature that will tie into its brand-new mixed-reality headset, the Apple Vision Pro. With the newly announced iPhone 15 Pro, you’ll now be able to capture what Apple is calling “spatial videos.” The company says these videos will allow you to relive your memories in a new […]

Apple introduces USB-C to AirPods Pro too

September 12, 2023
Apart from bringing the USB-C port to the iPhone 15 series, Apple has also introduced the port to the AirPods Pro. The company said at the Wonderlust event today that it will sell a USB-C powered AirPods Pro 2, which will be available at $249 starting September 22. The company added that users will be […]

Apple launches the A17 Pro chip with a completely redesigned GPU

September 12, 2023
To nobody’s surprise, Apple unveiled its latest generation of iPhones at its ‘Wonderlust’ event today and while the standard iPhone 15 is still powered by Apple’s A16 chip, the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max will run its new A17 Pro chip. The new non-pro iPhone 15s will get the existing A16 chips. While the […]

Portrait Mode gets an upgrade on the iPhone 15

September 12, 2023
Portrait Mode wowed us when it debuted with the iPhone 7 Plus, all the way back in 2016. With its two lenses (remember when iPhones had one camera?), the 7 Plus could detect 9 levels of depth, then apply blur to some of the layers to create an image that looks like it was taken […]

Apple launches Roadside Assistance via satellite

September 12, 2023
Apple is launching a new service, Roadside Assistance via satellite, in partnership with AAA. Building on the Emergency SOS and Find My via satellite features introduced with the iPhone 14 and more recent Apple Watch models — which, by the way, is now available in 14 countries and coming to more in the future — […]