• Apple’s iPhone Upgrade Program Glitch Tells Customers Trade-In is ‘Canceled’

    Apple's iPhone Upgrade Program has a glitch that claims customer trade-ins are canceled. If you are part of the iPhone Upgrade Program, you may have received an email from Apple regarding a trade-in 'canceled' notice which claims that the loan behind this will 'resume.

  • Huawei’s new phone has a feature that even Apple’s iPhones do not

    The recently launched Huawei Pura 70 Ultra has a cool satellite feature that lets users send images, something that other phones do not have.

  • Best Apple Deals of the Week: Get $60 Off Apple Watch SE, Plus Discounts on Anker and Jackery Accessories

    This week's best Apple deals include low prices on AirPods and Apple Watch SE, as well as great deals on Anker, Jackery, and Samsung products. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. AirPods Pro 2 What's the deal? Get $60 off AirPods Pro 2 with USB-C and more audio deals Where can I get it? Amazon Where can I find the original deal? Right here ...

  • These are the best-selling used EVs – and what’s being traded in for them

    Used car retailer CarMax just released its latest used EV sales data, and

  • Apple iPhone SE 4 is Coming, Here’s What to Expect

    Apple's iPhone SE 4 is coming soon and is now in the works. Here is what is coming for you. The next-generation iPhone SE 4 is one of the most awaited releases from Apple, especially as the company is known for its two-year delay before releasing a new model.

  • If you're seeing canceled Apple iPhone trade-in notifications today, you're not alone

    For a while on April 25, emails to customers that traded in iPhones months ago were listed as canceled -- but Apple is now telling those informed that the messages were in error. Pair of iPhone 14 models Overnight, we got some tips about months-old trade-ins listed as cancelled. It has also also happened to one AppleInsider staffer. It's not yet clear exactly what's going on. Apple takes in one trade-in towards a single device, with multiple devices being traded in counting toward...

  • Congo demands that Apple prove iPhone doesn't use conflict materials

    The Democratic Republic of Congo has told Apple it believes the iPhone maker's supply chain is using materials linked to militia groups. Apple has been asked to verify that it doesn't use "conflict minerals" in the iPhone Apple and at least most Big Tech manufacturers have long been accused of sourcing tin, tungsten, and tantalum -- the 3T materials -- from regions where that means funding violent groups. In 2020, Apple revealed that it had stopped using 18 smelters and refiners for...

  • Apple Mistakenly Tells Customers Their iPhone Trade-Ins Are 'Canceled' [Updated]

    Apple today sent an email to some iPhone Upgrade Program members to inform them that their previously-completed iPhone trade-in has been "canceled," but the email was almost certainly sent in error based on the circumstances. Apple told customers it never received their iPhone, even though they sent it in months ago. In many cases, the customers physically handed their iPhones to an Apple Store employee in person, so there is no possible way they could be at fault. "Because you didn't...

  • Apple Silicon might get used for AI chips in server farms

    A new rumor claims that Apple will use TSMC's 3nm technology for an AI server processor that it is designing alongside its iPhone and Mac chips. It's already known that TSMC has been developing 3 nanometer processors, and believed that Apple has bought out its entire production capacity for it. The presumption was that Apple would use the process for latest versions of its A-series iPhone chips, and M-series Mac ones. Now, however, a leaker named "Phone Chip Expert" on Chinese social...

  • Apple has bought a French firm to help get AI processing on the iPhone

    Apple has quietly acquired another AI firm involved in reducing the size of Large Language Modules for the iPhone, this time Paris-based Datakaleb. Before moving to AI compression, Datakaleb worked extensively in AI-based image analysis Following news that Apple secretly bought the Canadian AI firm DarwinAI at the start of 2024, it has now been revealed that shortly before then, it acquired a Parisian company. French publication Challenges says it bought Datakaleb in December 2023. ...

  • Best smart scales with iPhone sync for Apple’s Health app

    Whether you’re trying to lose a few pounds and track your weight for other purposes, smart scales that sync data to the iPhone can be a fun and useful way to keep an eye your status. If you want to easily collect your weight and other measurement data in the Health app on iPhone and iPad (new with iPadOS 17), the trick is to find a scale that works with HealthKit. more

  • Apple’s first wave of AI features could be iPhone 16 exclusive

    Apple is planning to announce its progress in the generative AI realm as part of iOS 18 during June's WWDC. However, they may not be available on any iPhone currently on the market According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple's "first wave" of artificial intelligence will be entirely hardware based, rather than relying on cloud processing. With that, there's a chance the features might require some specialist hardware that isn't currently available on the latest iPhone handsets. ...