While lines for the iPhone 5 formed around the world, a group of Japanese thieves couldn't wait any longer to grab a unit of their own. At around 3:00 AM in the morning in Osaka, burglars robbed two carrier stores, including Softbank and KDDI. When police arrived at the locations there was in-total 191 units stolen. The...
The iPhone 5's anodized aluminum edges may be slightly more prone to daily wear but the real test of time would be how well the device's chassis holds up against every day drops, in comparison to its biggest market competitor, the Samsung Galaxy S3. Looks like the folks over at Android Authority already have the answer...
When I first saw Apple's iPhone 5 demo video, no doubt I was extremely impressed with the kind of engineering techniques they have used to achieve those shiny edges on the new iPhone. However, the thing that instantly came to mind after watching that video was the scratch prone nature of the new anodized aluminum....
Apple may have known that their mapping application wasn't the "the best mapping program on any mobile platform," prior to the public release on Wednesday. After taking harsh criticism by many online news outlets, Apple reportedly came public about how they plan on fixing the issue. It all turns out that Apple posted job openings on...
When a new Apple product is released, whether it be an iPhone or iPad, Apple always seems to sell a few million units during their opening weekend. A large portion of those are pre-orders, and Apple isn't the only company that has to stress about the launch. Companies such as Fedex/UPS who ship these iPhone 5s have...
iFixit, notorious for their highly detailed device teardowns has just started ripping apart the latest iPhone 5 for your viewing pleasure. The team bought tickets and flew down to Australia to be the first ones to get their hands on an official iPhone 5, as documented on their twitter account. The iPhone 5 uses pentalobe...
With the iPhone 5 release toppling us, Apple has set some new guidelines to application developers. When in the submission process of an application, developers must now provide additional screenshots with their submission. Here are the required screenshot resolution requirements: 640 x 1136 (portrait) 640 x 1096 (portrait) 1136 x 640 (landscape) 1136 x 600 (landscape) An application will not be reviewed...
More and more app updates are being pushed out for iOS 6 and the iPhone 5. A couple notable ones today include Facebook and Flipboard, two great apps to try out when you get your iPhone 5 tomorrow. Facebook was completely revamped from the ground up and released at the end of August. The latest...
German blog iPhone-Garage must have received their iPhone 5 unit early because they have just posted a teardown ahead of the iPhone release. It isn't our typical detailed teardown that we see with iFixit every year, however it's still interesting to see how Apple organizes the internals. As seen above, the iPhone 5 outer-shelling is removed...
A few days back, a hilarious banned iPhone 5 promo video was published by ooJLEoo, a team of YouTubers known for their iOS device parodies. Now, another one of those funny spoofs on Apple's promo video for the new iPhone 5 has hit YouTube that mocks the new iPhone's taller display. The video description says: Proving that size...
It's the day before the iPhone 5 launch and it looks like the first line up has started, as spotted by MobileSyrup. The chap below is already waiting outside the Apple Store inside the Eaton Centre in Toronto. He has just under 24 hours to go. I hope he's not looking to buy an unlocked...
Apple has applied for a facial recognition locking and unlocking system patent, as Patently Apple describes. Currently Android has applied this system to all 4.0 devices with a front-facing camera. Users are able to essentially use their face to unlock their phones, and if that doesn't work the user can type in a backup password. The...
