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Hot on the heels of the news that the iPhone 5S is to feature a home button with fingerprint sensor that will boost the iDevice's security, Apple has been granted another patent that reveals more information about its iWallet concept. (more…)

(via Martin Hajek's Flickr page) Rumours this year have suddenly shifted towards the anticipation of Apple releasing a less expensive iPhone for emerging markets, with both the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg further fuelling the fire. The most recent report from Digitimes claimed the chassis of this less-expensive iPhone would consist of a hybrid combination...

A couple days ago we saw a clever concept to toggle Do Not Disturb within Notification Center, created by designer 'Sentry'. He has now created a follow up concept to showcase how he would like to see push notifications when Do Not Disturb is enabled. The idea is to eliminate pop up alerts that would...

Apple's next-generation iPhone is expected to sport the fruit of AuthenTec's acquisition KGI Securities, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says. This means Apple will find a way to integrate the fingerprint sensor into the home button, keeping its minimalist design with the iPhone 5S. (more…)

The most recent ChangeWave survey (Via Techcrunch) that aims to track North American demand for devices and satisfaction with handsets reinforces what initial reports said about the iPhone: interest is down, while Samsung sales could gain traction in the first three months of this year. (more…)

Apple was proud to announce that the iPhone 5 will have had the fastest rollout ever during the iPhone 5 keynote, and that they did reach 100 countries by the end of 2012. Horace Dediu of Asymco sought to find the answer to the question: How much did iPhone 5 availability increase, exactly? (more…)

In addition to the widely rumoured low-cost iPhone, Apple is reportedly testing an incremental upgrade to the iPhone 5 a.k.a the "iPhone 5S", said Jefferies analyst Peter Misek in a note to investors (via AppleInsider). The analyst added that Apple is expected to debut the iPhone 5S earlier than expected, in June or July, with preliminary device builds beginning...

Further reports are coming that the next entry-level iPhone could contain be made of plastic for its outer shell, this time from Digitimes: The rumor in the supply chain is that the inexpensive iPhone chassis supplier will reportedly be a US-based electronic manufacturing service (EMS) provider. The sources pointed out that the related upstream components...

Samsung Electronics announced that it has sold more than 100 million units of Samsung Galaxy S smartphones since the first model launched, three years ago. (more…)

The developer of the beautiful app-switching jailbreak tweak Auxo has come up with an interesting and creative concept on how to toggle Apple's Do Not Disturb mode (when it's actually working that is). Sentry originally released his concept on his Dribble page, but went to the Verge Forums to further explain how his toggle concept for...

Market research company Gartner released the preliminary results of worldwide PC shipments, noticing a nearly 5% decline from the fourth quarter of 2011 on a global scale and 2.1% on a year-over-year basis in the US. (more…)

According to mobile data analysis firm Arieso, their study of over 1 million smartphone users in a Tier-1 UMTS European 3G market over 24 hours concluded iPhone 5 users consumed the most data. The company essentially advises carrier networks on network performance and how to improve user experiences. Using the iPhone 3G as a benchmark,...