If you've seen the iPhone 5 intro video on Apple's website, you must have got a pretty good idea about the engineering and materials used to achieve the product's extraordinary build. While a research firm has already estimated iPhone 5's manufacturing cost to be higher than any of its past iterations, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster...
Apple's newly released iPhone 5 is estimated to cost the Cupertino company more than any of its predecessors, reports CNET. According to an estimate from research firm UBM TechInsights, Apple could be spending $167.50 to make each entry-level 16GB iPhone 5, which the company is offering at $199 on a two year contract. The research firm has broken down...
If you managed to place your iPhone 5 pre-order from Apple during the first wave, you order will have a shipping estimate that notes: “Delivers 9/21 - 9/25”. Orders placed outside the first hour quickly moved to a delayed 'ships in two weeks' window. Once again, following the estimated delivery map they also used for...
Fido kicked off their iPhone 5 pre-orders this morning, but their customers were in for a bit of a surprise. Only 16GB models were available, much to the disappointment of their customers (screenshot via @i0livier): According to this Fido forums thread, customer service agents explain their "reasoning" for the shortfall of model availability: "Apple is...
UPDATE 1: Looks like existing Bell customer are unable to pre-order the iPhone 5 through their website at this moment. We've received word from a Bell customer via twitter that only new customers can order the iPhone 5 online, while existing Bell customers need to call their helpline or visit in-store to pre-order an iPhone...
What happens when you put Apple and Samsung’s newest smartphones side-by-side? We will find that out today as I thoroughly compare the specs of each phone. The Samsung Galaxy S3 hit the Northern-American market on July 11th of 2012. Its predecessor was Samsung's flagship phone, so the S3 sure had some huge shoes to fill....
I'm absolutely loving these comedy sketches and iPhone pranks lately. We showed you a video yesterday of Jimmy Kimmel fooling many city-walkers into believing the iPhone 4S was the iPhone 5. Now competing talk show 'Conan' has a funny sketch they previewed on their Youtube channel. Watch the video below, we don't want to ruin the surprise: The talk-show even...
With official word that the iPhone 5 has upgraded to a 4-inch display Wednesday, application developers are scrambling to prepare a larger version of their application by the iPhone launch next Friday. One application that jumped the gun is Flipboard; CEO Mike McCue stated at the event to Mashable that they would have a 4-inch version...
With Rogers iPhone 5 reservations beginning today, the company has just announced a new offer regarding the Rogers Reservation System for iPhone 5 and other smartphones. According to the offer, the Rogers guarantees that customers placing pre-orders will get their devices within 14 days of that device launching, or they’ll give them $50. Here are the...
If you had the pleasure of pre-ordering your iPhone 5 early this morning, you may have read that Apple would be including a Lightning to 30-pin adapter inside the box. Turns out, this was all a mistake on Apple's part and you will not be receiving a free adapter. Since earlier this morning Apple has...
When Apple released their all-new lightning port on the iPhone and iPods, accessory-makers must of nearly had a heart attack. That 30-pin port on the bottom of iOS devices no longer exists on Apple's latest additions. This means 30-pin docks and other various accessories will require an adapter. Now that wasn't the only distress throughout the...
Apple iPhone 5 pre-orders went live just after midnight Pacific time, alongside Telus pre-orders. For those that managed pre-orders from Apple during the first hour, consider yourself lucky. Ship estimates have already hit two weeks, and that took just over an hour to achieve. Fast forward, we now see Virgin Mobile's iPhone 5 pre-order page...
