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How Much Will a New iPhone 5c Cost?

Apple has introduced a new version of the iPhone 5c. This cheaper iPhone is being introduced partly as Apple acknowledges that the demand for the colorful iPhone 5c was not as great as expected. When Apple announced the release of the iPhone 5s, it also came out with the cheaper, more colorful 5c.

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iPhone Photos Disappear and Reappear in Photo.app with Restoring Message

If you have experienced the frustration of opening the photo app on your iPhone only to find that most of your photos have disappeared, leaving a “Restoring” message on the screen, and then having to wait while they restore, all for no apparent reason, you’re not alone. For many this only started happening after iOS 7.

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Facetime Problems? Here’s Why

If you have recently started experiencing Facetime problems such as the dreaded Facetime problem “connection lost” (and whether it be Facetime problems on your Macbook or a Facetime problem on a mobile device such as an iPhone 4 or iPhone 5), well, you can blame the damn lawyers. Because the recent Facetime problems are directly related to changes that Apple has had to make to Facetime as a result of the patent infringement suit which Apple lost to VirnetX.

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Our Pick for Best iPhone 4 and 4s Battery Case

We have toyed with the idea of getting an iPhone 4 case with battery for some time now, but until now we hadn’t done much beyond comparing the various iPhone 4 battery cases. But recently we found ourselves in need of an extended battery for the iPhone 4s (and thus an iPhone 4 extended battery case – or, as they are sometimes known, an iPhone 4 charger case). In fact, an iPhone 4 battery pack case, battery charger case, and battery case all refer to the same thing: an iPhone 4 rechargeable battery case. This is because a battery case for the iPhone 4 (and the iPhone 5, for that matter) contains an external battery pack which in turn feeds a charge to your native iPhone battery. This is our iPhone 4 battery case review with our pick for the best case, after looking at several types of iPhone charger cases (although we did not review the once-popular Exolife iPhone 4 battery case, as they are currenty not available).

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ATT iPhone 4S versus Verizon iPhone 4S Smack Down, and the Surprising Winner

Ok, first, yes, I admit it. In the form of the newish iPhone 4S, the iPhone finally had enough chops to lure me to try one out, to even consider abandoning my beloved Android. The voice control and dictation features blow Android’s away, for both accuracy and usability. And Siri’s ability to create location-based reminders, and generally how powerful it is, were pretty compelling. But, now there was a new dilemma: which is better? The ATT iPhone or the Verizon iPhone? Which has the better iPhone service – ATT or Verizon? Fewer dropped calls? Faster network?

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Consumer Reports Warns Against iPhone 4

While Apple has been trying to pass the buck on the iPhone 4 reception problems, no less a venerable institution than Consumer Reports itself has said that it has tested the iPhone 4.0 hardware and found it to blame for the iPhone 4.0 reception issues that have been widely reported. In a blog post entitled “Why Consumer Reports can’t recommend the iPhone 4”, and subtitled “Apple iPhone 4 design defect confirmed”, on the ConsumerReports.org website, Consumer Reports says “It’s official.”

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AT and T Begs iPhone Customers “Stop Using So Much Data Bandwidth” (or We’ll Penalize You)

AT and T has taken the unusual step of publicly admitting that they can’t handle the amount of data that their smartphone (mostly iPhone) using customers are using, and have indicated that they are going to try to “educate customers about what represents a megabyte of data.” And then they are going to start penalizing “heavy users.” With so many Apple iPhone complaints about lost calls, dropped calls, and poor coverage and other iPhone problems, it’s about time that they did something, although we’re not sure that cajoling, educating, and threatening users is the right ‘something’.

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Apple Admits iPhones Drop Nearly a Third of All Calls

If you are thinking that your iPhone seems to be dropping an awful lot of calls, it’s not all in your head. Or your calling area. iPhone users around the country have the same feeling, and now Apple has (perhaps unwittingly) confirmed it: in some areas the iPhone drops as much as 30% of all calls! It all started when Manoj Gupta brought his iPhone into the Apple store in the Soho area of New York City…

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Apple Warns that Using Earbuds with iPod or iPhone can be Shocking Experience

Apple has just publicly copped to the fact that you can get a “small and quick electrical (static) shock from your ear buds while listening to iPod or iPhone.” The problem is not specific to the Apple ear bud type of head phones (those headsets that fit into the opening of your ear canal), but rather is specific to iPod and iPhone, and other sorts of MP3 players, and can happen with any brand of earbud.

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Study Finds that Apple iPhone Keyboard 166% More Error-Prone Than Regular Mobile Keyboard

Chalk up another to the growing number of Apple iPhone complaints. As if there weren’t enough iPhone problems already, a new study has revealed that even experienced users of the Apple iPhone have more than twice as many errors when typing as do those using regular hard mobile qwerty keyboards, such as on a Blackberry. What’s more, they don’t bother correcting them nearly as much, either.

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Threads Gives Users Ability to Post Links and Images Plus Text

Twitter has dominated the scene for years in the short form text category, while Instagram has been known as the place for images and short form videos. However, while Threads may be new to the game, it’s a formidable challenger, offering users an all-in-one platform that combines the best of both worlds. By giving users the ability to post links and images alongside text, Threads has basically turned itself into an Instagram competitor which, unlike Instagram, also allows you to post links.

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Go Directly To Jail: A Guide to Unjailbreaking Your iDevice

In the world of tech, the term “jailbreaking” might sound like an action straight out of a Hollywood heist film, but it’s simply a process that gives iPhone users the ability to customize their devices beyond Apple’s restrictions. It’s an enticing prospect for the tech-savvy, but what happens when you want to return to the safety of Apple’s walled garden? Fear not, for this guide will lead you through the process of unjailbreaking your iPhone.

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The Phone Privacy Handbook: How to Make Your Phone Location Nearly Impossible to Track

First, you need to know that you can’t make your phone location impossible to track and still be able to use it. But you can make your phone nearly impossible to track. And you can block your phone from being tracked, and block tracking apps. But it takes some work, and diligence. If you listened to a recent interview with Dina Temple-Raston, you’re probably looking for that phone privacy handbook; read on.

Here's What 'AmpDevicesAgent Wants to Use Your Confidential Information' Means
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Here’s What ‘AmpDevicesAgent Wants to Use Your Confidential Information’ Means

“AMPDevicesAgent wants to use your confidential information stored in iOS backup in your keychain” screams the intrusive popup, over and over no matter how many times you tell it “Deny”. Given the relative lack of information provided, and given that the scant information that is provided includes the ominous word “confidential”, of the three choices offered to satisfy the popup, which are ‘allow’ (no), ‘always allow’ (heck no), and ‘deny’ (yes, that one), that last option (‘deny’) should be your default, or even knee-jerk, reaction, especially as the other two options require you to enter your password (eek). At least until you can figure out what the heck it all means.

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What is Clubhouse? Easy Clubhouse Tutorial and And How to Refresh Contacts in Clubhouse so it Sees New Contacts

Here’s how to refresh your visible contacts in Clubhouse so that you can invite someone who is new to your iPhone contact list.