September has been a ridiculously busy month for new smartphone launches as we’ve seen the announcement of the Galaxy Note 4 as well as the release of the iPhone 6, the iPhone 6 Plus and the 2014 Moto X. But we’re not done yet because BlackBerry is getting ready to unveil its flagship Passport smartphone at a special media event in Toronto starting at 9 a.m. EDT.
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As if you don’t already have enough of an incentive to not drop your shiny new iPhone, a new jailbreak tweak will give you one more reason by programming your iPhone to emit a blood-curdling scream whenever it gets dropped. Via 9to5Mac, the new tweak uses your iPhone’s accelerometer to determine when the device is falling from a certain height and then lets out a scream to alert you to the fact that it’s in freefall.
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Soon after Apple unveiled the iPhone 5s last year, the first of its iPhones to sport a fingerprint scanner embedded in the Home button, researchers proved the security measure could be bypassed as long as an attacker managed to somehow replicate the fingerprints of an iPhone 5s owner. Marc Rogers, one of the same people who hacked Touch ID last year, is now back with a similar trick that works on both the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, even though both devices sport better fingerprint scanners than the iPhone 5s.
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Even though Samsung would obviously prefer that people buy its own Galaxy S5 and Galaxy Note 4 flagship handsets, the company does have one reason to be happy about the record opening weekend sales that Apple posted for the iPhone 6: Namely, the Korean electronics giant is supplying a huge number of components for Apple’s new devices.
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It seems that amid all the excitement surrounding the iPhone 6 launch, Apple has quietly delayed one of its most intriguing new proposals. 9to5Mac noticed on Tuesday that Apple had updated its CarPlay landing page to note that the CBS News application will be compatible with the software, but the company also removed any mention of the year 2014 from the lineup of vehicle manufacturers that have partnered with Apple.
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You’ll never be able to accuse Samsung’s own investment firm of being in the tank for its parent company. Bloomberg Businessweek reports that analysts have once again slashed their profit estimates for Samsung in the latest quarter, which sadly hasn’t been unusual to see this year. However, what makes this latest round of lower profit estimates noteworthy is a report from Samsung Securities that brutally explains why Samsung’s high-end smartphone business might be in a lot of trouble.
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Hey, you know how you hate Comcast but are sticking with it because you literally have no other option when it comes to broadband services that deliver downloads at a rate faster than 6Mbps? Well, Comcast thinks you’re crazy because you have plenty of options for home broadband in your neighborhood, including your wireless carrier, your municipal fiber network and Google Fiber. No, I am not making this up.
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Apple is making a boatload of cash on record iPhone 6 launch sales, and criminals are already trying to take advantage of this particular cash cow. While smugglers are selling iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus units for as much as $4,000 a pop in China after purchasing as many units as possible from the early launch markets, three men in Germany decided to hit an Apple retail store on Saturday, a day after the iPhone 6 was launched.
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One of the most encouraging trends that we’ve seen in recent years has been ISPs doing more to appeal to cord cutters, a.k.a., people who like watching quality television but who don’t want to pay outrageous sums of money each month for hundreds of channels they’ll never watch. DSLReports brings us word that AT&T is now offering what might be the most tempting package to cord cutters yet: A bundle that includes broadband, HBO and Amazon Prime for just $40 per month over the first year.
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Apple might have the competition beat when it comes to sales figures, but there’s plenty that the iPhone 6 can’t do. One of the most requested features from most smartphone buyers is water- and dust-resistance. We want our electronics to be able to survive in less than ideal settings, and while both Sony and Samsung have both championed the versatility of the Xperia Z3 and the Galaxy S5, respectively, Apple’s hardware is still more vulnerable to the elements.
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