Why the long-awaited Lightning ban still took Apple by surprise
You know how it is: you’ve got all year to do your Christmas shopping, but you always end up leaving it so late that you have to pay for premium delivery. Despite our best intentions…
David Price
David Price
The iOS 18 feature backlog has got so bad it’s starting to affect iOS 19
Troubling news from inside Apple Park, where the engineering team is reportedly struggling to deal with the increasingly dire state of iOS 18 development. The public version of iOS 18.0 launched back in September, but…
Apple hopes to save Vision Pro with a fresh gaming strategy
Apple’s Vision Pro headset hasn’t caught the imagination of the world’s gamers, a failing which may be at least partly down to the fact that it doesn’t support any dedicated VR gaming controllers. You can…
Say hello to Samsung’s suspiciously familiar new phone OS
There are only so many ways you can improve a smartphone, and these days the major manufacturers’ flagship handsets are pretty evenly matched. The difference lies in the software. We iPhone users swear by iOS,…
Shock report: The foldable market really needs Apple to make a folding iPhone
A gloomy new report on the state of the foldable phones market contains one chink of light: Apple is expected to save the day in 2026. Ross Young, a well-known and impressively accurate analyst, published…
Will it ever arrive? Apple’s HomePod with a screen reportedly delayed again
And so the wait goes on for Apple’s long-rumored HomePod upgrade. We’ve been hearing for years that the nice-sounding but functionally limited smart speaker will soon be redesigned to get a proper display, but it…
Intrepid DIY project turns the new Mac mini into a retro Power Mac M4 Cube
The M4 Mac mini might have earned plaudits for its pleasingly petite redesign, but one owner has decided to reverse that decision and set the machine up in a large clear case in the style…
Wild Apple patent hints at an iPhone with multiple customizable action buttons
If you’re still struggling to get used to the Action button which Apple brought to its Pro iPhones in late 2023 and to the standard models earlier this year, we have bad news: the discovery…
The iPad mini is perfect (except for all the things wrong with it)
I’ve been using the A17 Pro iPad mini for a few weeks now, and one of two things has happened: either I’m suffering from Stockholm Syndrome, or it’s a better tablet than I expected. When…
Best Apple Watch Cyber Monday Deals 2024
The annual Black Friday extravaganza is always a fantastic time to buy an Apple Watch, with big savings from a wide variety of retailers. Technically it lasts just four days, from Black Friday (November 29)…