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    “Curved Display, No Physical Buttons, True Wireless Charging”                One way to make the iPhone’s screen larger without increasing the size of the device itself is wrap it around all four edges. An artist‘s video imagines how such an iOS handset would look, with no physical buttons and an under-screen camera. This was dreamed up by Kevin Noki for   ConceptsiPhone . The description says “Forget iPhone 11 and take a look on this future 2020 year iPhone XII device with No Buttons, Wireless Charge and Hidden Camera!” Proposed iPhone XII features The designer calls the curved screen the Space Display, and proposes that icons along the edge function a bit like widgets, sliding open when tapped to reveal notifications or controls. The volume and side buttons would, of course, become virtual. Noki would like to see the iPhone’s front-facing camera under the screen, something still in development. ...

San Francisco, Feb 2: Apple has apologised for a flaw in FaceTime software that allowed people to eavesdrop on others, even if they never answered a FaceTime call, the media reported. The Cupertino, California-headquartered tech giant said a fix for the bug which will re-enable the group FaceTime feature will be available to users next week, CNBC reported on Friday. Apple Eavesdropping Bug: Here's How You Can Disable FaceTime on Your Apple iPhone or iPad. Apple had originally said that a fix was coming this week. With iOS 12.1 and later versions, Group FaceTime is designed to make it easy to chat with multiple people at the same time. One can start a Group FaceTime right from the FaceTime app or from a group conversation in the Messages app. But the bug allowed people to listen in on, or even see someone, during a group FaceTime call, even if the person receiving the call did not pick up, the CNBC report said. Apple has credited...

NEW DELHI:  Smartphone  sales are set to break records for the festive season this year, shrugging off the effects of a plunging  rupee , say analysts, with some even pegging online to outpace brick-and-mortar stores for the first time ever in the October-December quarter, on the back of aggressive launches and a slew of offers. Smartphone sales are expected to rise 24% in October over last year’s festive month, which is likely propel growth in the three-month period ending December, which typically contributes about a third to annual sales of companies, say analysts.  “Online is growing faster than the offline channel for  smartphones  in October. The online channel is set to grow 30% year-on-year, while offline will grow 20%. Further, there is a 10% jump in overall handset launches over last year,” Anshika Jain, a Counterpoint research analyst, told ET. The expected growth will dispel fears of some that the weakening rupee may force smartphone...

San Francisco, Oct 17: A second patent has been granted to Apple regarding the additions the company intends to incorporate in its originally planned foldable device. The second patent is focused on a flexible hinge and the use of a fabric for its housing, Patently Apple , an Apple-centric blog focused on the company's latest Intellectual Property (IP) developments, reported on Tuesday. According to the report, the description of the second patent claim reads: "An electronic device, comprising a 'flexible hinge' coupled between the first and second housing portions wherein the flexible portion of the housing comprises fabric." The iPhone-maker received its first patent to develop a foldable smartphone from the US Patent and Trademark office in November 2016 that described a display that could be opened and closed like a book, media had reported.  As smartphones continue to introduce larger and larger phablet sizes, there will come a point where intr...

According to the Gartner report, the overall global smartphone sales grew 2 percent in the same quarter to 374 million units. The firm recorded more than 49 million shipments for  Huawei  and more than 44 million units for  Apple  in Q2 of 2018. Google’s Android extended the lead over Apple’s iOS with an 88 percent share compared to iOS’ 11.9 percent.  Samsung  maintained the top spot with more than 72 million shipments in the same quarter, however the South Korean manufacturer recorded a 12.7 percent decline over the same quarter last year. “Samsung faces slowing global smartphone demand and ever-growing competition from Chinese manufacturers,” said Anshul Gupta, Research Director at Gartner.

Something fairly astonishing happened late last month. For the first time ever, an Android-powered smartphone managed to outperform Apple’s latest iPhone in a “real-world speed test.” This new type of speed test was concocted by YouTube vloggers and while it’s not scientific at all, the test is a fairly good way of judging how one smartphone’s performance compares to another in terms of handling day-to-day tasks. Apple’s iPhones have always been models of efficiency, and no Android phone had ever even come close to beating an iPhone until last month. Apple likely isn’t very concerned with the iPhone losing in some vlogger’s speed test, but the company is surely concentrating on continuing to achieve big performance gains with this year’s new iPhones. After all, new iPhones always pack a tremendous power boost compared to their predecessors. Now, a new leak suggests that the next-generation processor coming in the new iPhone 8 features incredible performance that is practica...