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iPhone 8 To Feature Fingerprint Scanner Inside The Display: Patents Reveal

Mar 2, 2017 By

Every year, the iPhone launch is one of the biggest, most anticipated events. It is the time of the year when Apple shows off their latest innovations. Apple’s upcoming device, the iPhone 8 is perhaps the most awaited iPhone ever. Part of it is due to the fact that this is the ten year anniversary of the iPhone and Apple plans to do something really special. Latest reports indicate Apple now has the patents approved for a fingerprint scanner embedded inside the display!

Yes, if patent documents are to be believed, Apple is now getting rid of the home button, and will instead have the entire screen act as a giant TouchID sensor. Basically, touching anywhere on the display will lead in fingerprint scanning. This patent was filed by Apple back in 2015, but has finally been approved. If true, this will be a major breakthrough for Apple.

The iPhone 8 is expected to feature many new innovations, mostly related to AR and product design. With the fingerprint scanner now embedded in the display, the gen-next iPhone 8 would feature an even bigger display than ever before. The phone will make use of this technology of embedded fingerprint scanner using a touch display that includes at one display layer, along with one transparent conductive layer which will help define the touch sensing pixels.

Apple, known to be a master-innovator over the years, is all set to bring a major change to the touchID system with this new display. Talking about the display, now that the home button will be gone, the iPhone 8 will also perhaps feature a larger display, free of all bezels, similar to how LG has done it with the LG G6 and how Samsung plans to do it with the Samsung Galaxy S8. This does look like quite an exciting concept from Apple! Stay tuned for more updates.

iPhone 7 Plus Catches Fire, Explodes; Apple Responds

Feb 24, 2017 By

While many smartphones have, over the years caught fire and blown up, this became a major issue in 2016 with the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 causing major panic across numerous countries. However, while it looked like things are slowing down, and people are forgetting these explosions, news suddenly broke that an iPhone 7 plus caught fire and exploded. This is the first such incident to have come to light. The iPhone belonged to Brianna Olives, who bought it from a Sprint store earlier this year.

Brianna says that she was sleeping with the phone charging near her head. Her boyfriend picked up the phone and kept it near dresser, and was heading to the restroom when he noticed that the phone is steaming. He heard a strange noise, and immediately threw it into the restroom. The phone caught fire when it was thrown into the restroom, and Brianna’s boyfriend recorded it with his phone. The video of the exploding iPhone 7 Plus was put up on Twitter where it has since got over 25,000 retweets and likes. It has been covered by numerous tech outlets as well as mainstream media.

Apple was quick to respond and said that they are looking into the matter. The company replaced the iPhone, and gave Brianna a brand new iPhone 7 Plus. It is also worth noting that Brianna was facing issues with the phone in the past. She said that the phone was not turning on, and so she took it to Sprint for service. The Apple employee who worked on it too, commented stating the phone looked weird when it was turned on, but it is impossible to predict that it would explode.

The diagnostic tools of Sprint indicated that the phone was fine. It was a rather unfortunate incident, and we are now awaiting Apple’s official response on what went wrong with this phone. The company is currently performing various tests on the device. Following the Samsung scandals, smartphone 7companies are being extremely careful about fire hazards.

iPhone 8 To Finally Get Wireless Charging

Feb 18, 2017 By

Apple is among the biggest names when it comes to the world of technology. The iPhone is perhaps the biggest, path-breaking product they have created in their 40+ years of existence. Every year, the iPhone gets some sort of an improvement or innovation that excites the users! This year, with the iPhone 8 coming out, Apple is gearing up for a major change – wireless charging.

Wireless charging has been something that Apple’s competitors have had around for quite a while now. Every year there are speculations that Apple too, would introduce these features, but every year, we are left disappointed. However, with the iPhone 8, it is almost certain that wireless charging is about to finally arrive. Reports from Tech Times indicate that Apple is working with Broadcom to develop wireless charging technologies for their upcoming iPhone. Ming Chi-Kuo, a popular Apple analyst has also commented that 2017 will be the year wireless charging debuts on the iPhone devices. The deal between Apple and Broadcom too, is expected to be quite big, almost worth $600 Million, if industry insiders are to be believed.

More Details on the iPhone 8

Three Variants: Apple is expected to debut three versions of the iPhone this year. Apart from the traditional iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, Apple is also likely to introduce the iPhone 8 Pro.

Iris Scanner: Apple is all set to introduce a new security feature in their latest iPhone device – an iris scanner. Apple’s latest iPhone will feature an iris scanner, that will allow the users to unlock their phone by just looking at the screen.

Edge to Edge Display: Another popular feature is finally expected to make its debut on the iPhone 8 – edge to edge display. This is currently expected to only be a part of the iPhone 8 Pro variant though.

Wireless Charging: 2017 marks the 10th anniversary of the iPhone. Apple is finally gearing up for the change. With broadcom reportedly working on the wireless charging, it looks like the Apple fans are finally going to get what they had been demanding for years!

Sluggish iPhone Sales Force Apple To Reduce iPhone Production By 10%:

Jan 2, 2017 By

A shocking truth has gripped the world’s premium tech company; Apple has been forced to cut down on iPhone production even further.

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The sales graph for the iPhone first started dipping back in the year 2015, when even by the year end, there was still a long line of iPhone 6S phones waiting in Apple’s warehouses and stores to be sold off. Despite good marketing moves, the phone seemed to move really slowly in the market, further causing sales figures to plummet. The Cupertino giant resorted to desperate ways to keep itself afloat; the production had to be cut down by 20%.

However, this strong move by Apple has had little effect on the phone’s reception and movement through the market. The iPhone 7 shows signs for slow sales, further causing Apple to come to a major conclusion – to cut the production of the Phone further by 10%, which would affect the iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 plus. The premium phone manufacturer has not relented to this sales crunch and has not declared any price cuts to get the stock to move.

The reasons for this fall in sales that have been assessed by experts range from failure to meet phone demand due to lack of steady supply of camera sensors, to the inability of the company to rouse the interest of people with the new phones that they make. Users have often come up with the monotony of design and features.

Experts are of the view that the demand of the iPhone 7 in Japan might remain steady because of the high availability of places to make contactless payments. The iPhone 7, being well compatible with the contactless IC chip readers that are available in the country provide a lucrative sales ground. Despite this, the companies in Japan that make components for the Phones and also its contemporaries in Asia are going to face a crunch with the falling demand for the phone.

Upcoming Smartphones of 2017: Beauties that Will Rule the Tech-Market Next Year

Dec 19, 2016 By

When purchasing a smartphone, we tend to go for latest model, despite its big, fat price tag. The reason? Because it’s fashionable and usually has better features than its predecessors. For those who’re likely to buy new phones next year must check out our list of upcoming smartphones of 2017. They’ll surely sweep you off the floor with their high-tech features.

Top 5 Upcoming Smartphones in the Market

iPhone 8/8+

Apple went beyond their power to turn iPhone 8 into a glass phone fitted with an edge-to-edge OLED screen.

Except for tweaking a few features here and there, Apple doesn’t put in much efforts in their newer versions. However, this time they’ll go beyond their power to turn iPhone 8 into a glass phone fitted with an edge-to-edge OLED screen. Its Home button might disappear and the TouchID scanner will stay underneath the glass. Other remarkable changes include wireless charging, iris scanning, Apple A11 processor and other biometric features that make it super-cool.

Expected Date of Arrival: September 2017

HTC 10

HTC 10: Body didn't change much but features surely did. — HTC 10: Body didn’t change much but features surely did.

Rumors suggest this new version will hopefully have a Snapdragon 835 processor, 256GB storage, 8GB RAM, 5.5 Quad HD display and quick charging feature with higher battery backup. New HTC 10 will blow our minds away with its specs!

Expected Date of Arrival: March/April 2017

LG G6

LG G6: Bigger and Better than its Previous Versions.

LG has geared up to give Apple and Samsung a run for their money this year. The new g6 will be furnished with glass body, advanced iris scanner and special camera filters for crystal-sharp photographs. It’s a real treat for selfie lovers.

Expected Date of Arrival: February 2017

Microsoft Surface Phone

Microsoft Surface Phone: Will it be as good as rumored to be?

We don’t know its model number or name but should this super-widget exist, it’ll have a Surface Pen with USB-C port, 5.5 inch Quad HD AMOLED screen, 64/128 GB storage capacity, 4GB RAM, 64bit Intel Processor and HD cameras (8MP front and 21 MP rear).

Expected Date of Arrival: Not confirmed

OnePlus 4

Oneplus 4: Better Features at Reasonable Budget.

An upgraded version of OnePlus 3 with Snapdragon 835, Android 7.0 Nougat and 23 MP camera is likely to set the market to fire. It has certainly raised our expectations now.

Expected Date of Arrival: April/May 2017
Keep an eye on the market for the best upcoming smartphones and we’re sure you won’t be disappointed.

Apple’s iPhone 8 To Come With Wireless Charging And Without The Home Button

Nov 24, 2016 By

As soon as the iPhone 7 was launched by Apple, the talks of iPhone 8 in the rumor mill started. It really didn’t take too long for some really interesting and key features that are possible to feature in the upcoming iPhone by Apple have surfaced. There have been rumors of wireless charging to be included in the iPhone 8 and the latest rumor is only making the concept more concrete. Ming-Chi Kuo who is a KGI analyst has pretty much confirmed that the new iPhones will support wireless charging.

Further Mr. Kuo notes that the wireless charging adapters will be provided in a bundle with only the premium models and the people who opt for the base models will have to buy the wireless charger as an additional separate accessory. It is also mentioned that the wireless charger will be of the same design and structure as the inductive pad which is being used currently to charge the Apple Watch. In his notes it is confirmed that the iPhone 8 will have a glass back which will allow faster charging along with minimum disruptions from the frequency interface. It is not the first time that we have been told that iPhone 8 will sport wireless charging, in an earlier leaked report it was mentioned that the iPhone 8 will be able to charge itself up to a distance of 15 feet from the charger and the users will not have to necessarily place the iPhone on the charger.

In further leaks iPhone 8 has been tipped to come out with bezel-less curved displays with an OLED screen. However, it is said that Apple are having some issues with mass OLED screen purchases and they might just introduce it for the premium variants. The Home button is tipped to be completely eliminated and an on screen button will be introduced and it is set to be powered by their own brand new A11 processor.