All of the iPhone 17 models compared
All four of the devices will be available to preorder on Friday and will be available on September 19.
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Apple barely talked about AI at its big iPhone 17 event
Apple’s hotly-anticipated Apple event was chock-full of news about updates to AirPods, the Apple Watch, the new suite of iPhones, and more. But during the one-hour-and-fifteen-minute presentation, which was considerably shorter than usual, there was one notable buzzword missing from a good chunk of the fanfare: AI. Although CEO Tim Cook said during the livestream […]
The iPhone 17 comes with Apple’s new in-house networking chip
Inside Apple’s splashy iPhone 17 lineup is a new chip: the N1. It’s a wireless networking chip made in-house by Apple, allowing its devices to support the latest networking technologies, including Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and the smart home protocol Thread. Apple previously used chips made by Broadcom to power Bluetooth and Wi-Fi within its […]
Apple’s new MagSafe battery is only designed for the new iPhone Air
Apple just announced a new, official MagSafe battery for the super-slim iPhone Air, but if you were hoping the battery would work with other iPhones, it apparently won’t. According to the product page for the $99 battery, “the iPhone Air MagSafe Battery was created exclusively for iPhone Air,” and the compatibility list includes just the […]
Hands-on with all the new Apple Watches: Series 11, Ultra 3, and SE 3
Following Apple’s “Awe dropping” event today, we’ve been able to try out all the new Apple Watch models announced today including the Series 11, the Ultra 3, and the refreshes SE 3. The entry-level Apple Watch SE was last updated in 2022 with the second-generation model, but the new SE 3, which starts at $249 […]
Apple’s new iPhone 17 devices don’t have an AI-powered Siri yet. It doesn’t matter.
Until now, Apple has only released what could be considered baseline AI features for its devices, like AI writing tools, summarization, generative AI images (which some complain are not very good), live translation, visual search, and Genmoji, among others.
The eight biggest announcements from Apple’s iPhone Air event
Apple just wrapped its extensive fall hardware keynote, which featured the marquee announcement of the thin iPhone Air, along with other iPhone 17 models, a suite of new Apple Watch wearables, and the new AirPods Pro 3 – phew, that was a lot. All of Apple’s new tech is releasing on September 19th. In case […]
iPhone 17, iPhone Air, AirPods Pro 3, and everything else announced at Apple’s hardware event
From a new slim iPhone Air model to redesigned AirPods, here’s what was announced at this year’s Apple event.
Apple’s using more recycled materials in its iPhones and watches
Apple’s new iPhone Air contains more recycled titanium than any of its predecessors, the company announced at the Tuesday Keynote. It’s using 80 percent recycled titanium. The phone as a whole is made with 35 percent recycled material by weight, compared to 30 percent recycled material for the iPhone 17. The iPhone Air incorporates a […]
Apple debuts the $999 ultra-thin iPhone Air
The star of Apple’s iPhone 17 event was the iPhone Air, its thinnest and lightest model to date.