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One area that differentiates smartphones today is camera technology. The cameras on phones are optimized for photos, videos, telephoto subjects, ultra-wide landscapes, selfies, and more. It’s not just hardware either, as some with basic hardware have advanced software algorithms and AI to provide optimal imaging experiences. Camera capability is closely ...

ZDNet Recommends Best 5G phone 2021 5G is now standard on US networks, with the expectation that every flagship includes support for 5G. Read More According to a new report, Brazil’s capital Brasília surpassed major urban centers of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo in mobile broadband speed. According to ...

Apple gives you access to very specific information about your battery. You can see this yourself by going to Settings > Battery, and there’s more information if you click on Battery Health. But your iPhone collects a lot more information about your battery. A lot more. But Apple doesn’t make ...

Apple talks a lot about the environment and its sustainability measures.  The company is quick to point out “the environment” on each new product release and it markets every product on its website in terms of environmental impact. Customers are also told how Apple products are “good for the planet.” ...

Compromised passwords are a fast track to all sorts of online headaches.  But thankfully iOS makes it quite easy to do a quick audit of your passwords for compromised passwords, allowing you to change them before problems escalate. And it’ll take you less than five minutes. Here’s how. Tap on ...

Apple wants your iPhone to be connected 24/4, and it has put a whole bunch of features into iOS that do that. Problem with this is, these settings can put a serious dent in your cellular data plan, which either means that you end up being kicked to a lower-speed ...

There it goes again. Screenshot by ZDNet You’ve likely been sleeping with your new iPhone 13 every night. You’ve likely been smiling at it, stroking it, and talking to it. You have to hope, however, that you never drop it in such a way that its screen breaks and you ...

Apple is cutting production of its iPhone 13, released last month, by over 10% because suppliers Broadcom and Texas Instruments can’t deliver enough chips for the phone, according to a report today by Bloomberg’s Debby Wu, citing multiple unnamed sources.  Wrote Wu, “Apple Inc. is likely to slash its projected ...

A small box of refurbished phones. Upgrading or buying refurbished? This is a question my wife and I have been asking ourselves. Our much-beloved 2015-vintage iPhone 6s Pluses are feeling old and clunky. The battery life isn’t what it used to be, even though we did a mid-life battery replacement ...

After testing the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max, it’s clear that both models are the best iPhones available right now. But they’re also the most expensive, with prices starting at $999 and $1,099, respectively.  Filling in the rest of Apple’s 2021 smartphone lineup is the $799 iPhone 13 ...