iOS 16 beta 5 adds an option to show the battery percentage in the status bar on some iPhones, after Apple removed it for notched models at the iPhone X's debut
what took them so long? Amy Sarkar / Huawei Central : Once scared of notch, Apple brings Battery Percentage feature in iOS 16 Victoria Song / The Verge : Battery percentage finally returns to iOS 16 a...
Google's Pixel 3 XL, which includes a very tall notch and a “chin” bezel, lacks the groundbreaking tech Apple used to justify the iPhone X's notch
A large notch requires a strong argument, and Google didn't make one — Google's Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL arrived yesterday without too much fanfare.
iPhones are the closest thing to a hardware annuity stream tech has ever seen, as they're a known quantity, dependable, and nearly all users will buy again
@stratechery https://stratechery.com/... Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi : The iPhone Franchise http://stratechery.com/... @stratechery // Smart. Interesting to consider the iPhone annuity stream relative ...
Apple announces 5.8" iPhone Xs and 6.5" Xs Max with OLED displays, A12 Bionic 7-nanometer processor, dual-SIMs, available in gold, silver, and space grey
Apple Mat Smith / Engadget : The biggest announcements from Apple's iPhone Xs event Gordon Gottsegen / CNET : Apple's ‘Shot on iPhone XS’ clip shows off iPhone's slo-mo, 4K video skills Jeremy Horwitz...
Sources: Apple is working on touchless gesture control and screens that curve inward gradually from top to bottom for future iPhones
Company seeks to differentiate design in crowded marketplace — IPhone X's OLED screen also expanding to additional models
S9 and S9+ hands-on: same look and feel as S8, fingerprint reader placement is a welcome improvement, AR Emoji not as precise as Animoji, Bixby button lives on
here's what it does Roger Fingas / AppleInsider : Samsung defends Galaxy S9's ‘AR Emoji,’ says feature doesn't copy iPhone X's Animoji Ryne Hager / Android Police : [Update: T-Mobile's PR was misleadi...
Sources: Google is working on Android P, which mimics the iPhone X's notch, has deeper integration of Google's digital assistant, and improves battery life
Search giant tries again to win over valuable iPhone users — Android P to integrate more tightly with Google's Assistant
Sources: Apple is working on a rear-facing 3D sensor for 2019 iPhone to improve AR capabilities
Apple looking at different technology from iPhone X's Face ID — New 3-D sensor would improve augmented-reality features — Apple Inc. is working on a rear-facing 3-D sensor system …
Warby Parker's app is using face mapping from iPhone X's TrueDepth camera to recommend glasses
Face Mapping for Fashion Tory Foulk / iMore : Warby Parker's app uses TrueDepth technology to recommend glasses Madeline Buxton / Refinery29 : Warby Parker Found A Genius Use For The iPhone X's Camera...
iPhone X one week review: great all-screen experience, decent battery life, Face ID is fast, new gestures easy to learn, but software has some weird UX choices
but not from YouTubers MacDailyNews : The Verge reviews Apple's iPhone X: Clearly the best iPhone ever made, despite being marred by its ugly notch Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac : Comment: I suspect Apple lim...