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Posts Tagged → iphone

Why The iPhone is Getting Interesting

posted in iphone on September 13, 2025

Apple dropped their latest batch of iPhones this week, along with new Apple Watches and an AirPods Pro update. Here’s what you need to know. The iPhone 17 lineup brings the usual suspects with some interesting twists. The standard 17 gets some nice upgrades…

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Tyler Stalman on Photography with iPhone 17

posted in camera, iphone on September 11, 2025

One of the big selling points for the new iPhone every year is camera improvements. Tyler Stalman is a professional photographer/videographer. He has an insightful look at exactly what this year’s improvements mean for iPhone photographers.

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About that Rumored Orange iPhone Pro

posted in iphone on September 8, 2025

Image: MacRumors For years I’ve been bemoaning Apple’s failure to use interesting non-muted colors on the iPhone Pro. It appears this year Apple may be calling my bluff with an orange iPhone Pro. Orange! If true, it will be hard to put that beauty in a case.

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Why the iPhone Air Might Actually Make Sense

posted in iphone on May 30, 2025

It’s easy, as someone who writes about this stuff, to project our own preferences onto new products. And I’ll admit, I feel that pull strongly with the rumored iPhone Air. As rumors continue to circulate about iPhone Air, a much thinner version of the…

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Apple Dodges Another Bullet

posted in apple, iphone, manufacturing on April 14, 2025

Over the weekend, we learned that smartphones and computers are now exempt from the latest tariffs. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirmed that smartphones, computer monitors, and various electronic components are among the exempted items. This means Apple has dodged another bullet —…

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The Initial Response to the iPhone

posted in iphone on January 23, 2025

The iPhone is now 18 years old, and it’s easy to forget life before it. I used mobile phones before iPhone, and the difference was night and day. The original iPhone was announced at Macworld in January 2007 . Over the years, we’ve heard…

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My New iPhone Stand

posted in 3d printing, iphone, iphone stand on January 17, 2025

I printed this iPhone stand several months ago, and I’m mixed about it. On the one hand, I find it really attractive. On the flip side, I cannot reach the iPhone’s buttons while it’s in the stand. The jury’s still out.

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Apple’s iPhone Testing Lab

posted in iphone, right to repair on July 11, 2024

I found this video fascinating. Of course, Apple’s testing facility looks like something from a science fiction movie. An interesting point here is the tradeoff between reliability and repairability. As Apple tries to make its devices more repairable, how does it maintain reliability? This is…

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Rumination on the Action Button

posted in action button, iphone on April 10, 2024

The rumors surrounding the iPhone 16 get more accurate as we get further into the year. One prevalent idea is that an additional button, dubbed the capture button, will be added to the iPhone 16 on all models. The idea of this seems simple…

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“Shot on iPhone 15 Pro Max”

posted in iphone on November 2, 2023

Perhaps the biggest news of the Scary Fast Apple event is that Apple shot the whole thing on the iPhone 15 Pro Max. So the Mac event was, at least, kind of about the iPhone. It’s remarkable how far the iPhone has come as…

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