4 posts tagged ‘Battery Replacement’
Apple Watch Sales Paused Over Masimo Patent
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Chance Miller (MacRumors, Hacker News): The Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 will no longer be available to purchase from Apple starting later this week.The move comes following an ITC ruling as part of a long-running patent dispute between Apple and medical technology company Masimo around the Apple Watch’s blood oxygen sensor […]
Apple’s Blue Ocean
John Siracusa (Hacker News): I just can’t shake the idea that a return to removable, user-accessible batteries has now become a blue-ocean opportunity just waiting for Apple to seize it.[…]There’s more headroom than there has ever been to accommodate a tiny bit more size and weight in Apple’s portable products.[…]Second, people still crave the advantages […]
The Average Lifespan of a Smartphone
Isabel Rubio (via Hacker News): While Marcos Fernández managed to last six years with his previous device, the average lifespan of a smartphone is much lower. In Europe, for instance, it’s about three years, according to the European Environment Office (EEB). This figure is far less than the 25 years that a phone would need […]
iPhone SE 4 Rumors
Marko Zivkovic: The iPhone SE 4, known internally under the codename Ghost, is expected to receive a new design derived almost entirely from the base model iPhone 14.[…]As far as the chassis is concerned, two major changes are expected – an Action button and a USB-C port.[…]As for the back of the device, the next […]