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After almost two years of waiting, Apple fans can finally say it: Five is alive. At a media event in San Francisco on Wednesday, Apple introduced the long-awaited iPhone 5, a redesigned iPhone that is taller and thinner than last year’s iPhone 4S and that adds a larger, 4.0-inch display. That boost in screen size Continue Reading →

As the plethora of recent posts attest, Apple has indeed launched the iPhone 5, the next generation in its five-year-old iPhone family tree. But is it the best smartphone money can buy? For kicks and giggles, we’ve pitted the specs of Tim Cook’s darling against those found in the top Android and Windows Phone devices Continue Reading →

Want to be the first of your friends and co-workers with the just-released iPhone 5, but can’t fathom standing in line for hours at the Apple Store? You’re in luck — it costs just $55 on TaskRabbit to hire someone to do it for you. For about one-quarter of what you’ll pay for the iPhone Continue Reading →

Last year, when Apple introduced the iPhone 4s — a visual clone of the 16-month-old iPhone 4 — a lot of people yawned. “Brilliant” pundits were quick to criticize . It was more of the same, not very new and would surely herald the end of Apple’s leadership in the smartphone market. Sure, it had Continue Reading →

Apple’s iPhone 5 event is finally behind us, and the company’s next-generation smartphone is probably just over a week away from becoming the fastest-selling iPhone yet. Now that the new iPhone is official, the phone’s key specs are confirmed: it will feature a 4-inch display, a new processor and a fresh new design that is Continue Reading →

Apple’s Garden State Plaza retail store will be getting a first-of-its-kind enhancement in the form of a double-row Genius Bar that should help the iPhone maker meet the growing demand for technical support from its customers, ifoAppleStore reports. The Cupertino, California company has been steadily improving its Genius Bar workflow, and the new layout is Continue Reading →

With the iPhone 5 expected to sport 4G LTE tech, one analyst wonders whether Apple will have dealt with all of the “compromises” that CEO Tim Cook mentioned as an LTE deal-breaker last year. It is “unlikely” that Apple will be able to deliver LTE sans compromises for its next iPhone, said Will Strauss, principal Continue Reading →

Apple’s next-generation smartphone will be called the iPhone 5, according to an inactive link accidentally posted on the company’s own Web site hours before the highly anticipated device is expected to be announced in San Francisco. By searching Apple’s Web site for the term “iPhone 5,” the search results yield a listing to a press Continue Reading →

Like many of Apple’s inventions, the iPhone began not with a vision, but with a problem. By 2005, the iPod had eclipsed the Mac as Apple’s largest source of revenue, but the music player that rescued Apple from the brink now faced a looming threat: The cellphone. Everyone carried a phone, and if phone companies Continue Reading →

By now it’s almost inevitable given the company’s track record: No matter what Apple unveils tomorrow at the Yerba Buena Center (an iPad Mini? iPhone 5?), pundits will herald the company for its innovative thinking and bold hardware design. But the elephant in the room will be Apple’s software, which many inside the company believe Continue Reading →