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“When Apple execs stepped onstage for September’s big iPhone X unveiling, they had precious few surprises up their sleeves,” Luke Dormehl writes for Cult of Mac. “This year’s iPhone keynote became one of the most spoiled in history, thanks to major software leaks — and a pair of industrious young developers who dug into Apple’s…
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“Thanks to secrets discovered in Apple’s own firmware, we already know a lot about the iPhone 8,” Killian Bell reports for Cult of Mac. “Now an apparent X-ray of the device has all but confirmed even more of its hottest features ahead of its official debut this fall.” “The HomePod firmware Apple released to developers…
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“Apple is reportedly manufacturing the 2017 iPhones as we speak, including the iPhone 7s, iPhone 7s Plus, and iPhone 8, which must mean we should see more real-life photos leak ahead of the expected mid-September launch,” Chris Smith reports for BGR. “Over the weekend we saw pictures of the iPhone 7s Plus that seem to…
“If you were following Apple back in 2010, you remember the infamous iPhone 4 leak,” Michael Simon writes for Macworld. “The handset that introduced the world to FaceTime, the Retina display, and a stunning design that lives on to this day in the iPhone SE was plastered all over Gizmodo some two months before its…
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Over the weekend, Apple mistakenly released a HomePod firmware update that contained code that revealed everything from the “iPhone 8” icon confirming the display’s camera/sensor cutout to iPhone 8 code relating to 3D infrared facial recognition, inductive charging, a virtual Home button, and beyond. How did this happen? Daring Fireball‘s John Gruber has the skinny:…
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“Apple mistakenly released HomePod software into the wild, and the operating system revealed more details about the iPhone 8 than we’d have expected,” Chris Smith reports for BGR. “The smart speaker already confirmed the iPhone 8’s design and revealed that there is a face unlock mechanism in the works,” Smith reports. “The software also says…
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“Firmware for the as-of-yet unreleased HomePod has provided a wealth of information on the speaker itself and the upcoming iPhone 8, thanks to developers like Steven Troughton-Smith who have spent time digging into the code,” Juli Clover reports for MacRumors. “Troughton-Smith has seen no indication that there are features related to under-display Touch ID functionality…
Avery Magnotti has perused Apple’s now infamous leaked HomePod firmware and located the HomePod UI’s sound effects and posted them to YouTube. Listed by appearance: • alarm1.wav• Lighthouse.wav• SessionInactive-b238.wav• SetupFinal-b238.m4a• SetupStepSource-b238.m4a• SetupStepTarget-b238.m4a• timer1.wav• TwoShot-b238.wav• WOCAudioPasscodeTone.wav [embedded content] MacDailyNews Take: So much for doubling down on secrecy. What else will be found in Apple’s HomePod firmware treasure trove?! SEE ALSO:Apple’s leaked code confirms facial expression…
“Yesterday, details about Apple’s upcoming iPhone 8 were revealed by engineers who discovered clues in the code for the firm’s HomePod speaker,” Shivali Best reports for The Mail Online. “Further details have been discovered today, suggesting the iPhone could have a tap to wake function and facial expression detection. The findings also confirm the long-rumoured…
“A new image of the iPhone 8 has surfaced on Weibo today, via Slashleaks, showing off the rumored screen design in diagram form,” Benjamin Mayo reports 9to5Mac. “It purports to be a page from the packaging paperwork, which instructs users how to swap SIM cards,” Mayo reports. “Most notably, this leak includes the expected screen…
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