Thursday, September 29, 2016

Thus, the headphone jack is coming back to the iPhone 7


The adapter is ugly, expensive and easy to lose the new "Airpods": Surrender to the headphone jack on the new iPhone, Apple has introduced much ridicule. The solution: a smart casing.
A stir was caused at the recent Apple keynote mainly a fundamental innovation in iPhone: The headphone jack is missing.

The users of the new iPhone 7 have to either connect their usual headphones via an adapter, which is supplied by Apple. Him felt by many to be ugly and annoying, and while the headphones are connected, the iPhone can not be charged.

Or they buy Bluetooth headphones such as Apple's wireless Airpods. The cost is not to be sneezed at 179 euros. The wireless, short Studs already attracted a lot of ridicule at: They are easy to lose, which is not negligible in the purchase price, would be permanently specially charged, and very pretty they were not.

But now there is a solution: The Fuze Case delivers the headphone jack easily after. "Bringing back the audio Jack" is the motto of the company Actual Innovation from the American Austin.
The Protective Cover for iPhone 7 and 7 Plus has the Lightning connector for charging and as usual a separate 3.5mm jack for headphones. In addition, a spare battery is installed which is to double the duration of the iPhone. Thus, the case would be the same two shortcomings of the new iPhones resolve: not only the lack of jack, but also too low for many battery life. The shell is made of TPU and ABS plastic and is available in white, black, gold, pink gold and blue.

The only drawback: The Case Fuze case there is not. On the crowdfunding platform Indiegogo will look for financing. $ 60,000 will be required, which will come together in a month.

But the enthusiasm seems to be great. After all, $ 10,752 were up Thursday afternoon already collected - and the campaign will run for only two days. 197 supporters has already found the project. Success is therefore quite possible. If it works, should the case cost $ 49 (43 euros) for pre-order and later $ 69 (61 euros) and will be delivered before Christmas.

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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

For whom is the upgrade to the new Apple iPhone 7 worth


Should I buy the new iPhone or not? This is a question every autumn presumably million potential buyers - and probably most have never been as insecure as this year. The new features - and perhaps disappointed expectations - are now well known. But how useful are the new features in everyday use and how disruptive the beginning criticized shortcomings? Answers after two weeks of continuous testing.

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One of the biggest frustrations for many Apple fans was that the iPhone 7 - contrary to the previous two-year cycle - has no fundamentally new design. The dimensions of the two new iPhones correspond almost exactly to those of the previous devices - however, the new slimmed something: The iPhone 7 is five grams, the iPhone 7 Plus four grams lighter than the respective previous model - in everyday life makes no difference. As with the iPhone 6s Apple uses a particularly resistant aluminum 7000 alloy - problems with bent iPhones like the iPhone-6-Bendgate, it should therefore not be here. The phone feels accustomed to stable and high quality.

After all, the antenna lines, in previous devices on the back, now moved to the edge devices and thus are much more discreet. On the whole, the iPhone looks 7 its two predecessors iPhone 6s and iPhone 6, at least from the front confusingly similar. Who wants to show you all that he has the latest equipment, should choose the color "Black" or "Black Diamond" - both of which are new and quite chic, but the latter has a fingerprint and scratch magnet.

Long since overdue plunge

The competition, as Sony and Samsung, has led the way for a long time - now attracts Apple by: The new iPhones are waterproof! According to IP67 standard, although only for 30 minutes in a water depth of a meter - but against sudden downpours or the fall helps all the sink or in the toilet. A big plus for the new iPhone! helped When sealing that the home button is now no real knob more, but a sensor surface. Although nothing moves when you press, makes a special jerky unit Taptic engine, that it is still so feels like a button - more pressure on a real button in the iPhone 6s almost fashioned after two weeks. Also coincides with the mechanical home button off one of the biggest failures sources - a good decision.

Intrinsic values - Lots of power, lots of storage

The performance of the new A10-Fusion chips act extravagantly: Measurements of power it outclassed not only its predecessor chips, but also the entire competition - faster currently anticipates distance not a smartphone. But already the iPhone 6s was extremely fast. In direct comparison, you can see the speed advantage of the iPhone 7 Although, at present, there is likely to succeed but only a few, to exhaust their iPhone 6s. With the iPhone 6, however, the works already rather, such as graphically intense games. Just for comparison: The launch of an iPhone 6 with iOS 10 lasted about 50 seconds in the test. The iPhone 7 contrast, does not even half as long. The power is thus primarily an investment in a fast smartphone future.

but is even more important, another development: For great deals or contract extensions usually the iPhone is sold with the smallest memory size. As so many have already likely to have in the past angered about the extremely tight 16 gigabytes - which of them are actually only just over 12 gigabytes available. With music, photos and a few games apps are up sooner than I thought. Immediately the smallest iPhone offers 32 gigabytes of memory - a real asset.

New camera - from one make two

A key innovation is the camera of iPhone 7 and especially from iPhone 7 Plus. Especially in the foreground of course stood by the double camera in the latter. In addition to the 12-megapixel wide-angle camera Apple has a second built here with "tele" lens. This allows a true, optical zoom twofold. That may not sound like a lot - but who willingly photographed with his smartphone, this option will not want to miss. A digital zoom up to 10 times magnification, there are also, at the expense of image quality.

In addition, both cameras also offer the opportunity to take portraits with shallow depth of field and to simulate this at least. We know the effect of SLR cameras, if at a portrait of the face is sharp, but the background is blurred. To start two weeks before the option was not yet available, now they can be tested, but in the public beta version of iOS 10.1. This works for faces very well and evaluates Portrait recordings noticeably on. For objects with dark edges, the automatic works is not yet completely free of errors - until the official launch could be still resolved.

The new display is a real expert

How good is the new camera with its larger color gamut, one sees however only really good on displays that show the larger color space also. The LCD screen of the new iPhone does. Apple simply speaks of a display "with a large color gamut". For photo and graphics professionals, this means that the new iPhone display not only the sRGB, but also to DCI-P3 color space support - and indicating the respective contents properly with the color profile. According to the display of professionals displaymate.com it is the farbtreuste smartphone display that they have ever measured.

No headphone jack - phantom pain or real loss?

A great outcry went through the ranks of the tech press, as was confirmed that Apple buried the beloved 3.5mm headphone jack. Only one Lightning cable - which is the connection of the charging cable for the iPhone 5 - can still be put directly into the iPhone.

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Monday, September 19, 2016

After iOS update 10 iPhone all photos scanned for faces


Dusseldorf. A few days ago Apple iOS distributed 10, the new version of its mobile operating system. Many users wonder about a new feature in the app "Photos": Without Consent all faces there will be scanned in the pictures. What's it all about? After updating to iOS 10 and the first start of the Photos app appeared at a colleague on the iPhone the Note ". 2,621 photos scanned to finish scanning the remaining 2,172 photos, your iPhone must be locked and connected to the grid." Among them was still the link "album 'People' See '.

The surprise was great that Apple unsolicited scans all stored on the device and assigns photos for faces. Especially since neither in the app directly or there is a possibility in the iPhone settings to disable the facial recognition.

If the face detection by a technical device, this is one of the biometric processes. This makes it tricky because these methods to Identify usually subject to data protection and because users react here most sensitive.

Fingerprint sensors on mobile devices as would certainly have prevailed not so fast when the prints would be stored on servers in the network. Only the insurance of smartphone manufacturers, the scanned fingerprints were stored locally on the device, lowered the threshold.

Google also scans faces

Google has the feature facial recognition integrated in its photo app for some time. Here the user must indeed give its assent, the recognition is then but on Google servers instead. The individuals albums are then available on all devices where you are logged in with their Google Account.

Apple takes a different approach. Although the user will not be asked for consent, it will face detection but also locally instead. The photo app itself does the work, to see the different faces of the images mountains on each iOS device and sort.

This also explains the information that the device must be closed to traffic and connected to the mains. Otherwise the battery- and processor-intensive operation would prevent other applications on the device.

The advantage of this approach is that the biometric data are uncontrolled by the user on any of these servers - especially the countless people photographed could not be asked for permission.

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Friday, September 9, 2016

iOS 10: released on 13 September - Gold Master


Update September 8: Meanwhile, the Gold Master iOS 10 also stands for voluntary testers available.

Original listing of 7 September: As part of today's media event, Tim Cook not only about the launch date of the iPhone pre-orders (9 September), and the official launch (September 16) informed of the new Apple phones, but also the release data of the mobile operating system iOS 10 communicates.

Officially Cupertino will offer the update on September 13 to download. However Registered developers and early testers can load from the network or via the software update their devices officially iOS 10 Gold Master now. Depending on the device type iOS is nearly 10 2GB in size.

Also TVOS, macOS and watchOS available

In addition to iOS 10 Cupertino also offers the gold master versions of macOS Sierra, watchOS 3 and TVOS.

Should Apple geared to the previous updates, then the available in a week, the official version of the operating system should not differ from the now shared GoldMaster downloads.


  • In the news app you can express in a completely new way and accessed directly from conversations on your preferred apps you.
  • You can now send messages, make calls, and more with Siri on apps from the App Store.
  • The maps app has been completely redesigned and offers a new design and the ability to make reservations and reserve a car service.
  • In "Photos" you can find easily and revive memories re using an intelligent search people, places and more.
  • With the new app "Home" You can use the automated products in your home easily and safely controlled from a central location.
  • Apple Music includes a completely new design for a simple and straightforward experience.
  • Apple News provides a new design with bold typeface, bright colors and clear sections that allow an easier to find stories on specific topics.

Thanks to the newly developed lock screen and an improved 3D touch integration can be accessed more quickly and easily to information.

The QuickType keyboard includes new emoji, multilingual text input and contextual suggestions based on a profound neural network technology.

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Sunday, September 4, 2016

iOS 10: The best features anyone knows


Expected this week Apple iOS will publish the 10th Despite numerous beta versions but the biggest innovations has been able to almost no one try.

A total of seven public beta versions of iOS 10 has been made available to Apple. Anyone who is interested in the next big operating system update, was able to try new features for months. Some of the biggest features, meanwhile, are still largely unknown - there are just it the most exciting new features of iOS 10th.

New notifications

The revised alerts are probably the feature that iPhone users will get most commonly seen. Instead of simple beams that allowed the entry of a short answer or the pressure of a button a maximum, there will be in iOS 10 a significantly expanded notification system.

The new notifications can be pulled down by users and then reveal a whole wealth of information - from chat gradients via photo Beautiful decoration at favorable prices and interactive map sections.

In action but could see none previously practical. Developers can integrate 10 although already in their apps, the new features of iOS - it is then not possible to publish the app in the App Store. This allows Apple until iOS 10 is actually there.

Apps for iMessage

A painfully long part of his idea of iOS 10 dedicated to innovations in iMessage Apple. One of the most interesting of these are apps that developers can extend the functionality of the Messengers.

The associated App Store for iMessage is in the betas of iOS 10 already available - but there is in him still gaping void because developers their apps so far could not submit. With which features third-party upgrade the Apple Messenger, that remains open until the final release of iOS 10th.

This also applies to three other interfaces, available from iOS 10 for the first time - and which to date has only experience a manageable circle itself in action. There is talk of Sirikit, CallKit and MapKit.

Sirikit will allow apps that do not come from Apple to control by voice. Meanwhile, Apple has released a few examples that show how is the integration. Among other things, can be used in future as Siri to launch a Skype call. Among other things, for example, WhatsApp is can be controlled by Siri.

CallKit is another new interface, which is also interesting for apps like WhatsApp and Skype: With their calls can be displayed on the apps just like traditional telephone calls over the mobile network. Incoming calls will be clearly given more space, they should be distinguished from ordinary calls any more. Since CallKit requires special adaptation and an update, there are still no applications on the App Store that already use the new feature.

For the third interface, MapKit, applies exactly the same thing. Third parties can use it to view content directly in the maps app from Apple. As this possibility is actually exhausted, but we will also learn only when iOS is 10 published in final version and first apps have been updated.

Although iOS was 10 tested for months and virtually every little news is now known - the feel of the great innovations in real, we will find out in the coming weeks.

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