According to a new report from research firm Strategy Analysts, Apple’s iPhone 5 was the world’s best selling smartphone in Q4 2012. Shocking? Not really, because the iPhone 5 did quite well and sold about 27 million units in Q4 2012. Strategy Analysts had also posted a report which said that the iPhone 5 was also [...]
Posted on February 11, 2013 by Jaden Ellett
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Jailbreaking the iOS 6.1.1 firmware on the iPhone 4S is actually the exact same as Jailbreaking any other device using Evasi0n. For those of you that haven’t seen our previous tutorial however, you will be glad to know we are covering how to Jailbreak iOS 6.1.1 with Evasi0n 1.3 in this tutorial. Before Jailbreaking your [...]
Posted on February 11, 2013 by Jaden Ellett
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Apple released the iOS 6.1.1 firmware for the iPhone 4S earlier today and surprisingly it looks like the fruit company didn’t patch Evasi0n’s exploit just yet. As such, the Evad3rs have updated Evasi0n to version 1.3 today with support for Jailbreaking the iOS 6.1.1 firmware on the iPhone 4S Untethered. Along with bringing support for [...]
Posted on February 11, 2013 by Jaden Ellett
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After just writing an article about iOS 6.1.1 going to be released sometime this week, Apple has pushed iOS 6.1.1 out into the wild. Surprisingly this update is just for the iPhone 4S at the moment, and it is not known whether it will be released for other devices. This particular update fixes 3G connectivity [...]
For the first time ever, Samsung’s flagship Android device has taken the number one spot in global smartphone sales for the quarter. The position was previous held by the iPhone 4S, but due to the iPhone 5′s release near the end of the quarter, a bunch of 4S sales were likely cannibalized by the newer [...]
Posted on October 26, 2012 by Jaden Ellett
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ApplenBerry has released the GEVEY Ultra S for the GSM iPhone 4S that is compatible with the iOS 6 firmware. This Turbo SIM requires no dialling 112, has better reception and consumes less power over previous models. Unfortunately however, that is not to say that it does not come with some caveats. The GEVEY Ultra [...]
We’ve previously mentioned a report that suggests that smart phones and tablets are fairly green in terms of power consumption. The iPhone 5, for example, was estimated by Opower to cost users only $0.41 a year in electricity. So how about the materials involved? We know Apple makes claims that they limit restricted substances, and [...]
While you wouldn’t want to leave your headphones home, lose your stereo adapter, or rely on your phone’s speaker’s full time, sometimes your phone is all you have. The thing is, the speakers that phone manufactures manage to cram into thinner and thinner smart phones has a lot working against volume and sound quality. iClarified [...]
Apple claims that the iPhone 5 is up to twice as fast compared to the iPhone 4S, so how fast is against the original iPhone 2G? Well, it’s time to find out. We’ve seen performance tests between the iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S, and the former isn’t really all that fast. Of course, it takes [...]
The iPhone 5 has been getting a lot of press recently, some of it positive (such as speedy benchmarks or the consistent wins in drop tests), some negative (the loss of a native version of Google Maps, build quality concerns), and it’s to be expected because the phone is new. Consider this benchmark another bullet [...]