$29 iPhone Battery Replacements, What to Expect in 2018, Chip Design Flaw Vulnerabilities - MacRumors

Apple Makes $29 Battery Replacements Available Immediately for iPhone 6 and Newer Following last week's announcement that it would begin offering battery replacements for iPhone 6 and newer at a reduced price of $29 starting in late January, Apple accelerated its plan and began offering the discounted price immediately, although supplies may be limited initially. Apple also clarified that it will replace batteries at the discounted rate even if the battery passes diagnostic tests. The battery controversy arose earlier this month when it was discovered that Apple has been throttling the performance of iPhones with degraded batteries in order to prevent them from unexpectedly shutting down.  For more on the situation, check out our FAQ and our how-to outlining the steps to get a battery replacement from Apple.   Read Full Article Popular Stories Jan 04, 2018 What to Expect From Apple in 2018: Three New iPhones and iPad Pro With Face ID, HomePod, Refreshed Macs, and More With the calendar flipping over to 2018, we've put together an extensive overview of what we're expecting to see from Apple this year. We know the HomePod is coming early in the year, but we're also seeing rumors of at least three new iPhones as Apple continues its transition to the iPhone X design. Face ID should expand to new products, including not only new iPhones but also the iPad Pro. And of course we should be seeing a number of updated Macs, hopefully including the completely redesigned Mac Pro Apple has said it's working on. As always, we're interested in hearing what our readers think, so let us know your thoughts on what you hope to see in 2018!   Read Full Article Chips From Intel and Others Have Memory Access Design Flaw and Fixes Could Lead to Performance Drop In a blockbuster release, researchers and chip companies this week announced the discovery of several vulnerabilities associated with chip design flaws that could allow hackers to access sensitive information such as passwords stored in memory. At least some aspects of the design flaw are present in nearly all modern chips, including those from Intel, AMD, and ARM. Apple has already addressed some of the issues in macOS 10.13.2, with more fixes on the way in macOS 10.13.3.   Read Full Article Apple's 2018 iPhone Lineup May Include Second-Generation iPhone SE Fans of Apple's smallest iPhone form factor rejoice — it looks like the iPhone SE might be getting an update in the first half of this year. We don't know many details on it, but the current iPhone SE is nearly two years old and based largely on iPhone 6s internals, so hopefully we'll get something along the lines of iPhone 8 internals paired with a 4-inch display. Later in the year we're of course expecting the usual annual update to the larger iPhones, with rumors pointing toward an updated version of the iPhone X, a larger "iPhone X Plus," and a mid-sized LCD-based model that may include Face ID.   Read Full Article LG Display Could Supply OLED Displays for This Year's 'iPhone X Plus' Speaking of those new larger iPhones, another rumor claims that LG may enter Apple's OLED display supply chain for the 6.5-inch so-called "iPhone X Plus" coming late this year. Samsung has been the exclusive supplier of OLED displays for the iPhone X, but Apple has reportedly been assisting LG in advancing its OLED capabilities to diversify and expand supplies as Apple expands OLED across its iPhone lineup over the next few years.   Read Full Article CES 2018: All the Latest News From Las Vegas Next week is CES, the massive electronics trade show in Las Vegas. Apple won't be making any announcements at the show, but plenty of other companies will be and we'll have a full slate of coverage. Make sure to keep with our CES 2018 news hub where we'll have all of our coverage centralized in one place. The conference officially kicks off for the public on Tuesday, January 9, but companies have already started making CES-related announcements and they'll ramp up significantly in the coming days.   Read Full Article

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