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Apple’s New A6 Chip Is Smaller, Lighter, and Mightier

Apple announced it’s got a whole new chip for the iPhone 5. It’s called the A6, which is a semi-surprising upgrade to this year’s iPad’s A5X. No word on whether it’s quad core or not, but it’s 22 percent smaller than the old A5 and has twice the GPU and graphics power. The A5 to…

Apple iPhone 5: Everything You Need to Know

The new iPhone 5 is here. It’s thinner and faster than ever, with a new form factor that uses a gorgeous panoramic screen with more resolutions and less consumption. It also surfs the web much faster, thanks to its new LTE capabilities. And, just as we knew, it has a new smaller dock connector called…

The iPhone 5 Packs LTE: It’ll Be Fast as Hell

Yep, as pretty-much-confirmed this morning, the newest iPhone will be able to ride the fastest cellular data out there, meaning web, streaming video, and all of your downloads will be ten times as speedy—with 8 hours of battery. https://gizmodo.com/apple-leaks-iphone-5s-lte-powers-early-5942576 LTE access will be available on all three major US carriers (and others across Europe and…

Holy Jesus’ underpants! Apple sold more iPads than any PC manufacturer sold of their entire PC line. 84 million units!

New iPod Nanos Look Like Gorgeous Tiny iPhones

Brand new iPod Nanos also joined Apple’s iPhone 5 party at the Moscone Center today. The totally redesigned junior MP3 players have a larger display, and come in seven beautiful candy-hued colors. https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-5-everything-you-need-to-know-5942588 The new iPods also have Bluetooth for the first time as well as the brand new lightning connector and the longest battery…

Alleged Photos of Final iPhone 5 Leak Just Before the Event

French site Nowhereelse claims to have found photos of what seems to be a complete, final version of the iPhone 5. It sure looks like a shiny iPhone 5 fresh out of the factory. The photos were just posted in a Chinese forum web site. The black version’s rim seems quite a lot darker than…

iPhone 5: The Complete Rumor Roundup

There’s been so much rumor-hawking and speculation the past few weeks that whether you’re ready or not, we’re squarely in the middle of iPhone season. So here’s a quick rundown of everything we think we know about Apple’s next iPhone. Appearance We think we have a pretty good idea of what the new iPhone will…

Apple Leaks iPhone 5’s LTE Powers Early

Using the same method of URL guesswork on Apple.com, you can find evidence that the iPhone 5 will be LTE-powered. https://gizmodo.com/the-new-iphone-will-be-called-the-iphone-5-update-new-5942567 This was expected, but we thought we’d at least have to wait until today’s keynote speech to get confirmation. This does the trick. We will have to wait and see what the carrier plan…

The New iPhone Will Be Called the iPhone 5 (Update: New iPods Leak Too!)

Looks like we were wrong! It still doesn’t really make sense, but leaked search results directly from Apple.com all but confirm that the New iPhone will be named the iPhone 5. https://gizmodo.com/the-next-iphone-wont-be-the-iphone-5-5930068 First pointed out by 9to5Mac, the internal disclosure is easy to reproduce on your own. Just type “iPhone 5” into Apple’s own website…

Our iPhone 5 Mega-Meta Liveblog Bonanza Kicks Off Right Now

This afternoon, Apple will finally lift the veil on its latest iPhone, lock in the goodies iOS 6 has in store, and maybe intro a new iPod or two. And we’ll be covering it all right here. https://gizmodo.com/iphone-5-the-complete-rumor-roundup-5930100 While you may think you know what the iPhone 5 looks like by now, nothing’s official until…

The Apple Store Is Down WHAT COULD IT MEAN EVERYBODY FREAK OUT

Either Apple has been forcibly taken over by a multilingual cartel, or it’s updating its online store like it always does when it’s about to announce a major new product. Come on guys, we’ve been doing this for how many years now? https://gizmodo.com/iphone-5-the-complete-rumor-roundup-5930100 In fact, we weren’t even going to post this at all when…

Last-Minute Apple Leaks: Lightning Connectors, Earpod Headphones and 2 GB iPod Shuffles

9to5mac is reporting some last-minute leaks ahead of the Apple event later today. Chief amongst them are that the iPod’s new connection will be named “Lightning”—presumably to complement Thunderbolt—and a reaffirmation that the company will launch a new set of headphones to be known as “Earpods”. https://gizmodo.com/the-next-iphones-rumored-foolproof-dock-connector-5935305 There are no new speculative details about the…

The Undercover Story of How Someone Infiltrated Foxconn to See How They Make the iPhone 5

A reporter from the Shanghai Evening Post pretended to be a new worker at the Foxconn Tai Yuan factory to get an insider’s look at how the factory is going to make the next iPhone 5. He spent a total of 10 days inside and spilled the undercover story of what goes on in the…

Here’s the One Thing I Want to See at Apple’s iPhone 5 Event (Spoiler: A Steve Jobs Hologram)

Too bad Digital Domain, the company who made the Tupac hologram, is going bankrupt because seeing a Steve Jobs hologram at tomorrow’s iPhone 5 event would be the best One More Thing… ever. Seriously, just watch this humorous video to see what a rapping Steve Jobs hologram would look like. http://gawker.com/5942365/company-behind-tupac-reagan-holograms-now-bankrupt As an aside, I…

Here Are Two Photos From Tomorrow’s Apple Event Sent From the Future

Apart from that phone lost in a bar, the iPhone 5 is the most leaked phone in Apple’s history. We basically know—with 99% certainty—what it will look like when it gets announced tomorrow, both in white and black versions. https://gizmodo.com/how-apple-lost-the-iphone-4-5520438 So why wait to get pictures of Tim Cook doing his show-and-tell? Everything is so…

Feed: Make Music that Moves on Your iPad

There are plenty of apps that let you record field noises and tinker with sounds on your iPad, but none as beautiful as Feed. What does it do? Records, loops, changes the pitch, and otherwise manipulates audio files or sounds taken from the iPad’s microphone. Why do we like it? While other music making apps…

How an iPhone 5 and iPad Mini Might Compare in Size to the iPhone 4S and iPad

There have been many, many rumors which, by consistency alone, given us an idea of how big an iPad Mini and iPhone 5 might be. This latest shot, which shows cases for the devices that use the leaked specs, puts those maybe devices in context with the current offerings. And if that iPad Mini shell…

Apple’s Hacker Fix: Nuke Your iTunes Account, Refuse to Let You Back In

Last month, Apple’s crazy-lax password reset protocol allowed Wired’s Mat Honan to be hacked. Hard. It was a wake-up call for the company and its customers, a breach so severe it demanded an immediate solution. What Apple came up with, though, might be just as nuts as the original problem: It’s basically impossible to recover…

Where to Sell Your iPhone 4S for the Most Money

Apple’s next iPhone is coming tomorrow. If you’re planning cashing in your old phone, you need to do it now. Here’s where to look for the best deal while there’s still some time left. https://gizmodo.com/iphone-5-the-complete-rumor-roundup-5930100 ebay How much: $309-$400 How to do it: You can go one of two ways with eBay—you can either sell…

Apple’s Hideous Leather Software Is Based on Steve Jobs’ Private Jet

We hate the way a lot of Apple design looks, these days: virtual leather, felt, wood, and glass. It’s like a sleazy game room in your Cool Uncle’s basement. Who is making these eye-screwing decisions? Fast Company says it was Jobs. https://gizmodo.com/ugh-god-why-is-apple-making-everything-look-like-an-u-5849940 Skeumorphism—the design technique of making a virtual thing look like a real thing…